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Clinton stays behind the scenes for first year in Senate
Press/Sun Bulletin ^ | 12/23/2001 | BY JOHN MACHACEK Washington Bureau

Posted on 12/23/2001 4:12:18 AM PST by b4its2late

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:55:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON -- As Hillary Rodham Clinton finishes her first year as New York's junior senator, she finds herself working at the margins of influence but winning respect and overcoming the controversy and criticism that marred her Senate debut and her tenure as first lady.


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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tours the site of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 20. Analysts say that Clinton's role in securing funds to help New York City could make or break her political future.


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens last week during a House-Senate conference negotiating session on the education reform bill.

I guess a few "Caption that Pic" comments along with regular FReeper comments might make this post somewhat more palatable......

1 posted on 12/23/2001 4:12:18 AM PST by b4its2late
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To: OneidaM;sarcasm;Phantom Lord;Old Friend
Please accept my apology for the ping!
2 posted on 12/23/2001 4:13:30 AM PST by b4its2late
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To: 1John; A Citizen Reporter; ABG(Anybody but Gore); arazitjh; kayak; backhoe; bamafour; bevlar...
Please accept my apology for the ping! But I figured you'd all have some good comments for this piece.
3 posted on 12/23/2001 4:17:05 AM PST by b4its2late
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To: b4its2late
The ping is ok...it's the picture tho that are a little too much before I finished that first cup of coffee.
4 posted on 12/23/2001 4:20:42 AM PST by Neets
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To: b4its2late
This article is dishonest in its labeling by the newspaper. The author, John Machacek, is a reporter with AP. He does NOT work for the Press/Sun, which probably does NOT have a "Washington Bureau". I know this because my local paper has pulled the cr@p with the same author. I called up to complain, went around and around with a bunch of people, but the last time I checked they were still claiming the same thing. What a crock. And I won't even go into what kind of a reporter Machacek obviously is.
5 posted on 12/23/2001 4:21:38 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla
He's with Gannett News Service.
6 posted on 12/23/2001 4:28:23 AM PST by angkor
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To: angkor
Whoops, my bad! You're right, thanks for the correction. My local paper is Gannett-owned, and the argument was whether my paper could claim Machacek as a reporter for the paper if he didn't draw a salary from the paper. They weren't identifying him as a Gannett reporter, mind you, but as a reporter for their paper, which doesn not have or ever has had a Washington Bureau (not even as much a phone in a rented broom closet).
7 posted on 12/23/2001 4:33:32 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: b4its2late
I see the media setting a false criteria, which they will then declare a success for her loathsome heinousness. The entire article is spin spin spin and typical of the media going to work on behalf of this scummy couple. aaaarrrrggggghhhhhhh
8 posted on 12/23/2001 4:35:14 AM PST by OldFriend
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To: b4its2late
You forgot something!
9 posted on 12/23/2001 4:39:18 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: b4its2late

"Has that clinton "legacy" made you feel safer yet?"


Lest Americans ever forget why the clintons, and all their enablers need to be hectored, hounded, and harried into silence, until "clintonese is only spoken in Hell," look here:

The Holiday *Best* of Bill Clinton & his Friends!

-clintonism in one easy lesson--

-"until clintonese is spoken only in Hell!"--

Hillary! and Arafat's wife-


10 posted on 12/23/2001 4:40:29 AM PST by backhoe
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To: b4its2late
Whether or not she is going to be successful is hard to say. The Republican Party in the nation is not based in New York anymore.

Well, there's the crux of the matter. Perhaps if New York had a more balanced political playing field, and perhaps even a Republican Senator in place of Clinton, there would be more success. The reporter also conveniently neglects to mention that her approvals were practically the only ones to go DOWN in polls right after the attacks. However, he manages to dredge up every single positive quote he can find. This reporter is biased, no question about it.

11 posted on 12/23/2001 4:45:53 AM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: backhoe
HRC has no interest in New York OR the Senate.

She's running for President, using perfected postmodern campaign techniques. The Senate is merely a set, and the NY electorate is merely the studio audience.

Unlike many here, I think she can win. There are lots of women in NY who voted for her, and who can't explain why.

12 posted on 12/23/2001 4:45:55 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: b4its2late; ken5050; Black Agnes; firebrand
She stays so far behind the scenes that her press office refuses to give advance notice of her schedule for fear she will have protesters greeting her wherever she goes.
13 posted on 12/23/2001 4:49:09 AM PST by Neets
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To: backhoe
Here's something few know about Hillary sucking up to the Arafats and the Arabs. Remember her useless newspaper column? One of Hillary's payoffs for her "kiss" was after that, many Middle Eastern newspapers began running her column. It ran in "The Arab News" in Saudi Arabia. Some Saudis I knew asked about her beliefs. They now know that she is a power hungry lesbian who tries to defeat all values and people with them. They know this because I told them.
14 posted on 12/23/2001 4:52:00 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: b4its2late
She has used her charm, which no one necessarily identified that attribute with her

I guess she forgot to use that "charm" when the police and firepersons booed her fat butt off the stage during the fundraiser.

15 posted on 12/23/2001 4:53:53 AM PST by doosee
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To: Jim Noble
Unlike many here, I think she can win

That is my fear... and don't forget massive vote fraud--

16 posted on 12/23/2001 4:53:55 AM PST by backhoe
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Remember her useless newspaper column? One of Hillary's payoffs for her "kiss" was after that, many Middle Eastern newspapers began running her column. It ran in "The Arab News" in Saudi Arabia

I never had much use for the House of Saud...

17 posted on 12/23/2001 4:55:27 AM PST by backhoe
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To: b4its2late
It looks like the press is already beginning to "prepare the road" for the future. They really are shameless!

Did you see Hillary's Xmas card to her New York Voters?

HILLARY'S XMAS CARDS

18 posted on 12/23/2001 4:55:45 AM PST by stlrocket
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To: b4its2late
We need to insist she wear a burka since she is such an ugly b--ch. Barf!
19 posted on 12/23/2001 4:56:23 AM PST by Piquaboy
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To: stlrocket
That is the funniest site.
20 posted on 12/23/2001 5:04:11 AM PST by kassie
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