[sanjuro]

Clinton Says House Run Like 'Plantation'

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press WriterTue Jan 17, 8:50 AM ET

Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday blasted the Bush administration as "one of the worst" in U.S. history and compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissenting voices are squelched.

Speaking during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, Clinton also offered an apology to a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors "on behalf of a government that left you behind, that turned its back on you." Her remarks were met with thunderous applause by a mostly black audience at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.

The House "has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about," said Clinton, D-N.Y. "It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard."

"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she said. "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."

A spokeswoman for the White House declined to comment and referred questions to the Republican National Committee.

RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said: "On a day when Americans are focused on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton is focused on the legacy of Hillary Clinton."

 

[The Amish]

Yup the house of reps is a plantation and Ghandi works at 7-11. What wont come out of that stupid bitches mouth

 

[Ciaran]

What wont come out of that stupid bitches mouth

Funny, we ask the same thing about you.

 

[The Amish]

the world may never know

 

[MikeD]

Didn't anyone else think her comments were condescending, to say the least?

The ability of the Dems to trip themselves up is just astonishing. I mean, given the current state of things, they should be able to kick political ass (right or wrong...not my point...), but they could screw up trying to stay dry in the middle of a desert.

They're not only not bad politicians, they're actively self-destructive.

 

[narlus]

i prefer the Dick Cheney platform:

less talk, more baby eating.

 

[Changleen]

Less talk, more projection of American military might abroad?

 

[blue]

Didn't anyone else think her comments were condescending, to say the least?

The ability of the Dems to trip themselves up is just astonishing. I mean, given the current state of things, they should be able to kick political ass (right or wrong...not my point...), but they could screw up trying to stay dry in the middle of a desert.

They're not only not bad politicians, they're actively self-destructive.

Basically. The Democrats have shown themselves to be incompetent buffoons at this point (Aside from Harry Reid...he may be their one bastion of hope).

Then again, the Republicans are incompetent buffoons as well...they're just indiscriminantly greedy incompetent buffoons.

God do I hate this state and the political monopolies that run it. Appreciate the nation, but most definently not the state that rules over it...

 

[ohio]

RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said: "On a day when Americans are focused on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton is focused on the legacy of Hillary Clinton."

Total douchebag statement from H. Clinton, but this is even more interesting to me. The comment from the RNC has ZERO to do with her statement. She could have said absolutely anything, and they would have used the exact same statement. Genius. Tactics like this are why the Amish thinks Clinton is a bitch, but has no idea why. They just keep repeating it, anytime her name is mentioned... and eventually people believe it.

 

[MMike]

They just keep repeating it, anytime her name is mentioned... and eventually people believe it.

Like "OJ is innocent"?

 

[The Amish]

Total douchebag statement from H. Clinton, but this is even more interesting to me. The comment from the RNC has ZERO to do with her statement. She could have said absolutely anything, and they would have used the exact same statement. Genius. Tactics like this are why the Amish thinks Clinton is a bitch, but has no idea why. They just keep repeating it, anytime her name is mentioned... and eventually people believe it.

NOt for nothin, but you know your a bitch when monica starts lookin good. Poor Bill, I bet he wishes he just stayed and smoked that joint by the camp fire

 

[ohio]

NOt for nothin, but you know your a bitch when monica starts lookin good.

1) That just means she's bad in the sack. Not the same as being a bitch.
2) When operating under the assumption that no one will ever know (especially your buddies) every man's standards drop significantly.
3) When you're fifty-five and have limited access to young women in private, and you desire to get some extra-curricular kitty cat, you'll be lucky to bag a Monica.

So again, why is Hillary a bitch?

 

[fluff]

1) That just means she's bad in the sack. Not the same as being a bitch.
2) When operating under the assumption that no one will ever know (especially your buddy's) every man's standards drop significantly.
3) When you're fifty-five and have limited access to young women in private, and you desire to get some extra-curricular kitty cat, you'll be lucky to bag a Monica.

So again, why is Hillary a bitch?

Prolly somethin' to do with misogyny.