Delightful Understatement of DM Register: Hillary 'Believed To Be Weighing' Run

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By Mark Finkelstein (Bio | Archive)
November 26, 2006 - 22:30 ET

The Des Moines Register headline focuses on Barack Obama's enlistment of Iowa-savvy aides. But along the way, the article by Tom Beaumont, Obama talks with top advisers in Iowa, offers up some delightful Midwestern understatement.

First, in reviewing the potential Dem field, Beaumont writes of "Kerry, a Massachusetts senator." You can imagine him fuming: "Don't you know who I am? And why didn't you mention that I'm . . . a Vietnam veteran?"

With caution even more delicious, Beaumont notes "New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is believed to be weighing a campaign for the Democratic nomination." Indeed. And in tonight's Nature documentary, a ravenous crocodile was believed to be weighing a run at the wildebeest crossing the river.

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Hillary's been weighing a run since the day she was born.

November 27, 2006 - 00:52 ET by terrig

Hillary Rodham Clinton exited the womb dreaming of becoming the first woman President.  Who is she kidding?!?!?!?!

 This woman has dreamed of b

November 27, 2006 - 02:15 ET by newstalkmachine

 This woman has dreamed of being President since the minute  Bill  Clinton left office. God help us if we nominate a social moderate like Rudy Guiliani. Hillary Clinton knows that if the Republicans run someone who makes the Christian Conservatives stay home on election day, the Presidency is hers. Just imagine if were hit again by Islamic Terrorists, would you want a person like Hillary Clinton at the helm of this country? God help us.

What is it that either Obama

November 27, 2006 - 06:02 ET by Andrew H.

What is it that either Obama or Clinton would do?  I'm curious what Newsbusters think would be either's agenda should God forbid one of them actually won the office.  I'll start:

* First thing either would do is move the congress to raise taxes on everyone who pays taxes now. 

Never relent.

Who here knows a non-Demo

November 27, 2006 - 06:18 ET by liberal_bug_zapper

Who here knows a non-Democrat or Republican that didn't vote, or that voted for a Democrat?

Go out and kick his or her ass. Then leave a note for when they wake up with three words on it.

Thank you Asshat!