U.S. has `never had a mother' be president, Sen. Clinton says

Mercury News ^ | 12/21/06

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president.

Appearing on "The View" to push the 10th anniversary reissue of her book "It Takes a Village," Clinton chatted about family Christmas and raising kids these days. <> The former first lady noted, "We've never had a mother who ever ran for or held that position."

Clinton also acknowledged that the concept of electing a woman president is "such a leap of faith."

The senator, considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, raised the issue after admitting this week she didn't know if the country was ready for a female president, but added, "We need to try."

Clinton spent most of her time on "The View" talking about the difficulties of parenting - topics that play well with the show's 3 million strong audience of women 18 to 49.

[areafiftyone]

YEEESH! Now we're going to have Hillary "MOMMY" Clinton running for president???

[andy58-in-nh]

I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected.

[2banana]

OR a hard core Marxists either...

[darkwing104]

Jimmy Carter was another Mother...

[areafiftyone]

LOL! She must have the same campaign manager that Al Gore had!

[CAluvdubya]

She's a mother all right......a mother $%*#*#!

[Red Badger]

Edith Bolling Galt-Wilson might have a problem with that statement........

[ukie55]

Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president.

We don't need a mommy to run this country, we need a man; like Ronald Reagan, not her husband.

[Mo1]

So the election for Presidency has come down to who is a better parent .. Mommy or Daddy ??

[areafiftyone]

Scary huh?

[SmoothTalker]

We haven't had a demon either.

[Republican Red]

I guess the black woman who ran for President didn't really count to the Democrats:

"In fact, former Congresswoman Carol Moseley Braun, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination two years ago, has a son, Matthew, who is a computer engineer."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237607,00.html

[verity]

That's a fact.

[traditional1]

Yeah.....and let's hear it for ol' Moose Lips.....the absentee Father....

[areafiftyone]

We don't need a mommy to run this country, we need a man; like Ronald Reagan, not her husband.

We need a man - that's for sure (and I'm a female and I don't mind saying that) but we will not have someone like Ronald Reagan. So far NONE of the potentials are Ronald Reagan types. We will have to settle for what we can get this time. Maybe in 2012 but not in 2008.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"Shut yo mouf"

"I'm jus talkin' 'bout Shaft"!

[Iowa Granny]

I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected.

You beat me to the draw! And the keyboard.

My thoughts, exactly.

[Tanniker Smith]

I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected.

Well, that sums up my first reaction as well...

[gridlock]

Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president.

Senator Clinton is setting herself apart from Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice. This is just the first mud-ball of the whispering campaign that will ensue if Condoleeza Rice evidences even the slightest desire to run for President.

Frankly, I think Rice is the only one the Clinton Camp fears.

[TADSLOS]

Mutha...

[areafiftyone]

Yup and what about Libby Dole?

[Mo1]

The democrats are making a joke and a mockery of the most important elected office in our country

[JRios1968]

She must have the same campaign manager that Al Gore had!

Maybe so, but with her, Rolling Stone magazine won't need to stuff her pants to enhance her...uh...you know. I think hers is already bigger than Gore's anyway.

[Mo1]

Good catch!

[andy58-in-nh]

Come to think of it, "Shaft" would have been an apt nickname.

[Caipirabob]

"U.S. has `never had a mother' be president, Sen. Clinton says "

Yes, yes we have, you just didn't complete the thought, Clinton. How typical.

[onyx]

Forget CIC --- her husband loathed the military and there's no reason to think she feels any different.

[bmwcyle]

Mother is only half a word when she uses it. MotherF....

[Kenton]

Clinton also acknowledged that the concept of electing a woman president is "such a leap of faith."

You could pour a bottle of Cuervo down my throat and I'd never be willing to chance such a leap, as far as Hillary is concerned. A jump off a cliff wearing home-made wings is a leap of faith, too...

[livius]

I'm not sure Hillary and her spawn would qualify.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Jimmy Carter was another Mother...

He is Osama's mamma...

[Mo1]

I know .. but she was playing to the audience of women

You just watch, she'll be on Oprah next

It's a great way of dodging all of the media presser questions

[Colonel PK]

Well, she's the "mother" of all "mothers" Her campaign will consist of "I don't recall that."

[bonfire]

I see some great bumper stickers coming out of this title.

[rjp2005]

Here we go!!

The Hilary-Media alliance dropping all the neccessary soundbites to target our sympathies for 08.

Rush made a decent point yesterday - first time I listened to his show in years for a few min. He said (paraphrase) that she's continuing to play up the "victimhood of the mother", especially single mothers.

[Gantz]

"Never had a mother." Hillary, please spare us the thinly-veiled accusation of discrimination and assinuations of victimhood.

When a "mother" comes along who is worthy, then maybe the U.S. will finally have it's first woman president.

[Brofholdonow]

...nor a lesbian.

[onyx]

Such a snake. I read somewhere here this morning that she's claiming she does crafts! Good grief. I'll just bet she does. Cripes.

[areafiftyone]

Rush is always right on the money! Well she can't run on her accomplishments because like most Senators and Congresscritters - she has none!

[Moonman62]

I thought Chelsea was gestated in a pod and raised by servants.

[Mo1]

Oh yea .. she claims to be a regular Martha Stewart

She also said that her, Bill and Chelsea stay up to the wee hours of the morning decorating the tree and remembering all the things Chelsea made when she was little

See gave an example of those cast/mold/handprints of Chelsea when she was little

I swear I thought my eyes were going to get stuck in the back of my head from rolling them so much while watching this BS performance

[Waco]

8 years. Wake-up! Thimk!

[freeperfromnj]

U.S. has `never had a mother' be president, Sen. Clinton says

Gee, she really is the smartest woman in the world.

[bushfamfan]

Duncan Hunter is in the race. Just keep that in mind. A Vietnam vet with a son who served in Iraq who would destroy Hillary.

[onyx]

Wow and she bakes cookies too. What a lovely family.

Women who watch the View, Oprah and Ellen might buy into this charade, but not me. Hillary is all cut throat and all business.

[areafiftyone]

He would never be able to distroy Hillary - I hate to say this but she'll have him for dinner and spit him out. Don't underestimate Hillary. We need a powerful person to beat her. A Represenative from Congress will never be able to beat Senator Clinton. Just because he says what we want to hear is not enough to beat the BEAST!

[areafiftyone]

Why do women even watch that crappy show. My god it's full of BEEYATCHS!

[Vision]

LOL, this girl is too much.

[Congressman Billybob]

Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine ran for President in 1964. I know that for sure because I was present in the Cow Palace in San Francisco that year when her name was placed in nomination. (Goldwater was, of course, the ultimate nominee.)

As usual, Hillary! is guilty either of incompetent staff work, or lying through her teeth. If she really is one of "America's smartest lawyers," then she should know about Senator Smith's candidacy. So, I'd go with lying through her teeth.

Congressman Billybob

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[ShandaLear]

LOL! Wasn't he also the first black and woman President?