Breaking Drudge: Hillary Rips Bush, Warns Of "Irreparable Harm" to Nation

[cthrumatrix]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI DEC 05, 2003 19:58:09 ET XXXXX

HILLARY RIPS BUSH: WARNS OF 'IRREPARABLE HARM' TO NATION

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton blasts President Bush and his "radical" administration on Saturday for attempting to dismantle the "central pillars of progress in our country during the 20th century."

Clinton makes the comments to Saturday editions of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE, sources tell DRUDGE.

The former first lady says she has become convinced the Republican administration wants "to undo the New Deal," the Roosevelt-era policies that ushered in Social Security and a host of other governmental assistance programs.

She said that Bush, who campaigned as a "compassionate conservative" in 2000, had taken a "hard-right turn to pursue an extremist agenda" after moving into the White House.

"I don't know where it came from, but the fact is that this President Bush has not only been radical and extreme in terms of Democratic presidents but in terms of Republican presidents, including his own father," she says.

She believes Bush is beatable next year because his administration is "making America less free, fair, strong, smart than it deserves to be in a dangerous world."

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http://www.drudgereport.com/matthc2.htm

link where Drudge get's the story (Houston Chronicle):
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/2274052

[54anickel]

1. Excellent!

[Catshrink]

2. Democrats fight back - finally!

Hillary went to Afganistan and Iraq for a substantative visit - and upstaged Jr. by her seriousness.

Now Hillary blasts the little creep for being an extremist.

Why isn't Daschle doing this? Where are the other dem leaders? They sound like mice. Hillary: I am woman hear me roar.

[cthrumatrix]

3. Here's the actual story from the Houston Chrinicle -- Drudge Source

Clinton criticizes Bush in Austin
Senator takes shots at administration policies during book tour
By CLAY ROBISON
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., on Friday blasted President Bush and his "radical" administration for attempting to dismantle the "central pillars of progress in our country during the 20th century."

Clinton, in an interview with two reporters, said she had become convinced the Republican administration wants "to undo the New Deal," the Roosevelt-era policies that ushered in Social Security and a host of other governmental assistance programs.

She said Bush, who campaigned as a "compassionate conservative" in 2000, had taken a "hard-right turn to pursue an extremist agenda" after moving into the White House.

"I don't know where it came from, but the fact is that this President Bush has not only been radical and extreme in terms of Democratic presidents but in terms of Republican presidents, including his own father," she said.

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/2274052

[IndianaGreen]

8. Thank you for sparing me having to go to Drudge

I have attacked Hillary for some of the comments she made while in Afghanistan, as reported by the press.

"As reported by the press" is the key here. I watched Hillary's press conference on C-SPAN when she and Senator Jack Reed discussed their trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, and I found her depth of knowledge to be quite profound. It is only when one listens to Hillary without the filter of the press that one can really appreciate her grasp of the issues and her understanding of the complex cultural and political problems the US is facing in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[0007]

9. Thanks for the choice of two links, 'tis a no brainer which to choose, 'eh

[lumpy]

10. I know where it comes from, Hillary.

For many decades it has been the desire of Radical Republicans to completely dismantle Social Security, Medicare, DHHS and any other government social programs. Completely privatize the US Postal Service, Parks programs, Wildlife Service, etc. and anything that smacks of social democratic progress. The desire is to privatize, deregulate and render the US government into the hands of the moneyed and powerfull.
Completely invalidate world organizations & established conventions such as the UN, Geneva, Ecological committees, revise the US Constitution to meet their goals, etc.
The have been working for years to this end and they have finally accomplished many of these goals and will continue to pursue these goals unless this radical offshoot of the once-equitable Republican party is run out of office. The party of Lincoln Republicans who realize this is happening within their party should be speaking out against their radical bretheren.

[Rainbows]

18. Could'nt Agree More Except ...

The plan has changed slightly over the years. Instead of dismantling programs small government republicans instead create larger liabilities for the government while privatizing internal componets (usually without price controls), so then the government must meet these liabilities by paying into privatized corporate earnings. Then they roll back taxes to starve government and force cuts in other social progams to feed the liabilites they have legislated into corporate coffers. Witness Medicare reform and HMO's that replaced community oriented and often funded, clinics and hospitals. Its called corporate welfare and is forced upon us if we choose to maintain the programs. Crafty, venal and immoral lot they are.

