Hillary Booed, Again (by Ari Berman for The Nation)

[marmar]

Hillary Booed, Again

Ari Berman

Last summer, when she criticized the idea of setting a timetable to withdraw US forces from Iraq, Hillary Clinton was met with a chorus of boos at the annual Take Back America conference.

This year was supposed to be different. Hillary now pledges to end the war on her first day in office. But yet again she experienced boos at Take Back America when she put the blame on the Iraqi government for the mess in Iraq.

"The American military has succeeded," she said midway through her speech. "It is the Iraqi government that has failed." That line has become a standard talking point for politicians of both parties, especially Republicans. But the disingenuousness of the argument didn't sit right at TBA.

The reception caused Hillary to go off-script for a moment. "I like speaking here every year," she said. "I see the signs that say get us out of Iraq. That is what we are trying to do."

That seemed to mollify the crowd. And the rest of the speech, where she ticked off a laundry list of Democratic priorities--like achieving universal healthcare, cleaning up government and strengthening unions--played well.

All in all, she did better compared to last year. But it was no honeymoon, either.


http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

[rinsd]

1. Ariana Bermington can't even come up with his own headline!

[marmar]

2. He's a writer, not an editor. I doubt that he ever writes is own headlines.

:think:

[rinsd]

10. Umm its his blog, not a Nation article (nt)

[marmar]

11. Um, true, but my experience is that even with blogs, the online editor writes the headlines....

n/t

[rinsd]

14. And my experience with Ariana Bermington says otherwise (nt)

[redqueen]

3. universal healthcare, so long as insurance gets a chunk of profit

pfft.

so sick of this game.

[Crazy Dave]

6. Isn't that the truth

Not what we were promised when we voted for the new majority.

[MADem]

8. Well, it could get worse before it gets better--what with Bloomberg going independent

we could see the reverse of what happened prior to Clinton's first term.

Seriously--everyone ASSUMES we're going to have a "D" president this time, even though they don't agree on who it might be. But the truth of the matter is that no one really expected Bush 41 to lose. And it was a tiny little guy named Perot with a shitload of his own money who did it.

Will a tiny little guy with a shitload of his own money give us President ROMNEY??

Oh, the horror......

[redqueen]

13. I think I just shit my pants. n/t

[corkhead]

4. Ari must have been one of the 5 people who booed her this morning

[wyldwolf]

5. now, come on. It was more than five, just less than 12.

[corkhead]

9. Oh it's you, I met you in another thread this morning.

no :sarcasm: emoticon necessary, huh?:P

[mckeown1128]

7. Why is she blaming the Iraqi people?

They didn't vote for the Iraq War Resolution.

[leftchick]

15. because she is pandering

what she does best!

[Clovis Sangrail]

12. she deserved the boos

"The American military has succeeded...It is the Iraqi government that has failed."

WHY we went there was a clusterfuck
PLANNING was a clusterfuck
EXECUTION was a clusterfuck

Our involvement in Iraq has been an absolute failure.

Laying this off on them is bullshit.

[Marnieworld]

16. That's like blaming someone you crippled for not running fast

How could they be responsible for anything after we invaded their country and destroyed their infrastructure? The weapons were unguarded and we fired the entire army. It was a recipe for the civil war they are in now. What an horrifically insensitive comment! This is not leadership. :grr: