If in the wake of the Imus incident the Rutgers women's basketball players had spurned an invitation to meet with President Bush, do you think ABC might have told us about it? Natch. But when those same players blew off a chance to meet Hillary Clinton, ABC managed to put a positive spin on matters.
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As reported by Newsday in an article entitled Rutgers team skips Clinton meetingSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton finally dropped by Rutgers to meet with the school's women's basketball coach -- but the players themselves skipped the half-hour meeting, citing their studies and Imus fatigue.
"Many of the players were in study hall from eight to noon and some had finals," explained a Rutgers source who said the players were "tired" of all the attention. "These young women need to do their classes, and wrap their spring semester."It's enough to give a guy flashbacks to co-eds shooting him down for a Saturday-night date because they had to study.
So, how did ABC report it? On today's Good Morning America, newsreader Ron Claiborne offered this upbeat assessment of Hillary's visit:
Senator Hillary Clinton paid a visit Friday to Rutgers University. She met with the coach of the women's basketball team. She said the young women showed the world the difference between bravery and bravado.A clip of Hillary on stage at Rutgers was flashed, and that was it. Not a discouraging word of the snub by the players was heard. You remember the old Bing Crosby song:
You've got to ac-cen-tu-ate the positive.At least when it comes to an MSM outlet's treatment of a leading Dem presidential contender, that is.
E-lim-in-ate the negative.
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It's enough to give a guy fla
April 21, 2007 - 07:59 ET by motherbeltIt's enough to give a guy flashbacks to co-eds shooting him down for a Saturday-night date because they had to study.--Mark Finkelstein
Or wash their hair, Mark. That was another old standby....
You're right though. I know some would call it a straw-man argument, but you know if they had met with her, it would have been BIG news- photos and everything. It may be true that they had had enough and had to study, but you know Hillary's gotta be fuming that they snubbed her. LMAO!!
How ridiculous that she eve
April 21, 2007 - 07:59 ET by Dee BunkHow ridiculous that she even tried to meet with them. We can see where her priorities are.
Hillary, Shmillary
April 21, 2007 - 07:59 ET by goldenthroatWould anyone have expected anything less from this left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do', photo-opportunitistic, egotistical liberal and her cronies at the " 'Atta Boy, Clinton" network?
God bless the Rutgers players for seeing Shimillary for what she really is and instead chose to pay attention to what was top priority - their academics. Reminds me of when she was booed off the stage at the 9/11 rally in NYC!
Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.
sorry GT, ya can't blame the
April 21, 2007 - 08:43 ET bysorry GT, ya can't blame the left-coast for this one. (As if DiFi and Boxer aren't enough)
But, i do agree these players are some of the finest, they are working hard and being responsible for their futures. (The people who act as they do don't 'need' a Sharton or Jackson on their behalf)
Shmillary
April 21, 2007 - 08:50 ET by goldenthroatBotg, they have been accomplices to the progagation of the Clinton doctrine - both Shmillary and Slick Willy - for years. They'll do anything to give those two a positive spin.
She didn't meet with them?! T
April 21, 2007 - 08:29 ET by ThisnThatShe didn't meet with them?! This caught me by surprise, until this morning's NB update. I didn't pay close attention to the news yesterday, but what I did hear led me to believe she met with the "team" --- implying, of course, everybody on the team.
Thanks, NB, for reporting the truth. What a sneaky MSM -- can't let your guard down for even a moment. Hey MSM -- What's wrong with the truth now and then???!
So much for that female solid
April 21, 2007 - 08:30 ET by BlondeSo much for that female solidarity (the automatic women's vote), eh, Hillary?
This is sweet!
Too bad it will never be seen by the poor sheeple who follow the MsM.
Blonde, Even my NOW member, l
April 21, 2007 - 08:45 ET byBlonde,
Even my NOW member, leftist, attorney, sister says: "That woman scares me"
botg,Ah, that's progress!I ca
April 21, 2007 - 08:51 ET by Blondebotg,
Ah, that's progress!
I cannot wait until Hillary implodes.
I've been predicting it for a very long time. She's so controlled and controlling that eventually she'll find herself in a situation that is out of control, and she will lose it. Spectacularly.
How badly do you think the aide shook who had to take the news of the Rutgers team snub to her highness?
I am just amazed that someone
April 21, 2007 - 08:59 ET byI am just amazed that someone who has been the brunt of her rages hasn't yet gotten film of it. (By golly they had film of Saddam hanging) Better yet maybe somebody does have films (the more the better) and is going to hold them until say August of 08.
MY WORD! i hope i'm wronght
April 21, 2007 - 15:02 ET byMY WORD! i hope i'm wrong
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55320
botg,Curiouser and curiouser.
April 21, 2007 - 15:09 ET by Blondebotg,
Curiouser and curiouser.
I'd heard about this incident, but it sounds as tho the videotape may in fact be a smoking gun.
Nicely done.
bot,I have been waiting years
April 21, 2007 - 15:15 ET by bigtimerbot,
I have been waiting years and years for something to happen to this witch and her husband over the Paul case...
Nothing is going to happen.
They judge shopped just fine, got a judge to grant her the anti-SLAPP law, and poof, she is done with this ...period.
The media will not give much play to the tape Paul releases, but I hope the internet does, and it catches on like wildfire, and then the msm may have to pay attention, especially the gutless republicans may have another notch in their belts to use against her in the real battle to come with her.
Thanks for the link, and the newest info.
Most assuredly the MSM will d
April 21, 2007 - 15:26 ET byMost assuredly the MSM will down play all they can; but other things have caught on like wildfire. (I wish the dress had caught fire --- BJC)
Most assuredly the MSM will d
April 21, 2007 - 15:47 ET by bigtimerMost assuredly the MSM will down play all they can; but other things have caught on like wildfire. (I wish the dress had caught fire --- BJC)
Oh bot...that is too funny, took me a second, but when it clicked what you meant by the above...
I LMAO!
Excerpt:A business mogul who
April 21, 2007 - 15:47 ET by dahliatraversExcerpt:
A business mogul who says he was Hillary Clinton's biggest donor in her 2000 Senate campaign is preparing to release a newly recovered videotape his lawyer calls "smoking-gun evidence" of the New York Democrat's commission of a series of felonies, each punishable by up to five years in prison.
Peter Franklin Paul, in a civil fraud suit filed against Bill and Hillary Clinton, claims the former president destroyed his entertainment company to get out of a $17 million deal in which Clinton promised to promote the firm in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to foot the bill for a lavish Hollywood gala and fund-raiser prior to the 2000 election that eventually cost him nearly $2 million.
It's probably too good to be true. Still, a "newly recovered videotape". I'd be sweating a little.
Hi dahlia...I bet they have a
April 21, 2007 - 15:50 ET by bigtimerHi dahlia...
I bet they have a way to get that stopped from airing...anywhere.
I hope more than anything I am wrong...but knowing the Clinton Machine, they do.
One thing about it...time will tell...and I hope time is on our side in this case.
He/she was probably so terr
April 21, 2007 - 14:08 ET by motherbeltHow badly do you think the aide shook who had to take the news of the Rutgers team snub to her highness?--Blonde
He/she was probably so terrified their whole family was shaking! I'm willing to bet Her Shrillness got the news by phone, maybe even long-distance. LOL
But I don't think she will implode...well, maybe I do, now that I see that one definition of "implode" is to self-destruct. But I was thinking "EXplode". She is so tightly controlled, it can't last forever. She is wound tighter than a $2 watch. Her anger usually goes outward. And it won't be pretty. Everyone around her will suffer radiation burns.
mb,I have such a hard time be
April 21, 2007 - 14:20 ET by Blondemb,
I have such a hard time believing that HRC has any supporters at all.
She is obviously such a fake, and a shrill ego-centric harpy. I cannot wait for her to fall on her face.
I loved the Rutgers snub. May it be the first of many to come. :)
I have such a hard time bel
April 21, 2007 - 15:41 ET by motherbeltI have such a hard time believing that HRC has any supporters at all. - Blonde
I wasn't talking about supporters.... I meant paid staff. LOL
She really is a fake, starting with her announcement video. And it's SO obvious that her handlers told her to add a little splash of color with her black pantsuits. The picture of her with the long turquoise scarf hanging down the front of one like a six-foot tongue is hilarious! The other affectation of hers that I love is, every time she goes out on a stage or in a crowd, she will look out over the crowd, and then point off into the distance with a look of amazement and surprise on her face, as if to say Oh my God, I can't believe it's you, you're here!!!
As Elaine said on Seinfeld....fake...fake...fake... fake! LOL
starting with her announcemen
April 21, 2007 - 15:45 ET bystarting with her announcement video
and i might add continuing with her 'dialogue' with America (yeah as long as all the other comments were sifted through a sieve)
every time she goes out on a
April 21, 2007 - 15:51 ET by dahliatraversevery time she goes out on a stage or in a crowd, she will look out over the crowd, and then point off into the distance with a look of amazement and surprise on her face, as if to say Oh my God, I can't belive it's you, you're here!!!
Tell me she doesn't do that! Fake to the max. Very well described, motherbelt.
Exactly mb and dahlia, she an
April 21, 2007 - 15:56 ET by bigtimerExactly mb and dahlia, she and other dems have been doing that for years with a wink and a nod too, only problem with her is she just doesn't pull it off as well as her mate and other counter-parts.
Now that you know, this you will crack up laughing next time you watch her when this opportunity comes up, and it will, numerous times...
Unfortunately.
What?
April 21, 2007 - 09:17 ET by goldenthroatSomeone from NOW is scared of Hillary? Boy, does THAT speak volumes!
Actually Tammy Bruce, former
April 21, 2007 - 09:28 ET byActually Tammy Bruce, former president of LA chapter of NOW does speak volumes. Unfortunately unlike Tammy, my sister has yet to begin waking up from femnazi trance.
