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Clinton: "Si Se Pueda is Right"

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January 22, 2008 8:06 PM

ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., flew across the country to receive the United Farm Workers endorsement in Salinas, California on Tuesday. The Union, founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, represents 27,000 farm workers.

The Senator took the stage with bleachers filled behind her with UFW members wearing red t-shirts chanting "Si Se Puede!" Clinton who rarely utters Spanish to Hispanic crowds, shouted back at one point during her remarks. "Si se pueda is right! That's right, yes we can!" Clinton used the wrong tense of the the word "puede," presumably accidentally to the crowd. Clinton has admittidly told audiences that her language skills are not her strongest suit and often referneces her french teacher from college who said to her her "Madmoiselle, your talents lie elsewhere."

Clinton included mentioning her five point immigration plan in the speech for this largely Hispanic crowd. Over 2,000 people attended the event and were very enthusiastic, many times during the speech people screamed "bring our troops home." At one point Clinton said "ill get to that."

Clinton heads to Phoenix, AZ to deliver an economic town hall meeting and then returns to Washington DC late this evening.

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That's news? Seriously?

Posted by: James O'Hagan | Jan 22, 2008 8:41:16 PM

If Hillary wins the nod Dems are screwed. SHe already has no independent appeal. McCain has those. And now the 40% of the country the Dems have are split and her attacks are either pushing Obama supporters to support an independent (Bloomberg) or a Republican or not vote at all. THe bottom line is in terms of electability, the only chance Dems have is Obama or Edwards. Do the math.

Posted by: Brando | Jan 22, 2008 8:45:39 PM

Fi Fi la rue, isn't it nice to just insult somebody when U don't have anything bad to say about them?
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That is why the Clinton campaign stole Obama's "change" rethoric and "Yes We Can" rhetoric...

I wouldn't count Obama out..

Posted by: Rep0X | Jan 22, 2008 8:50:17 PM

Hopefully, Hillary can get the nomination so that a Republican can get into the White House....AGAIN!!
Bill,

Don't chill...do what you're doing. It's destroying the party. Always a lot of fun to watch!

Posted by: isy | Jan 22, 2008 8:50:52 PM


Ill vote for te devil himself before I ever votr for another Clinton. A post from another form.

If Obama is going to have a chance to
win this thing, he is going to have to come off of his defensive position and go after the Clintons. This whole country is waiting for someone to tell the truth about the Clintons and stop tip toeing around it. If Obama was to say something like .... Bill and Hillary have already had 8 years ... and yes, the economy did well, partly because of their work and partly because of what happened in Sililcon Valley. But they had 8 years to pass health care reform, and failed ... had 8 years to reform immigration, and failed ... had 8 years improve the long term condition of Social Security and Medicare, and failed ... Had 8 years to really do something about America's failing schools, and failed ... had 8 years to put in place an energy plan that would lead us to energy independence, and failed. They passed all these unsolved problems on to President Bush just like Bush and Reagan passed them on to them and just like Bush II is goiing to pass them on once again. Instead of solving these problems, the Clintons got bogged down in scandal after scandal and the situation with Lewinski that completely distracted them from their real responsibility. They had their chance ... they had 8 YEARS! It's time to turn the page and move on. It's time to stop the politics of destroying the other side. It's time to pay attention and acknowledge why half the country has such an unfavorable opinion of the Clintons. HALF THE COUNTTRY! These people are not our enemies, they are our neighbors, our co-workers our fellow Americans and many of them absolutely can't stand the Clintons. It's time for real change, not 4 more years of what the country already rejected back in 2000.

Posted by: From a Dem | Jan 22, 2008 8:53:43 PM

Ill vote for te devil himself before I ever votr for another Clinton. A post from another form.

