Xerox KO

[anamnua]

This will be ranked in years to come with Lloyd Bentsen's famous putdown of Dan Quayle.

[NEDem]

1. Not even close

The Dan Quayle smackdown was classic. this was corney. Wouldn't be remarkable, even now, except for the booing

[Window]

9. Please, it was corny. Snide and corny.

It fell flat. No knock-out punch at all in the debate for Hillary.

[earthlover]

27. WTF? She was BOO-ED! It bombed!

How on earth is this a score for Hillary? Incredible

[BlackVelvet04]

33. A few people booed....

his supporters because he got called on his crap.

[Colobo]

2. What?

[anamandujano]

3. It was a good one!

[truebrit71]

4. Ummm..how about NO and stuff...or did you MISS the boos...

...people hated yet more Clinton negativity...

[MagsDem]

16. HIS people booed

What did you expect? It was hardly a large majority booing. She kicked him in the ass with that one.

[anamandujano]

22. Correct, the same ones that applauded him as he rambled through his answers.

[KittyWampus]

5. did Bentsen get booed?

[Bucky]

7. Senator, that was unfair

:boo-fucking-hoo:

[stahbrett]

10. Senator, I knew a Xerox machine, and you're no Xerox machine.

[Bicoastal]

12. The difference is that Lloyd Bentson's quip seemed completely spontaneous and got huge applause...

...whereas Hillary's moment seemed COMPLETELY planned and rehearsed--like she was going to say it no matter WHAT his reaction was.

The crowd was NOT Hillary-unfriendly, and yet, with the exception of a few boos, it was quiet enough for us to hear Obama saying "Hillary, that's just plain wrong...."

THAT is the difference.

[Bucky]

26. SEEMED

The great gotchas are always planned. The Republicans had been making the JFK comparison for months before that debate. Only Quayle was dumb enough to throw Bentsen a big fat slow ball with it.

Clinton's xerox line was certain pre-fabbed. It's not a bad line, if the target was less agile and the delivery more deft.

[earthlover]

28. Hillary that's just plain wrong....so much better than that Xerox remark

I guess the Hillary Herd thinks getting booed is good.

[Exilednight]

35. The line was clearly scripted for her, she was just waiting for the set up....

and when it finally came it wasn't delivered that well.

It's like a joke. Two people tell the exact same joke. When the first person tells it, no one laughs. When the second person tells it, everyone laughs. First person asks why it worked for the second person - answer: they're funny.

Hillary was the first person.

[DemGa]

6. Oh yeah!!

[godai]

8. yeah....good lines get booed n/t

[apocalypsehow]

11. "There you go again" - tell Jimbo hi for me!

:hi: :eyes:

[Johnny__Motown]

13. That didn't get Booed

[K Gardner]

14. Welcome to DU. *snort*

[judaspriestess]

15. Oh Brother a few boos???

big friggin deal, I rather have either candidate get booed than just get a zombie like applause.

[Bicoastal]

18. The remark got NO applause. Look at Lloyd Bentsen's moment for a true comparison...

...of a smackdown.

[berni_mccoy]

17. And who was it that won that election again?

[jgraz]

19. Right on. Except Hillary is Dan Quayle on this one.

[tammywammy]

20. Maybe you missed it, but she got booed for that

It was not a good moment for Hillary.

[earthside]

21. It was canned.

It was so obviously a pre-written line that she was just waiting to use.

That is why even after Obama backed her off with the 'bickering' politics argument, she still threw out the line.

And that is why she got booed.

[Hatalles]

23. Hillary KO'd herself w/ that one.

She came to that debate ready to sling that line. I'm sure she didn't expect the boos and hisses though.

[GoldieAZ49]

24. Is that why the audience booed her?

[anamnua]

29. The booing

signalled that it hit the great brainwashed right where it hurt. I thought it was hilarious - watching it in the small hours of the morning in Ireland. For the record Bentsen had it figured that Quayle would probably bring up JFK.
A class move by Hillary. This was the one that will dominate the headlines and focus attention on Obama's , ahem, lapses into derivativeness.

[GoldieAZ49]

42. look at her use of John Edwards and Bill Clintons words in tonights debate

very lame of her

[RememberWellstone]

25. Yep! Indeed

I loved it...change you can Xerox!!! LMFAO!

[Moochy]

30. Yeah sure it will

In Bizzarro land. All analsysts rated it as a FLOP.

Up Is Down When Your Gal Is Down!

[thevoiceofreason]

31. As the line that finally killed her candidacy.

[sniffa]

32. Vice President Bentsen is forever known for that line

One of the greatest VP's we've ever had. :patriot:

[Straight Shooter]

34. It wasn't the wittiest remark of the decade, but you can bet it will be repeated, and often.

When people hear Obama talk about change, maybe their mind will automatically click in with "change you can Xerox."

Something catchy about that phrase, like an earworm. :)

[Eric J in MN]

37. And if Obama is our nominee, that helps John McCain. NT

NT

[Danger Mouse]

36. Actually, it bombed. NOBODY CHEERED THE LINE.

A few people cheered, BUT NOBODY IN THAT AUDIENCE LIKED IT.
It was a lowblow, and it will not earn Hillary any high marks in the long run.

[GarbagemanLB]

38. Seriously. It sounded like the whole place was booing.

[RunningFromCongress]

39. she got boo'd how is that a knock out?

[mckeown1128]

40. Can someone start a poll on this..

I think that line was the final nail in the coffen of her campaign. I am not just saying this because I support Obama. That line came off REALLY really really badly.

[Tresalisa]

41. After Obama's explanation of the plagiarism question,

where I think he made his case, I thought it made Hillary sound a little petty, a little like she was trying too hard to get that 'zinger' in.

I'd rate Bentsen's remark as a 9-1/2 on a scale of 1-10. I'd rate Hillary's as a 2.

[Blue_Roses]

43. Oh, please...

I watched that debate and it doesn't even compare. Bentson said his comment with truth, her's was with spite. It was a let-down and very below the belt.