Hillary: "Something republicans have been trying to turn into political gold for a long time"

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HOOKSETT, N.H. — Hillary Clinton on Sunday...asserting that allegations of her husband’s past infidelity will fail to distract voters from the economy and other important issues.

“I think most Americans have made up their minds one way or another about all this and I think it will be up to voters to sort it out,” Clinton said Sunday evening, referring to Bill Clinton’s past. Clinton spoke in a meeting with the Globe editorial board.

“This is something that the Republicans have been trying to turn into political gold for a long time. And it hasn’t worked,” Clinton said. “So if that’s what they want to spend their time talking about, that’s their choice. It is certainly, in my view, not a campaign that is going to really deal with the issues that most Americans are concerned about.”


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[leftofcool]

1. Bottom line: Dems care about issues, repukes are obsessed with sex

[peacebird]

2. Bottom line: Dems want to talk about issues, but Hillary&Bill scandas continue to provide a goldmine

For Republicans to distract voters with.

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4. I lived through all of that

...I think the scandalmongering actually increases the Clinton's support.

Republicans will continue to be republicans. More to the point, this scandal has defined their politics since the Clinton era, marginalizing their appeal to the politics of personal destruction and reduced their party to little more than carnival barkers and haters.

[JRLeft]

3. Her husband is one of the people responsible for the enormous gap.

She's giving lip service aka bullshit.

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5. she speaks the truth here

...there isn't going to be some magical point where the majority of Americans are going to start holding the Clinton's personal life up as their most pressing concern.

[JRLeft]

7. It doesn't change the fact that her credibility is shit, when she's discussing economics.

Third Way economics are not in the best interest of the 99%.

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8. that's one pov

...having zero to do with the subject of the op.

[JRLeft]

9. It goes to her credibility on the issue of income inequality.

She's been on the side of widening the gap.

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11. Bill's affair has zero to do with income inequality

...I think most Americans would agree.

[JRLeft]

13. I agree, but she spoke about the income gap too.

She has no credibility there, none of the DLC/Third Way dems do. Her husband's infidelity doesn't matter but her credibility does.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

12. "illary Clinton on Sunday pledged to combat the nation’s yawning income gap..."

That's part of the OP.

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14. not my post

...a deflection from my post.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

16. It's in the first para of your OP.

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18. I'll take care of that

...and free you to discuss economics elsewhere. I wasn't shooting for that. It's not something I'm prepared to discuss or defend. I'll leave that to her supporters in this primary.

[libdem4life]

6. It definitely won't make or break her candidacy. But it surely doesn't help.

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10. it actually does help

...that republicans and other critics have focused this ire on Hillary for Bill's infidelity. Most Americans see through this kind of faux-chaste attack, and many more recognize this holier-than-thou politics for what it is.

[libdem4life]

15. No. Many of us still cringe...hard to lose the mental image, if you get what I mean.

And it's not a blue dress.

That being said, Hillary comported herself amazingly well. I voted for Bill and was disappointed. It doesn't make THE difference, but it brings up Clinton Fatigue.

As to your last sentence...mostly not IMO. Most Americans are not deep thinkers, regardless of their party.

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17. cringe at the image of a sex act?

...most Americans have shown themselves willing to and capable of separating the Clinton's private life from their public service.

More importantly, most Americans appear to be smart enough not to focus their blame or project the affair onto Hillary.

[libdem4life]

19. Silly title. The Oval Office Setting does add some umph. We pay the rent there.

As I said, Hillary was the epitome of class during the public part of this. I voted for him and still think it stinks to high heaven of abuse of power sexually which goes with the Bill Clinton string of liaisons over much of his political career. My sister lives in Arkansas, so I got a bit less jaded version over the years.

Thus, I guess Jane Sander's managerial faux pas will get the same "pass".