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Clinton: This Is Personal

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January 23, 2008 10:00 PM

ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Speaking in North Bergen, N.J., Sen. Hillary Clinton was brought on stage by Sen. Bob Menendez. Menedez spoke in Spanish and riled up the majority-Hispanic crowd.

A banner behind a group of Clinton supporters read:  "Juntos con Hillary, Una Vida Mejor."

Clinton rattled through her stump speech. She told the crowd that she is going to need their help cleaning up the White House and suggested they bring their brooms and vacuum cleaners to help.

Clinton closed with a line that she doesn't normally use.

"This is really personal to me," Clinton said. "I want New Jersey to be with me not just on Feb. 5 and all the way through the election in November."

Then Clinton began chanting/yelling, "Will you help me? Will you help me? Will you help me? Will you help me? Will you help me? Will you help me?"

After that members of the crowd chanted back, "Will you help me?" -- and the cries soon turned into calls of "Hillary! Hillary!"

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"bring their brooms and vacuum cleaners to help"

Can you imagine what the Billary Spin Machine would do with this to Obama?!

Alright, the fact that you just thought about it is the exact reason why the rest of us are having a problem supporting her if she's on the ticket!

Posted by: Justin | Jan 24, 2008 12:27:17 AM

rvormwald: What Record? All OF What?

Posted by: reaganfan | Jan 24, 2008 12:28:10 AM

Hillary is a liar who changes positions with the wind and is telling all who will listen that she is a socialist that does not respect the Constitution. Women supporting women is a good thing. Supporting this unqualified, dangerous woman is a very bad thing. She will harm the future for all of our children and make this country much weaker.

Posted by: Lars | Jan 24, 2008 1:01:20 AM

What fresheness does Obama bring to the race? He's just as dishonest and nasty as every other conventional politician, but he's more overtly wishy washy. He has no solid message for his campaign's foundation. However, Hillary has a solid campaign message; one that is hard to puncture - she may not talk too much - but is straightforward.

Posted by: GT | Jan 24, 2008 1:02:44 AM

Who on earth writes her speeches?!?!
First she treats them as if they're all cleaning people, then she steals the Edwards line about "this is personal to me", then she acts like Eva Peron repeating that one line "Will you help me?" over and over and over again.
At least you didn't repeat Obama's "Fired up, ready to go line again." Even she had to be embarrassed to steal that. (Although she didn't mind stealing his economic stimulus package.)

Does she have an original thought in her head? Ever?

Posted by: Tom J | Jan 24, 2008 1:27:53 AM

A solid campaign message? She changes positions more often than the wind changes direction.

Posted by: NickAtNight | Jan 24, 2008 1:29:35 AM

'need their help cleaning up the White House and suggested they bring their brooms and vacuum cleaners to help.' - are you kidding me. That's aweful. And these people still support her??

Posted by: Independent | Jan 24, 2008 1:32:27 AM

The clinton's accomplishments:

After 2 years in office, they gave us the first REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SENATE in 8 years. There was an 8 seat swing because of the clinton's corruption.

After 2 years in office, they also gave use the first REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE in 40 year. There was a 54 seat swing because of the clinton's corruption.

They also gave up 12 more seats to REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS that year.

And after 8 years in office, we were all so sick of the clinton's corruption that they gave us EIGHT YEARS OF A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY.

If they had done even a 1/2 good job...

They were in power for how many years? Why didn't they do any of the things that they are promising us now back then?

Posted by: NickAtNight | Jan 24, 2008 1:50:00 AM

Most of you who are critizing Hillary are being nasty,you really think this works,it just gets their backs up and encourages them to vote for her.What exactally has she done against you,and why would Bill be called the first black president? I really am learning a lot about American Politics but I certainally don't need the elementry school antics, children call names,adults try to explain. Why is one candidate more suitable than the other? Is a half black man going to do a better job than a white woman? Is the colour of skin the most important thing in this world.. .then we are a stupid bunch of racists,not the candidates.I think their ideals are fantastic, if Hillary and Obama joined forces the world not just America would change..
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Posted by: gramma moses | Jan 24, 2008 2:00:51 AM

I agree gramma moses - the hatred directed at Hillary is terrible.

She brings 35 years of experience to the table and a solid record of working for change. And for that she gets attacked relentlessly.

I have all the faith in the world that Hillary will fight against the odds and pull off this nomination. She has been fighting an uphill climb against the Republican attack machine and the smears and distortions by Barack Obama for months and I know that most people wrote her off but she will beat the establishment that has fought against her. Hillary will prevail and turn the page on the disasterous Bush era!

Let's help carry Hillary threw these tremendous obstacles and restore the America that we knew and loved!

