This Week with Stephanopoulos: Secretary Clinton

June 7, 2009

I didn’t realize I had editorialized so much so I went back and made my words green so you could skip over them. His words are BOLD and Madame Secretary’s are emphasized in blue. Could only find an embeddable video for part 2. PART 1

Madame Secretary Hillary Clinton was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. It’s her first interview since a year ago when she gave her awesome “concession” speech. It wasn’t a concession speech – it was an in your face you have the same amount of votes as me and can’t win either. That speech and her convention speech were amazing speeches and delivery. She made sure to stand beside her mother and Chelea – the symbolism not lost on anyone. Just like when Chelsea sat behind her at the confirmation hearing.

He said she had a “had a classy finish” in reference to the speech. Anyone know what was his tone then? And then listen to what he asks right off.

Transcript.

The first half of the interview I couldn’t find – ABC doesn’t embed. The important part is the second anyway where she never thought she would end up on his cabinet and that she wanted to go back to serving New York. She said no and gave him some names. barry’s ego couldn’t let that happen – even though he continued to allow her and her hisbamd to be trashed — even as she campaigned for him while he was on vacation.

She is more knowledgeable about the world and politics in general than he will ever be. She understnds the women of the world and he doesn’t even bother trying to pretend he cares.

She has been held accountable for every cackle and everything Mr Bill has done. barry has yet to be held accountable for anything – including his deceit on Iraq – the fairy tale that Michelle Bernard, Carlos Watson and John Ridley – among others – said he would not have won without.

Had she been given the nomination instead, the only thing he could have done is VP. Even with his self-proclaimed far superior judgment and all 33 official days of foreign travel, which consisted of less than 24 hour in Europe.

STEPHANOPOULOS: One year ago today, her fierce campaign against Barack Obama had a classy finish. She hasn’t been seen on Sunday morning since.

CLINTON: Hello, everybody. [Greets crew setting up]

STEPHANOPOULOS: So there was a lot to catch up on when I sat down with Clinton after the president’s speech in Cairo.

OBAMA: I’ve come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Iran, North Korea, Israel. And after all those battles with Obama, did she ever imagine herself in Egypt as his secretary of state?

CLINTON: Never. Never crossed my mind. And what an extraordinary honor to be here, especially for this speech today.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The president has a very high-powered team: Vice President Biden, General Jones, Secretary Gates. You’ve got envoys for Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea. How do you fit in?

Can you believe him? He can’t even hold down a press secretary job and he’s totally saying – well there’s plenty of guys – what are you for, getting coffee? What is Biden doing? How is he using his “power”. She laughs at George like bring it on little man. I don’t know how she does it.

(Clinton laughs.)

CLINTON: Well, I…

STEPHANOPOULOS: What is your role, exactly?

He is asking this of the Secretary of State. Think he would ever ask a man that question?

CLINTON: Well, my role is as the chief diplomat for the United States of America. And, you know, when I agreed to do this job, I made it very clear to the president that I would be able to run the State Department and USAID and that we would have to forge a team that I think we’ve done very well, and that I wanted special envoys, because we were inheriting so many hotspot problems that I knew you could never have one person possibly address all of that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: It also gives you the ability to get out of the crisis management and carve out areas where you’re really going to take initiative. What are those?

Do you believe this? He just said she appointed people because she can’t do the job and would prefer to run away. She is the one and only person in the administration who has proven she does not run – that she can take little men’s comments like his that arise out of gyne envy and castration anxiety. And it’s so transparent. He tries to dis her and put her on the defense with the first question and she laughs at him.

CLINTON: Well, I’m having to do both. I mean, I spend a lot of my time on the problems that you would imagine: Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Middle East, Iran. But I’m also working to create a strategic set of priorities that will guide our efforts.

So, for example, there are specific regional and country-based endeavors that we are teeing up. We are going to work really hard on our relationships with, for example, Indonesia, and Turkey, and India. We have a strategic and economic dialogue that will start the last week in July with China that Secretary Geithner and I are going to co-lead.

Now that will be funny to watch. Geithner can barely handle questions by himself. I can’t imagine him surviving in the same room with Secretary Clinton. She took on China all by herself 14 years ago.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So there’s plenty of work to go around?

CLINTON: There’s plenty of work to go around, but then there are the transnational problems. I mean, the president asked me to lead the effort on food security. The president also wants us to focus on Haiti. And, ironically, the United Nations…

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STEPHANOPOULOS: … President Clinton…

CLINTON: … secretary general asked Bill to be the special envoy. So we’re really going to have a united effort by our government and by the international community. Those are just some of the, you know, very specific and more general challenges that we are taking on and managing.

STEPHANOPOULOS: You’re also developing a reputation for blunt talk as secretary. You talked about Pakistan abdicating its responsibilities, about the idea that (inaudible) negotiation with North Korea is implausible.

And especially on this issue of settlements with — with Israel, you were very strong last week; so was the president.

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CLINTON: He wants to see a stop to settlements, not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: I don’t know if you’ve seen the headlines in Israel, headlines talking about the American threat. Publicly, the prime minister is saying that this is just unreasonable, these demands from the United States, and privately he was reported to have said — and this is a quote — “What the hell do they want from me?”

CLINTON: Well, George, I think it’s very clear, as you heard in the speech from the president here in Cairo, that he wants to focus from the very beginning of his term in office on doing everything he can to try to bring the Israelis and the Palestinians together. You know, we were very close in 2000. And it’s heartbreaking to see where we are today. And we can’t just stand by and expect time to work its magic.

So that means, as the president said in his speech…

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OBAMA: This bond is unbreakable.

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CLINTON: … and as he has said on several other occasions prior to it, that we have to do our very best to reassure Israel, to demonstrate our commitment to Israel’s security, that the bonds we have are unshakeable and durable.

But we do have a view about Israel’s security. We see historical, demographic, political, technological trends that are very troubling as to Israel’s future. At the same time, there is a legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people that needs to be addressed.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So is there any room for compromise on the settlement issue?

CLINTON: Well, I don’t think we want to pre-judge the effort. I think that, if you look back, certainly from my perspective, every Israeli leader that I have personally known and others who I have looked at through an historical lens has come to the same conclusion.

[She reminds him how many world leaders she not only knows but has worked with and has a longstanding relationship with, She has a very subtle way of sticking it to these small men, who think that they are finally going ot be the one to take her down. Only a oman would be able to do that. And there is not a single woman tougher than her in the world.]

CLINTON: Who would have predicted that Ariel Sharon or Ehud Olmert would have reached the conclusions they reached about what was in Israel’s best interest? Who would have predicted that even Prime Minister Netanyahu, in his earlier term during the 1990s, would have made some of the decisions he made?

STEPHANOPOULOS: But his team says now that, if you continue to push this, it’s going to bring down his government.

CLINTON: We are setting forth our views. Obviously, decisions about how to go forward are up to the Israelis and the Palestinians. But I think it is an appropriate role for the United States — and, certainly, it is what the president has decided – to make clear some of the obstacles he sees.