If Obama is going to have a chance to
win this thing, he is going to have to come off of his defensive position and go after the Clintons. This whole country is waiting for someone to tell the truth about the Clintons and stop tip toeing around it. If Obama was to say something like .... Bill and Hillary have already had 8 years ... and yes, the economy did well, partly because of their work and partly because of what happened in Sililcon Valley. But they had 8 years to pass health care reform, and failed ... had 8 years to reform immigration, and failed ... had 8 years improve the long term condition of Social Security and Medicare, and failed ... Had 8 years to really do something about America's failing schools, and failed ... had 8 years to put in place an energy plan that would lead us to energy independence, and failed. They passed all these unsolved problems on to President Bush just like Bush and Reagan passed them on to them and just like Bush II is goiing to pass them on once again. Instead of solving these problems, the Clintons got bogged down in scandal after scandal and the situation with Lewinski that completely distracted them from their real responsibility. They had their chance ... they had 8 YEARS! It's time to turn the page and move on. It's time to stop the politics of destroying the other side. It's time to pay attention and acknowledge why half the country has such an unfavorable opinion of the Clintons. HALF THE COUNTTRY! These people are not our enemies, they are our neighbors, our co-workers our fellow Americans and many of them absolutely can't stand the Clintons. It's time for real change, not 4 more years of what the country already rejected back in 2000.

Posted by: From a Dem | Jan 22, 2008 8:53:46 PM

She will sell out the country, The Constitution and individual rights to get her Marxist agenda installed by giving or attempting to give amnesty to the illegals. She is a gun grabber and has a very checkered legal past.
Any one who thinks that government is here to help you is truly ignorant or an elitist who wants a parasitic government job.
The only way to save America is to throw all the democraps and repulsives out of office completely. They are destroying America.
This is an opinion of the Macy's Christmas Baby of 1938

Posted by: Peter C Stephens | Jan 22, 2008 8:56:49 PM

Hey Brandon, how can Clinton have stole the phrase when hispanics coined it, and used it for Clinton?

From a Dem- vote for the devil, he'd love to have you in hell.

Peter- trust me, the sky is not falling, chicken little punk.

Isy- well, you're a republican, so you can't be that bright anyway.

Welcome to the new Clinton era guys, get used to it, or you're going be miserable for the next eight years. If you decide to go off yourselves because Clinton is President, guess what? The world will not tilt on it's access, and will continue to spin without you!

Posted by: Casey | Jan 22, 2008 9:12:38 PM

"YES WE CAN" should really be Clinton's campaign theme. Both her and Clenus have been helping themselves to anything and everything since their days in Arkansas. Buy now, pay later and blame it all on a vast right-wing conspiracy. Shameless and disgusting human beings indeed.

Posted by: DannyK | Jan 22, 2008 9:21:42 PM

hillary rodham is one of the most hated figures of our lifetime.

she will make george bush appear poular.
her initial polling will be about the same as bush.

she knows nothing on economics, executive talent, managing (ANYTHING), military, healthcare or leadership.

as president she would probably drive the USA further into a debtor and bankrupt nation.

Posted by: deroy | Jan 22, 2008 9:26:18 PM

Hillary Clinton is being very organic.

No more drama, vote Obama.

Posted by: Wrong Adjective Guy | Jan 22, 2008 9:30:39 PM

Since Mrs. Clinton cannot recall and sing the proper verses to the American National Anthem, and can't speak Spanish right, how the hell can we entrust her to be competent enough to rule as our next prez?? Vote Ron Paul...si se puede (yes, he Can!)

Posted by: tom | Jan 22, 2008 9:31:27 PM

"Si se pueda?" Translation: I am making a meaningless and shallow gesture with the hope I fool you into thinking I really care that you do jobs no one else will do. By the way, which group are you and how did I end up in "Salida?"

Posted by: CarlTiombo | Jan 22, 2008 9:32:41 PM

Hillary is like Hemmingway's bull, she's dead and doesn't yet know it. Please, please, please, will someone make these Bushes and Clintons just go away, away, away. Praise be the Lord!

Posted by: Rev. Kelpoitrine Jones, III | Jan 22, 2008 9:32:56 PM

A small linguistic correction: in Spanish it is, "Sí, se puede." Notice the final "e".

Posted by: Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliu | Jan 22, 2008 9:48:01 PM

Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. They only care about power and money. Your money.

Posted by: TParker | Jan 22, 2008 9:48:18 PM


Hillary is an evil, manipulitive control freak -- worse than George Bush.

She will never be my president. One has to be an idiot to believe her BS.

Posted by: hklm21 | Jan 22, 2008 9:50:27 PM

Hillary will bring back the misery index from the good old Carter days. We'll have to stock up on sweaters once her energy plan goes into effect. Here Marxist plans will further isolate the U.S. trade and business. If elected she will only last one term, if not having a hissy fit and hitting the nuke button. No wonder the Mayans predicted the end of the world in 2012! Vote against these elites. Vote RUDY!!!

