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Bill Clinton Tells Pennsylvania Elect Hillary Then 'Hide and Watch'
April 20, 2008 7:24 PM
ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: former President Bill Clinton reminded the voters of Pennsylvania that this election all comes down to their votes, as he stumped for his wife in Milford late this afternoon.
"Pennsylvania, if you say yes to Hillary Tuesday, you hide and watch: you're electing the next president," Clinton told the crowd gathered on the lawn and streets around an old Victorian house in town.
Clinton paced the house's white wooden front porch for 45 mintues, making a final case for why Pennsylvanians should vote for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton. As Clinton wrapped up his speech, he spoke of her toughness during the course of the campaign.
"And let me just say this -- don't you think for a minute that if you don't get her -- if you give her a big victory here -- after all the blizzard of money and all these ads and the kitchen sink has been thrown at her. I asked her about that -- I said, 'They are throwing the kitchen sink at ya.' She said, 'Well, Harry Truman said if you can't stand the heat you should get out of the kitchen.' So the only thing I said is, 'Well, you have got to figure out how to keep the kitchen sink in the kitchen now,'" Clinton told the crowd.
Clinton's view of the "kitchen sink" is a new spin on a story line already familair to many voters, thanks to Sen. Clinton's opponent in the race. Sen. Barack Obama has spent the past few days, as the race in Pennsylvania winds down, claiming that the Clintons have been doing everything in their power to throw the kitchen sink at him.
Clinton also continued to criticize Obama's latest ads, which deal with Sen. Clinton's healthcare plan.
"Now there is a truly hilarious ad coming up saying that she's gonna force people even who can't afford it to buy health care," the former president said. "I don't know if you've seen it, but it is a total hoot. It has been -- first, they used to be so ashamed of that argument that they only sent it out in the mail, where it was roundly discredited."
The former president also made a stop in Tobyhanna on his way back to the Philadelphia area for a late evening rally.
April 20, 2008 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (128)
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I think Bill talks down to the voters, what gets me is some voters think he is one of them.
Ah well what can I say. He is kind of funny though.
Obama08
Posted by: Thinking | Apr 20, 2008 8:34:17 PM
Do not be fooled again. Not this time. Does anyone really think Obama is actually giving anyone the finger. People you are looking for stuff. If you don't like the guy because he's black, just say so. If you don't like his plans and poilices , just say so. Just don't embarrass yourself by stooping to such stupid lows to suggest that a man scratching his face is making obscene gestures to anyone. The suggestion alone is obscene.
Posted by: cherlesq | Apr 20, 2008 8:35:18 PM
If we go to the pledged delegates, we must include Florida and Michigan. That means Hillary wins.
I agree with whomever said Howard Dean should be fired. If you were running a company and started with this much talent, only to have it reduced to "trust me, I'm old" or "trust me, I'm a newbie," that's just sad. Women have been the Democrats most trusted voting bloc. They should take the vote elsewhere this year.
Posted by: LonghornMama | Apr 20, 2008 8:36:40 PM
nobody is getting the picture this election year, if the dems win the american people lose, if the gop wins we lose, look at the economy, look at fuel prices, look at food, look at medicine, look at health care look at the price of heating and cooling your home, its goying to take more than one person to fix this mess.
Posted by: jimmy g | Apr 20, 2008 8:37:29 PM
Jimmy what are you talking about. You said "if the dems win the american people lose, if the gop wins we lose" Don't we need to pick one!!!HELLO!!
Posted by: sd | Apr 20, 2008 8:41:39 PM
They say a Junior Senator should not and will not be ready to run this country.
Well To those who believe this and Support Hillary
She Is the Junior Senator from New York.
Charles Schumer is the Senior Senator from New York .
It should have been him running .
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 20, 2008 8:42:31 PM
Can you spell "sleaze"? And can you believe that this bozo was our President? Wake up America (including PA)!!! We do not want this garbage back in the White House.
Posted by: Mike - WA | Apr 20, 2008 8:43:32 PM
Yes, Lauren but Charles Schumer isn't running!! Hillary is the right man for this job bay like it or not.
Hillary/Edwards 08
Posted by: sd | Apr 20, 2008 8:44:54 PM
ANYBODY BUT HILLARY!!
