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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:16 PM
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For Hillary's sake, I hope she never plans to use this line again:
Mrs. Clinton strenuously distanced herself from that on Saturday, saying Mr. Clinton did not negotiate the agreement. “The agreement was negotiated in the Bush administration,” she said. “It was passed in the Clinton administration.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/us/politics/24ohio.html


That may be true, but it sounds really bad. It depicts the Bushs and the Clintons as tag-team partners, and I highly doubt that is a link Hillary wants to encourage. It's even worse because she doesn't say "the first Bush administration" or "President Clinton." Now, I may be going out on a limb, but couldn't a reasonable person imagine a similar phrase said down the road, only referring to the second Bush administration and second Clinton administration? That might be stretching it, but it seems to me that politicians have to have to be imaginative to avoid bad optics, and those are two plausible reasons why this statement must never escape her lips ever again.
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:19 PM
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1. so what horrible bush policies is mrs clinton going to bring to fruition. nt
Edited on Sat Feb-23-08 07:20 PM by fenriswolf
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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:22 PM
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2. Don't know.
What was your initial reaction to the line?
Did it strike you as a good way to defend herself on NAFTA, or as creating bad associations?
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:25 PM
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4. the clinton bush collusion
she just admitted it.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:25 PM
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3. nonsensical answer to a question that needs to be answered
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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:39 PM
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5. What ever happened to
It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush ... yada yada yada
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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 07:50 PM
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6. Another good reason.
It undermines what I've considered her best line this whole campaign season.
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