[madrchsod]

4. just read the article

interesting read..but the ap picture of chimp is priceless!!!!!!! it`s in the chronicle`s politics section. ap should also hae it in their pictures.
bush`s pic is in todays edition

[cthrumatrix]

5. her quotes regarding recent trip to Iraq

During her recent visit to Iraq, she said, "everybody told me we don't have enough intelligence, civil affairs, MPs (military police), engineers."

She warned that it may take a "very long time" to restore stability in Iraq.

"The fact is we're in Iraq and we're in Afghanistan, and we have no choice but to be successful," she said.

(source: same houston chronicle artcle)

[Racenut20]

6. I remember Pres. Clinton

Standing on the Courthouse steps in Houston accepting the endorsement of the Houston Police Association, right in the back yard of Poppy the law and order candidate.

Thats how it is done folks. Dems need to put a bit of Carville into their campaigns.

[Catshrink]

7. They need to grow some cajones....

brass ones. Or brass ovaries.

[lumpy]

11. Lincoln Republicans (if there are any left) should also

be growning some cajones. Traditionally it has always taken the two mainstream parties to do the 'right stuff' for the betterment of this nation. Where are the 'of the people' Republican adherents? They can't all be dead.

[cthrumatrix]

12. no...but they "can and have been bought" @ medicare reform bill

and other * measures...we are dealing with an agenda in which people are benefiting from...and asking "them to stop it"?

I doubt it...unless it is exposed and dealt with.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

20. Just how are the people benefitting from so-called "medicare reform"?

[Rainbows]

19. Nope not dead at all ...

today they are call 'centrist clintonite democrats', not at all unlike Nelson Rockefeller back in the sixties.

[dreissig]

13. Sexist Rhetoric

Having testicles doesn't imply greater courage.

[colorado_ufo]

16. Absolutely true when it comes to biology.

But when it comes to culture, "brass ovaries" sounds like "different but equal." Kinda condescending. Most of the power still belongs to men when it comes to politics, and they will completely ignore a comparison of testicles vs. ovaries. Like apples and oranges. But when you compare their figurative cajones with another pol's figurative cajones, you just might get their attention.

[Tansy_Gold]

35. First of all, it's spelled C-O-J-O-N-E-S

Second of all, it is sexist.

It doesn't take testicles or ovaries to stand up to political bullying. It takes backbone and guts, which all genders have in equal supply.

Peace,

Tansy Gold

[asthmaticeog]

38. Agreed, but...

OK, yes, "brass ovaries" or whatever is problematic in a "different but equal" kinda way, but that's no excuse to go back to "cojones," "balls," or the like. There's "Spine," "Courage," "Nerve" and "Guts" at English-speakers' disposal to describe the same thing, so why use a potentially hurtful or discriminatory phrase, especially one with sexual connotations? (Think about the Kerry F-bomb - he could have easily said "messed up" or "botched.")

Just so y'all get that this isn't a PC thought-cop thing: I work for an alt-weekly that used to use our alt status to casually publish profanities when we felt it underscored a point - until we got LOADS of letters telling us it just made us sound juvenile, and honestly, those letter witers were right, on a PRAGMATIC level, not a moral one. We'll still publish such words when we're quoting someone, but there are alternatives to swear words (and in this context, I think genital collouqialisms like "balls" and "cojones" count as such) that don't make one sound like a 14-year-old pipsqueak trying to sound tough.

All that said, I swear all the fucking time when amongst friends!

[Bozola]

14. "to undo the New Deal"

There have been a couple of east coast profs that have been screaming about ever since Bush came into office. It's ABOUT time a democrat noticed! Oh dear! The barn door's been open for three years.


Dear Hillary, it's not future tense, it's past tense. The Republican administration has "undone the New Deal". It's gone. It's dead. The only thing left is Roosevelt's image on the dime...and that's now under attack.

[Eloriel]

34. Well said

I don't quite understand the praise for her here. WHERE THE HELL HAS SHE BEEN?

Unfortunately, coming out so strongly now makes what is usually characterized as "right wing talking points" about the Clintons finagling a brokered convention with Hillary the winner look a little more plausible, as did her trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. I just want to know what took her so long?

