In Monday stories on World News and Nightline, ABC's Jake Tapper broached a subject few, if any, mainstream journalists have dared: How Senator Hillary Clinton's current claims that her 2002 vote on the Iraq resolution was not an endorsement of war do not match what she said in 2002. In the World News version of his story, Tapper pointed out how "a month before her vote on the Iraq War, she said this:" Viewers then heard Clinton on the September 15, 2002 Meet the Press: "I can support the President. I can support an action against Saddam Hussein because I think it's in the long-term interests of our national security." But, Tapper noted, "Now, she says this:" He ran a clip of her in Berlin, New Hampshire on Saturday: "I gave him authority to send inspectors back in to determine the truth, and I said this is not a vote to authorize preemptive war."
Tapper also recounted an incendiary comment from Senator Barack Obama, a remark not mentioned on Monday's CBS Evening News or NBC Nightly News:
"Obama, new to presidential politics, stumbled, saying troops killed in Iraq died in vain."Obama, at an event in Ames, Iowa: "Over three thousand lives of the bravest young Americans wasted."
Tapper: "He later expressed regret for that remark."
Tapper's February 11 World News story looked at how Clinton and Obama are handling the Iraq war issue and attacks on their positions. After a clip of anti-war protesters interrupting Obama at a Chicago speech, Tapper pointed out Clinton's contradiction:
Tapper: "Senator Hillary Clinton, too, faced tough questions about Iraq during her first campaign visit to New Hampshire. After all, a month before her vote on the Iraq War, she said this:"
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), on the September 15, 2002 Meet the Press: "I can support the President. I can support an action against Saddam Hussein because I think it's in the long-term interests of our national security."
Tapper: "Now, she says this:"
Clinton in Berlin, New Hampshire on Saturday: "I gave him authority to send inspectors back in to determine the truth, and I said this is not a vote to authorize preemptive war."
Man in audience: "I want to know if right here, right now, you can say that that war authorization vote was a mistake?"
Clinton: "I have taken responsibility for my vote. The mistakes were made by this President.”
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Even a blind squirrel finds a
February 13, 2007 - 13:11 ET by NoMoreClintonsEven a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Even the MSM can get it right once in awhile!
Kudos to Jake and the ABC producer who cleared it for air.
It is only February 2007. Whe
February 13, 2007 - 13:40 ET by Mica the MagnificentIt is only February 2007. When Jan 2008 comes along, it will be Hillary is God and all will be forgotten. The MSM is covering their butt so they can say they ran a negative story about the piano legged one.
Sorry, Timmy, Lassie died. She died from global warming. - Final, politically correct ending to the Lassie saga
Exactly. They're getting i
February 13, 2007 - 13:46 ET by Tom1969caExactly. They're getting it out of the way now so that by the time the primaries are over and the GOP is hammering this (assuming HRC get the nom), the Dems and the MSM can say, "That's old news! We covered that in February '07!"
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VOTE DEMOCRAT!
(It's easier than thinking)
Time to take him out behind t
February 13, 2007 - 13:12 ET by FishFace222Time to take him out behind the woodshed. He better dust off his resume.
Bye bye, Tapper!
February 13, 2007 - 13:17 ET by saurusThe fact that his piece is incontravertibly true means absolutely nothing - he is finished at ABC. Mizz Rodham and her "husband" Bill will see to that. Hopefully he may have a shot at being picked up by Fox.
Hillary - like Bill - is a pathological liar. Either will say ANYTHING to get or retain power. They lust for it. They certainly don't lust for each other.
She lusts for power. He lusts
February 13, 2007 - 13:59 ET by Hero SquadShe lusts for power. He lusts for the things that power can provide.
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"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello
And what material did the Cli
February 13, 2007 - 13:22 ET by ucAnd what material did the Clintons (maybe?) hope Sandy Berger would remove for them and destroy? So much for checks and balances and that Hillary should have been in position with first vote to have done her homework and maybe kept america's young from becoming soldiers in Iraq. Still a cruel political cheep trick, sucker punch, that the dems hit President Bush with: voting in support of Bush to just days later, once Bush had commited us though, to have turned a complete arguement about the world into a united pull the rug out from under the President by clogging the airwaves with their demoratic about face and obfuscation with limited to WMD arguments.
