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April 18, 2008 8:14 AM

ABC News' Kate Snow and Eloise Harper Report: At an outdoor block party in Philadelphia Thursday night, Sen Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., criticized the Bush administration and said it was time to "clean house" with a new administration.

The wealthy and well-connected have had a president Clinton explained, "It is time for us to clean house, and one thing women know how to do - we know how to clean house."

Clinton said as the crowd cheered "I've put him notice, I may need you to come and help. There's no telling what we will find."

Speaking from a historic spot in Philadelphia where John F. Kennedy and her husband former President Bill Clinton have both campaigned before, Clinton made veiled references to her Democratic rival Barack Obama, making no mention of the sparring from the prior evening, only asked the audience if they had watched.

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, however, announced that Clinton was the clear victor. Rendell explained that after all of Clinton's comebacks he and Philadelphia Mayor Nutter decided that it was acceptable for her to use the Rocky theme song.

"After the decisive knockout that she scored last night,” Rendell then said "Our own 'Rocky', someone who is going to make a great president. Somebody who is going to change the American lexicon,” because Clinton will be the first woman president, according to Rendell.

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Ya....And I hear cleaning those CLOSETS have been a particularly difficult and reoccurring problem for ol Hills.

But Practice, Practice, Practice; that's what she got.

Posted by: The Commander Guy | Apr 18, 2008 8:31:16 AM

Did she really say that one thing women know how to do is clean house??

Although it is great to see a woman candidate, I really don't think the goal of feminism was female superiority - I thought it was about equality. (I'm a man, so correct me if I'm wrong.) To come out and say, 'vote for me because I'm a woman', really defeats the purpose. It would seem equivalent to Obama saying 'vote for me because I'm black' and McCain saying 'vote for me because I'm white'. Yes, these things are implied sometimes, but I'm astonished someone would actually say it.

Posted by: MIguy | Apr 18, 2008 8:33:02 AM

Hell yeah we know how to clean up messes. We spend most of our lives cleaning up after men, literally and figuratively. Whether it be our husbands, sons, or our bosses, we end up with all the management, all the child rearing, and all the dirty work. And none of the credit!

Posted by: a reader in georgia | Apr 18, 2008 8:34:25 AM

Ed as you know well Hill the Bosnian General is unelectable, too much luggage and big high negatives and the last ABC/FoxNews i.e. George and Hannity's poorly managed debate will not change that reality at all. Hill was saying it takes a Clinton to clean after a Bush, she has changed that and she has become a woman. Yes-Yes-Yes Obama will win because he is electable and likable. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.

Posted by: BKMC | Apr 18, 2008 8:35:35 AM

Hey MI Guy.. she was using an analogy. Perhaps it went over your head. Maybe because you are a man.

She wasn't asking for you to vote for her because she's a woman, she is just pointing out being a woman is a strength, not a weakness.

Posted by: A reader in georgia | Apr 18, 2008 8:36:39 AM

@a reader in georgia:

very nice... where feminism gets ridiculed is when it dives into hate and superiority. that does not seem to be real feminism in my opinion. i don't disagree in the least that women are undervalued and overworked and underappreciated. sure being a woman is a strength. are you saying that being a man isn't?

Posted by: MIguy | Apr 18, 2008 8:40:17 AM

a reader in GA

Hillary gotts the experience BIG TIME at cleaning up after the Bimbo Erruptions. If any of you got one these going down, pick up the Red Phone and give Hills a call.

She's got your back.

Posted by: The Commander Guy | Apr 18, 2008 8:45:02 AM

well she sure didn't change the lexicon of old school politics... she wins with that old lexicon. She loses with a new one.

Is she going to clean house the cowboy way...her answer on Iran and Israel sure sounds like Cowboy diplomacy...but maybe that is cleaning up and polishing cowboy diplomacy...is that the tactic...

...police the world, clean their house and expect America to pay for the cleaning bill and horse manure removal.

This woman is old school politics that is WHAT she is good at... and THAT is what got us into this situation in the first place.

Call your opponent unpatriotic and scare the voters. Vote to remove the congressional oversight of the President with reference to going to battle then announce in a debate that is overrun with distraction crap that you are going to protect ANY country with MASSIVE retaliation for any attack from a rogue nation.