NOW or never...
April 21, 2007 - 10:13 ET by goldenthroatGod bless your sister, botg! Enlightenment has to start somewhere! Unfortunately, Tammy Bruce has to maintain her 'image' as a former leader - and I use the term 'leader' loosely - to propagate NOW's left wing agenda.
Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.
God bless your sister, botg!
April 21, 2007 - 10:35 ET byGod bless your sister, botg! indeed i pray for her and there are good signs. She told me a long time ago: "When you have the law pound the law; when you have the facts pound the facts; when you have neither pound the table." Seems good advice if you substitute logic in there for law to make it more universal. The point is that most often in our discussions she has only pounding the table available and is beginning to realize this.
As for Tammy she more often is revealing the tatics of the left (which has brought her under fire) as opposed to propagating their agenda. The New Thought Police is an account of some of her epiphany and the consequences of her previous stand.
botg, have your sister read W
April 21, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Galvanicbotg, have your sister read Who Stole Feminism? by Christina Hoff Sommers.
thanks i'll buy it for her
April 21, 2007 - 10:54 ET bythanks i'll buy it for her
Non-traditional meeting
April 21, 2007 - 09:30 ET by acumenBreaking - In other flashback news, the Rutgers women basketball players skipped photo-op for Hillary Clinton today opting for the off-camera pizza luncheon with the Senator's (e)strange husband Bill Clinton to audition for non-traditional intern position.
presidential
April 21, 2007 - 09:52 ET by iveseenitallFor many reasons, presidential politics has little relevance to these kids. Not the least of these reasons is the irony that schools have not taught them to care and we are now reaping the effects of that ignorance. If one of the American Idol winners had come to speak, you bet they'd have shown up.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
For many reasons, president
April 22, 2007 - 03:55 ET by jmad627For many reasons, presidential politics has little relevance to these
kids. Not the least of these reasons is the irony that schools have not
taught them to care and we are now reaping the effects of that
ignorance. If one of the American Idol winners had come to speak, you
bet they'd have shown up.----iveseenitall
Great point, excellent in fact. All these college kids, or most anyway, are brainwashed into a liberal point of view, it's so hard for them to ignore.
She desperately wants to meet
April 21, 2007 - 10:04 ET by Gat New YorkShe desperately wants to meet and support people who are not her own constituents, but when it came to one of her constituents who was one of the Duke Lacrosse accused (Colin Finnerty) Hillary was stone silent even after it was evident that her constituents civil rights were violated. This person should never again be elected to any office. She is a disgrace and almost as disgraceful as her partner Chuckie Schumer.
Good point. Colin was a whi
April 21, 2007 - 11:30 ET by dahliatraversGood point. Colin was a white male so deserved no sympathy. Plus, the spotlight on her meeting the Rutgers basketball players would have been much larger. (Priorities ...)
I applaud the basketball players for the way they have comported themselves after Imus' idiotic comments, including their refusal to meet with a self-absorbed, opportunistic politician.
I agree that they are a remar
April 21, 2007 - 15:46 ET by Gat New YorkI agree that they are a remarkable group of young women.
The millisecond clip of Hil
April 21, 2007 - 12:39 ET by Right2thePointThe millisecond clip of Hillary had her with the look on her face of staring into space to address the back seats in a vacant room to put a good blush on it.
It is my understanding from
April 21, 2007 - 12:44 ET by Right2thePointIt is my understanding from other coverage of this story that Bill was there also.
Are we to believe that even he can't draw the attention of alleged "nappey headed ho's " anymore?
That is too funny for words!
April 21, 2007 - 14:23 ET by SnowWhiteThat is too funny for words! Dissing Hilary. Hilary control! Under her breath Queen Hilary was probably muttering, "Off with their heads"!
These students aren't being properly educated
April 21, 2007 - 14:55 ET by Carl KolchakYou mean these students didn't stop what they were doing to go meet with Hillary.
This is not acceptable. These students will need to be properly "re-educated" once Hillary comes into power to ensure that they can comply with society norms and regulations.
Sincerely
The Mao Tse Tung Re-Education Camp Historical Society
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jenning
They go on top of the list, C
April 21, 2007 - 15:01 ET by dahliatraversThey go on top of the list, Carl.
Regards,
Madam Defarge
Very funny
April 21, 2007 - 15:11 ET by Carl KolchakVery observant, however I think all posters from Newsbusters who don't profess their loyalty to Hillary are already on top of the list.
Yours truely
Kang Sheng
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings
Being that I live about a 1
April 22, 2007 - 04:02 ET by jmad627Being that I live about a 1-1/2 miles from the RAC (Rutgers Athletic Center) I was very proud of these girls, for getting into the finals. After reading this post, I think this is their finest moment yet. Gives one (me) reason for hope.
Still enjoying this. Thanks
April 22, 2007 - 16:15 ET by dahliatraversStill enjoying this. Thanks for telling us about it, Mark.