Eloriel

[colorado_ufo]

15. Hillary has enough balls that she could spare some

to the other Dems in Congress. Go, woman, go!

[Triana]

17. Go Hil GO!!

I think Dean's blowtorch on the Bu$hit Cartel is igniting other Dems to speak up too. If so, I'm SO GLAD to see this happening. If not, I'm STILL glad to see it happening. Yesterday Edwards stating Bu$hit ought to return Diebold contributions, today, Hillary bashes Bu$hit between the eyes. Way to go Dems! (WTF TOOK you so long!)

Jeeeze.

[DeathvadeR]

21. What? She just fiqured that all out? Boy shes fast!!!

[ewagner]

22. I LIKE IT!

Nice strategy!

Label Bush & Company as the Right-Wing Radicals they really are!

[ozone_man]

23. That's the stuff.

I wish you hadn't voted for the IWR, but, time to move forward.

[demgrrrll]

24. Those are the right words extreme and radical. Those words need to

be repeated whenever possible. Their extreme radical agenda.
Very good.

[Merlin]

25. This is an excellent line of attack. It's the right way to demonize them.

They have demonized liberalism for the past dozen years. Now it's our turn.

You can't demonize "conservatism". It doesn't resonate. It's like trying to demonize sofas.

But you CAN demonize radicalism. That's exactly what we did to Barry Goldwater. We called him a radical; a dangerous radical. That's what this crowd is. Only they're way more dangerous than Ba Au H2O ever was.

[shanti]

26. good!

the dems need to collectively jump on this administration like a pack of snarling dogs, rip them to shreds. that's all these cons understand.

[oasis]

27. Russert will grill her about it on Meet the Press tomorrow.

[opihimoimoi]

28. She can think, she can talk, and she makes sense

The Bushies are terrified and most likely soilin their pants.

Like Rush, they see the end but are in denial.

[oasis]

29. The right wingers hate intelligent women.

[peacetalksforall]

30. Except the love Lynn Cheney, right?

hypocrites

[demgrrrll]

33. I hope Russert goes over the top like he did during her debate during

the Senate campaign and makes a complete ass of himself again.
I'd like that.

[Terran]

31. Wow, they're really cranking it up!

It's about damn time. Even if it's only because of the election season coming. We can look forward to another 11 months of merciless attacks on Bush. Fasten your seatbelts folks, it's going to be a...well, you know!

[AlFrankenFan]

32. Yay Hillary!

Spread the word!

She believes Bush is beatable next year because his administration is "making America less free, fair, strong, smart than it deserves to be in a dangerous world." <------so true

[opihimoimoi]

36. That Lady is so cool. What the Pubs did to her.... well, talk about

unintended results. What those Pubs did was try to destroy her and Big Dog but it only toughened her, made her wiser, and now look, she ruined their day by becoming a Senator.

She will blow a hole in Bushies ship the size of Diamond Head. And the Pubs know this. So they attack sneaky style, with stealth and in the middle of the night. And it works, for the short term. There is no solid foundation in that kind of philosophy. In the long term, it will surely did as all the evil empires did over the centuries.

Go Hillary.............you can do it Girl.

[T_i_B]

37. Telegraph article

Trouble is, the article seems more interested in the idea of Hilary for president.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/07/whill07.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/12/07/ixportal.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=61596

Hillary Clinton has launched her most blistering attack yet on President George W Bush, accusing his administration of following an "extremist agenda" that must be stopped before "irreparable harm" is done to the United States.

It was a considerably more robust performance than any of the Democrats' nine existing presidential candidates have managed, prompting renewed speculation that Mrs Clinton may have a last-minute change of heart and run for the White House in 2004.

In a comment destined to excite her admirers, she said that America should not be shy of electing its first woman president. "You've got women serving in many positions at all levels of government and in other walks of life," she said. "I was briefed by women generals, as well as men, when I was in Afghanistan and Iraq. So from my perspective, it depends on the person."

The Draft Hillary 2004 campaign, which has not been called off, is in no doubt about who that person is. Visitors to its website are urged to "send Hillary the best Christmas present of all. Sign the petition asking her to run."