Monday Open Thread [6.9.14]
“There’s an important thing missing from these highlights: direct criticism of President Obama or those in his team… Clinton’s book was always expected to be an important tell about her 2016 ambitions: If she aired dirty laundry, she probably isn’t going to run (because such criticisms wouldn’t help her with the Democratic base). But if she was 95% positive, she probably is going to run. Well, I think we have our answer here, right? This is someone who’s still involved in politics, rather than an ex-politician who’s ready to dish and tell.”
I will be receiving my book Wednesday, and I can’t wait to read it. Another excerpt:
“I wasn’t alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.” — Hillary Clinton, quoted in her forthcoming memoir, about voting to authorize the Iraq war. More from Hillary: ““… I should have stated my regret sooner and in the plainest, most direct language possible. … I held out against using the word mistake. It wasn’t because of political expediency. … [I]n our culture, saying you made a mistake is often taken as weakness when in fact it can be a sign of strength and growth for people and nations.”
Duh. If only she had said that in 2007 and 2008. She gave Obama an opening by refusing to say that.
There are more excerpts at Politico.
MISSISSIPPI–SENATE–REPUBLICAN RUNOFF–Chism: Chris McDaniel (R) 51, Sen. Thad Cochran (R) 48.
GEORGIA–SENATE–REPUBLICAN RUNOFF–Survey USA: Jack Kingston (R) 52, David Perdue (R) 41.
GEORGIA–SENATE–Survey USA: Kingston (R) 43, Michelle Nunn (D) 37; Perdue (R) 43, Nunn (D) 38.
ALASKA–SENATE–REPUBLICAN PRIMARY–Dittman Research: Dan Sullivan (R) 37, Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (R) 35, Joe Miller (R) 12.
IOWA–SENATE–Loras College: Joni Ernst (R) 48, Bruce Braley (D) 42.
MARYLAND–GOVERNOR–REPUBLICAN PRIMARY–Baltimore Sun: Larry Hogan (R) 27, David Craig (R) 12, Charles Lollar (R) 12 and Ron George (R) 6.
MARYLAND–GOVERNOR–DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY–Baltimore Sun: Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) 41, Doug Gansler (D) 20 and St. Sen. Heather Mizeur (D) 15.
GEORGIA–GOVERNOR–Survey USA: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 44, Jason Carter (D) 38, Andrew Hunt (L) 7.
MASSACHUSETTS–GOVERNOR–Boston Globe: Martha Coakley (D) 37, Charlie Baker (R) 32.
PENNSYLVANIA–GOVERNOR–Quinnipiac: Tom Wolf (D) 53, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) 33.
PENNSYLVANIA–GOVERNOR–PPP: Tom Wolf (D) 55, Gov. Tom Corbett 30.
PENNSYLVANIA–GOVERNOR–Rasmussen: Tom Wolf (D) 51, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) 31
RHODE ISLAND–GOVERNOR–DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY–WPRI 12/Providence Journal: Angel Taveras (D) 33, Gina Raimondo (D) 29, Clay Pell (D) 12.
Last week in Denver Hillary repeated the fact that she had to make a lot of hard choices while in office. And, furthermore, she does not thank a government officials such as herself should be judged on those choices. (What)?
If Biden had voted against the war he would have been carried into office in a sedan chair.
Hillary Clinton will be speaking at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Friday. It’s apparently sold out, though.
But I want to know if voting for the Iraq War was political expediency.
It was probably a little bit of political expediency and true belief. Remember, the Clintons always liked to bomb Iraq.
Apparently in her book, Hillary weighs in on the Bowe Bergdahl situation, and she was against the deal before she was for it…. How convenient.
And when they finally tell us that Hillary and the administration didn’t collaborate on the timing of the release of her book, and the release of Bergdahl, are we expected to believe them?
Did you read the book, FBH?
No. That’s why I said apparently.
So… where are you getting your information?
Wake up, sheeple! You are all Hillary’s pawns!
It’s called the internet, pandora.
Many news agencies run stories about all kinds of stuff all of the time on the internet.
As far as the “she was against it before she was for it”, well that’s just my little spin on it. and it kinda sounded good.
That part of your comment isn’t original.
Um… okay. Just checking. You didn’t read the book, but understand the context. Could you provide the internet sites that provided your opinion?
Practically all the major news sites pandora. Try CNN or maybe Huffpo.
What are you trying to get at anyway…….is this about how I can’t form an opinion without FOX News again pandora? Haven’t we been there already?
Obviously the phrase isn’t original, jason.
Damn, you can take the boy out of Middletown……….. 🙂
Are you referring to her quotes:
Or are you citing unnamed sources who claim she had a problem with this?
I’m not a diehard Hillary supporter, but can we deal with what she actually said.
And we might want to deal with the fact that you’re a-okay with leaving soldiers behind. What division of the military did you serve in? I never served, but I’m quite familiar with the “Leave no man/woman behind” motto.
Carolyn Berger is leaving the Supreme Court in September. Sure looks like Strine is ticking a lot of people off.
Markell is getting a huge opportunity to shape the judiciary here.
Of course you don’t leave a man behind. It’s not about “leaving a man behind”. That’s a diversion, a false flag that supporters are throwing out there to divert attention away from the fact that this deal is controversial.
It’s about the deal. Hillary was against the deal when it was previously discussed, and Congress probably would have been against the deal, which could explain why Obama bypassed Congress and left Diane Feinsteine unhappy, which, by the way, confuses me and makes me suspicious.
So you do leave a man behind if you don;t like his politics?
Whatever we negotiate to get a POW back was going to be unpleasant.
What are the options? Money (Obama is funding terrorists!!) Guns (Obama is arming terrorists!!), Tickets to Vegas with front row seats to Cirque du Soleil (Obama is showering terrorists with game show winnings!!) etc. etc.
The Taliban wasn’t going to give up this guy for a couple of cell phones and some chocolate.
The “its about the deal, not the soldier” is out the window. That argument became invalid 24 hours after the deal was announced and the right wing started attacking the soldier.
The only way that you get to this controversy is by making the Bring Them Home mandate secondary to your politics. Which is what all of you wingnuts are doing. Diane Feinstein is unhappy for the reason that most of Congress is unhappy — she thinks her congressional privileges have been crossed. And she might be right — but if this kid need to rely on Congress to come home, he would still be in the hands of the Taliban.
Okay, if people have a problem with the “deal” and they believe we should bring every soldier home… how do they get there?
(SussexAnon already pointed out the obvious pitfalls.)
If Bush did this, he would have been a hero and any opposition would be painted as “supporting the terrorists.”
Mission accomplished.
Hillie and BIllie have been living off the tax payer for years. Poor soul.