Sunday, April 13, 2008

Just Call Hillary Clinton - Panderer-in-Chief

Hillary Clinton has now lost all sense of decency. She could be surpassing her husband as a sleazy panderer. Whether its taking a shot in a bar or implying she is pro-gun, toughness on crime, or boosting the military. She is whatever you want her to be:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a plan Saturday to keep more military-related manufacturing in the United States, calling it an economic and security priority.

Speaking at a plant here that builds transmissions for military vehicles, Clinton said she would limit the Defense Department's ability to buy foreign-made products, in part by making the agency consider the impact on U.S. jobs when it awards contracts.

What she doesn't mention is that her husband's anti-military, anti-worker policies (i.e., NAFTA) help decimate the defense industry and American jobs.

She is also a crimefighter. Just in time for the Pennsylvania primary:
Because black Americans are disproportionately higher users of crack than are whites, many groups want to end policies that punish crack users much more harshly than powder cocaine users, who are predominantly white.

Clinton said she would pay for the $4 billion initiative with savings to be identified by a commission she will assign to "identify unnecessary and outdated corporate subsidies for elimination." Critics of deficit spending generally urge campaigns to be more specific in saying how they will pay for new programs.

"Clinton Becomes A Gun Lover":
Hillary Clinton appealed to Second Amendment supporters on Saturday by hinting that she has some experience of her own pulling triggers.

[...]"You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught be how to shoot when I was a little girl," she said.

"You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It's part of culture. It's part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it's an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter."

The ultimate elitist pulls the classic pandering tactic--tell people what they want to hear. Don't give people bad news because they might not want to hear it:
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton managed to co-opt Mr. Obama’s message of hope and optimism, beginning a speech in Valparaiso, Ind., by talking about how positive and “fundamentally optimistic” Americans are.

“We don’t get bogged down and looking back – we’re always looking forward,” she said, as heavy applause nearly drowned out her words. “Whatever obstacle we see, we get over it. Whatever challenge we have, we meet it. We’re the problem-solvers, we’re the innovators, we’re the people who make the better future.”

For the third time since Mr. Obama’s remarks were made public Friday night, Mrs. Clinton criticized him at length, saying his comments seemed “kind of elitist and out of touch.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"implying she's a gun lover" ... you wouldn't be implying that she is anti-gun, anti-2nd amendment? Where would you get an idea like that? Maybe,

NRA Sounds Alarms on Gun Control
Newsmax.com, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007
[NRA Pamphlet On] Hillary Clinton. "It’s hard to find a more consistently anti-Second Amendment figure whose political success could turn back a quarter-century of advancement of our rights.”
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Hillary Clinton on Gun Control
Source: www.hillary2000.org, “Gun Safety” Sep 9, 2000
Hillary said, "I realize the NRA is a formidable political group; but I believe the American people are ready to come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them."
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Hillary Clinton Appeals For Gun Control Lobbying
The New York Times, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Published: May 9, 1999
"Stepping up the Clinton Administration's campaign against gun violence, Hillary Rodham Clinton used an emotional White House ceremony today to call on Americans to press Congress to ''buck the gun lobby'' and pass several gun control measures."
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Mrs. Clinton Backs Gun-Control Initiatives
The New York Times, By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Published: May 10, 2000
"Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed a series of stringent gun-control measures yesterday, calling for the licensing of all new gun owners and the registration of new guns."
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