Have your supporters "clean house" and say these are "VALUE" questions and are the priority, we need to clean house of Value issues" in the debate and I win...but don't bring up my scandals"they have been vetted"...all the while knowing that if you got the nomination you have just cleared the way for the Republicans to argue that the debates in the general can be on this crap and not on the WAR the ECONOMY, Healthcare, etc...

and don't worry that anyone will think..."oh, you know what her house really ain't that clean"

Posted by: dl | Apr 18, 2008 8:54:41 AM

Hey Commander Guy: Maybe you should ask the media to check out what's in Obama's closet..Obama likes to collect crooks and other savory characters..hear that cleaning out closets is not Michelle's thing...

Posted by: calli | Apr 18, 2008 9:04:25 AM

This is kinda true but she is NOT the woman to clean house,First of all her house is a mess.....From money right down to her hubby.And on the smart aqq side she never cleaned a house in her life...A broom what the hey is that...Miss prissy is not a woman to clean anything.I would vote for a woman ONLY if she is smart enought to do the job and in my openion she is NOT

Posted by: h | Apr 18, 2008 9:10:14 AM

Sad state of the feministic movement. Vote for me because: I am a woman; I am better than a man; I am better than the black guy or the old guy; I (we) have been victims too long; I can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. Notice that she never declares she is the best women have to offer, because she knows someone will challenge that premise. And of course, is she the Best Person for the job? Answer: We all know - NOT!

Posted by: conservative | Apr 18, 2008 9:14:35 AM

Yeah,

vote for me because I'm a woman.

That's some pretty fine pandering right there.

Posted by: mg | Apr 18, 2008 9:14:38 AM

I think it is exciting to think that the Clintons will be back at the White House again.

Gotta clean it up before you can run it.

The Clintons back in the White House!

It is a much more encouraging/calming thought than Obama with all his "special" associations.....the thought that the people Obama WENT to during his times of need to get where he is now.....turns my stomach.

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | Apr 18, 2008 9:16:46 AM

Someone tell Rendell that Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) endorsed McCain.

Posted by: conservative | Apr 18, 2008 9:18:09 AM

the last time Hillary cleaned the White House she had to return some of the furniture she stole.

Posted by: jAYjAY | Apr 18, 2008 9:36:27 AM

Rendell's right about one thing...Hillary was the clear winner. I'm glad we finally got to see Obama for what he is, sans sycophants in the media doing the defending for him.

Posted by: Cory | Apr 18, 2008 9:44:06 AM

Ok, apparently some of you people were not watching the debate or paying attention. She is not making a comeback in Penn, she was ahead by 16 points and has dropped 10 in three weeks despite hounding her opponent with inane and irrelevant attacks. Keep in mind, Ayers faced all his charges and moved on. The two folks that HRC's husband pardoned had actually committed terrorist acts.
She stated very clearly in the debate that we would be involved in every conflict between nations in the middle east should they arise. It isn't so much that she wants out of Iraq being in Iraq is not enough for her. There is not a country in the region that does not know that there would be a massive counterstrike should a move be made against Israel. This is what has been holding the peace for over 60 years. If there was going to be such a strike now would have been the time since our military is already stretched so thin.
The NIE is very clear about the complete lack of nuclear capability of Iran. The question at the debate was garbage and HRC's answer was Hawkish. The decisions the President has to make are not made on hypotheticals with 90 second answers for sound bites.

Posted by: Louis | Apr 18, 2008 9:55:59 AM

oh, and before you start showing off your house cleaning skills, you were in the house while your husband was committing adultery. You stood by him when he lied about it. (Something that he has yet to apologize for)
If the best you can come up with in opposition research is to start attacking Obama's tangential relationships. You have nothing. Shall we begin to investigate every member of every group you ever belonged to? Weren't a communist working for a communist law firm for a while HRC? Where are all of the people you went to college with and maybe some of the people they have met along the way.

Posted by: Louis | Apr 18, 2008 10:00:13 AM

Why don't you go investigate Larry Sinclair? Also, the rumor that Obama had another "special" relationship while in college and it wasn't with Michelle.

Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 18, 2008 10:02:36 AM

I have an idea that might catch on and get the left wing liberal media and strongarming left wing liberals who run the DNC's attention:

Do as I have done,support the person, not the party, as an Independent registered voter.

Change your voter registration from Democrat to Independent after the primary in your state!!!

Disenfranchised in Florida

P.S. Notes to:
h, if you are going to attack Hillary for being a strong woman at least please spellcheck.

Perhaps Obama is not UNELECTABLE because he is black or because he is a man - but because he is GREEN!


Posted by: Disenfranchised in Florida | Apr 18, 2008 11:09:07 AM

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