Now, remember, the Israelis made a commitment in the road map in the prior administration.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But they say that includes an understanding for natural growth inside the settlements.

[I don't understand why the settlements are such a difficult thing to resolve.]

CLINTON: Well, that was an understanding that was entered into, so far as we are told, orally. That was never made a part of the official record of the negotiations as it was passed on to our administration. No one in the Bush administration said to anyone that we can find in our administration…

STEPHANOPOULOS: Not Elliot Abrams? He wrote about that.

CLINTON: Nobody in a position of authority at the time that the Obama administration came into office said anything about it. And, in fact, there’s also a record that President Bush contradicted even that oral agreement.

But the fact is that the road map, which was agreed to officially, adopted by the Israeli government, said something very clear about settlements.

So I think that what the president is doing is saying, Look, everybody should comply with the obligations you’ve already committed to. And for the Palestinians, let’s not forget: They must end incitement against Israel. They must demonstrate an ability to provide security.

[Maybe that's why. If Israel gives up the settlements and Hamas goes back on their promise to cease fire - the land is no longer in Israel's. Why can't some country promise that will never happen? And not the US.]

STEPHANOPOULOS: That’s what I wanted to ask you about.

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OBAMA: It is a great pleasure to welcome President Abbas..

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DIGRESSION

ABBAS was the disputed President Palestine whose term ended in January. HAMAS was legitimately voted into power by the people but is an avowed terrorist organization and therefore not a legitimate group. Except to Jimmy Carter. barry was there shortly before the election in 2006 when he was on a CODEL with Evan Bayh. barry was to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan [recall that Afghanistan was the reason he spoke out against Iraq in 2002] but he refused and went to meet with Palestinian “leaders”, “businessmen” and students. He was not on a committee or anything else that would have legitimized his meeting and had he really meant what he said in 2002 – why didn’t he go to Afghanistan?

He stopped off in QATAR – the KING/SHEIK being the person who brought AL-JAZEERA into existence.What are the chances the owner of Al-Jazeera doesn’t know where the BIN LADEN tapes are coming from?

barry met him when he came to Springfield although “not officially” [like he never did NADHMI AUCHI. Sheik met with BLAGOJEVICH and other power people, including barry's senator maker EMIL JONES and barry's number one fundraiser, now convicted felon Syrian born TONY REZKO. The Sheik ended up donating $1M to the new President Lincoln Library. And who set it all up? TONY REZKO - the money middleman between blago and barry.

REZKO kept quiet about barry but he has been talking with the Feds about blago. Time in solitary confinement has that effect. BLAGO is writing a book and vows to tell all. If PATRICK FITZGERALD tries to put blago's wife JUNGLE PATTI in prison, leaving his daughters without parents, barry will be major jeopardy. With Blago he may be anyway. And all the players know that. It's the reason blago will not be seeking a plea deal.

Who exactly were the Palestinian leaders and businessmen barry met with? The students? Maybe he met the brothers from Gaza who bought the $33K worth of barry t-shirts. [barry may have gone to Syria - but i haven't found confirmation of that.]

Were their “businessmen” representatives of Rezko? Sympathizers of senior HAMAS leader MOUSSA ABU MARZOOK? The honored acquaintance of JEREMIAH WRIGHT & LOUIS FARRAKHAN? MARZOOK being a leader of the Palestinian wing of HAMAS and HAMAS (and AL QAEDA) having grown out of MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, who took over BRIDGEVIEW MOSQUE SW of Chicago. The mosque that has ~ 10K worshippers and they were looking to build another one.

barry’s spiritual mentor of 20 years – the man who baptized [no record of it] and married him – Jeremiah Wright – thought so highly of Marzook that he published a letter from Marzook in his Trinity United Church of Christ’s magazine the Trumpet. In the July 2007 issue that barry the avidreader allegedly reader knew nothing about.

Strange, considering barry was on the cover in 2005, 2006, 2007. The very same magazine that honored Louis Farrakhan and put him on the cover in 2005, 2006, 2007. Heard any renouncing then? And barry wasn’t using Wright’s church as a means of political expedience? Then why hasn’t he joined one? Because it wouldn’t go over well with his friends in the Muslim world who consider him a Muslim anyway?

Funny how no one could utter his middle name during the election – couldn’t even whisper it without being labeled a racist or worse. And he stated over and over that he had no real exposure to Islam and was instead a most fortuitous Christian, who just happened not to be “in the pew” when his friend of two decades and inspirer of his book spewed those hateful, racist, sexist, anti-American words from the pulpit. Some of which barry knew about and still appointed wright to an official presidential campaign committee.

Recall what he said about Imus. What he said he wouldn’t allow – he did.

And thence came the inauguration and panderment to the Arab world and he suddenly has three names and is intimately familiar with Islam on three continents. He lived in Indonesia between age 6-10. Period.

You folks who didn’t think barry knew about any of these people or had any connections after spending 20 years with Wright are awfully naive or in desperate denial. Sen McCain was right about making the connections – just like then Sen Clinton was with Rezko.

A diplomatic plane can hold a lot of cash, especially when one has purposely split off from the rest of the group. Wonder what version of passport he was using. Maybe he didn’t need one at all. Cash on behalf of the largest populationsof Arab-Americans in the US – a great deal of whom if not Palestinian born are pro-palestinian. Cash that funds the Chicago, Cook Country and Illinois state politics. Cash that both barry and blago have used to further their careers. Cash like the $250K Rezko-derived fund that Me Transparency refused to admit to for over a year – saying it was somewhere around 60-80K instead. Miraculously, his memory improved right around Rezko’s trial.

Has anyone asked Ben LaBolt how much tainted money he has had to “donate” to charity? It has to be in the millions.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Abbas was in Washington last week. He had an interview in the Washington Post where he sure seemed to suggest that he doesn’t have to do anything right now.

CLINTON: Well, I think you’re seeing public positions taken, which is understandable in a process like this. But we’ve made it very clear to President Abbas what we expect from him, as well.

STEPHANOPOULOS: How about Iran? You were quoted in the papers back in March when you met with the foreign minister of the UAE that you were skeptical of the possibility that diplomacy would work to stall or stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Are you still that doubtful?

CLINTON: Well, I am someone who’s going to wait and see. I mean, I — I want to see what the president’s engagement will bring. We have a team of people who we have tasked to work on this. I think there’s an enormous amount of potential for change, if the Iranians are willing to pursue that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, what do you think they want, deep down? You know, you read some of the public declarations by their supreme leader and others saying that they consider nuclear weapons un-Islamic, and yet they continue to pursue the nuclear program.

CLINTON: But, George, one of the values of — of engagement is, we need to have better information, and maybe about each other, not just about a one-way street of information.

The idea that we could have a diplomatic process with Iran means that, for the first time, we would actually be sitting at a table across from Iranians authorized by the supreme leader to talk with us about a whole range of issues. That gives us information and insight that we don’t have.