Posted by: bushleaguer | Jan 24, 2008 3:04:13 AM

Posted by: gramma moses,

Perhaps people hate her because of the way they are running a dishonest campaign? Their tactics are deplorable. The things they decried (politics of personal destruction / slash and burn) that were done to them they are not doing to her opponents. I'm sorry but Democrats do not engage in such foolishness, at least I thought they didn't. Such acts are very offensive and insulting.

They are operating a win at all cost campaign. In the process they are splitting the Democratic party. DOES ANYONE SEE THAT? How can you call yourselves true Democrats and still support someone like that?! It doesn't make sense.

If they weren't such people of low character, people would still respect. They deserve no better than what they put out.

Posted by: Tammy | Jan 24, 2008 3:41:10 AM

Someone correct me. I thought I read somewhere that Hillary was a Republican in her early days. I can't remember what republican candidate's election she worked on. Now she is a democrat? What gives?

Posted by: Arizonian | Jan 24, 2008 4:25:16 AM

I voted twice for Bill - and in 2000 I would have voted a third time because I couldn't stand the thought of a Bush Presidency.

But now after 7 years of nonstop deception in the White House I understand what the Republicans were complaining about during the 90's. The truth, in fact, really does matter. And it is thoroughly apparent to any objective person that the Clintons simply are anathema to honesty.

I don't regret my former votes, but I will never vote for the Clinton team again. Integrity does matter - perhaps more than anything else - for democracy to remain functional.

Posted by: Smith | Jan 24, 2008 5:13:00 AM

A smart, a fighter, an experienced woman doesn't bring the message she is delivering: Republican hatred, divisionism, vicious attacks against a candidate of her own party, preaching exactly the opposite of what she has done all her life, an arrogant and superiority complex and a get-out-of-my-way attitude if you can't help me get what I want. If that is what feeds her supporters, it is very sad! Those supporters will ruin it for everybody and anyone of those Republican candidates will do much better than her: none of them is preaching as much hate as she is.

Posted by: carmen | Jan 24, 2008 5:41:48 AM

Bushleager said:
"She brings 35 years of experience to the table and a solid record of working for change. And for that she gets attacked relentlessly."

Someone please show me where this candidate has 35 years of political experience. I don't see it.

Somehow, I don't think that being the First Lady of Arkansas, and than becoming the First Lady of the United States quantifies that claim. Nor does the inclusion of her time as the standing junior Senator from the State of New York. Time spent as a lawyer on the board of Wal-Mart does not count as political experience, either.

So, if she has this tremendous wealth of political knowledge, why than is she having an issue with staying on topic with her campaign platform, rather than lambasting all of the other Democratic candidates with what I see as disengenous nonsense?

I'm not saying she *doesn't* have experience, but who among them really is "ready to run on Day One..."?

Posted by: dingodude | Jan 24, 2008 7:37:20 AM

Please pick Hillary. She's the only one we can beat and the only one that will insure 4 years of gridlock if she wins. We really need the congress back too so if you don't mind please pick the liar, the scandals, the moderate legacy builder.

Nothing was so great as to watch the Clinton's abandon all their principles when we took congress. We got welfare reform and faith based initives! Meanwhile you guys got a blue dress and a wasted presidency.

I know you'll do the right thing and give us reps a chance. The Clinton machine vs. the vast right wing. Good times and nothing got done.

Posted by: newagegop | Jan 24, 2008 7:52:43 AM


I have finally figured it out. The TV portion of many stations is Clinton biased, and the internet version is often Obama biased. Why?

Older demographics support that Clinton voters watch tv, but much younger viewers tend to go online.

Posted by: tom | Jan 24, 2008 8:03:08 AM

Hillary wants them to clean out the White House? She and Bill cleaned it (and Air Force One) out when they left the last time. Remember the shame of the Clinton presidency. Another example to remember when she talks about tax policy: she received a large campaign contribution from the wife of the largest tax cheat in American history and then her husband issued him a pardon. They are our shame.

Posted by: Sinecure | Jan 24, 2008 8:17:55 AM

Bill Clinton is a FELLON he copped a plea, hil would be in jail today if the Speical Prosocutor could have tried her any where but DC. Read the report...Both Lawyers and both can not tell the truth...

Posted by: James C. Karmer | Jan 24, 2008 8:20:28 AM

"Why so much difficulty with Hilary. She is only the most accomplished capable candidate running (check her record, all of it)."

I would suggest that you check her record before you ask others too. You cannot even spell her name, so I doubt that you are aware that she is corrupt to the core, something that any cursory look into her record would uncover.

On another note; since when is it appropriate for a presidential candidate to campaign in spanish?

Could she make it more obvious that she needs the least educated voters possible?

Take a look at the demographics of her primary voters, you will soon find that only the poorest and least educated will vote for Hillary!

Posted by: What's Going On Here? | Jan 24, 2008 9:09:54 AM

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