AMERICANS WILL REGRET IT IF SHE GETS THE DEM. NOD. McCAIN WILL WIN AND WE WILL HAVE 4 MORE YEARS OF BUSH.BARACK
IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS MESS.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 20, 2008 8:47:40 PM
"Pennsylvania, if you say yes to Hillary Tuesday, you hide and watch: you're electing the next president," Clinton told
HEY BILL WHY WOULD THEY NEED TO HIDE?
HIDE?
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 20, 2008 8:50:12 PM
Actually it's Obama that talks down to voters. Ever noticed that when he speaks, he raises his chin and head up high?? The guy had a terrible debate. He could hardly put words together in a sentence without stuttering.
Posted by: steve | Apr 20, 2008 8:50:56 PM
It is unthinkable to have Bill Clinton back in the white house UNTHINKABLE!! The country does not have time for endless scandals and to be paralyzed by them when we have an economy on the verge of collapsing, a war where our people being killed on daily basis, and a foreign security situation in the middle east on the border of exploding. Ask yourselves do you really need the Drama!! This ain't a soap opera folks .. this is real!!
Posted by: Jan E | Apr 20, 2008 8:53:05 PM
The only reason Obama is leading is because the republicans are voting for him, why can't you see that. He will not win the election and the super delagates know it. Republicans know that they can destroy Obama.
Posted by: D | Apr 20, 2008 8:55:26 PM
I don't think anyone hates Obama. When he spoke at the DNC in 2004, I told my children, "Keep your eye on him. He's a star in the making." I was surprised to see him vying for the world's most important job 3 years later. I don't believe he's ready for the job. But now, I'm much more saddened to see him so associated with so many hateful people in this world; like Jeremiah Wright who said this country "deserved" 9/11. I knew people who died in 9/11 -- a mom and dad who left four little boys orphaned. They didn't "deserve" 9/11. Many of my friends are Jewish; they don't deserve a President who is close to Lewis Farrakhan. When is the last time Hamas wrote an article for your church bulletin? And if your best friend is the major American lobbyist and supporter of Hamas that's pretty scary. It sounds to me like a majority of Obama supporters don't want people to know him, because it all starts to look sketchy. But mostly, hats off to the Pittsburgh Tribune who called it like it is..."we all say stupid things from time to time...but when so many anti-American gaffes come out of the mouths of Barack and Michelle Obama, you have to believe this is who they are."
Posted by: LonghornMama | Apr 20, 2008 8:55:46 PM
Pa is saying yes to Hillary so I guess we will all still be here until May 6th
Posted by: Bishop | Apr 20, 2008 8:58:18 PM
I voted for Hillary in the California primary but will support either Barack or Hillary in the general election. Bill Clinton is completely out of control---he is beginning to sound and act like he's auditioning for the role of "Bill Clinton" on SNL. Keep Chelsea and your mother and send Bill back to NY, Hillary.
Posted by: 1943Tom | Apr 20, 2008 8:59:19 PM
Bill is not out of control at all that is media spin and bs IMO
Posted by: Bishop | Apr 20, 2008 9:01:25 PM
steve,
Obama raises his chin for sure. Know why? He has come a long way, and worked hard to where he is now. He wants to be PRESIDENT OF THE USA, damn right he should have his chin up!
You know, I WANT a president who goes to other countries and speaks with his CHIN UP. I want him to be smart, intelligent, able to speak and reason.
Posted by: Hans Meiser | Apr 20, 2008 9:02:15 PM
I think it is more like his nose is in the air I really think he does not care for american people much at all.
Posted by: Bishop | Apr 20, 2008 9:04:29 PM
D: You can support whomever you want and praise them till the cows come home .. God bless you. But HOW DARE YOU!! Yes HOW DARE YOU! stand with a group of people who smear and lie and character assassinate so your candidate can win HOW DARE YOU!! It is your camp's philosophy to apply Guilt by association and you stand hand in hand with the lairs and begets who will do anything so their Hillary can win. You chose the rule .. Guild by association .. then you are guilty of that smear and McCarthyism as well. Do you see where this slippery slope it taking your candidate and her supporters!!
Posted by: Jan E | Apr 20, 2008 9:06:28 PM
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