Laura says Hillary "out of bounds" in criticizing Bush

[Zen Democrat]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/11/laura.hillary.ap/index.html

Jeez ... is Pickles just losing it???

[Mythsaje]

1. And who asked her, anyway?

Oh...she doesn't need to be asked. The faithful media lapdogs are on scene to listen to the woman yack to no purpose.

[OKthatsIT]

32. Oh Laura, GO HOME AND BAKE SOME COOKIES!

[Warpy]

35. She's always claimed to want to stay out of the spotlight

and out of politics. CLUE PHONE: Laura, if you want to stay out of the limelight, SHUT THE FUCK UP about politics!

I know that's harsh, honey, but that's the condition you're going to have to meet.

[flyingfysh]

2. Hillary was mistaken

Bush is not "one of the worst" presidents in history. He is THE worst ever.

[aquart]

61. Yeah. She keeps trying to be diplomatic. Damn.

[slor]

3. Must be a little pissy...

from the protests.

[hwmnbn]

9. I think it's more the "comedown" ...

the shakes, the withdrawal. If you catch my drift. :hangover:

Pills and booze will do it to you every time.

Not that I'd know anything about it. O8)

[DancingBear]

40. Damn, I read that header wrong...

Oh, nevermind. :) :)

[Kahuna]

100. Still, she should be used to the hatred of her husband by now...

Whenever they travel abroad people come out by the hundred thousands to protest him. What Hillary said was mild compared to what they usually get.

[Andromeda]

107. Laura's jealousy of Hillary...

is very obvious. Laura is such a skank.

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[sellitman]

26. You have a way with words....

:toast:

[aquart]

62. Nuh uh. Texture is for pleasure.

[benburch]

70. Depends on how sharp the knobs are...

:evilgrin:

[iverglas]

106. it got deleted ...

but it isn't difficult to figure out what sort of thing it said, from the approving comments.

Amazing how it was too unpleasant for DU rules, and how some folks still seem to think it's worthy of favourable comment.

[JI7]

5. stupid selfish bitch

i really hate her. she thinks THEY deserve empathy? fuck the victims of Bush's policies, it's all about the Bush family and their "beautiful minds".

[niyad]

6. and we care what pickles thinks WHY?

[hwmnbn]

7. That BITCH!!!. ...

Where was her "empathy" when the big dog was getting clobbered daily by the repukes? For a blow job!

She can take her hypocrisy and stick it up her more than ample ass!

pickles----> :spank: <-----me

[PBass]

8. Shouldn't she get back to baking cookies?

The "Do Nothing" First Lady

[hatrack]

43. But you forgot - she solve the nation's gang problem SINGLE-HANDEDLY!!

USA! USA! USA! USA!

:eyes:

[Virginian]

92. She forgot about somebody...

Bush pointed out that former Presidents Bush and Clinton and her husband are part of a unique club that also includes the wives.

What about the Carters and the Fords and Nancy?

Why is she picking on Hillary? Carter just slammed Dubya big time last week.

[niyad]

10. is she possessed of a sense of irony, do you think? see quote below

"If we resort to violence, it's very, very difficult to have any sort of dialogue," she said.

[RC]

69. Maybe pickles should tell her hubby that.

Might save us from WWIII, ya think?

[SillyGoose]

11. Its Hillary's job AS AN ELECTED SENATOR to speak out about

the Administration. Duh.

Laura Bush needs to can it with her shallow, whining, bitchy comments.

[xultar]

12. Hey Pickles. KISS-A MY BLACK-A ASS-A

[whosinpower]

13. Question for Laura....

Where was HER empathy when Clinton was facing impeachment for lying about an affair????

If anyone knows best what it is exactly like to live in the white house - it IS Hillary....and she has just as much a right to critisize Bush performance as any other american.

see - that is the problem - they think that George is above critisism. And WE know better.

[July]

60. Thank you!

I didn't hear Laura clearing up that FALSE accusation that the Clintons trashed the White House and Air Force One, did you?

They trot her out whenever the chimp is in real trouble, because people think she's harmless.

[cliss]

93. Great post.

and a good reminder:smoke:

[peaches2003]

14. Bush brought up whether Laura might run for office

Might the Bushes be pulling what so many dictators have? Run the little woman to keep the family in office and then the Idiot will be pulling her strings? I think they think they could put this over on those who think Pickles is so sweet and wonderful.