Posted by: dave | Jan 22, 2008 10:07:52 PM

Looks like Hillary has just committed to give Amnesty to the Illegal Aliens. What ever happened to your new stand on those pesky NY driver's liscences? Didn't you last say no way to that Mockey Spitzer's plan. How can you face these illegals, accept their endorsement, and say "SE SE PUEDA", when you won't even give them a Driver's Liscense?

Posted by: vinny | Jan 22, 2008 10:09:49 PM

A vote for ANY democrat is vote for less freedom, fewer rights and MUCH higher taxes.

Not to mention opening the doors to illegals and terrorists.

Posted by: Dave S | Jan 22, 2008 10:17:23 PM

I believe the Clintons are good people when it comes to the common good of the Nation. What I see with Mrs. Hillary Clinton is that she is a smart and intelligent woman and does not want to be remembered as she was when they left the White House. That being said I see the other Democrats (Edwards and Obama) are two very capable individuals. I am saddened at the squabbles and vitriolic outbursts between Obama and Clinton. We do not need that in this horrible age. I for one would give my vote to a Republican who has his house in order and not based on religion only (p.s. I am a life long former Democratic voter).

Posted by: Marion | Jan 22, 2008 10:20:10 PM

"....Is it because we keep voting for them and sending them back to D.C. for terms of a lifetime? why should they have any respect for us? We have never stood up to them. never."

When the Senate has a roll call vote, most senators don't know if they should answer "present" or "Not guilty"

Teddy Roosevelt

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Posted by: INFIDEL | Jan 22, 2008 10:23:55 PM

Hillary divide your party- you and the Slob are more important than the country, Bill rape as many woman as he want CNN , ABC, NBC , do all you can to protect this piece of crap and keep writng puff pieces, Edwards keep looking like a geek, and democrats keep ignoring all the facts. God help us all !!!

Posted by: Habs10 | Jan 22, 2008 10:25:07 PM

Yes we can what? Continue the illegal invasion if she's president?

Posted by: James Rosen | Jan 22, 2008 10:27:13 PM

Trapbreak
Very nice. Its stunning when you realized some of our forefathers had these clowns figured out way back then. both amusing and, well, scary..

Posted by: darryl | Jan 22, 2008 10:31:53 PM

I can not believe that no one is mentioning that the UFW workers were using
OBAMA's SLOGAN! Hillary is the no talent hack we always knew her to be.

Posted by: Randy | Jan 22, 2008 10:35:15 PM

YES WE CAN!!She just stole that from Barack again--hey can we all go independet now--I can't beleive that people still stand by hillary after witnessing her campaign. She'll never be Prez..never.otherwise I'll move to canada if she is

Posted by: Chris | Jan 22, 2008 10:36:23 PM

Is there anyone this awful harpy won't pander too?

Posted by: The Ace | Jan 22, 2008 10:41:06 PM

Hillary isn't the first or the last person to make a grammatical mistake in a foreign language. Some of you might remember JFK's mangling of German during his now legendary visit to West Berlin. Where are all the high ranking Latinos in Obama's campaign? That's right, there aren't any. Hillary has Patti Solis Doyle as campaign manager. Hillary's commitment to Latino issues isn't just a superficial.

People are sick and tired of Katrina George and his corrupt ilk. Come this November Hillary will make history as the US' first female president. We're only 34 years behind Latin America in that progressive step. Who knows, maybe in a few years we'll have affordable health care and real living wages.

Posted by: Juan de Nadie | Jan 22, 2008 10:41:13 PM

Posted by: From a Dem
but he cant really go after her b/c if he does, then he looks like the angry black guy going after a poor defenseless white woman, people will be calling him a bully, etc.

Posted by: Jonah
the people that don’t like will still vote, they will just be voting for her opponent - so you got that right - she will be defeated. that holding hands coming together crap is for the birds. barack can’t take her on but we sure can.

as for this hispanic thing she’s got going, if that had been barack, he’d be accused of playing the race card or something! I guarantee the press would be all over him - with some bull- story having to do with race had he meet with those people. but, no, let the ice princess do it and it goes un-reported. btw - when did hillary start speaking spanish or even give a d- to learn?

all of this is a joke. im as sick of the press, as I am the clintons and their pandering....