Conduct quite unbecoming of people seeking higher office. Flip flopping is just a part of it.
"Liar, liar, panties on
February 13, 2007 - 13:27 ET by Rackie"Liar, liar, panties on fire!"
Well, Hillary is 'triangulating' again, huh?
February 13, 2007 - 13:25 ET by acaiguanaWell, Hillary is 'triangulating' again, huh?
What does responsibility mean? I mean, "I have taken responsibility for my vote." OK, so? Does that mean you voted to go to war in Iraq before you voted (er...sorry - how many votes were there...I thought it was two one before and one shortly thereafter) I mean spoke out against it?
Or does it mean you are an idiot? I'd be in trouble if I called Bill Clinton's wife an idiot I guess.
Why would America elect Bill Clinton's wife to be President of the United States?
She hasn't done anything. She hasn't stood up for anything. She didn't even have the common emotional feelings any woman would have in her situation and divorce that guy. Let's hear it from the ladies. Do you really respect this woman?
If so, I guess I'll turn into an abusive jerk and go out and pick up women. Treat them like appendages and expect them to shut up and sit down when I am in the spotlight.
Thanks for the clarification of whatever you did Ms Clinton.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
The only reason she's still
February 13, 2007 - 13:40 ET by DyneThe only reason she's still married to Willie is because a divorce would hurt her political career. 'course she's doing plenty of damage to it right now by staying married. She's in a lose-lose situation, but we won't see that reported any time soon.
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." - Bill Cosby
What does responsibility me
February 13, 2007 - 13:42 ET by JDWWhat does responsibility mean?
It means not having to apologize. She can be quoted as lying.
JDW
Kerry: "You know, education, if you make the most of it ... you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
"She hasn't stood for an
February 13, 2007 - 23:56 ET by dahliatravers"She hasn't stood for anything."
Correct. She stands for the bigger number in the latest poll. Those who accuse her of being a leftie/commie do not fully comprehend the depth of her shallowness. She was thrilled when her husband reformed welfare, for example. A true leftie possesses a certain amount of integrity. Ms. R.C. has never been tainted by this quality.
To answer ACA's question: no, I do not. Her "standing by her man" in a degrading way is only part of it. In Chapter 7 of the paperback edition of "No One Left To Lie To" (which excellent book I would guess ACA was referring to when he mentioned "triangulating"), Christopher Hitchens provides a complete, appalling description of the character of Hillary R.C. One excerpt: "... she is a tyrant and a bully when she can dare to be, and an ingratiating populist when that will serve." (Hitchens also reports on a splendid, Inauguration Day exchange that took place between Mr. and Mrs. C on the steps of Blair House.)
I beg to differ with one poin
February 16, 2007 - 23:29 ET by MikeBI beg to differ with one point in your post: Bill Clinton did not reform welfare. The Republican majority Congress reformed welfare. Horndog vetoed the bill twice before he read the poll that said a majority wanted welfare reform and signed the bill.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Lets not forget it was Bill
February 13, 2007 - 13:32 ET by squarehead67Lets not forget it was Bill “BJ” Clinton who secured the release of Mohammad Atta from an Israeli prison….and how did Atta thank the US for his release?.....
I wonder how many Terrorist Hillary will release……God Help Us.
Maybe this Tapper guy could
February 13, 2007 - 13:34 ET by Dave RMaybe this Tapper guy could be the one in the MSM to fully unravel the Sandy Berger mystery, as I have been hearing stories recently suggesting that there is far more to this than meets the eye, and the time he was caught basically red-handed was not the only time he had removed classified docs.
I'm guessing Sandy was hired by the Clinton's to cover up WJC's failings in allowing our enemies to become strong enough to pull off 9/11. If that info ever got out, it could very well ruin The Hildebeast, as well as WJC's sorry legacy.
After all, one can dream, can't one?
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -Gen. William T. Sherman
Let's see if they report on t
February 13, 2007 - 14:23 ET by mattmLet's see if they report on this kind of thing in October of '08 before we start handing out kudos.
Tapper must be in Obama's cor
February 13, 2007 - 18:48 ET by bigtimerTapper must be in Obama's corner...cuz he sure didn't slip...and him being the leftist he is, didn't point this out to be fair and balanced.
Just my two cents.