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| "Don't worry, Hillary's a liberal" | |
| 2005-07-28 | |
| Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political alliance with the centrist-leaning Democratic Leadership Council, which once saw her as an adversary, will not weaken her support on the party's left because of her liberal voting record, a close adviser to the New York senator said yesterday. Mrs. Clinton's new agenda-setting role with the grass-roots organization that helped her husband launch his presidential campaign in 1992 has sparked attacks from liberal activists who say her embrace of the DLC will draw opposition from the left if she runs for president in 2008. But supporters dismiss such criticism, saying her relationship with the DLC should not concern Democratic activists on the left. They say those on the far left should pay more attention to her voting record, which has earned her a near-perfect 95 percent approval score from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action. "It's much more important to look at what she does and how she votes, and not that she has associated herself with the DLC," said Harold Ickes, who was deputy chief of staff in the Clinton White House and is now one of Mrs. Clinton's top campaign advisers.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 See, VRWC is why we need a glossary. Oh. Is that Vast Right Wing Conspiracy? Well, I still think SOME of us need a glossary! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-28 21:59 |
| #7 I am thankful she and her entire entourage of advisors are thoroughly steeped in the Kool Aid and suffer a total lack of dissenting voices that she preaches to the choir, instead of continuing her much more dangerous disingenuous charm campaign to the center. Thank you, Hilly, please continue... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-28 18:50 |
| #6 Hillary is a New Left true believer. It will not be hard to get her to show her true colors. She has the rep of being the highly controlled, smartest woman in the world, but the VRWC will drive her crazy. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2005-07-28 18:40 |
| #5 it's like the campaign commercials are writing themselves. ...sitting in his den, smoking a fine cigar and drinking a dry martini, Karl Rove laughs..... |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-07-28 13:47 |
| #4 Wow, he's been out of power for years and Ickes is still F#$cking things up! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-07-28 12:48 |
| #3 By gosh, it's like the campaign commercials are writing themselves. |
| Posted by: Karl Rove 2005-07-28 11:49 |
| #2 "Don't worry, the Pope's a Catholic" |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-07-28 10:54 |
| #1 So how will we remember to bring this little item up again three years from now? Does Rantburg have a "tickler" file? (Save it so it pops up again on a certain date) |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-28 10:51 |