Of course there’s contradiction, because we don’t have any really clear sense as to what it is they are seeking. Now, one of the things that you heard the president say is, we understand the legitimate right of nations…

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OBAMA: … any nation, including Iran…

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CLINTON: … to have access to peaceful nuclear energy. If that is at the core of what they want, there are ways of accommodating that that do not lead to a nuclear weapon.

But we have to — have to test that, and we have to be willing to sit and listen and evaluate without giving up what we view as a primary objective of the engagement, which is to do everything we can to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Your own envoy, Dennis Ross, has said one way to strengthen the position of the United States going into these negotiations is to make it very clear that, if Iran used nuclear weapons against Israel or any U.S. ally, that would be met as an attack on the United States, full response. Now, that was your position during the campaign, as well.

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CLINTON: I would make it clear to the Iranians that an attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation from the United States.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: Is it U.S. policy now?

CLINTON: I think it is U.S. policy to the extent that we have alliances and understandings with a number of nations. They may not be formal, as it is with NATO, but I don’t think there is any doubt in anyone’s mind that, were Israel to suffer a nuclear attack by Iran, there would be retaliation.

STEPHANOPOULOS: By the United States?

CLINTON: Well, I think there would be retaliation. And I think part of what is clear is, we want to avoid a — a Middle East arms race which leads to nuclear weapons being in the possession of other countries in the Middle East, and we want to make clear that there are consequences and costs.

Now, let me just put it this way: If Iran is seeking security, if they believe — and, you know, you have to put yourself into the shoes of the other party when you negotiate — if they believe that the United States might attack them the way that we did attack Iraq, for example…

STEPHANOPOULOS: Before they attack, as a first strike?

CLINTON: That’s right, as a first strike, or they might have some other enemy that would do that to them, part of what we have to make clear to the Iranians is that their pursuit of nuclear weapons will actually trigger greater insecurity, because, right now, many of the nations in the neighborhood, as you know very well…

STEPHANOPOULOS: Because Israel will strike before they can finish?

CLINTON: Well, but not only that. I mean, other countries, other Arab countries are deeply concerned about Iran having nuclear weapons. So does Iran want to face a battery of nuclear weapons countries…

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STEPHANOPOULOS: Can you get those other Arab nations to say that publicly? That was part of the president’s theme today.

CLINTON: Well, you know, we’ve been there a little over four months. And clearly a lot of what we are doing is teeing up our framework for decision-making.

We are aggressively pursuing diplomacy, not as an end in itself, but as a means to try to resolve some of these outstanding and very difficult problems. We are trying to make clear that the United States is of course going to pursue our interests in values, but, frankly, we believe there are ways that we can make them consonant with the issues and values that are important to others, as well.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, when I saw President Ahmadinejad last month, he said the U.S. wasn’t really walking the walk here, and he cited the idea that President Obama never responded to his initial letter of congratulations. Why not?

CLINTON: Well, I think that President Obama has made very clear that he is going to put forth an open hand, but not as part of an electoral ploy or propaganda.

STEPHANOPOULOS: You have to let the elections play out?

CLINTON: I think, just like in every country, there is a process that takes place during an election. That will be over soon, and then we’re going to hope to get a positive process going.

STEPHANOPOULOS: With North Korea, it seems like nothing has worked. Engagement doesn’t work; isolation doesn’t work. They keep on pursuing their nuclear ambitions. And — and the problem with North Korea is that they’ve tried to sell every single weapon they’ve ever made.

CLINTON: Right.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So what does that mean? How do we stop them now? And what happens if they try to sell nuclear materials?

CLINTON: One of the positive developments, George, in the face of what has been very provocative and belligerent behavior by the North Koreans, is that it has actually brought the members of the six-party process — Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, the United States — much closer together in how we view…

STEPHANOPOULOS: But that process isn’t going anywhere, is it?

CLINTON: Well, but I think what is going somewhere is additional sanctions in the United Nations, arms embargo, other measures taken against North Korea with the full support of China and Russia.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Including enforcing past resolutions, which give the U.N. the ability to board North Korean ships?

CLINTON: Well, we are — we are working very hard to create a mechanism where we can interdict North Korean shipments. Obviously, some countries — not just the ones I named — but others have some legitimate concerns about setting precedent and the like.

But we are working very hard. I’ve personally talked with all the foreign ministers, some of them, you know, many more times than, you know, just a couple. We’ve been in very close communication. Obviously, we’re working closely with our team in New York.

We think we’re going to come out of this with a very strong resolution with teeth that will have consequences for the North Korean regime.

STEPHANOPOULOS: And what are the consequences if they try to ship nuclear material elsewhere?

CLINTON: We will do everything we can to both interdict it and prevent it and shut off their flow of money.

If we do not take significant and effective action against the North Koreans now, we’ll spark an arms race in Northeast Asia. I don’t think anybody wants to see that.

And so part of what we’re doing is, again, sharing with other countries our calculus of the risks and the dangers that would lie ahead if we don’t take very strong action.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Several senators wrote the president a letter just the other day saying that North Korea should go back on the list of states who sponsor terrorism. Will you do that?

CLINTON: Well, we’re going to look at it. There’s a process for it. Obviously, we would want to see recent evidence of their support for international terrorism.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you have any?

CLINTON: Well, we’re just beginning to look at it. I don’t — I don’t have an answer for you right now.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Because the senators say they never stopped with these actions.

CLINTON: Well, we are — you know, we take it very seriously. I mean, obviously, they were taken off of the list for a purpose, and that purpose is being thwarted by their actions.

STEPHANOPOULOS: One other issue on North Korea. The trial has begun for the American journalists.

CLINTON: Yes.

STEPHANOPOULOS: And the families of the journalists have come out very clearly and said the only way this is going to be solved is if the United States government gets involved directly. Have you been involved directly in any way?

CLINTON: I have been. I have been involved directly in working with our team as they have made approaches and requests for information through the channels we use with North Korea. The Swedish ambassador in Pyongyang is taking care of our interests there. He has visited both young women, I think, now three times, if I’m not mistaken. I’ve met with the families.

We have made it clear through statements, both public and private, that we view this as a humanitarian issue…

STEPHANOPOULOS: We were told that you sent a letter saying that the girls didn’t mean — the women didn’t mean to go into North Korea and asking for their release.

CLINTON: I — I have taken every action that we thought would produce the result we’re looking for. We think that the charges against these young women are absolutely without merit or foundation. We hope the trial ends quickly, it’s resolved, and they’re sent home.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Have you gotten any hopeful signs back?

CLINTON: We have gotten some responses, but we’re not sure exactly who’s going to be making this decision and what the reasons for the eventual decision are.

So we’ve been very careful in what we’ve said, because, clearly, we don’t want this pulled into the political issues that we have with North Korea or the concerns that are being expressed in the United Nations Security Council. This is separate; it is a humanitarian issue. And the girls should be let go.

STEPHANOPOULOS: It’s interesting you point — you don’t know who’s going to make this decision. Do you believe these reports that Kim Jong-il has tapped his youngest son as his successor?