Posted by: dan fantroy | Jan 22, 2008 10:46:10 PM

Clinton cannot be trusted and the lawsuit will bring her down this year. See the video and the related fox news article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfUajhL24I&feature=related

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305485,00.html

Posted by: greg | Jan 22, 2008 10:48:48 PM

It seems that 99% of the people can't stand Hillary yet don't be surprised if she wins. Something fishy going on.

Posted by: tobias2012 | Jan 22, 2008 10:49:03 PM

Top 10 Hillary Quotes

10. "I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down."

9. "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history"

8. "We need to be as well prepared to defend ourselves against public health dangers as we should be to defend ourselves against any foreign danger."

7. "I'm not some Tammy Wynette standing by my man."

6. "It takes a village to raise a child."

5. "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

4. "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president!"

3. "Right-wing conspiracy!"

2. "No woman is illegal!"

1. "Yes we can!"


Posted by: BB | Jan 22, 2008 10:49:58 PM

Hillary's resume reads like a rap sheet.
Go to google and put in Hillary Clinton's resume.

Posted by: Tec Vantage | Jan 22, 2008 10:50:51 PM

"...many times during the speech people screamed.."bring our troops home"..."

I never knew Mexico sent troops to Iraq.

Posted by: Jimmy | Jan 22, 2008 10:54:59 PM

"I'll get to that?" Are you kidding me? This woman is so patronizing...

Posted by: The Bard | Jan 22, 2008 10:55:22 PM

Although the phrase "Si se puede" is the more common usage, "Si se pueda" actually qualifies as proper conjugation. When one expresses amazement , Spanish rules say you should use the subjunctive. http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/es/archive/2007/08/31.html

Posted by: R Sheffield | Jan 22, 2008 11:01:29 PM

Posted by: John | Jan 22, 2008 9:52:45 PM,

She is getting roughly half the vote, so what is your point? If this were the general election, she would be:
-100% for Repub. voters and
-50% of Dem. voters

How do you think she will be able to pull off a win with only half the support of Dem. voters? You all don't understand, we won't just forget we don't like her. No, she doesn't have our support now and she won't then. And she won't win with just a portion of Dem. votes and very few Indep(many of whom HATE her too). Face it, shes hated.


Currently, only Bush has higher unfavorable ratings than Hillary. I hope like crap she can register Hispanics by Nov. Oh, and you better know, we all will be checking to make sure they are legal!

Posted by: William | Jan 22, 2008 11:03:58 PM

Like the man said, do the math. You all have your heads so far up her &^* that you all can't even think. Your candidate has made it personal, people aren't just going to forget...........Like someone else stated, people either like Hillary or really dislike and loathe her. Take your heads out of - and realize the math just doesn't add up! She's not winning nothing. So, the joke will be on you all. Sure, you will win this round. But the grand prize, the WH, well he*& that's going to someone other than HER!

Posted by: William | Jan 22, 2008 11:09:01 PM

Hillary pandering to non-English speaking, most likely illegal aliens. She wants to give them healthcare, free education and the right to vote (for her).

People, this is treason!!!!! Look it up!!! If those of you supporting her can read...

If they orchestrate and enable this impending level of voter fraud and betrayal of their Country, they must be prosecuted. Let them do it. I would give Billary another few hours as frauds in chief to see them spend retirement in prison. I am certain this election is going to make history.

Posted by: MP | Jan 22, 2008 11:16:40 PM

Posted by: 2 Cents Worth,
That was funny, I loved that. You better be careful though, these Clinton sheep are major cry babies.

Marion,
I don't know how she wants to be remembered but what I remembered is, them loading furniture into trucks out of the WH and having to return it. Classless monkey. Seriously, you mean she didn't know that furniture belongs tax payers? But, surely she had to know they didn't pay for it out of their own pockets.

Posted by: Macy Andrews | Jan 22, 2008 11:18:50 PM

Google "the Clinton Chronicles" to learn -- hopefully history won't repeat itself. Be sure to watch through to the end before you make a decision as to it's authenticity. The credits are especially revealing.

Posted by: SharonAustinTX | Jan 22, 2008 11:19:45 PM

Yes Hillary Clinton is the most hated woman in America.

No more drama, vote Obama!!!

