.."I haven't seen so much bull**** since those waste storage silo's blew up at Bunkie's Bull and Ball Bulk Storage Site"
Posted on 11/15/2007 5:49:49 PM PST by mdittmar
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Under pressure in a caustic campaign debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday night the American people "know where I stand" and accused her rivals of distorting her record and slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook."
"There's nothing personal about this," countered former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues.
"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," added Obama.
The three-way confrontation reduced the other Democratic presidential hopefuls on the debate stage to the uncomfortable role of spectator, yet it perfectly captured the race for the party's nomination seven weeks before the kickoff Iowa caucuses.
Clinton leads in the nationwide polls, but recent surveys in Iowa show she is in a virtual dead heat with Obama and Edwards.
Obama was the first to challenge Clinton, saying it took two weeks to "get a clear answer" from her on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. "The same is true on Social Security," he said.
For the first time in a debate, Clinton swiftly answered in kind. "When it came time to step up and decide whether or not he would support universal health care coverage he chose not to do that," she said of Obama. She added his plan would leave 15 million people without coverage — the population of Iowa and three other early voting states in the nominating campaign.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Under pressure in a caustic campaign debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday night the American people "know where I stand" and accused her rivals of distorting her record and slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook."
"There's nothing personal about this," countered former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues.
"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," added Obama.
Slow news night?
how do you debate when you all agree on the issues?
They pulled the other thread where some of us were discussing the lovefest.
I get such a warm and fuzzy feeling when Hilde takes over the podium.....or not.
That they did.. Is this the other thread?
I don't think that warm fuzzy feeling when Hildy takes the stage is what you've got; I think it's probably acid refulx!
Now Richardson is advancing the latest Democrat surrender plan in Iraq.
I don’t know....with me posting here, this will probably get locked, too!
Kucinich is talking the Taliban/Al Qaeda talking points right now!
LOL
You have to love the “independents” in the audience.
Let’s see if they bring back the ponytail guy to ask how the next President will meet his needs.
I thought I saw Cindy Sheehan in the Front Row of the "Independent Iowa Voters".
ROFLMAO
The press is lobbing softballs....panicked parents searching the toy boxes for Chinese toys? Please.
If elected, he's gonna SUE them!
These guys are good!
ROFL
Edwards...”We can’t replace corporate Republicans with corporate Democrats (We need a good slip and fall lawyer Democrat in the White House).”
NAFTA was not a mistake; it needs work because it was "flawed".
She wants WTO to oversee our trade agreements?
LOL
Socilism is her middle name...
ding ding ding, we have a winner........
I bet BJ Clinton is taking care of that as we speak. He knows where Hillary is for the next 50 minutes.
*******
Marginal stagy-brite lighting....
Saggy-baggy "chipmunk" botox....
Know what you mean....
What a JOKE!
We have a nuclear waste crisis, and we have a Global Warming Emergency, too! (Obama)
We're all DOOMED!
Latest topic: alternative fuels
Kucinich has a novel plan: since China’s population is increasingly turning to automobiles, he will import China’s surplus bicycles for Americans. This will eliminate the USA’s dependence on foreign oil.
LOL
She’s still Clinton and whatever it is, it’s a lie.
Yeah...she's got good 'cover', alright!
Did anyone just catch the ‘cackle’ from Hillary after Obama said he was “optimistic about America”?
Oops...we almost had a Hildebeast laughter eruption.
She proceeds to deny it. She understands she's being attacked because she's the front runner ("independent" crowd goes WILD)
Uh-oh....she’s pulling the glass ceiling issue AGAIN...she’s blown it!
“Several of us wouldn’t have been able to stand here, running for President, unless my husband, a member of the “Boys Club,” had paved the way for me.”
Poor Biden, Edwards and Dodd who are just white guys. Oh and Kucinich who is an alien.
Edwards is getting a lot of face time, but the Hildabeast EASILY is hogging the airtime and being facilitated by Wolfie.
There ain't NO WAY those are "Independent Voters" in that crowd....they probably had to swear an oath to the Democrats to get in and follow the "applause" and "laugh" signs, or risk waterboarding.
Kucinich sounds like he's just there to get laughs.
LOL!!!
Kucinich is actually popular in my city even though Richardson lives in the city. Yes it sounds like a nightmare but welcome to my world.
I predict that the MSM will be gushing about Hilde's strong performance after the "debate."
They’re out there with the “Independent Voters”, with the planted DNC questions bashing Bush.
Oh yeah....they even have the token Iraq war veteran to add cover to their attacks on Bush.
I guess the Commander-in-Chief is subject to the orders from Congress now?
Hilde: “We have to get China and Russia to help us with Iran.”
Translation: “You people are too stupid to realize that this will never happen.”
Edwards if forwarding his new “Bush-Cheney-and-the-Neocons” slogan.
.."I haven't seen so much bull**** since those waste storage silo's blew up at Bunkie's Bull and Ball Bulk Storage Site"
Since this is a CNN debate, do you think they will have those weak-minded “independents” in a room with the “love/hate” meters that they manipulate as each candidate speaks?
A steamin' pile, alright...
Richardson: “I’ll pull out the troops so Iran can take over and the soldiers feel like they’ve wasted years of their lives for nothing.”
Yeah...collateral damage in his mind.
Kucinich "read" the Patriot Act, and voted against it.
Every American should appologize for suspecting middle-eastern people as potential terrorists. Kucinich is against everything.....he just wants the Socialists to tell you everything you need to know, and we should IMPEACH Bush, too!
Kucinich is on a Moonbat rant.
“Impeach them NOW!”
Richardson, of course, knows best because he was a governor.
Stop demonizing the illegals, that's not 'American'.
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