Just very strange that she is now giving opinions on every damn thing and is being thrown at us constantly, whereas you used to rarely see her anywhere.

[mzteris]

42. shades of Lurleen?

God that would suck . . .

One of the talking head stations mentioned that "Laura" polled "higher than any other first lady".

BS - she's a f'ing stepford wife prozac queen

[mitchum]

64. That's actually the narrative that many HRC supporters are trying...

to write.
Very unfair, though. Hillary is quite capable of being her own moderate DLC republite woman.

[mzteris]

68. um =

I thought we were talking about LAURA - not Hillary.

IMHO - Hillary was probably running the country as much as Bill was - so maybe HE's the Lurleen.

Hillary would be no Lurleen - she'd be in charge in her own right.

[mitchum]

73. Um...I thought the topic was BOTH Pickles and Hillary...

and I thought that I made it very clear that Hillary WOULD NOT be a Lurleen. However, one would have to be VERY naive to think that the Lurleen factor would not appeal to a part of the electorate who would vote for HRC. I repeat: she is quite capable of being her own moderate DLC republite woman with no help from her spouse. But quite a bit of assistance from corporate interests.

[wishlist]

15. Unelected Laura is even more out of bounds to criticize Senator Hillary

Hillary won her Senate seat by a landslide so she has every right and the duty to speak out. I have always found it interesting that Repubs kept Laura muzzled during the 2000 campaign so they could win points contrasting her with outspoken Hillary, only to realize that Hillary was popular enough to be elected to the Senate so it was then okay to let Laura speak out more.

[Zen Democrat]

19. Absolutely spot on. It's Laura that out of bounds.

AND hung over.

[progdonkey]

23. couldn't have said it better myself!

The un-elected wife of an un-elected president saying it's "out of bounds" for an elected senator to criticize her husband. :puke:

[karynnj]

30. Even if Hillary would have lost, it would be her right as a citizen to

speak out.

[Skittles]

16. fuck you laura

who cares what you think?

[dweller]

91. LOL!

i'm disappointed, i was so looking for a series ASS-KICKING!

dp

[Skittles]

95. she wouldn't be worth my time

f***ing Stepford wife

[Bozita]

17. Aren't Pickles and daughter Barb currently on a FREE trip to the Olympics?

Well, ... not free maybe.

What's the cost of that trip to the Murican taxpayers?

[rodeodance]

27. she took the twin with Black hair--

[philosophie_en_rose]

18. Looks like someone needs a woman to defend him *whip*

:sarcasm:

For all the complaints of "Billary" - I'm surprised that Ms. Bush would stoop as low as to have an opinion. Shouldn't she be in the kitchen counting the silver.

Laura - or should I say Leorge (Georg-RA?) - should practice what she preaches. Shut up or tolerate others.

She's entitled to her opinion, but her hypocrisy is vomit-inducing.

[Kagemusha]

21. It's a smart strategy, isn't it?

Reduce Hillary to Laura Bush's level and make her not a serious candidate for anything but running a book club.

Just saying, that's what it looks like the goal is.

[philosophie_en_rose]

37. Clearly, they're trying to degrade Senator Clinton.

First lady is a noble position, but it's not the same as being elected in your own right.

There is no comparison with DUI Laura and Senator Hillary.

[muntrv]

20. Laura might as well

say half the U.S. is out of bounds for using their FIRST AMENDMENT rights.

[Zen Democrat]

22. Laura and her clubmates ...

"Bush pointed out that former Presidents Bush and Clinton and her husband are part of a unique club that also includes the wives."

That's hilarious. I don't Jimmy and Rosalynn want to be in their club. I don't think Jerry and Betty, or even Nancy want in that club.

Actually I think the unique club is the 2Georges, Douchebag and Pickles - unique for the blithering ignorance and hubris of its members. They are trying to pull Bill in to legitimize themselves with independents (who loved Clinton)-- but Hillary has been excommunicated from "the club" it seems.

[tabasco]

24. I really need a dumb hick killer from Texas to tell me the role

of senators in the US government. Yeah, I really needed your input, Laura, you evil, ugly, stupid killer.

[rodeodance]

25. is the media going to print ALL other canditates criticism's of Jr? I

really do not see Laura commenting on say Specters concerns with domestic spying. I just wonder!

[johncoby2]

28. If you cant stand the heat......

Get our of the White House.

[rodeodance]

29. good gawds! AP thinks this is a story!

