Do we really want a President who "accidently" understates debts by 1/3?

[dkf]

I find it incredible that her campaign is this incompetent.

When will she show us she can properly run an organization? I haven't seen it yet.

Yes, she has been a resilient campaigner, but as a leader, she is very lacking.

[lisa58]

1. it wasn't an accident - and that's even worse

[City Lights]

17. True. Nothing either Clinton says or does is by accident. nt

[Stephanie]

2. She has no management skills whatsoever. She's completely irresponsible.

Meanwhile she complains about being outspent on the ground, after she's blown all her money on consultants and suites at the Four Seasons. She shouldn't be let anywhere near the federal budget.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. She must have been tired

[C_U_L8R]

12. More accurately.. she has no honesty skills whatsoever

We've had 16 years of opaque government.
Enough is enough.

[dkf]

13. I wonder if she'll get called out on this.

Is it kosher to accuse her of deliberately fudging the numbers? I hope someone in the MSM questions this.

[Stephanie]

18. I would think the FEC would look into it

They don't care for fudged numbers much - I expect it's a violation of some sort, given the amount.

[dkf]

24. And so obvious. What was she thinking?

[lutefisk]

36. Her campaign gives us a picture of what her administration would look like

Not a very nice picture.

Poor personnel choices, dishonesty, incompetence, secrecy, disliked by much of the public . . . it all sounds so familiar.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Apparently so.

The Iraq war is off the books.

[dkf]

4. Which only makes her similar to Bush and not something we here at DU want.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. no we don't want someone like that

[KittyWampus]

6. Well, a shitload of money IS on the books, in fine-earmark-print, thanks to Hillary

the war pig.

[rurallib]

5. hey did you forget Rev. Wright? isn't that what we talk about here?

looky looky - Rev. Wright over there.

[dkf]

7. Yeah, the Rev. Wright distracts us from true fiscal irresponsibility and incompetence.

Hey, this is right out of the Bushie playbook!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Wright Who?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. This is how she would run the White House

[Independent-Voter]

14. No way - her supporters need to get a clue about this irresponsible shrew.

[libnnc]

15. When is she going to be responsible and pay her debts?

I have to pay mine.

[msallied]

31. hahaha... I've long stopped expecting government to be responsible with their money.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

16. there's NOTHING incompetent here. we know what this was. let's call it what it was. A LIE.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Or who overstates the threat of Iraq?

[dkf]

20. Or Iran...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. Yep.

[yourguide]

21. Link pls?

what are you guys talking about?

[dkf]

23. She left out her $5 million loan from her list of debts so her $10 million in debt is $15MM

Hillary Rodham Clinton amended her disclosure reports over the weekend to account for $5 million she loaned her presidential campaign in January. Though it was widely known the New York senator used the funds to help rally support for her White House bid during the early primaries, an accounting oversight left the information missing from reports filed at the Federal Election Commission.

The new disclosure brings her total debt to $15.3 million through March, compared to $662,784 for her Democratic opponent Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080428/pl_cq_politics/politics2712598

[yourguide]

25. Wow, THAT'S just now hitting the news?

Amazing, we DUers were all over that the minute her finances came out.

[dkf]

26. She waited until the past weekend to refile with the FEC...

"The Clinton campaign announced the candidate's January self-funding loan in early February."

Looks like they have had faulty accounting since the February numbers.

[Coexist]

29. does that qualify as fuzzy math?!

[libnnc]

27. kick

[samsingh]

28. right after one that was a complete moron who didn't understand

the concept of debt

[msallied]

30. I was just speaking to a friend of mine who is a sound engineer

who has run sound for campaign rallies, concerts, etc and according to his colleagues he networks with all over the country, the Clinton campaign has stiffed their companies time and time again. Obama's campaign floats the debt for a couple of weeks, but it always ends up coming through. Clinton's campaign just flat doesn't pay.

[Avalux]

32. Hillary Clinton is all about secrecy and deceptiveness. It's being manifested in her campaign.

I can't even imagine what her presidency would be like; certainly would NOT be the transparency and full disclosure we so desperately need. More secrets, more lies.

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. I tell you that $10 million in 24 hour thing is a hoax

that will come out too..

But not until after the four major primaries are over.

[Duder]

34. Nope...

Hillary Clinton Required to Testify in November to FEC Fraud!
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/breaking-news-hillary-clinton.php

[kenny blankenship]

35. She was obliterating things, don't you want a President who can obliterate debts

by simply not acknowledging them? Think of how useful that would be in fixing our national finances.

Think of all the bothersome things we could just OBLITERATE with leadership like that!