Dear Hillary: If a mailer that is basically true "enrages" you, please avoid getting the nomination.

[Buzz Clik]

The GOP mailers will not factually say that you supported NAFTA or that you have been described as saying that NAFTA is an economic boon. They will say that NAFTA was your idea and that, as a result, you destroyed the economies of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The GOP will not quote you from a debate when you many times indicated that paying into your health care program will be mandatory. They will call you an unhinged socialist who is hell bent on destroying America and forcing those who don't want your program to choose between mandatory health care insurance and starving to death.

If you are this "enraged" at the spinning of facts, what will you do when the fire is truly raining from the sky?

[HereSince1628]

1. But look at those eyes...those are the eyes meant to to meet Putin's

You can just tell that she could look him in the face and see the fear in his soul.

I really think Hillary would be a great replacement for the person now occupying the most powerful office in the World. You know--Cheney's office.

Moreover, she'd probably like the old house with the new bunker out at the Naval Observatory.

[Barack_America]

19. Correction: Clinton doesn't believe that Putin has a soul.

She has announced this publicly, prompting Putin to reply, "At a minimum; a head of state should have a head".

So the score at the moment appears to be Putin: 1, Clinton: 0.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/15/putin-fires-back-at-hilla_n_86858.html
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2008/02/04/007.html

[jazzjunkysue]

2. K&R. Not very POTUS-like. That film will run endlessly if she's the nominee.

It's exactly what the GOP uses to fuel their agenda. She just handed the oval office to the GOP with that little piece of film.

I never thought she'd make a huge mistake like that over a non-issue.

If she's really so enraged about the mailer, why did she tranform it into a national mailer by doing a national press conference on it?

[maddiejoan]

5. Not very POTUS like?

reminded me of Harry Truman.

[Cha]

32. Great question, jazzjunkysue!

Especially that it's true..Score Double Stupid for hilary via mark penn(who is making sure hilary's supporters get their money's worth).

[Windy]

3. I didn't see Obama feigning outrage after the choice mailer and other that clinton sent out

Also, she has been sending mailers in Ohio...Im sure the citizen of Ohio are a bit confused by her comments considering her own actions! I wonder who they think caused those Pro-Hillary mailers to be put in their mailboxes!!

[mdmc]

4. Hey Buzz Click - did you know that you have an immortal thread (OP)?

Hello!
There is a GD thread that you started on 12-25-07 that is still active in GD. It never goes to the archives, it seems to get stuck on page 21.
It seems to be the oddest glitch that i've seen on this site in a long time.

Anyway, peace and low stress...

[Buzz Clik]

11. My legacy!

[mdmc]

25. be proud my friend

:patriot:

[gulliver]

6. "Basically true" is an interesting standard.

The most important part of the message was that Hillary would make you buy insurance, even if you could not afford it. But Hillary's plan ensures affordability as a key provision. That is, there will be no possibility of someone having to buy something they can't afford, because it will be made affordable for them.

Therefore, the mailer is "basically untrue." It's most important message is false. That makes it a lie. So shame on the ones who lied. Attacking a candidate's position in the Dem primary is fine. Lying about it in a substantial and obvious way is not.

Obama, his campaign, and his supporters can choose to feel shame about it or not. That's up to them.

[Buzz Clik]

12. My point is not the degree of truthiness in the flier. It's her reaction to it.

If she goes postal over this point, what can we expect if and when she secures the nomination?

Hillary supporters are quick to point out that Barack is untested against the venom coming his way if he is the nominee. Either Hillary's outrage is completely fake, or she is incapable of handling the coming storm. Which is it?

[Ravy]

14. Much better to be calm and expect reason to prevail,

as Kerry did with he Swiftboaters. Right?

[Buzz Clik]

17. You're going in circles now.

This was a teeny tiny twist of the truth (assuming that it isn't dead on). She will see much, much worse.

[gulliver]

22. Lying is OK. Anger about it isn't.

Consideration of Hillary's "anger kabuki" can only occur after you decide to gloss over the lie in the mailer. I'm questioning your decision. You should not even be able to reach the question you ask, because the matter of the lie should already end the conversation. We have a lie, not a question of style or emotional poise.

But for the sake of argument, let's talk about your exact point. The anger wasn't fake or inappropriate, so you are wrong on both counts. The anger was real, because a mass-mailed lie was perpetrated by Obama's campaign. Hillary then deliberately chose to express the anger in a way that would get the MSM to cover it, which is an appropriate move.

Your characterization of it being "postal" is your own opinion. The problem with words like "postal" is that anyone can use them, even twelve year olds--especially twelve year olds. I don't necessarily think that is what you are. But I think you think your readers are.

[Buzz Clik]

24. "... the lie in the mailer" What lie?

Go to factcheck.org. This silliness is on page one.