Posted by: Debbie | Jan 22, 2008 11:25:20 PM

I shudder to think what 4 years of Hillary Clinton would be like. I can't imagine anyone more divisive and annoying than her. I would much rather have Obama as President, and I am a conservative.

Posted by: colinboudreaux | Jan 22, 2008 11:26:08 PM

IS THERE ANY WAY TRUE AMERICANS CAN POST ON HISPINACS OR SPANISH AMERICAN POOR WHITE POOR BLACK WEB SITES UNION LEADERS OR OTHER HEADS OF SPANISH AMERICAN AND OTHER POOR WEB SITES TO EXPLAIN HILLARY HAS HER ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SELF INTREST IN MIND SHE DOES NOT CARE FOR THE HEALTH CARE OR WELFARE OF THE POOR OR MIDDEL CLASS SHE IS IN IT TO HAVE FOUR MORE YEARS OF BILL HER HUSBAND TO RUN THE WHITE HOUSE AND PAD THEIR POCKETS WITH MILLONS OF THE TAX PAYERS DOLLARS WITH THEIR ON SELF INTEREST THANKS LESTER

Posted by: LESTER | Jan 22, 2008 11:37:15 PM

Not suprising that a person who flunked the bar exam can't learn another language.

xxx

Posted by: Diggity | Jan 22, 2008 11:46:28 PM

Debbie,

Although you are a native speaker, as a scholar of the Spanish language, I can tell you that not all native speakers know how to conjugate properly. The example I gave is very proper.

Posted by: R Sheffield | Jan 22, 2008 11:49:12 PM

It would be very interesting if Hillary is going to tell the "United Farm Workers" should not follow the Union endorsement of her but vote freely, in the same way she told the Culinary Workers of Nevada.

She doesn't tell the truth to hispanics about immigration. Obama at least tells exactly what he wants to do, not that it is pleasant, but he has not double talk. And his stance is really good for all involved in this extremely difficult issue. You get out of the shadows, without fear of being deported, you will not!, but you recognize you came illegaly, pay a fine (it should be a reasonable one, for sure) and start your legalization process at the end of the line and start to learn english. I find this a very honest approach that can give hope to those who really want to be american citizens.

Hillary is just lying to get your vote. No the votes of the illegals, but the vote of the legal hispanic citizens that quite often have a relative that is not.

I find Obama to be by far the best choice for the democratic nomination.

Posted by: J. Perez Acosta | Jan 22, 2008 11:49:55 PM

Not to worry. The American People will never elect a boy for President !!

Posted by: marvin | Jan 22, 2008 11:55:08 PM

Remember, clintons gave china our missile technology. Do you enjoy the illegal alien invasion? If so, vote left.
IF we do not take a stand, more and more illegals (all criminals) will take over leaving the majority scratching their heads with the following words coming out "Huh?"
Stupid leaders are voted in by stupid people.

Posted by: American | Jan 22, 2008 11:55:11 PM

R. Sheffield: I am a schollar too, with a degree in "Lengua Española" (UNAM, 1975). I have traveled and lived in most of the spanish speaking countries in the world. I am a writer and speaker.

The "si se pueda" makes no sense. If you really want to use that, you have to add something to make sense out of it. The best could be: "que si se pueda", but to make of it a working slogan in the situation we are talking about, is really a big stretch.

I am J. Perez Acosta, no Debbie.

Posted by: J. Perez Acosta | Jan 22, 2008 11:55:26 PM

That is not really very important, but the point is Hillary wanted to say "si se puede" and she understandably made a mistake. That is normal and not big deal.

Again: I understand english very well, but I cannot write as good as I understand it. Apologize, I learn it when I was 39, many years ago thou.

Saludos y que gane el mejor.

Posted by: J. Perez Acosta | Jan 22, 2008 11:59:38 PM

I still remember Bill explaining that he lied to the American people to avoid embarrassing his family, how unselfish. Do you think a Clinton would lie to get the white house back?

We need trust in our leadership.

