The Artful Dodger at her best

[Kingstree]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/14/clinton.gays/index.html

Sen. Clinton dodges question on gays, immorality

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton sidestepped a question about whether she thinks homosexuality is immoral Wednesday, less than two weeks after telling gay-rights activists she was "proud" to stand by their side.

Clinton was asked the question by ABC News, in the wake of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace's controversial comment that he believed homosexual acts were immoral.

"Well, I'm going to leave that to others to conclude," she said.

Pace told the Chicago Tribune on Monday he supports the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. armed forces. (Full story)

"My upbringing is such that I believe that there are certain things, certain types of conduct that are immoral," Pace told the Tribune. "I believe that military members who sleep with other military members' wives are immoral in their conduct."

Pace also told the paper, "I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts."

Clinton's spokesman, Philippe Reins, said the New York senator "obviously" disagrees with Pace and that everyone, including the general, "has the right to be wrong, but should not inject their personal beliefs into public policy."

[wyldwolf]

1. March 15th article - the same day Obama dodged it, too.

[Dora]

2. March 15 is the article date. Old news. No thank you. n/t

[Kingstree]

3. This is not old news She never answers a question head on.

[Dora]

4. It is old news. This happened in March. n/t

[jgraz]

5. And yet, still sadly relevant

In what way has Clinton's approach to policy statements changed since March 15th?

[wyldwolf]

6. does it make Obama the Artful Dodgette?

[jgraz]

8. Who cares?

I thought we were talking about Hillary. Since I don't plan on supporting Obama, I'm not paying that much attention to him.

[wyldwolf]

10. It is, to use your word, relevant.

[Dora]

15. IMO, it's flamebaiting to post stale news without context for discussion.

This is just my opinion.

[AtomicKitten]

17. bingo

It's a favorite sport here at DU.

[Buzz Clik]

7. I'm giving this a kick because THIS IS OLD NEWS!!!

Jeebus Fleabus! Isn't there some new shit you could fling through the bars of your cage?

[jgraz]

9. We're waiting for the next shockingly clear moral issue for her to equivocate on

Oh riiight -- that whole "I don't know how I'm going to vote on the war until I'm sure the result is certain" thing. Less old, but still pretty old.

Quick, somebody ask her about nuking Iran!!

[Buzz Clik]

13. No kidding.

I find it amazing just how frequently she does her shadow boxing routine. Even more amazing are her poll numbers. I guess it's a testimony to how poorly informed the American electorate tends to be.

[Kingstree]

11. Once you fling it through your cage and it hits Hillary let me know

[Buzz Clik]

12. That's not up to me. I will pay little attention to this primary until November.

[AtomicKitten]

14. seriously

This recycled blog chatter is tiresome; we can only hope it wears some folks out long before the actual election warms up.

[SaveElmer]

16. DOes this mean in three months it'll be ok to bring up Obama's "Punjab"...

Fiasco...?

[rinsd]

18. This is hilarious. You do realize that Obama also dodged that question intially.

Both candidates released stronger statements a day later.

[Supersedeas]

19. CNN....grinding that axe.

[NoPasaran]

20. Stale flamebait

Bleah

[bigwillq]

21. This may be stale but

this is one thing that still bothers me about Clinton and Obama and any other politican that jsut can't give a yes or no answer.