Lindsey Graham -- HILLARY and CHELSEA never cried!

[grasswire]

Think about it.

Mrs. Alito's husband has had a couple of days of questioning.

Mrs. Clinton's husband (and Mrs. Clinton herself) went through ten years of hell -- the most humiliating, disgusting intrusion of personal life ever carried out on the national stage. From the searching of her underwear drawers to the rude insults about her thighs, from the speculation about her sexual orientation to the vicious attacks on her husband. Hillary never cried. (Edit for literalists: Hillary never cried in public in order to sway opinion or affect news coverage.)

And Chelsea, my god. Called a "dog" to millions of radio listeners. Berated and insulted. People even speculated publicly about how her father was probably sexually abusing her. Her parents' marriage suffered so because of the smashmouth political attacks. (Edit for literalists: Chelsea never cried in public in order to sway opinion or affect news coverage.)

Republicans have a lot of nerve trying to garner sympathy for Mrs. Alito. Damn them.

Lindsey Graham was an impeachment "manager." Did Lindsey Graham ask for sympathy for the Clinton women during the impeachment trial of their husband/father? Well? Did he?

[bigscott]

1. of course not

Because they are hypocritical sons-of-bitches. They all deserve to be ousted from office. At lease Sen Graham is missing those chromosomes - so i guess he has an excuse. I pity him and all South Carolinians

[madmom]

2. BRAVO... YES .. I've been saying this all morning ...Thank you!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[barbaraann]

3. Chelsea was compared to a dog on television, not radio.

I saw it. Rush Limbaugh put up a picture of Chelsea and "accidentally" said it was the White House Dog.

If I had been Chelsea, I think I might have committed suicide over that.

[zbdent]

7. Pigboy Oxy blamed it on

a "technician's error" . . . after he was outed . . .

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. With repugs, their crap is always someone else's "error". ALWAYS!

[BoneDaddy]

17. really?

YOu would have committed suicide over el Rusho's comment? I think Chelsea was conditioned to have a lil more thick skin than that.

As for poor poor Ms. Alito....give me a break. That might as well as been as staged as Bush's troop speak.

[zbdent]

30. There have been plenty of 13 (or so) year olds who have committed

suicide over much more trivial things than having been nationally humiliated, BD . . .

[barbaraann]

36. I have a relative to tried to commit suicide over something similar.

For real, at the same age. 13 is a very tumultous time for many human beings.

I have to say that whatever their faults and problems the Clintons did an incredible job raising Chelsea and they deserve a lot of credit for her being able to handle Rush's savage attack.

[BoneDaddy]

42. No doubt

I am not denying the power of words to harm. I have worked with suicidal youth for about 16 years.

But let's stop the "victimization" of people when it is not and perpetuating this ultra-senstivitiy regarding words. Chances are the two children you mentioned who completed the suicidal act dealt with a helluva lot more than simply being compared with a dog or were called a name once.

Life is not easy and it will not be served to you on a silver platter with sweet words all the time. Our children will not grow develop and survive if we continue to treat them like fragile glass.

[Itchinjim]

20. I saw it too and was absolutely appalled,

not only by the fact that Pigbully did it, but also by the laughter of the audience. They got a big chuckle at the expense of a thirteen year old girl. F**king scum.

[KyuzoGator]

34. Yep, and it was NOT an accident.

"You might have heard about the White House cat, Socks." <Picture of Socks on screen> "But did you know that there's also a White House dog?" <Picture of 13-year-old Chelsea on screen>

It was so fucking beyond the pale.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. K&R... although I still firmly believe Martha-Ann was faking it...

Would the repigs stoop soooo low in staging such a thing? To answer that question, I have two words: Jessica Lynch.

[NYCGirl]

5. In public, no. But in private, I think they did. They are human,

after all.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. If they did, they had far more and real reasons too do so. Mrs. A,

not so much. Her "tears" were as phony as Pinhead**'s Texas accent is.

[NYCGirl]

33. I don't judge people on the reasons they cry. Perhaps she's menopausal.

That sure plays havoc with your emotions, I can tell you.

[grasswire]

6. they discussed his genitals!

How did the Clinton women survive the outrageous attacks?!

If I had a copy of the Starr Report, I'd start quoting it to these stupid pundits and politicians moaning over Mrs. Alito.

[txindy]

8. Well said. Of course, he never had sympathy for them

He's a hypocrite. Just as Scalito and his wife are hypocrites. She knows, better than anyone, what a fascist her husband is. Cry me a river. The world is already crying. The Iraqis are drowning in their own tears.

No, no sympathy from me, not for the Scalitos - or Graham. I hope Graham is neck-deep in the Abramoff corruption. He'll be begging for sympathy, then.

[Beaverhausen]

9. How the fuck do you know they didn't cry?

Were you with them 24 hours a day?

give it a rest please.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Exactly....and it would take too long to go through archived film of

every Democratic First Lady, nominee's wife etc...to prove this. Sigh...Weren't there other things to focus on?

[Cooley Hurd]

11. I believe the OP meant they didn't cry in public, like Martha-Ann did...

...at least that how I read it. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. But we haven't gone through oodles of archived film to say that

definitively. I'd hate to be proven wrong...and the situation doesn't warrant it. This is getting awfully ridiculous.

[Cooley Hurd]

22. You're certainly welcome to do so...

However, I cannot, for the life of me, recall either Hillary, nor Chelsea, losing it in a public forum and running from the room like Martha-Ann did.

