Hillary sees a dictator (and a small crowd) in Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa — In her revised stump speech today to kickoff a five-day “Hil-a-copter” tour of Iowa, Hillary Clinton added a new riff to her latest meditation on change.
After repeating the riff she debuted at Thursday’s Iowa Public Television debate that change must be worked for, not hoped for (Barack Obama), or demanded (John Edwards), Clinton added that to achieve necessary “change” a president needed to know “when to stand your ground and when to find common ground. ” Lest anyone miss the point, Clinton added the rhetorical candied cherry. “This is not a dictatorship.
It was safe to assume this was a direct reference to John Edwards. But assumptions usually work out poorly. Clinton staff confirmed Edwards was the target.
Clinton drew (by my count) fewer than 250 people to her much-ballyhooed “Every County Counts ” launch at Thomas Jefferson High School here. Twenty minutes before the event was scheduled to start, the room was nearly half empty. But even when the crowd trickled in to fill the available seats, all the tell-tale signs of advance team “shrinking the room” tactics were well in evidence.
The rows had double-First-Class leg room. The aisles were unnaturally large. Clinton’s podium was shoved into the room. And the press corps and risers were unnecessarily close to Clinton (unless, of course, the idea was to make the room look small and packed on TV cameras). Big swaths of unused space was filled up by three tables of coffee and cookies (who said small crowds are all bad). In characteristic Clinton fashion, the event started late — 30 minutes late this time.
Team Clinton announced the event on Friday and brought former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey from neighboring Nebraska (just across the river from here) in to announce his endorsement. Kerrey appeared genuine and that struck me. I well remember his often biting criticism President Bill Clinton’s political timidity.
“Please don’t let us down,” Kerrey implored, speaking to potential caucus-going Democrats. “We are counting on you.”
Then Kerrey, one of those politicians least likely to invoke prayer in public, concluded with this: “I give you my senator and soon, I pray, our president.”
Despite Kerrey’s presence and all the advance hoo-hah of the Hil-a-copter, the event still felt underwhelming — especially since camp Clinton pointed to it as a demonstration of newfound energy.
Clinton gave it her best, promising to bring “perseverance and perspiration” to the Oval Office. “Our campaign is energized, we’re picking up momentum and we’re going all the way to January 3rd.”
On the road to January 3rd, Clinton will no doubt keep an eye peeled for looming Democratic dictators.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Clinton, dictatorship, Edwards, Kerrey, Obama
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And yet, Dr Ron Paul, in the same Council Bluffs, drew a rousing crowd of 500 on a cold and inclement night of adverse weather conditions, and he did it without a polluting helicopter stunt! Didn’t see it on Fox? Read about it here–> http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12453
I teach journalism.
This has got to be one of the most biased political reports I’ve ever seen.
Did you learn this kind of phrasing from a journalism teacher:
~ Clinton drew (by my count) fewer than 250 people to her much-ballyhooed “Every County Counts ” launch at Thomas Jefferson High School here.
~ And the press corps and risers were unnecessarily close to Clinton (unless, of course, the idea was to make the room look small and packed on TV cameras). Big swaths of unused space was filled up by three tables of coffee and cookies (who said small crowds are all bad). In characteristic Clinton fashion, the event started late — 30 minutes late this time.
~ Kerrey appeared genuine and that struck me. I well remember his often biting criticism President Bill Clinton’s political timidity.
~ Then Kerrey, one of those politicians least likely to invoke prayer in public, concluded with this: “I give you my senator and soon, I pray, our president.”
~ Despite Kerrey’s presence and all the advance hoo-hah of the Hil-a-copter, the event still felt underwhelming — especially since camp Clinton pointed to it as a demonstration of newfound energy.
HINT: It’s not a journalist’s job to give his or her opinion, especially when there is not a single actual fact to back up that opinion. This is shoddy jounalism at its very worst.
Is the media completely incapable of simply giving us the facts anymore?
Great inside look! How about some pictures? Pictures should always accompany text. And ones that are about 1000 pixels on a side. The little postage stamp pictures I find on lots of websites suck!
This website is producing lots of unique content, but it isn’t getting linked to by other sites.
yes I would really like to see pictures. Now as for bias reports, I would say that the truth really hurts Bias reporting is what the other networks are doing in regards to the Iraq war and the success of General Petreaus. Bias report is other networks (you know who folks) who spend more time on dumbocrats than any republican. Bias reporting is no democrat like pelosi reid kennedy willing to admit they were absolutely wrong is assuming that the Iraq war was a failure. Someone is gonna eat crow and it is not fox. I cannot stand Clintons and this country cannot stand to have another clinton in office. enuf of the b****.
You don’t have to have a major in Journalism to see the slanted diction shared by this author and “Campaign Carl.” It is quite humorous to see Fox pander to the right in the majority of these articles. Fox: Great for knowing about Paris Hilton’s jail time, not so great for receiving accurate reports on issues that actually apply to the normal American.
re: “Bias reporting is what the other networks are doing in regards to the Iraq war and the success of General Petreaus.”
We are a military family. You’re spouting nothing but propaganda. We had a friend killed aboard the USS Cole. Does General Petraus have any idea where the guy who killed our friend is?
The guy who murdered our fellow shipmate is the same guy who planned the successful enemy attack America experienced on 9/11. And he’s still busy planning other attacks on America. Where is he? Why hasn’t he been brought to justice, so my friend’s wife and two little children can have some closure after over SEVEN YEARS?????
Don’t DARE tell MY family anything about Iraq. The mission in Iraq was supposedly accomplished on May 1, 2003. BRING THE TROOPS HOME, if Iraq is such a friggin’ success.