Hillary's Slip Up

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:40pm

She denies she was referring to Billy Boy

She does have a sense of humor

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:42pm

Care to elaborate? I haven't seen the news in a while.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:48pm

She said , in answer to a question about dealing with evil men as president, that she had experience dealing with evil men. The crowd laughed & she smiled

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:51pm

And in what way is that a slip up? Is that what FOX is calling it?

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:59pm

Oh, haha.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:01pm

Yeah Fox knows better what she means than she does. She certainly does have plenty of experience dealing with evil men; remember the right-wing cabal? Newt Gingrich, the impeachment prosecutors, Ann Coulter. Oh wait, sorry.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:02pm

How would anyone even think she meant her husband in the first place?

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:07pm

I don't get why it is a slip up.

[singtopher]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:11pm

I'm lost. Someone come find me.

[kjklo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:17pm

It was obviously a carefully planned-in-advance joke intended to demonstrate that she is not as humorless as sometimes rumored. It appeared to be effective enough in its own little way. Not a slip up by any means.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:27pm

Isn't it funny how humorless Republicans (which is not all Republicans, by any means, ie papa and PJ O'Rourke, for example, but definitely the Roxy ilk and Fox Squawking Heads) don't even know how to mentally process a joke? All they know is when it's coming out of the mouths of somebody who isn't Murdoch-approved it must be something scandalous! "Kerry insulted the soldiers! Hillary slipped up!!!" It's like they're walking through life with the mental acumen of StageManager2.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:30pm

Hey!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:46pm

The questioner was asking HC if she thought she was tough enough to deal with the "Evil Men" that the president has to deal with: Usama Bin Laden, Kim Jon Il, that Iranian doofus. She said "you think I haven't had experience dealing with Evil Men?" and paused and smiled.

Of course, Fox knows she's a Lesbian who hates her husband, so they would get that joke....

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 7:54pm

And that she murdered Vince Foster, right?

[WalkOn]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 8:00pm

Mr. Roxy...

easy now, hush, love, hush.. I keep telling you wots your rush...

There is going to be PLENTY of opportunity for you to jump down Hillary's throat over some slip or another.. but this one makes you look petty (well, more petty).

Take a deep breath, kick back, read a little Ann Coulter or Ralph Reed... it is just a matter of time, she is only human afer all.

Updated On: 1/29/07 at 08:00 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 8:52pm

My guess is Our Mister Roxy (OMR) isn't much of a reader. A reader would know, for instance, that punctuation ends a sentence.

[kjklo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 8:57pm

When you're on your third scotch of the evening and it's only 6:40 you tend to forget the little niceties like periods.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 9:18pm

This is going to be some race.

[HDThoreau2]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 9:46pm

Oh, it was most definitely a slip-up of the first degree.

Of course, being blinded by one's own elitism would not permit some of those among us to admit the flaws of their Queen.

[kjklo]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 9:51pm

Lifelong elitist here and loving it!

I hate to break it to you but Hillary Clinton is not generally considered a queen by the people that I'm guessing you mean when you use the term "elites."

[HDThoreau2]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 9:54pm

If it's no big deal, why is the war room spinning in full orbit...

CNN analyst, author, and former Clinton operative James Carville appeared on Monday’s "Good Morning America" and complained that journalists are too tough on Hillary Clinton. Referring to the comment made by the New York Senator and 2008 presidential candidate that she has experience dealing with "evil and bad men," Carville asserted that members of the media should be lauding her strong sense of humor. The Louisiana native also touted Mrs. Clinton’s nascent White House run, saying that it was the best campaign kick off ever. However, the CNN analyst became most animated when speaking of Hillary’s recent joke:

Diane Sawyer: "I want to turn to Iraq in a moment, but you mentioned sense of humor. So, who did you think she was talking about when she said that about bad men?"

James Carville: "You know– You know, journalists are funny. All you hear is, [Adopts whiney tone] 'Hillary don't have a sense of humor. She’s too cold. She does this and that.' And then, she cracks a joke, which, by the way which was a pretty funny joke. And they say, 'Well, look at this. Look at this.' You know? And I thought it was sophisticated, and the fact that she didn't answer it is an element of good humor. And I know her personally to be a very warm and humorous person and I was delighted to see that come out. Good joke, Senator. Way to go."

Great!

[Liverpool]

Posted: 1/29/07 at 11:49pm

guys, you forgot who posted the thread, the person who claims to not be a republican (despite every post on politics says otherwise) and the person who doesn't vote.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:07am

Newt Gingrich, the impeachment prosecutors, Ann Coulter. Oh wait, sorry.

What were you apologizing for?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/30/07 at 7:02am

To NAMO

It must be nice to be right (sorry to use such an offending word) all of the time like you. Ah perfection

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/30/07 at 9:42am

i don't get the controversy over this one. i understand that everything any politician must be deconstructed, folded, spindled and mutilated by the opposition until it's turned inside out and can be used against the speaker, but this is a stretch by any stretch. regardless of meaning it's working perfectly for her.

those who want to see her do well see it as an example that she's learning to have fun on the stump and view the overreaction on the right as an example that they fear her as a candidate and will do anything to make her look bad. how does that hurt her? those who weren't sure if she could play with the big boys see her using a joke to de-fang those who would hoist her on the bubba petard. also, regardless of how it's spun it gets her headlines and that gets the breck girl and obama-lama-ding-dong off the front pages. that's bad, how?

slip-up? no, i think it as a rather calculated and quite smart turn of a phrase.