CLINTON: We obviously are following this very closely. We — we don’t yet know what the outcome of that decision…

STEPHANOPOULOS: What would that mean?

CLINTON: We don’t know. I mean, we — we — we would have to wait and evaluate it, the timing of it, who might be, essentially, you know, put in place to supervise him, if he were the — the choice. We have to evaluate all of that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: This week is also the anniversary of — the 20th anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square, and you put out a very strong statement on that anniversary. Yet when you went to China earlier this year, you basically said the Chinese know what we think about human rights.

And I guess what I’m trying to get at is, how do you approach that issue? When do public statements make a difference? When should diplomacy be conducted privately? And who’s your real audience with these statements?

CLINTON: You know, George, it’s such a great question. And there is no one easy answer, because I think so much of it depends upon what our objectives are.

We have made very clear, time and time again, our concerns about religious freedom in China, treatment of Tibet, Tibetan culture. So that is — we’re on the record with that. We’ve had these, you know, very strong statements that we’ve made historically, going back years.

And so, of course, we want everyone to know that we still feel very strongly about it, but we also would like to see if there is some way we could actually chip away at Chinese resistance to providing some more at least cultural and religious autonomy for Tibetans. So we — it’s a constant weighing process.

You know, I think a lot of times the public statements can turn out to be counterproductive. They can harden positions. Yet at the same time, the public statements can hearten those who are the dissidents.

So trying to keep that in balance so that we don’t ever turn our backs on those who are struggling for the very rights that we believe in so strongly and that we think are universal rights, and yet looking for ways that we can actually get results, not just score debating points or, you know, have somebody say, “Good for you. You made a strong statement.”

So what we’re trying to do — and I think you hear it from what the president and I have been saying over the last four months — is to really focus in on where we can make progress.

STEPHANOPOULOS: A year ago, you bowed out of the presidential campaign, very graceful speech.

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CLINTON: Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, it was a bitter campaign. And I’m just wondering: How did President Obama convince you to come on his team?

CLINTON: Well, you know, George, I never had any — any dream, let alone inkling, that I would end up in President Obama’s cabinet. When I left the presidential race, after getting some sleep and taking some deep breaths, I immediately went to work for him in the general election.

I, you know, traveled the country. I worked hard on my supporters. I made the case, which I believed strongly, in making sure that we elected him our president.

And I was looking forward to going back to the Senate and, frankly, going back to my life and representing New York, which I love. And I had no idea that he had a different plan in mind. So when — when…

STEPHANOPOULOS: Since the primaries.

CLINTON: Well, but I had — I mean, that was certainly never expected. And after the election, I started seeing little, you know, tidbits in the press. I thought it was absurd. I thought, you know, this is the kind of silly stuff that ends up in the press.

And then, when he called and asked me to come see him and we had our first conversation, I said, “You know, I really don’t think I’m the person to do this. I want to go back to my life. I really feel like I owe it to the people of New York.” And I gave him a bunch of other names of people who I thought would be great secretaries of state.

But he was quite persistent and very persuasive.

Proves he’s an all out liar with absolutely no integrity. He hammered her over and over and ridiculed her in the press about how she only knew how to sip tea with ambassadors. And then he is persistent and persuasive? Just one more example of how he lied and how his words have no relevance to his actions.

CLINTON: And, you know, ultimately, it came down to my feeling that, number one, when your president asks you to do something for your country, you really need a good reason not to do it.

Number two, if I had won and I had asked him to please help me serve our country, I would have hoped he would say yes.

And, finally, I looked around our world and I thought, you know, we are in just so many deep holes that everybody had better grab a shovel and start digging out.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Final question. The Economist magazine said this week that the question you raised in that famous 3 a.m. ad…

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ANNOUNCER: It’s 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?

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STEPHANOPOULOS: … is right back in the center of American politics. Has the president answered it for you?

CLINTON: Absolutely. And, you know, the president, in his public actions and demeanor, and certainly in private with me and with the national security team, has been strong, thoughtful, decisive. I think he’s doing a terrific job. And it’s an honor to serve with him.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Madam Secretary, thank you very much.

CLINTON: Thanks. Good to talk to you.

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Brenden Foster: "Live life to the fullest"

Having a tough day?

Brenden Foster, an 11 y/o boy with terminal leukemia and two weeks to live, had two final wishes: to help feed the homeless and to save the bees by spread wildflower seeds. He asked that the sandwiches be half ham and cheese and half peanut butter and jelly in case someone was allergic to peanuts. A retired pilot asked his pilot and flight attendant friends to sprinkle wildflower seeds around the world on Brenden's behalf. Several days before he died got out of bed, off the oxygen, and went to buy a video game. The Seattle Seahawks' players paid for his funeral.

I compiled quotes I found in other videos. This video is from November 7, 2008. The interviewer Elisa Jaffe (KOMO 4 TV) Bothell, Washington. He died November 21, 2008.

CNN video via TheSexyPatriot

BRENDEN, after seeing a homeless camp:

I was getting back from one of my clinic appointments and I saw this big thing in the middle full of homeless people. And then I thought, I should just get them something. They're probably starving, so, give them a chance. Food and water.

Tis the season to give.

That the country, even the world responded:

I think that is great. You think that's great?

JAFFE: What are the best things about life?

Just having one.

About death:

I should be gone in a week or so.

It happens. It's natural.

I had a great time.

And until it's time--my time comes, I'm going to keep having a great time.

His one question for God about his death:

Why at so young an age? I could have done more.

But if it has to be now, it has to be now.

JAFFE: What's your message to the children, sweetheart?

Live life to the fullest.

JAFFE: What gets you sad?

[Tears flowing quietly] When someone gives up.

Grandmother, Patricia McMorrow:

He has had the joy of seeing all the beautiful response to his last wish. It gives him great peace. He knows that his life has meaning.

He doesn't have much time....24, 48 hours. Course we never know. That's up to God.

He's ready. He's told us that the angels have come three times and he's ready to go with them.

Mother, Wendy Foster:

He's always thought about the better of others - wanting to help. He's never complained about having to got through this. Never.

He's left a legacy and he's only eleven. He's done more than most people ever even dream of doing just by making a wish.

I have been so blessed to have this child - a mother couldn't ask for a better son.

It's devastating. But I find great peace in knowing we've had our time together and that we sill see each other again.

Every night after he was diagnosed he and his mother thought of three good things that happened during the day and they had to laugh.

A chuckle will do. But a fake laugh is not a laugh.

He died in his mother's arms, amazed a young boy could make such a difference. His last wish? To become an angel and accomplish more in heaven than he did on earth. His final message:

Follow your dreams.

Don't let anything stop you.

Brenden "B-man" Foster
October 4, 1997 – November 21, 2008

Octuplets: Nadya on GMA (4-24)

(4-21) Updated list of octuplet posts

April 27, 2009

Here's Nadya's in home interview with GMA's Chris Cuomo from Friday. It's not substantive. Nadya isn't overwhelmed, the kids are fine, it was a miracle, she has some advice, she's making do with "little opportunities", she's writing a book and plans on going back to school to get her Masters. She still does not get it. The nannies cook, clean and do the laundry.