:shrug:

On edit: Mrs G, did you read this post from dKos yet? It raises serious questions about the legitimacy of her outburst.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. That's not the point. We make this comment as if we are SURE, just

like we are SURE what was going through Mrs Alito's head. We aren't, can't be and never will be. Let's focus on the facts. It's Alito Alito Alito...MR Alito. Let's focus on him.

[Cooley Hurd]

27. Well, I'm not sure 9/11 was LIHOP or MIHOP. Does that mean...

...we're not even allowed to speculate on it?:shrug:

[grasswire]

32. unfortunately...

...the cynical manipulation of the national conversation forces us to hit back. If Dems have learned anything in the last six years, it should be to never let the smashmouth politics go without an answer. John Kerry lost the presidency because he would not fight the right's framing and the dirty tricks.

[Cooley Hurd]

35. ...and, because of their stagecraft involving everything from

...the War (Jessica Lynch rescue), to Lynne Cheney's outrage about being reminded she has a lesbian daughter, to Bush's fake fucking ranch, we have NO CHOICE BUT to take everything they say, everything they DO with a MOUNTAIN of salt.

They lied and lied and lied and lied. Sorry if I don't believe the lying pieces of shit anymore (including Alito's wife!)

[grasswire]

12. you must have misunderstood

Did I have to say "in public"? Okay. Hillary and Chelsea didn't cry in public for the benefit of the cameras.

Gee. Now do you get it?

[Beaverhausen]

19. you said "never cried"

chelsea wasn't sitting behind Rush when he made his comment. Hillary wasn't sitting behind Bill when he said what he said.

Why do you presume they didn't/don't get emotional about what was said about them?

[grasswire]

21. good lord

Haven't had your morning coffee yet?

[Beaverhausen]

23. I'm having my second cup now

care to comment on what I posted? Or will you just attack me?

[grasswire]

29. attack you?

Once again, you misunderstand.

And no, I think I'll just ignore you.

[Beaverhausen]

31. again, no comment on my what I said in my post

Didn't think you'd be able to answer it.

oh yeah...you are ignoring me. My bad.

[Stephanie]

13. nice language

the poster is obviously talking about their public decorum and you are deliberately missing the point

[Beaverhausen]

18. No- I get the point

I can't believe people truly believe this woman was 'acting'

and he said they "never" cried. I highly doubt that they never cried. I wouldn't presume to know either.

I'm not deliberately missing anything. I'm seeing a bunch of immature posters pick on a woman who is in a very tense situation, who possibly doesn't even want to be there, and finally broke down emotionally when someone was defending her husband after two days of grilling.

[EFerrari]

38. Well, this immature poster who holds Mrs. Scalito

responsible for her behavior can answer your question.

We know Hilary never cried in public because the RW Thuggery would have drawn and quartered her had she done that. We would ALL remember it.

But, please, defend Madame Scalito. I doubt she gets much comfort from her Exxon stock or from her bigoted husband.

[Beaverhausen]

44. If you read the OP, it states that Hillary and Chelsea "never cried"

They weren't on camera when what was said about them was said. How does anyone know what they did in private?

As someone who also cries sometimes at the drop of a hat - in happiness as well as sadness - I can say the I think her tears were real.

I think she probably doesn't enjoy sitting there all day listening to people grill her husband. She has probably never had any media attention in her life and it must be overwhelming. And when someone finally starts to defend her husband and say nice things about him, she did what many wives might do. She got emotional and cried. I would probably do it too. I just don't see what the big deal is.

I don't see why we have to stoop to the level of the Limbaughs of the world. It should be beneath us.

[Stephanie]

43. boo-fucking-hoo

Those Democrats are so MEAN! When will they stop PICKING ON ME? All I want it to make George Bush happy and hand him the dictatorship he's been ardently wishing for the past five years. Oh, and to set women's rights back 30 years, too. And to keep minorities in their place. Yeah. That's all I want. So why do you have to be so darn MEAN? Why can't you sit down, shut up and stop asking questions.

[Beaverhausen]

45. They were picking on her husband, not her

and she cried when Lindsay Graham said nice things, defending her husband. Did you even watch?

[Stephanie]

46. I understand what happened - don't patronize me Mr. Beaver

And I don't feel the least bit sorry for the whiny wife of the man who hopes to lie his way into position to steal my rights away. They can both rot. No sympathy for the devil.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=117674&mesg_id=117674

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. The Chelsea thing wasn't radio. It was TELEFUCKINGVISION! -nt

[KittyWampus]

25. Remember the fake outrage over Kerry mentioning Cheney's Lesbian Daughter?

remember?

Rather then focus on how Bush lied?

Remember?

Even though that lesbian daughter worked as a sales rep for Coors beer and went around to gay bars with Mr. Leather to promote Coors?

Remember?

[Cooley Hurd]

28. Good analogy!

:thumbsup:

[kskiska]

37. Imagine what they'd have done to Jackie Kennedy

if they'd been around then.

[Cooley Hurd]

40. We already know what "they" did to her husband:

:evilfrown:

[Ksec]

39. nominated

Their outrage is laughable considering what they did to the President of the US and his family through the 8 years of prosperity during Clinton.

[Old Smokey]

41. Great Post

[bigscott]

47. wow

new depths of irrelevance - who the fuck cares? it was a PHOTO OP!! I never brought my wife on a job interview and i got every job I ever interviewed for! It was faked and bullshit - just like everything else in this administration

[Cooley Hurd]

48. Welllllll... lookie here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x123140