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[Auntie Bush]

31. Pickles should mind her own business or her poll numbers are

going to go down. Her high poll numbers have given her courage to say something political. She's been destepfordized.

[rodeodance]

34. contact cnn and ask them if Pickles will be commenting on other critiicims

from others--such as Hagel, Specter?

.......http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/

[saltpoint]

33. Just because Mrs. Bush is passive furniture in the GOP power

structure doesn't mean other women have to emulate her.

This is a classic case of someone trying to rouse the rabble by pointing fingers at "the smart girl in class."

I don't believe Mrs. Bush holds an elective office. Senator Clinton does. Her constituents have every right to expect that she will speak her mind.

[Thor_MN]

80. Passive furniture.. covered in a clearance Wal-Mart slip cover...

[saltpoint]

82. !! : ) / Hi, Thor. Do whatever you can up there in Minnesota to

keep that state blue for us.

We direly need to keep the Gopher State blue.

All good wishes.

[nuxvomica]

36. Interesting that she didn't criticize the accuracy

Just the impropriety.

[tanyev]

38. Pthttht. That was nothing.

Laura should hear me criticize the her beloved husband sometime.

[hatrack]

39. Yes, that's why she defended Hil's husband against drug & murder rumors

She and Babs were right out there defending then-President Clinton from all those outrageous charges, isn't that right, Laura?

Uh, honey, this is America, and anybody can say any Goddamned thing they want about elected officials, so piss off!!

[Mad_Dem_X]

111. Exactly - where was she when Clinton was

being accused of murder and rape and all that???

[Malva Zebrina]

41. Dear Mrs. Laura Bush

You worked for four years of your entire life and claim you had a "career". You have done nothing but live off the Bush money and raise two daughters who seem to have inherited the notion that they do not have to work much either.

You manufactured an event in Afganistan that was totally a potempkin event. Dear first war lady, have you visited or even read about what is going on in Afganistan.

Your husband is a killer. He is obssessed with killing people and calls it "war". That he lied to kill people and rejoiced in the amount of killing he has achieved in his stupidity, just as he did when he and you were in the Governer's mansion in Texas.

You are nothing, Mrs. Bush but a robotic despot who supports killing and war. You have not worked worth a damn in the past thirty five years. Your daughters are play girls and will also live off of the rich husband they marry,

You, MRs. Bush are a welfare Mom.

Now, you presume to put yourself up to the level of a Senator? You are a bitch of the first order. You cannot even rise to the level of your bitchy, racist mother in law--you just follow orders coming from Karl Rove and the big size ten shoe momma, Karen Hughes because if you did not, you could no longer enjoy the riches and the status that your marriage afforded you and that you jumped on at the age of thirty because at that time, you were actually somewhat "middle class" and had no chance of enjoying what the "rich" enjoyed, and now you seem to think it "cute" to criticize a Senator who apparently is within her perfect role to criticize your insane, ignorant and fascist husband.

You ought to just shut up and go visit some inner city school to reform the "boys", most of them black. How's that going, BTW.

No one elected you, bitch. You are out of your class and out of your venue. Just go to the Olympics with your other skanky daughter and smile and wave at the taxpayers expense.

and some of us are getting damn sick and tired of paying for your expensive vacations in Europe, where you behave like a queen.

Laura you are a nothing and you have done nothing. You simply are a presidential welfare queen, living off our money and

Your taste in clothes is atrocious and embarrassing---can you please hike up your pendulous chest so it rests somewhere mid chest instead of languishing at your waist and not wear clothes that accent your rather fat ass? You are not twenty years old any longer dear.

[Simeon Salus]

44. The most popular person in this WH is the only one with no responsibility

And that's no coincidence.

[AlCzervik]

45. life is tough, get a helmet--oops you're already wearing one.

[goforit]

46. O boy!! .........Laura is intiating a cat fight!!!

[badgervan]

49. Her Eyes Say: NO ONE HOME

Ah, Laura and George: the combined I.Q. of a kumquat. Do we have leadership, or what?

[savemefromdumbya]

47. One 1st lady to a previous 1st lady

Will Laura visit her husband in jail?

[The_Casual_Observer]

48. If jr. had done a reasonable job, there would be no reason to criticize.

[tenshi816]

50. Why does anyone care

what the partner of a politician - any politician, anywhere in the world - has to say about anything? I've never understood this at all.