The health care mailer is deemed somewhat inaccurate but "not false". A lie must be the utterance of a falsehood, so that isn't it.

The NAFTA deal is "debunked" only by her claims that Newsday misquoted her and that she "secretly opposed NAFTA". Secretly? Okay, if her opposition is a well kept secret, we cannot blame Obama for not knowing it.

There was no lie.

[RazBerryBeret]

16. I'm gonna have to research this...

but I heard (and saw) her say that her plan would consider wage garnishing to cover the cost of the insurance...isnt' that the same as forcing you to buy it? Well, I guess that's actually buying it for you, using your own money...hmmm. I have to buy my own insurance now, for myself and my 2 little boys, it's not easy. I'm not sure I'd want her to garnish my wages if I fell behind....

I don't get what all the hub-bub is here.

and she does have to take some responsibility for NAFTA. she's claiming those 8 years in her 35 years of experience. I live in Ohio. NAFTA was not good for us. Ohio's job loss is the worst since the great depression. NAFTA happened on her watch.

Oh, and I feel no shame.

[Buzz Clik]

18. From factcheck.org

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obama_mailings_false.html

[RazBerryBeret]

21. got it,

thanks. so the big deal is the "quote" marks around the word boon. hmmm. but it would have quote marks, because it was a quote from Newsday. just not her quote. seems blown out of proportion.

and the healthcare thing, I did find the transcript from the George Stephanopoulis. when asked about wage garnishing she said, "we will have an enforcement mechanism, whether it's that or it's some other mechanism through the tax system or automatic enrollments"
sounds like she's forcing you to buy it, although there may be some subidies involved.

thanks for the link, Buzz Click. and I'm still waiting to get one of those mailers here in Ohio!

[sandnsea]

30. That's it precisely

The only complaint she has is over a newspaper that interpreted her support of NAFTA with a word she didn't like.

Here are the real facts, and they are real, not the pick and choose that factcheck does that never makes any sense.

http://thepage.time.com/saturday-obama-campaign-release/

[sandnsea]

26. It provides a tax credit at the end of the year

It only ensure affordability if you're not in the position of having to worry about what affordability means to people like Krugman.

Therefore, the mailer is completely true. She has not said what her cap will be or how people are going to pay their monthly premiums, waiting for her tax credit.

Her plan sucks if you're actually one of the uninsured who has to figure out how to pay for it.

[gulliver]

31. Let's go with your interpretation for a minute.

Then under Obama-care, these poor people you say would be forced to buy something they can't afford nder Hillary-care would do what? Not get health insurance? Then if they get sick they do what? Go to the emergency room? And then, if I recall, Obama said there would be fines and they might have to pay some "back premiums." Which they would pay with what?

But you are wrong. Hillary promises to make health care affordable period. My interpretation is that she means the health care will be affordable. She's not going to be so stupid as to make her "affordable" health care unaffordable. And since no one but Obama's campaign is trying to make this claim, I have to think that proves it is false. Or "strains the truth" or whatever euphemism applies.

[sandnsea]

34. Or be in the same boat they're in now

At which point we would see we need to make more changes. If the plan was truly affordable, say $25 a month, and they chose not to buy it when they could, then they'll have to pay another $5 a month to make up an amount of back premiums. Regardless, the point is, under Obama if the plan truly is NOT affordable, people aren't going to be bankrupted during the ten years it takes for the elite to figure it out.

Do you remember that the Hope College Tax Credit was supposed to enable everybody to go to two years of collge too? Yeah, that's why I don't think the Clintons know a damn thing about living in the real world.

[Tennessee Gal]

7. See, you missed the point.

She was outraged that the Obama campaign "continues" to send out misleading mailers while campaigning about changing the negative politics, hopes, dreams, honesty, and unity. There is a disconnect there.

[conservdem]

9. She claimed he "attacked" her on health care. Do you honestly

beleive he did?

[Tennessee Gal]

10. Absolutely. One of the mailers was on health insurance.

[conservdem]

15. You do not mean any mailer is an attack do you?

And if it was really an attack, why didn't she raise this at the last debate?

She also seems to be complaining about his big rallies. Is there something unfair about him having a big rally?

[Tennessee Gal]

20. No. But they should be accurate.

She did not mention this at the last debate because she thought he had stopped sending them. She found out yesterday he had not.

[ORDem]

27. Oh, you mean like Hillary's mailers on Obama's position on Choice?

Puhleeeezzzzeeeee! Why are Hillbots so blind and hypocritical? :eyes:

[Buzz Clik]

49. Would a mailer mischaracterizing Obama's position on choice undermine a core Dem platform?

"Well, yeah... but but ... this is different. Because, well, the mailer about Obama was an obvious lie that nobody would believe, and these are believable and essentially true! Can we stick to horrible smears like telling the California Hispanic community that Obama is a Muslim? Let's leave real issues out of the equation."