ABC Video doesn't embed here. Not the entire conversation. Cuomo is obviously not a fan of Nadya's but he didn't prob her financial situation or who is paying for the hospital bill. How much money can a parent make in California and still stay on Medi-Cal?

CHRIS CUOMO:

Are you going through a little bit of that, "Yes, my children are a blessing. But boy, am I in over my head"?

NADYA:

I know I'm going to sound kind of crazy to say this, but no I'm just - every day I'm taking it as it comes. And it`s actually a lot less stressful than I envisioned it to be. Because I'm just focusing on - what takes precedence over anything else is just how healthy they are. They're really, really good babies. They're growing and getting so big and healthy. That's all I focus on.

And the [older] kids are transitioning really well with the babies coming home.

CUOMO:

Any cautionary advice for "people" contemplating the same kind of decision?

NADYA:

Do your research. Do it extensively. Find out everything there is especially in regard to your own personal history because you definitely want to be aware of all the possible side effects or consequences of [laughs] your actions.

Somehow I don't think her eldest daughter thinks the eight consequences are funny.

CUOMO:

Do you feel you need to take responsibility for having so many children?

NADYA:

Oh, yeah. Of course. I never anticipated more than one growing And had I not had extra frozen, I never would have had more than six. I was praying for one more. If one hadn't come, I'd be happy with six.

Notice how when she talks about them they are inanimate - a collection of things. She then gives a tour of the nursery and as she's pointing out the babies says Jonah and Josiah are "identical" so that must be one of the sets. Supposedly 6 were implanted and two embryos split into twins. Jeremiah and Makai may be the other ones.

NADYA:

It's hard to tell between Jonah and Josiah. [the smallest ones #7 & 8 to come home] I can tell by the cleft. That's the only difference.

CUOMO:

With all those other kids you can really keep their names straight that easily?

NADYA:

Yes. Mothers could. I'm not any different than any other mother. [recurring theme] I'm sure all mothers can basically be able to tell the difference between their kids no matter if there's like two or 22.

They're all really big. They don't have any complications yet.

CUOMO: What are you dealing with in terms of volume?

NADYA:

I try not to focus on what's not too important. You just have to do it. I don't really reflect on that kind of stuff. I reflect on what takes priority and that's how healthy they are. I'm just enjoying every moment of the kids and the older kids as well. So I don't really fixate on those kind of things. It's not necessary - extraneous details. You have to take care of it and you don't complain about it. [laughs]

CUOMO:

What's not going to be extraneous for you is paying for this going forward. You know you've gotten a lot of heat for that. Having all these kids and not really having the means to do it. How are you going to handle that?

NADYA:

I'm going to try to secure little opportunities here and there to provide for my kids any way I can that I feel will benefit them.

I'm actually going back to school in the fall to finish my masters. And I'm actually really excited about writing a book. I'm in the process of doing that. So I'm excited about that. That was always a dream of mine before any of this happened - before this miracle happened.

She said in her radaronline video with the grandmother that she had planned on writing a book about raising a child with autism. She talks about her son with autism in her recent radaronline video.

Her comments on the interview to Octorazzi:

I don't watch TV. I don't watch anything that I'm on. I was on Good Morning America I never saw it. I didn't see it, how was that?

When asked to talk about GMA anchor Chris Cuomo's questions:

One thing that I will mention I noticed that everyone tends to have a pattern of always focusing or actually being fixated on the negative and I just have to directed back to positive because that what's it's supposed to be, isn't it?

Her answers are never concrete.

Jake Tapper: No birth certificate questions

March 29, 2009

Prior to barry’s press conference on Tuesday (24th) ABC White House correspondent, Jake Tapper, wrote on his Twitter page:

Tonight: Press Conference w/rezObama. Please send actual suggestions for Qs. (No: “Why r u so awesome?” or: “Please produce birth certif.”)

March 24th 4:19 am

Well, there’s definitive proof that he knows what is going on and wants nothing to do with it - that he never even considered asking about it.

Octuplets: Grandfather on GMA (3-9)

March 10, 2009

(3-10) Octuplets: Updated list of posts

You really should watch this video (can't embed ABC) to get insight into another relative 14 children depend on. Ed Doud, 67, gets all testy when asked how Nadya is going to cope and he likens it to a teacher remember all 40 kids in the classroom's name.

He remarks about her being a wonderful mother:

She holds every single one of them for like a half and hour - so you're talking about 8 of them. Can you imagine the time she spends over there?

And how many hours doesn't she spend over there? How much care is she not providing? When they come home (Dear Lord, I hope that never happens.) she will be responsible for all 14 24/7.

He said on Oprah [follow link above] that his daughter is not mentally complete and asked Oprah of she could take care of that. Oprah was speechless. Then, he begged:

DOUD: You know what? She needs help. I say to everybody now, 'people, we do need help. Do not punish my daughter for what she had done and do not punish the babies, because they were given by God'.

They were manufactured by man and frozen. Then he tries to cover for her:

DOUD: The NBC...they took her out of the hospital by midnight to a secret location by midnight. They did not even give her a chance to rest or sleep while she was still under medication.

NBC countered (they did not pay for the interview):

NBC News stands by every aspect of our interview with Nadya Suleman. Contrary her father's allegation, we did not take Nadya from the hospital and the interview, which was conducted with respect, took place at a time of her choosing.

Listen to how he talks about what he would do if adoption is brought up. Watch the evil look in his eyes. What exactly did he do as an "Iraqi military man"?

I will stop any anybody. I will stop anybody. Anybody. I don't care who they are, from taking my grandchildren away.

But he couldn't stop his own daughter from having 14 children?

Then when questioned about why the court might take their children away:

Ok. Now we're talking about the taxpayers' money. Why do they want to waste their money on a lawyer and judge and court and all that to take my grandchildren away for adoption, uh?

That's a waste of money. Leave them alone.

That's all he could come up with? That it's a waste of money to adopt his grandchildren? The entire family talks about them like commodities. That's precidely why he could never allow them to be adopted - end of money.

Will Nadya pay off the hospital bill and stop accepting food stamps?

Deer in the headlights.

Uh, if we become well enough - we don't need anybody. If we struggle, just like anybody else, uhh, we will uhh, ask for help. We're not gonna ask for help from taxpayers.

Ask?

They've already been taking. Nadya received $168K disability for a "bad back" while she was churning out baby after baby - including 8 at once. She has been getting $490/month in food stamps. She has been receiving federal assistance for three of her children. She already abandoned a home and is about to do so again. And who does he think is going to pay the hospital bill? It's got to be over $1M by now. And why would they need to remain on food stamps if they are moving into $564,900 house?