Posted by: Frank | Jan 23, 2008 12:07:07 AM

i saw a previous note on bill richardson for VP. richardson has spent so long impersonating a mexican he thinks he is mexican. well, ol' william is lying. dad was a banking executive in mexico city who was screwing his secretary (what's with this behavior? "EFFING" the help) so mama was flown to pasadena, CA where billy boy was born as a 'mer-I-can' citizen.

the boy was extremely wealthy and privileged and attended by servants, nannies and private tutors. he attended private schools.

upon daddy's return to boston, yes a boston brahmin. lil' bill attended more private schools and tufts university and then grad school. bill avoided the military with a deviated septum, which is a minor out-patient procedure.

then when it became fashionable bill richardson (probably a closet republican) moved to NEW mexco and started impersonating a mexican rather than a wealthy overweight banker's son from boston who to that point had never held gainful employment.

bill, was your dad screwing his employee at work?

Posted by: deroy | Jan 23, 2008 12:08:47 AM

Let's go for a quarter-century of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton...

*sigh*

Posted by: Yawn | Jan 23, 2008 12:09:27 AM

If Both Hillary and McCain become the Nominees; which one will ask Gore to run for VP?

If either gets Gore to run for VP, what becomes of the Green Party?

Posted by: John Wilson | Jan 23, 2008 12:13:28 AM

JFK was a media creation very popular with the print media. main and best feature was he was not too bright.

JFK is what you get when you elect senators as president, if he's not a good example go to the previous senator directly elected that would be - open the curtain.

WARREN HARDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: deroy | Jan 23, 2008 12:14:59 AM

Who cares about frigging spelling? KRICKIES...get a life...you're reading and you know what the hell people are trying to say so quit trying to be so damn perfect!

And heaven help us should Billary (yeah, we'll get a pair of them) wins.

Posted by: Tired | Jan 23, 2008 12:15:32 AM

Do you all really want her as President regardless of her Spanish, She likes the illegals to. Do you all want Obama instead someone that is to green to know what really to do since he has not done notta in the Senate, except support late term abortion. I will vote republican again, aleast they are talking real politics and they even have some experience at it.
And most of all SPEAK ENGLISH this is America.

Posted by: terigro | Jan 23, 2008 12:31:12 AM

Democrats always accuse Republicans of being the "Party of Hate." I don't see the Republicans attacking each other in a vicious manner. Once again, the media's inaccurate portrayal of Republican's has been shattered by the actions of the hypocritical Democrats. I can't wait for Hillary's eventual humiliation. Get rid of both of them once and for all.

Posted by: Brian | Jan 23, 2008 12:44:45 AM

To the one who is knocking the illegals. Are you that blind. Just look around you who are the ones abusing the government programs the born american citizens now all but just look at the youth perfectly capable of working but instead having babies not working and getting all the government help they can. These are born american citizens. Comes the illegal busting their butts on jobs that the American born citizens don't want. Regardless of what is said about these people they have contributed to the growth of this nation in labor and financially .

Posted by: bambino | Jan 23, 2008 12:51:41 AM

After "35 years at the White House" as she claimed (falsely) at last night's debate (and no one called her on this statement). You would think she would have learned to pronounce Si se puede, the right way! Remember she says one of her faults is she cares too much. GAG,excuse me while I hurl!!!!

Posted by: Cindy | Jan 23, 2008 12:59:16 AM

Posted by: Brian,

I'm going to borrow your post and use on my website as testimony of what the Clinton's are doing to this party. Of course they don't care. Her supporters don't care. It is not like we are saying pick this guy. We are saying there are two people, pick either one! But they only want her. They don't understand pure and basic math. I'm thinking they think it will all blow over. Dude, why would we let this go and suck it up and vote for someone we don't feel is right for the nation? I would rather vote with the Repub. than vote for that hag and I will if she is the nominee! Talk about being stupid and unreasonable. Anyway, liked the post and it was exactly what I have been saying. The Clinton's win at all cost will bite the party in the butt and the damages will be felt for a long time.

Jason

Posted by: Jason | Jan 23, 2008 1:01:47 AM

Bob the Builder called.. He wants his slogan back.

Posted by: BGraham | Jan 23, 2008 1:08:55 AM

The only thing I can say to the Clintons is that I have nothing to say and I'm saying it.

Billary wants to be our leader, and we her subjects
Barack wants to be our collaborator not our emperor. ..and Michelle is right-on.

Posted by: El Guero | Jan 23, 2008 1:32:23 AM

Jason- Good luck finding a Repub to vote for either. As far as I can make out the lot of them are just as morally bankrupt as Hillary. All of them, Dem and Repub alike, voted for this giant mortgage bustout.