[Placebo]

51. Pickles is a jealous fool.

Jealous of a woman who shows what a first lady should look like, and what a former first lady should try and make as a role for herself.

[bluedog]

52. the GOP did say they were

sending out Laura more now to campaign in this 2006 elections...they think people love her and won't turn against her....so she gets the free press coverage and campaigns at the same time for the GOP...

if she is their "hard hitter".if she feels the need to defend those who criticize bush and the GOP corrupt party...then this woman is fair game......alls fair.no matter what dirt she has on her should be brought up loud and clear...

thats the way the GOP'ers fight...damn right dirty.....we have to go to their level....with McCain.bush cheney.any of them.........

[anitar1]

53. Laura who?? n/t

[yorkiemommie1]

54. ...and on a sporting note....

....On a sporting note, she described the U.S. team as "a really wonderful Olympic team with so many cute young people -- a few older people as well."...

well... thank ya for your condescending opinion on their appearance and age!..

[VelmaD]

55. It's really sad to see...

I don't care how much we all disagree with Pickles...it's still really disheartening to see so many people here are incapable of expressing that disagreement without resorting to gender slurs.

Can't y'all do better than just yelling "BITCH!". :eyes:

[NMDemDist2]

84. agreed, this thread is a sexist nightmare, hitting new lows for even

the usual suspects

:spank:

[Kahuna]

99. She's a bitch. There. I said it softly.

:eyes:

[iverglas]

108. yelling "bitch"

If they can't apply common decency, one might think they could at least read the rulebook.

[AndyA]

56. I have three words for Laura

SHUT UP MURDERER!

[harlinnchi]

57. Since when do these folks have the power to determine the bounds of ...

...the 1st amendment to the constitution? How do they get the right to tell me what my limits are with respect to whether an action shows classiness or classlessness, manners or their lack, good taste or boorishness?

They are trying to tell the King family (and as an extension, Blacks in general) how an acceptable funeral should be held -- or at least how it shouldn't. They're trying to tell Sen. Clinton what are her bounds when she utters any remarks about the president. The RNC chair, Mehlman, the president and several of the components of the GOP propaganda machine are now alluding to the 'type' of 2006 election season they expect, asserting that the American people want a less angry, less name-calling and less character questioning process in the upcoming congressional elections. Isn't that special.

That wouldn't in itself be too bad if it weren't for the fact that the GOP asserts that simply speaking the truth is to be considered, as Tucker would say, bad manners and bad form, as if this country were some English prep school in the 1910's.

If I had the chance, I'd tell him that bad form is starting a war of choice by ignoring any adviser who revealed intelligence which didn't agree with the idea of going to war, i.e., that Saddam had no WMD's, then stating that everyone believed he did have them. Good form requires truth-telling. I'd tell him that it is somewhat more than bad manners, it is downright rude to have reports sent to the White House saying that levees were subject to breeching pre-Katrina, then were breeched in post-Katrina NOLA and then, as late as two-months ago, claim that he thought there was simply flooding with no levee breech, as an attempt to excuse the atrocious response. Good manners involve taking responsibility, particularly for one's failures. But speaking of good form and good manners, has any other president been photographed giving someone the middle finger 'eff you' sign?

I'd also submit that he, Tucker, has about as much of a right to instruct Blacks in their (my!) cultural activities as does an oak tree, and probably fewer chances for success.

[VegasWolf]

58. Looks like Laura needs a little more pot! nt

[VegasWolf]

59. Looks like Laura needs a little more pot! nt

[mitchum]

63. What's she gonna do? Run her down and kill her?

[Rex]

65. Pickles never had it.

She lost her mind after she ran over and killed her ex-boyfriend (and got away with it).

[sakabatou]

66. Did Hillary ever say the critics of her husband "out of bounds?"

No. So bully to you, Pickles.

[HuffleClaw]

67. geeze, what a waste of newsprint

"Of course I think it's out of bounds," the first lady said. "But I think it's politics, it's certainly politics."

it seems like they really want to emphasize this 'any criticism of bush is baaaad!' thing.

[Endangered Specie]

71. "Out of bounds" you mean like those double yellow and stop lines

on the road :shrug:

[Runcible Spoon]

78. oh snaps!

:evilgrin:

[madmark]

72. stfu

[tabasco]

74. Here's a new pic of Laura at the King funeral:

[Metta]

75. Poor baby, on'y want to pway nice.

These aren't the statements of a mature adult. Or, they're smear. Whoops, right the first time.