Then he says they don't need anybody - they don't need taxpayer's money and then rants about the banks. All the while the grandmother already abandoned one home and is about to do so again - she has not made a mortgage payment since May 2008 and is over $20K in arrears. And by the way she has filed for bankruptcy.

They don't need anybody?

Without taxpayers those six children would be homeless without food or healthcare.

This whole family is delusional.

Then he smiles when he talks about his 15 minutes of fame - doesn't everyone want to be famous?

Pornography?

DOUD; Oh, I know my daughter. It doesn't make any difference, a million, 10 [million], 20 million, she's not going to do that. That is no way in the world. We're not that kind of people.

Angelina Jolie?

DOUD: It's funny that she never thought of Angelina Jolie. I don't think she knew who she was.

Nadya's original publicist, Joann Killeen said Nadya told her she never had plastic surgery. Grandmother thinks it's from the weight she gained. Anyone can look at the before picture of her and see she had plastic surgery. Her face is unnatural.

These are the things - the lies - that continue to incense people. It is perfectly clear where her money went - her face and whereever else and her $10K apiece IVF and continuing to lie about it will guarantee people remain angry.

God Morning America: Flight 1549 Flight Crew

February 9, 2009

The flight crew is about as busy as blagojevich. I haven't seen this interview but here's the video. Don't know how long it will stay up because of possible copyright or whatever.

Part 1 Not there

Part 2

lenderlee

part 3

lenderlee

Etta James: "[beyonce's] gonna get her ass whooped"

February 6, 2009

...someone has seen the light and spoken the truth. Ms Etta James, 71, was none too happy that Beyonce sang her trademark song "At Last" during the First Couple's First dance for which he pocketed a cool $2M. James to her audience.

ETTA JAMES: You know, YOUR president, the one with the big ears — he ain't my president — had that woman singing for him at his inauguration. She's going to get her ass whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I'm going to sing it for y'all.

She added that she "can't stand Beyonce" and that the starlet "has no business up there singing, singing up there on a big old President day, singing my song that I been singing forever."

Can't blame her. barry has a way of not acknowledging folks that made him and in this case Beyonce possible.

Another tidbit. barry's family was supposed to be on the US Weekly magazine but he was bumped by a picture of "fat" Jessica Simpson. His response? "It was hurtful."

NeighborhoodBall

peterson: we didn't celebrate Stacy's birthday

January 25, 2009

Peterson needed his fix. barry, Burris and blagojevich have overshadowed him so out he crawled out from his cave to demand his 15 seconds. First the engagement, then the stalking, then the moving in and now - with his fiance living in his house - he lets ABC's Jim Avila into his house to talk about Stacy. What's next? Nightline.

PETERSON: I think of the happier times all the time, some good memories. But it's kind of painful, so I don't really spend a lot of time walking down memory lane.

And then he mentions affairs she had? How could she possibly do that with him following her everywhere?

PETERSON: She left for somebody else, and there's been several affairs discovered. So yeah, I'm pretty mad.

And then there's another mysterious anonymous caller reporting a sighting on his lawyer's answering machine. It' so predictable. This time she was in Peoria.

CALLER: I'd just like you to know I did see Stacy again on January second.

What kind of wording is that? Look at each word. Doesn't make sense.

How did they celebrate Stacy's 24th birthday with fiance #5 in the house and while Stacy's family and friends held a vigil?

PETERSON: We didn't celebrate. We kind of like didn't want to remind the children that she was gone.

He told them initially that mommy is on vacation and it appears he has never updated or explained it any further. He said they don't need counseling.

PETERSON: It's a little harder on the little girl. You know once in a while she'll ask, you know, 'I want my mommy or where's mommy.' And that's hard."

And then there's the predictable narcissistic delusional madness.

PETERSON: I'm a celebrity everywhere in the world. I find it totally strange. I'll be out somewhere, and I'll get phone numbers put in my hand.

This man has to be stopped. Has he called any?

PETERSON: I'm keeping my options open.

And where was the fiance when he said that?

There is no engagement. Poor girl was a media pawn and her children are the ones who are suffering.

Blago blitz list

January 29, 2009

Last Friday (23rd)

Don Wade & Roma (WLS)
Press conference
Cliff Kelly (WVON)

Monday & Tuesday (26 & 27)

CBS' Evening News
CBS' The Early Show
Fox & Friends
Associated Press TV
Fox Business Network
In Session/TruTV:
Glenn Beck
Campbell Brown
Rachel Maddow
Greta Van Susteren
DL Hughley (CNN Center)
The Today Show - Amy Robach
Good Morning America
The View
Larry King Live
Access Hollywood
Geraldo Rivera
Nightline

Take the damn house - I want my kidney back!

Take the damn house - I want my kidney back!

Quote of the day: "I'm on the wrong planet"

Quote of the day: "I'm on the wrong planet"

POLL: IFC/ZOGBY overwhelming media bias

December 29, 2008

Independent Film Channel/Zogby poll shows overwhelmingly that Americans believe the news is biased and that the biased coverage influenced the outcome of the presidential election. Surprise.

They polled 3,472 adults nationwide on November 5 and 6, 2008 with a very good split of sampling. Of those surveyed: Dems 38%, Rep 31% and Independents 28%. East (22%), South (26%), Center/Great Lakes (30%) and west (22%). Nearly all (99.6%) were registered to vote,99.7% voted. 53% voted for barry 46% McCain. MOE +/- 1.7%.

RESULTS:
93.1% barry received more coverage
4.1% thought McCain received more

74.7% thought media coverage of the presidential election influenced the outcome
94.2% Rep
55.6% Dem
79.3% Men
70.2% Women

Overall unreliable
80% TV
84% Radio

72.6% believe the news they read/see is biased.
88.7% Rep
57.5% Dem
77% males
67% females
73.3% White
76.7% Hispanic
62.2% Black
70.6% Asian
83.5% Other

Most reliable source of news
37.6% Internet
20.3% National TV News
16% Radio
11.3% Valid newspapers
4% Local TV News

Most trusted Newspaper
20.1% don't read newspapers
19.6 NY Times
19.2% Local
17.4% WSJ

Most trusted source:
39.3% FOX
16% CNN
15% MSNBC
10.1% PBS
6% NBC

Least trusted:
0.6% CNBC
1.5% CBS
3.3% ABC

81% Rep trust FOX
30.3% Dems trust MSNBC
26.2% Dems trust CNN

Most trusted news personality:
12.5% Rush Limbaugh
10.1% Bill O'Reilly
10.3% None listed
8.5% Brokaw
8% Hannity
6.9% Olbermann
6.6% Williams
6.3% Maddow

Least trusted:
0.6% Elisabeth Hasselbeck (How is she considered a news source?)
1.6% Colbert
1.9% Matthews
2.1% Stephanopoulos

Most trusted news personality:
­14.2% Dem Keith Olbermann
29.2% Rep Rush Limbaugh

Don't think media giving a true representation of Iraq
73% overall
90% Rep
55.6% Dem

So 73% believe there is media bias in general, 75% thought media bias influenced the outcome of the presidential election and 93% thought barry got more coverage.