A bustout is of course when the mob takes a formerly legit business, runs it deep into debt while selling the goods out the back door and then burns it down for the insurance money.

That's what they helped to do to the banks with this crazy mortgage debt, and guess what? YOU are the insurance company.

Of course they did the same thing to the middle class by exporting our jobs, so it can come as no surprise that they would feel no worry about the destruction they are wreaking. Remember, those jobs are never coming back! Education! Yeah, that's the ticket for you proles! We dem limousine liberals and repub inherited wealth dark princes will pay for you all to get masters degrees in political science!

See you in the bread line in 09.

Posted by: Jim | Jan 23, 2008 1:45:21 AM

The Politico weblog made the same translation error. If Hillary would have read my posting, correcting their mistake, she wouldn't have confused 'puede' with 'podemos'. I don't want such an out of touch person as president.

Posted by: JD | Jan 23, 2008 1:53:08 AM

Hillary is a legend in her own mind. She had a great mentor...Billy. She is just as worthless as he was. It almost makes me want to support Ron Paul. Hillary almost resembles the Anti-Christ.

Posted by: Dakota | Jan 23, 2008 2:00:49 AM

Has anyone noticed that
Hillary has a lot of "Mao Suits" in her wardrobe? Is this the beginning of a subliminal program of re-education and indoctrination of Party dogma?

Posted by: Tom | Jan 23, 2008 2:06:01 AM

Go Hillary! Si se puede! You know you got the Latino vote in California...and not only those that are employed in farm labor, but also those who are employed in other professions, such as the Department of Corrections, California Teachers Association, Classified School Employees Association, Fire Fighters, municipal workers, and much more! Your track record definitely out weighs any other candidate. In addition, you have a plan, not just rhetoric, to implement "change," which has consistently been communicated to the public. Unlike Obama, who offers enticing rhetoric about "Hope," yet provides little information on how he plans to deliver and accomplish his promises! Truth is, I gain a lot more hope when I hear Hillary's practical plan on how she will address the issues.

I applaud Senator Clinton's candor, tenacity, and perseverance during this campaign. She rose above all the attacks and criticisms like a true champion. By contrast, Obama is whimpering and whining his, "Poor 'lil ole me, and why is everybody pickin' on me" speech! I guess he is the one who needs the handkerchief now to dry those crockadile tears! Looks like his campaign has suddenly become "depressing!"

In reality, he gloated and slung mud at Hillary after the Iowa Caucus. Now it's his turn to experience a much needed reality check.

If he is so fragile to be frustrated over the slight criticism encountered by Bill Clinton, just wait unit the Republicans and the rest of the world get a hold of him! He will probably be coward over in a corner somewhere!

Looking forward to Super Tuesday!

Posted by: Patricia | Jan 23, 2008 2:20:27 AM

Love the criticism of Hillary's language when the blogger had at least three obvious misspellings and grammar issues in the post.

Not a Hillary supporter, but hypocrites are annoying!

Posted by: Steven Seagal | Jan 23, 2008 2:33:53 AM

Give me a break! I am Latina...second generation born in this country. I am fluent in English, but definitely extremely limited in Spanish! So why would ANYONE expect Hillary to speak Spanish flawlessly! The critics on this website definitely must be from the Obama camp! Hey...I haven't heard him try to speak Spanish lately!

Reality check...We Latinos are not that complicated (thank God!) We can recognize when a message is coming from the heart and when it is not. In other words, we don't have to resort to the Webster Dictionary to define whether a person is genuine! Come on, how pathetic is that? Don't insult our intelligence!

Go Hillary...Super Tuesday!

Posted by: Patricia | Jan 23, 2008 2:41:53 AM

It's not her misuse of the grammer, which she changes all the time, along with her accent, to play to her audience. If she chooses to do that for her black, white, southern, northern, asian, indian, eskimo, California surfer, etc. audiences, then fine.

The Spanish case is funny because the form she used basically put the words "we might or might not" in front of everything she said, leaving the door opened to do whatever she wants without breaking any promises.

Posted by: Tom | Jan 23, 2008 2:52:31 AM

What does this mean ..."si se pueda?"
I think this translates into yes you can. You can what? I don't get it. If you have the vote and are legal, yes you can vote. What does this mean? It is put here as something in addition to the legal right to vote.

