MrSanity
11-09-2006, 08:39 AM
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width=490 border=0 valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2>Clinton booed on Iraq
By Elana Schor (eschor@thehill.com)
</TD></TR><TR><TD>Angry boos greeted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) at a liberal conference yesterday when she opposed fixing a date for withdrawing American forces from Iraq.
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“Our job is to do everything we can to help this [Iraqi] government succeed,” Clinton said to the silent audience. She rapped President Bush’s “open-ended commitment” to keeping U.S. troops in Iraq but added, “Nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain” for leaving.
At that, shouts erupted from the audience, dissipating only as Clinton turned back to the Democrats’ need to pursue alternative sources of fuel in response to high energy prices. When the senator, whose hawkishness on national security has alienated many liberals, urged Democrats to reach out to “people who may not yet agree with us,” a chant flared up in the hall: “Bring the troops home!”
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When Clinton called U.S. troops “the best we have to offer,” she received a few small cheers and loud cries of “No!” from the conference audience. Pelosi made her own plea to support the troops and received a thunderous ovation.
Read the rest: http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/061406/news1.html
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I guess I'm not really surprised that the Copperhead base wants to cut and run once they get their taste of power. They, not the Bush administration, are the most dangerous people when it comes to Iraq. While Hillary normally gives me a splitting headache, her plea for victory to a Copperhead audience makes her look reasonable.
By Elana Schor (eschor@thehill.com)
</TD></TR><TR><TD>Angry boos greeted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) at a liberal conference yesterday when she opposed fixing a date for withdrawing American forces from Iraq.
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“Our job is to do everything we can to help this [Iraqi] government succeed,” Clinton said to the silent audience. She rapped President Bush’s “open-ended commitment” to keeping U.S. troops in Iraq but added, “Nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain” for leaving.
At that, shouts erupted from the audience, dissipating only as Clinton turned back to the Democrats’ need to pursue alternative sources of fuel in response to high energy prices. When the senator, whose hawkishness on national security has alienated many liberals, urged Democrats to reach out to “people who may not yet agree with us,” a chant flared up in the hall: “Bring the troops home!”
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When Clinton called U.S. troops “the best we have to offer,” she received a few small cheers and loud cries of “No!” from the conference audience. Pelosi made her own plea to support the troops and received a thunderous ovation.
Read the rest: http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/061406/news1.html
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I guess I'm not really surprised that the Copperhead base wants to cut and run once they get their taste of power. They, not the Bush administration, are the most dangerous people when it comes to Iraq. While Hillary normally gives me a splitting headache, her plea for victory to a Copperhead audience makes her look reasonable.