[meisje]

76. WooHoo Cat-fight!

[OKNancy]

77. I've never seen so many DUers defend Hillary

I guess it's like your rotten little sister who pisses you off constantly, but by god you better not pick on her. She may be a pain in the ass, but she's my pain and you better lay off.

I have to admit, the more the Repubs smear her, the more I want to defend her.

[mitchum]

79. Yes, but be very careful about being manipulated into defending her...

it's just another tactic of theirs in order to pick our candidate for us.

[OKNancy]

81. I seriously doubt that I could be manipulated by anyone,

much less the Republicans. I will vote in the primary for Clark if he is running, but if Hillary gets it, I'll do what I can to make sure a Democrat wins. The alternative is too dangerous to contemplate.

[NastyRiffraff]

83. Oh Christ...

Laura is speaking to Hillary as if she was "just" an ex-first lady. Pickles, honey....Hillary is an elected Senator, and is speaking as such. So your whining about how she ought to "empathize" with you is out of place here.

I can disagree with HIllary on many things, but Laura isn't fit to shine her shoes. Besides, Hillary was right (except, as someone said, she should have said Bush admin is the worst ever.

[JerseygirlCT]

85. So Hillary's suppoesd to just shut up?

How exactly is she supposed to serve as NY's senator without criticizing the putz?

Nice try, Laura.

But nice (smart) girls DO. Criticize your train wreck of a husband, that is.

[Lefty48197]

86. the former first lady should show some empathy for the current White House

Is she kidding? Dear God, Laura PLEASE GET A GRIP! Surely, you remember the incessant slander machine that went to work against the Clinton's on day #1 of Bill's Presidency, don't you? Your husband and father in law were well connected to the machine. You speak out against the one or two sentences of criticism that your husband has faced in person in the last five years, yet you never once spoke out against the 365 days per year attacks launched against the Clinton's. Laura, you have no credibility.

[0007]

87. Is Laura's britches getting kinda tight? Maybe some bigger

bloomers might calm her down a tad.

[buddysmellgood]

88. This is a great opportunity for Hillary to repeat and sharpen hercriticism

[applegrove]

89. Unless there is a tray of hors d'oevres between them, is 1st Lady allowed

to talk to a Senator? I mean - really?

[pinniped]

90. She is married to the biggest monster of the 21st century.

It has to take its toll.

Up the meds a few notches.

[MaraJade]

94. Mrs Botox has conveniently forgotten

that she lives in the United States of America, where EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN has the right to criticize the pResident of the US, even citizens who happen to be senators.

But, I am not surprised at Ms Pickles' attitude at all. After all, she really believes that she is
Queen Chimp and that her husband is King. One must not speak ill of the King.

[Raine]

96. Hillary is an ELECTED politician

she is not just the wife of an elected official whose only duties are to attend ribbon cuttings and bake cookies. :crazy:

[kurth]

97. Laura, go help your husband milk the male horse

[gator_in_Ontario]

98. Constitution

Oh yeah we used to have one. I forgot we now have an emporer. My bad.

[spanone]

101. Hey Laura, you're a wife, Hillary is a SENATOR, STFU.

[kayice]

102. And Dubya says he married up? Not much.

[WhiteTara]

103. Yes, SENATOR keep your mouth shut

after all, you are part of the demoralized congress in the debased minority position. Just shut up and trust those criminals.

Actually, I'm not a Hillary fan, but I appreciate her when she opens her mouth to condemn the administration.

[rocktivity]

104. Hillary's job is United States Senator, NOT "former First Lady."

And as such, one of her duties--indeed, one of her OBLIGATIONS--is to criticize the President when she feels it is warranted!

:headbang:
rocknation

[judaspriestess]

105. Oh great next thing, we have to hear from * 's stupid daughters

leave my daddy alone!!

[SKKY]

109. Tell Laura to go file some books or something...

[Orsino]

110. Orsino says Laura 'Out of Her Depth' in Talking Politics n/t

[Javaman]

112. this is pickles first attempt at "politics", laying ground work for a run.

Mark my words. she's talking tough to try and gain a following.

I have seen more than a few articles and poles probling the waters for her to run for something.

This is the repukes attempt at saying, "look, our first lady is just as tough and smart as yours, nah, nah, nah!"

God help us all.

Pickles is a fucking halfwit.