Posted by: Jane | Jan 23, 2008 3:16:53 AM

I'm about ready for bed, but I thought I'd put down in English what I tried to say above in 40-year old, mangled Spanish: I think Hillary started talking about MLK needing LBJ, etc (what did that mean???--'Obama is Black!!'), to get more Latino and White votes. She used an Obama slogan--she couldn't say it right, but she doesn't care. She thinks she has Latino votes whether she tells the truth or lies. And she's not in South Carolina any more. She hopes that Blacks will vote for Obama in South Carolina, and, as a result, Latinos and Whites will vote for her in other states. I hope that YES..Latinos CAN see that Hillary only wants to use them for their votes. I learned Spanish in school in about 1968..I'm sure I've forgotten most of the rules, words, etc..but I tried to write in Spanish, not just repeat some of it without understanding it.

Posted by: SteveW | Jan 23, 2008 3:32:40 AM

Being female, Hillary is noticed. Forget that fact for a moment, and NOW tell me what qualifications she has.

Posted by: Robert | Jan 23, 2008 3:47:16 AM

Bill Clinton is one of the luckiest Presidents in American history. With his retroactive tax increases that hit rich and poor alike, making Social Security benefits taxable, and Hillary's socialistic universal health care fiasco, Bill Clinton was well on his way to becoming a one-term President. Five people, and the media, saved Clinton from certain doom.

Clinton's first savior was the media. Our left-leaning media just worshipped the ground Bill Clinton walked on, and I think they spent an extraordinary amount of time convincing the American public that things were better than they actually were, and that Bill Clinton was a greater President than we believed.

Clinton's second savior was Newt Gingrich. The Republican takeover of Congress saved us from the nightmare of Hillary's health care ideas, and gave us more fiscal responsibility than we would have seen with a liberal Democrat President and a liberal Democrat controlled Congress. Gingrich also provided for Clinton and his media supporters a scapegoat for everything going wrong in the country, and actually made Clinton look better.

Clinton's third savior was Dick Morris and his triangulation strategy, and the concept of governing by polls. If you are governing according to what the polls say the people want you to do, naturally, the people will love you as a leader.

Bill Gates was the fourth savior for Clinton. When Windows 95 came out, people started snatching up PCs left and right, because now they felt that they were easier to operate than before. This opened up the internet, and a great commercial opportunity for business that didn't exist before. Most of the economic growth in the 90s came from the computer and internet explosion started by the release of Windows 95.

Alan Greenspan was the fifth savior to Bill Clinton. Greenspan's lowering of interest rates affected personal savings. Interest rates on personal savings accounts and CDs fell to ridiculously low levels. In order for many to get a decent return on their investment, they turned to the stock market, and invested in the newly forming internet corporations, which further encouraged economic growth, but with so many uneducated people investing in the stock market, financial disaster was always just around the corner.

Bill Clinton's sixth savior was Bob Dole running for President in 1996. Bob looked old and tired standing next to the younger and more energetic Bill Clinton, and the man lacked charisma. If the Republicans had run a younger and more energetic candidate, especially one who knew how to hit Clinton hard in debates, the GOP probably would have retaken the White House in 1996.

So, Bill Clinton owed a lot of his "success" to outside forces. He was by no means a great President, regardless of how much the media may want you to think he was. Hillary is simply trying to cash in on this. Hillary is even more liberal than Bill, and I don't think she can count on as many saviors of her Presidency as Bill had.

Posted by: Michael | Jan 23, 2008 3:57:05 AM

"Clinton has admittidly told audiences that her language skills are not her strongest suit and often referneces her french teacher".

Clinton's language skills not good? How about the reporter's? A professional writer should not make three spelling mistakes in one sentence (admittidly, refernece, and french should be capitalised), and an editor shouldn't have let them slip by.

Later we get 'At one point Clinton said "ill get to that."' Presumably she said "I'll get to that." English is her first language, right?

Posted by: John Bull | Jan 23, 2008 4:07:22 AM

Yes, I noticed "Madmoiselle" as well, but that was surely deliberate.

Posted by: John Bull | Jan 23, 2008 4:12:07 AM

Steve:

Believe it or not I might actually vote for Hillary, she may end up being the lesser of evils. My concern in her remarks was that, like all Clinton remarks, she was leaving herself an out.

Posted by: Tom | Jan 23, 2008 4:14:18 AM