Sure doesn't get a lot clearer than that or folks who need stats to point out the obvious.

Computer chip vs Orgasmatron

December 22, 2008

First it was the Orgasmatron (no joke) and now it's surgically implanted computer chips in the brain. They've already been used for Parkinson's. The chip stimulates the pleasure centers in the brain and the Orgasmatron works locally on the pelvic nerves. ABC did a show on this and there were a couple of very happy ladies - one couldn't stop giggling (the dial is self-controlled) and one very unhappy woman for whom it did not work.

Dr Meloy, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist, was doing a routine procedure with the standard spinal stimulator on a woman with chronic pain and she had a rather unanticipated joyous moment. Since it was the first time it had happened to one of his patients - he was not aware of what was going on until she exclaimed: "you're gonna have to teach my husband how to do that!"

Chronic pain treatment turns into pleasure. I don't know if it was part of the same show but they actually filmed a woman in a CAT scan machine inducing orgasm with her mind only. Pavlov gone porno. I wonder who was funding the research.

Quote of the day: "…see his face etched in stain glass and on Mt. Rushmore."

December 21, 2008

Quote of the day: "…see his face etched in stain glass and on Mt. Rushmore."

Constitutional?

November 26, 2008

The stock market continues to tank, Citigroup needs a bailout, Detroit is on the brink, barry is having daily press conferences introducing his advisors but saying nothing and what does PETE WILLIAMS focus on? Senator Clinton. What's it going to take for them to move on? I can't fathom the fascination. He must have castration anxiety like Tucker Carlson.

Anyway, the gist is Sen Clinton can't become secretary of state (or any other administration appointment) because she was a senator when the salary was raised for secretary of state. Like her vote mattered. And doesn't the Congress vote for their own pay hikes? And why can't she just agree to the salary before it was raised?

Legalese: Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office ... the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time." Emoluments meaning salaries and benefits.

Check out the wording:

If President-elect Barack Obama nominates Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, many legal scholars believe it would be the former law professor's first violation of the Constitution as president.

First? As in more to come? Or as in covering previous ones? barry is not - nor was he ever a law professor. He was a lecturer who taught classes on constitutional law. And don't you think he should know that before he even bothered to vet her? Williams goes on to give four examples when it was circumvented. So why the fascination? And this madness:

A more difficult case might come if a Secretary of State Clinton issued an order that put a specific citizen at a disadvantage. That might give rise to a lawsuit that could get some traction.

How is Senator Clinton going to issue an order? She will not be autonomous and everything she says will be as a representative of barry. Rest assured the media will pounce on any perceived deviance.

Former Clinton Justice Department solicitor general Walter Dellinger says there's reason to think that the official acts of someone in a federal office are valid, even if the person's qualifications for the office are in doubt.

This last comment brings me back to barry's birth certificate. How much is Pete Williams getting paid per word? And why can't he post it himself?

Polls: ABC - Economy

November 25, 2008

Will barry improve the economy?
Before the election 50%
Nov 19-23 44%

Remember that as far as confidence in handling the economy - Sen Clinton outpolled barry sometimes as much as 2-1.

Handling the transition
Approve 67%
Disapprove 18%
No opinion 15%

axelrod's face language

November 24, 2008

axelrod's head has literally gotten larger. Maybe it's the haircut. His hair and eyebrows look a tad Luciano Pavarotti. Anyway he was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. It's good video evidence of axelrod's transparent prevarication. He covers his voice fairly well because his baseline is monotonous by design. But that's about it. Watch how his head keeps shaking, he doesn't believe a word of it. Take note also of his closing his eyes and shaking his head like a kid pretending not to see. bill burton is the only good liar on this squad. barry's easiest of all.

This Week (transcript & video)
STEPHANOPOULOS The other big appointment on track, of course, is Senator Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state...

AXELROD:...People need to understand one thing. There's one person who's going to be in charge of American foreign policy, and there's one person who's going to be in charge of American economic policy. And that's Barack Obama.

He's going to set the direction, and he's going to assemble a group of talented and brilliant people to help execute that vision. So, and certainly Senator Clinton, should she be selected, fits that category of brilliance and ability. [fits the category not 'she is'] And he is assembling the best possible team to move this country forward, but he will set the direction.

STEPHANOPOULOS:...Will Secretary of State Clinton, if, indeed, she is nominated and confirmed, have the full backing of the president? And will she have a direct line to the White House?

AXELROD: I think it's fair to say that all of these appointees will [shakes head - no] have the full [blink - lie] backing of the president, that's why [blink, sticks tongue forward - lie], uh, he's selecting them,"The one thing I can tell you from working for six years with uh, barack obama, that he is [blinks - lie] someone who inv-uh, invites [look of concern, shakes head], uh, uh, strong [licks lip, blinks - lie] uh, uh opinions. [shaking head.] He, he, uh, he enjoys [microsmile] that. He [eye twitch] he-he [like his shaking head] thinks it's an important [furrowed eyebrows] element of leadership. And, uh, I think they'll [right eye twitches], uh [closes his eyes - oh no he doesn't], that he'll have a great [eye twitch] working relationship [shaking his head you know Hillary's coming] with his Secretary [flares nostrils in disgust] of State [right eye twitches] ] and Secretary of the Treasury and his entire cabinet. They are not [blinks - lie] going to be potted plants in their [eyebrows worried] departments. They are going to be partners with him [Inclines his head and makes quote marks with his eyes - in name only.] in governance and he is going to [shakes head] encourage that. And I'm sure [head shaking] that that's the message that he's given to everyone he's spoken to about potential positions in the administration.

Oh no he isn't. They're all lined up like little soldiers ready to be launched onto the train tracks one by one until it's just axelrod. Why Rahm Emanuel had to think for a while....jump ship now or get thrown overboard later?

Old home week: Wright

Barry's old uncle, who sometimes says things he doesn't agree with. Things barry admitted he knew about. Things that weren't foul enough to cut that old uncle loose from his official campaign position for three more months. Things that were written off as out-of-context sound bites until he made one long clearly in context sound bite that even the pro-obama media couldn't spin. barry got pist because Wright ranted the truth. (Have to admit the Grambling bit was hysterical.) That barry gave the speech because it was politically expedient. I guess wright remembered the Iraq Fairy Tale speech. The reporters didn't. Not a word about it in the paper the next day. And have you ever heard him say that the rally was Rev Jesse's show?

I wonder what wright thought about being compared to a typical white person? Enjoy!

Suddenly Sen Clinton has "international stature"

November 14, 2008 (long post)

A few selected quotes from today. A good look into the pro-Obama media. If I had the energy, inclination, or need, I would go back and splice the before and after comments. It would make a good documentary on pro-Obama propaganda and sexism in their own words -- objective and indefensible with plenty of context to put the more than just sound bites together. (Emphasis added)

Good Morning America
JAKE TAPPER: Clinton would bring instant international stature. Many world leaders have known her for almost two decades.

