(Hillary) Clinton calls McCain `mimic’ of Bush

[Nambe]

Source: The Associated Press

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday called Republican presidential candidate John McCain not a maverick but a "mimic" of President Bush.

Clinton made the remarks at a Human Rights Campaign dinner, where she was filling in for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden. Biden canceled his weekend campaign events because his wife's mother is ill. Clinton spoke by satellite from Los Angeles to a few thousand people who attended the national gay rights group event.

Clinton said Biden called and asked her to fill in for him because of the family emergency. Rather than sharing her thoughts, she said, "I want to share with you the eloquent remarks that Joe had prepared." ...

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/04/clinton-calls-mccain-mimic-of-bush/

[jpgray]

1. Seriously--cheers to Hillary Clinton. She's a trooper.

:patriot:

[Captain Hilts]

2. Beats me why folks thought otherwise. nt

[RedSock]

3. for me, it was her blank check to bush for iraq

i was living in nyc in 2003 -- phone calls and faxes to her office were running 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 to NOT invade iraq.

so what did she do after she heard the wishes of the people she was elected to serve?

she ignored her constituents and voted to support the commission of war crimes instead.

and that was when i vowed to never support her in anything she does.

[Captain Hilts]

4. She said "this vote is NOT an invitation to invade Iraq or remove Saddam Hussein." nt

[JoFerret]

5. Get over it

.

[spag68]

6. Iraq vote

I think you have missed something, it is 2008, not 2003, and there is work to be done.

[boobooday]

7. Yeah Hillary! Whoever's line it is, it's a good one. nt

[Gillian]

8. She will be a big part of what should be to come.