[Buzz Clik]

13. On the contrary, I totally get the point. Do you really understand what is happening here?

She is livid about this flier. Some here call it unhinged -- though I don't go that far (I'll explain in a moment).

If she goes this hot over something so trivial, what will she do when the "swiftboating" begins?

Personally, I think her outrage is a big act.

[JimGinPA]

8. She Went Ballistic Because He Pointed Out Her Positions Are Wrong

The old ladies voting for her don't need to know the truth damn it!

[Barack_America]

23. That's one mailer NO ONE is going to throw away!

That's for sure. Everyone who gets one is going to have a look.

So, thanks for the free advertising, Hillary! :hi:

[ORDem]

28. Probably already up on eBay. :) n/t

[DemGa]

29. Are these mailers the "old" or the "new" politics?? LOL!!....nt

[Marie26]

33. The mailing was false & misleading

But I suspect you already know that, based on the "basically true" wiggle words.

[Buzz Clik]

36. Basically true does not mean false. The mailers were not false.

They were misleading, but only slightly. Welcome to politics.

[Marie26]

37. But not a "new kind of politics."

They were misleading, and falsley attributed quotes to Clinton that she never says. It's not a crime against humanity, but it is sort of sleazy & definitely not part of the 'new kind of politics' rhetoric.

[Buzz Clik]

38. Falsely attributing quotes would mean the mailers were false. They were not.

Clinton never came out against NAFTA until Obama suggested she supported it -- and only when the primaries moved to a state devastated by NAFTA did she decide to be vocal about this. Obama quoted a Newsday article that said Hillary said it was a boon to America. Your complaint is with Newsday.

If you want a new kind of politics that includes not highlighting differences between the campaigns, then you should never have allowed Hillary to continually stump saying that Obama had no ideas, no platform. Now, she's livid about the platform he presents. Sounds like Karma to me.

[Marie26]

39. It was a false quote

See here: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obama_mailings_false.html. 'Trade: A mailer showing a locked plant gate quotes Clinton as saying she believed NAFTA was "a boon" to the economy. Those are not her words and Obama was wrong to put quote marks around them. In fact, she's been described by a biographer as privately opposing NAFTA in the White House."

Like I said, not the worst thing ever done in politics. But it was negative, false, & unfair. Which is pretty much politics as usual.

[Buzz Clik]

41. So, Newsday says she said NAFTA was a boon, but secretly she felt it wasn't.

The quote wasn't false -- Hillary is simply too adept at keeping secrets. :eyes:

[Marie26]

47. No

She never said that. Did you read the link? I'll cut & paste for you.

"On the front of the four-page NAFTA mailer appears a headline saying, "Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was 'a boon' to our economy." But in fact, Clinton never used the word "boon" to describe the effects of the trade agreement on the U.S. economy, and it's not clear she ever said anything like that.

The Obama mailer quotes a New York newspaper article that ran during her 2006 Senate reelection campaign. Two reporters for the Long Island daily Newsday gave brief descriptions of her stands on a number of issues, including this:

Newsday, Sept. 11, 2006: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: Clinton thinks NAFTA has been a boon to the economy, but voted against the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, saying it would drive jobs offshore.

The day after the mailer surfaced, another Newsday reporter, Dan Janison, conceded that the newspaper didn't get that from Clinton or her campaign.

Newsday's Dan Janison, Feb. 14: The word <"boon"> was our characterization of how we best understood her position on NAFTA, based on a review of past stories and her public statements. ... We do not have a direct quote indicating her campaign told us she thought it was good for the economy at that time.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obama_mailings_false.html

[Buzz Clik]

48. ... all of which is 100% consistent with what I've said to you from the beginning.

Thank you for finally coming around.

[JimGinPA]

35. IT SAID "BOON" THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!

She just said NAFTA was good for NY & America.



:rofl:

[Baconfoot]

44. Actually, that's not the quote either and you don't put it in context. WTH? N/T

[LostInAnomie]

40. She is vile

She is a prime example of the kind of politician John Edwards was warning us about. Willing to peddle any falsehood, owned by lobbyists, and only concerned with their own access and power.

[Danger Mouse]

42. heh...the republicans are sharpening their claws...

[Buzz Clik]

45. They've sharpened their claws and their teeth. They simply need to know who to smear.

We'll be ready this time.

[Danger Mouse]

46. yup, some people seem to think that the repubs are going to be afraid of hillary.

that's not the case.
they've got their attacks lined up for her just as well as obama.
it's up to us to know how to counter them.

[ErnestoG]

43. Precisely. This is NOTHING compared to what the Right has in store for her.

She should duck out of this now if this is how she reacts.