Did Hillary become "unhinged" over the flyer issue?

[LoZoccolo]

[BuyingThyme]

1. I voted NO because she only pretended to become unhinged.

[ORDem]

7. Yeah, but unhinged was in quotes, so you still could have voted yes.

LOL!

[BuyingThyme]

9. Dang; if I'd only known who was being quoted.

[Kahuna]

31. Right. More "disingenuous" I'd say. nt

[MadBadger]

2. She wasnt unhinged. She was playing politics.

[conservdem]

11. Agreed. She was playing her politics.

If she was really being unfairly attacked by Obama's mailings then she would have sounded great. But I do not think she had been attacked by him on her health care plan. She was basically lying and she was committing the unfair Rovian attack. Just what I would expect from her. I am so glad many here see it too. I think she has been surprised that the masses are not just buying the BS she's selling. I used to really admire and support HC. Now I strongly dislike her.

[Emit]

3. Define "unhinged"

:-)

[GodlessBiker]

39. There was a disconnect between her reaction and the harm she claimed was perpetrated against her.

[mckeown1128]

4. Yes. N/T

[Debi]

5. Yes, but it was planned - both flyers have been around for a month

and she didn't go after him about them. (why not at the debate? He was right there why not ask him about them??)

She can't afford ads

She can't afford flyers

All she can do is schedule press conferences and feign outrage.

[Windy]

8. she has been sending out misleading flyers about Obama since Iowa.

she is a hypocrite. I just hope that someone in the media calls her on it. CNN is just letting the comments stand. I'm livid about it.

[Debi]

10. I know - I'm in Iowa! I heard her speech about how she started the plan

that is now IDEA (which I ask Joe Biden's staff about since he was one of the first sponsors of the law :eyes:) I got the flyers from both campaigns. I (sadly) attended the rallies at the Boys and Girls Club, National Cattle Congress, Gallagher-Bluedorn - all sites that haven't been paid for those events yet - :crazy: Don't worry about the media not covering Obama's response, they're not taking her outburst seriously. CNN is laughing at her, I'm sure the others will be following suit.

[conservdem]

13. Agree. It was a pretext to launch her attack.

[Debi]

15. He hit me first

:cry:

Thing is ... I don't think she can afford an attack. Only if that 527 gets off the groud for her. Otherwise she'll have to keep calling press conferences and yell at Obama through them.

[arcos]

6. I don't like Hillary at all...

But to say she became unhinged is ridiculous to say the least.

[Bread and Circus]

12. Is there a video of said unhingement?

[Debi]

19. From CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/23/clinton.mailings/?iref=hpmostpop#cnnSTCVideo

[Garbo 2004]

14. It was political theater: not so spontaneous "outrage" over flyers/claims that have been out for

weeks/months and previously publicly responded to by Clinton campaign.

[Occam Bandage]

16. Yes, in a completely premeditated, planned manner.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. Poll: I'm An Obama Supporter. I'm A Hillary Supporter.

Call it what it is, will ya? LOL

[Eric J in MN]

18. "Unhinged" implies she's gone crazy. She hasn't.

Right-winger Michelle Malkin would probably consider anyone who regularly posts at DU as "unhinged" (Malkin wrote " Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild.")

Sounding angry doesn't mean going crazy.

[K Gardner]

20. Bad political theatre and a Lose/Lose for her. Only two options here 1) She

truly became unhinged and lost control, resulting in a very undignified rant unbecoming the Future Leader of the Free World.

or

2) She didn't really come unglued, she was acting in political theatre, in which case she is a liar and disingenuous and willing to do anything including destroying the future Nominee and the Democratic Party to gain power.

Both 1 and 2 are Fatal Blows to her already Failing Campaign.

[Eric J in MN]

24. Maybe she sees the poll numbers moving against her in TX and OH and...

...felt she had to take a gamble that if she expressed anger, people would side with her.

[K Gardner]

25. It was a hastily thought-out and ill-conceived strategy, and if she has no better judgement than

to allow someone to put words/actions like that in her mouth, and to blindly follow what a strategist tells her to do rather than follow her "better angels" (if she has any, that wasn't evident today).. then she is NOT a leader. She is a follower.

[Eric J in MN]

27. After 11 losses in a row, I can understand her feeling she has to do something different.

Wouldn't you say that her only chance of winning on March 4 is to do something different in the leadup?

[K Gardner]

34. No, not really. I think she passed the point of being able to turn it around when she decided

all the states/caucuses/primaries Obama won, didn't matter. Anything drastic she does at this point is simply destructive, mainly to herself unfortunately :-)

[Eric J in MN]

37. I've decided she made the wrong decision.

I can understand her wanting to try something new, but she should have come up with something ELSE new to do instead of getting angry and shouting at a press conference.

[Forkboy]

43. And you hit the nail on the head. She can't even fake being sincere.

[Adelante]

21. She was acting, playing politics, lying

But she was not in the least "unhinged."

[GoneOffShore]

22. Less "became" than revealed what's always lurked beneath the surface.

[bklyncowgirl]

23. No, it was faux outrage all the way. Nice acting job though. nt

[terrya]

26. No, and she's not an "hysterical wifey" about it, either.

[ErnestoG]

28. Imagine Hillary's behavior if she had her hand on the launch codes.

Hows that image?

[IndianaGreen]

29. I voted "Yes," but I really think that Hillary's outrage was rehearsed and phony

particularly when one could see Governor Strickland standing behind her mouthing the very same words Hillary was spewing.

Hillary is good at playing the victim.

[AZBlue]

35. What performance of hers isn't?

[workinclasszero]

30. Bigtime

Hillary finally cut the bullshit and gave Americans a glimpse of the real person behind the facade.

That alone ought to cost her the nomination. Keep it up Hillary!:rofl:

[Bright Eyes]

32. "Desperately Frustrated" is a better word.

When I first heard about the "ranting" (before I saw the clip), I thought she'd be frothing at the mouth. But it wasn't like that at all. Blown out of proportion, IMO.

[Eric J in MN]

38. I agree that phrases like "unhinged" and "ranting" are inappropriate, but...

...this wasn't another case where a politician was described as angry when he or she actually seemed calm.

It's not like the "Dean Scream" where he was portrayed as angry when he wasn't angry at the time.

[Bluerthanblue]

33. no- I don't believe so- it was an opportunity to put her frustration

dissapointment and anger into a tangible 'thing'.

I can honestly understand the level of emotion she must be coping with- but she dissapointed me in her response.


peace~

[mudesi]

36. No. It was deliberate and calculated.

And it was stupid, because this hasn't worked for her for weeks.

[AtomicKitten]

40. Contrast her behavior and tone against Barack's.

He is cool as a cucumber, she is spewing rage.

I used to think she was a smart politician ...

[rosetta627]

41. She became unhinged over her loss of the democratic nomination

And used the flyer as an excuse.

[jlpohio69]

42. Really no discrespect meant

but if you think terms such as "meltdown", "going nuclear", or "unhinged" described Hillary this morning during her stop in Ohio, then you need to get out more.