CHRIS LEHANE: I think that the Clinton name on international issues really is the gold standard.

OBAMA videotape: Now, she's met with all these world leaders. And I don't know, I was wondering which world leader told her to, that we needed to invade Iraq because that's not, that is the conventional thinking that we're going to have to break.

Strange to hear his ridiculous arguments again and realize people voted for him because of them. His Iraq was - and will always be - a Fairy Tale and historians will scratch their heads and wonder how people could actually fall for such fraud. What is Doris Kearns Goodwin doing? Believing that something Lincoln did in a time when he got his news by horse, train, telegraph and word of mouth compares to instantaneous global communication and an at any time terrorist attacks?

We hear about people voting against barry - the racists and WalMart moms and the bigoted old people - but never about anyone voting FOR him because they didn't want a woman or a "grumpy old man in his slippers and his bathrobe, picking up the newspaper, yelling at the kids in the neighborhood to get off the yard."

Direct quote from barry's new Chief of Staff, RAHM EMANUEL. Across the aisle and across the line. Classic obamantation.

CNN Anderson Cooper
CANDY CROWLEY: The wow factor would be enormous, but she is an "on the one hand/on the other hand" possibility. Widely popular overseas, Clinton could deal with patching up international relations, while the president wrestles with the economy, or her popularity makes her seem like the overseas president, or the selection makes him look confident. Joe Biden wanted to be the go-to foreign policy guy, or the two like each other. She would offer a strong voice for a president who clearly wants to put together an all-star Cabinet.

And there is the other Clinton, with broad and deep relationships with many heads of state, as well as global initiatives he's dedicated to.

She called him naive, sniffing at the suggestion he would meet with the leaders of hostile nations without precondition. And he demeaned the experience she claimed as a former first lady.

Which now qualifies her to be Secretary of State because barry needs help like he did to finish the primaries. Sen Clinton won the popular vote. ACORN's $800,000 help will prove that. barry is not qualified to run a city, a state, the senate and is most definitely not qualified to be Secretary of State. And if needs be saying - he is in no way qualified to be president of the United States. He realized that himself after his first briefing. Hence the need to revisit folks who really do have experience and international standing -- most notably his opponent.

OBAMA (Videotape) My experience is grounded in understanding how the world sees America, from living overseas and traveling overseas, and have -- having family beyond our shores.

Can you believe people actually believe(d) this? Having family beyond our shore sounds like he can see Russia from his house. A family he allows to live in terrible conditions. And other family members he doesn't acknowledge except when politcally expedient. He lived in Indonesia from age six to ten. And his travel overseas included (2005) a night in the UK (the only place in Europe he had been) and the former Soviet Union. January 2006 Iraq/Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. August 2006 Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa.

OBAMA (Videotape): And it's that experience, that understanding, not just of what world leaders I went and talked to in -- in the ambassador's house, who I had tea with.

Does it get any more dismissive and arrogant than that? 80 countries vs 33 days of overseas travel. An overnight and morning tea with Tony Blair the first and only time he was in Europe. And the cult followers bought it all. Still buying it.

CROWLEY: But it's not always about the resume. He [Bill Richardson] clearly has a heavier resume than Hillary Clinton, but she, again, has that kind of wow factor and that -- that recognition overseas that -- that may help in terms of healing international relations.

ANDERSON COOPER: At least two things are certain, though. The Clinton name carries a lot of currency in Washington, no doubt about that, and around the world. And despite the often bitter primary, Senator Clinton has made good on her promise to help Barack Obama win the election.

RHADNI KAYE: [Hillary Clinton] has huge name recognition overseas...The true nature of their relationship is not known, but Clinton campaigned relentlessly for Obama...60 campaign stops in all, including this show of unity in Unity, New Hampshire.

ROBERT ZIMMERMAN: I think Hillary Clinton's greatest strength is that she's a coalition-builder...And she bring instant credibility to the national agenda. So, I think her ability to build coalitions, her ability to bring together, build strong teams, I think that would be a major advantage.

GERGEN: I think he's talking about Bob Gates staying at the -- at Defense. And can you imagine Hillary Clinton and Bob Gates? That's a very strong pair.

No, David Gergen. That's a very strong woman who has survived your bashing and second guessing to stand in line to help barry - as she promised and as she delivered. Just like she rocked the house with her convention speech. And you weak little weasels (Candy Crowley excepted) are being forced to admit it.

Barry is obamanating. It's all he knows. He talks a great game to get ahead and once he does he lets other people do the work and take the heat. That's why he summons the best minds around him. That's why he is going to take Larry Summers. People already have a reason to hate him and if something goes wrong with the economy he has an instant out. Just like Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright, Father Pfleger (here also) and coward Bill Ayers.

Judgment?

Capitalist sellout Ayers' post-barry press junket

November 14, 2008

Bill Ayers the coward is out making money off a guy he doesn't know that well but describes as a family friend in the new afterward of his book. The same book he was promoting in his September 11, 2001 published New York Times interview. He is a weak effeminate looking man - no different than any other past his prime capitalist looking to make a buck off somebody else's success. The self-proclaimed unrepentant radical looks like a Deadhead who's traded in the Orange Sunshine for Geritol-laced lattes. The real interview would be with his wife who actually carried out the acts. I'm going to list loose quotes. No need to rebut -- check the archives under his name.

He lies right off about his book re-release: .

No one predicted the attention I would get in the election. I mean, this was not a decision based on that at all.

We tried to end that war. And in trying to end it, we did cross lines of propriety, of legality, maybe even of common sense. But we never committed terror.

It's not terrorism, because it doesn't target - target people to either kill or injure. [A list of his targets.] And had we killed or injured anybody, I'm sure it would have been devastating for everyone.

We knew it was wrong. We knew it was illegal. We knew it was immoral. We had to do more.I didn't regret for a minute resisting the murderous assault on Viet Nam with every ounce of my being.

Every ounce of his being? Being a coward? Running away when his girlfriend blew her damn self up? How can he possibly say such things and malign American hero and POW Senator McCain who was at the time resisting within an ounce of his own life? Not playing GI Joe with his War Manifesto Jane. What would've happened if ayers did today what he did then? His case got thrown out in part because of illegal wiretaps that barry finds perfectly reasonable...or has he changed his mind again?

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans. And like millions of other people worldwide, I wish I knew him better right now. [Yeah so do The American People] The truth is we came together in Chicago...that's the full extent of our relationship.

[We] had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fund-raiser at my house, where I'd made a small donation to his earliest political campaign. [Which barry has never returned.]

This idea that we need to know more, like there's some dark hidden secret, some secret link, is just a myth, and it's a myth thrown up by people that wanted to exploit the politics of fear. And I think it's a great credit to the American people that those politics were rejected. The idea that we should continue to be frightened and worried and barricaded is falling down, and it should.

It's not at all true that he sought me out to listen to my radical ideas, or that I sought him out.

For those interested - here are the links to Ayers GMA interview with Chris Cuomo. One & Two & Three.