RESET THE CLOCK!

[JaneyVee]

Hillary took press questions today in Iowa.

[trumad]

1. The idiots who made a big deal out of that are...

just idiots.

[chillfactor]

3. amen! n/t

[JaneyVee]

8. Obama will be prez until Jan.2017...

Amazing how people are losing their minds over this in May 2015.

[Exilednight]

19. I agree! How dare Democrats want to demand answers from their candidates so

That they may make an educated choice!!!!

utrage:

[OregonBlue]

24. That's not the point. There is still a year and a half for her to answer questions. This long

campaign schedule is totally crazy. No other country campaigns for over 2 years. She is doing what she should. Going out and talking to real Americans about what their concerns are. Screw the press. They only want scandal, they don't want news.

[Exilednight]

29. I agree! Don't they realize that she announced so early just

so she doesn't have to give answers to us?!?! Do they really expect us to expect answers on such issues as TPP, the NSA, social security, or education so that we may make an educated decision!?!?

utrage:

[OregonBlue]

35. Plenty of time for that. The election is a year and a half away. I think her time is

better spent talking to everyday ordinary Americans than talking to the "press".

[jwirr]

42. Unfortunately - while she is setting back the ordinary people are going to be making up their

minds.

[OregonBlue]

63. I disagree. I think she is smart to quietly talk with real voters. The GOP candidates are making

so much noise. By the time the primary comes around everyone will be sick of them. There is no hurry. We are the only country that campaigns for 2 years. Most countries it's a couple of months.

[AtomicKitten]

61. That's 8 months til the first primary election.

[LanternWaste]

37. I also like to pretend that answers not responded to within the time-frame I construct

I also like to pretend that answers not responded to within the time-frame I construct will never be answered...

[Exilednight]

59. Yes! I Agree!!! How dare fellow Dems expect her to answer

Questions on issues, like TPP, that are being debated as I type this!! How dare them to expect answers on ANYTHING now!! They have no right to expect that she would have listened to people during the exploratory phase like every other candidate has!!

utrage:

[LanternWaste]

33. Not "just idiots" but "exceptional idiots."

Not "just idiots" but "exceptional idiots."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

44. Not "just idiots" but "useful idiots."/NT

[snooper2]

43. I know, people should know she is laying low until Martin announces

Then it will be HRC re-launch!

[chillfactor]

2. I think she is better off not answering questions...

between the twist the media and rethugs put on what she says...why say anything?

[SidDithers]

4. DU rec...

but did she take enough questions from the press?

Sid

[NCTraveler]

10. #9 nt.

[SidDithers]

13. Well, that didn't take long...

Sid

[OregonBlue]

25. Perfect. You know they are gonna complain about it not being enough. LOL.

[leftofcool]

5. OMG!

How many? Exactly where was she in Iowa? Was she stumbling? Did she faint? Did anyone faint?

[MineralMan]

6. She'll be answering many, many questions from the press

in the next few months. That criticism doesn't hold any water at all.

Right now, she's in a very low key phase of the campaign. It's her campaign, and she'll do it however she and her advisers want it done.

There will be many press questions and many answers to those questions. Just maybe not when people insist they happen.

[NCTraveler]

7. She will be answering tons of questions from the press.

I absolutely love how she has made the idiots on the right make a big deal out of it. She has proven that she controls their actions and is in control. She actually controlled a lot of their message over the last couple of weeks. They are too stupid to understand this.

[NYC_SKP]

9. Five Questions. But did she actually say anything? I'd argue, "no, not really".

Last edited Tue May 19, 2015, 03:10 PM - Edit history (1)

She is still on the fence on the TPP, won't answer.

On having earned $25 Million since 2014, she said they remember their roots and want granddaughter to have chances to live up to her God-given potential.

On sleazy friends, she said "I have many old friends … I'm going to keep talking to my old friends no matter who they are."

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/hillary-clinton-finally-takes-reporters-questions-in-iowa-20150519

It seems that people care more about what a candidate looks like than their policies, so I'll remove the direct link to the picture depicting a worried candidate under fire.

It's available by looking at the history of this reply.

[NCTraveler]

11. Love how you got the pic from a different article at the nj. lol

"She is still on the fence on the TPP, won't answer. "

Do you have the direct exchange from this presser? She was asked about Benghazi. That should lift your spirits.

[NYC_SKP]

14. The other picture can't be copied and pasted so I took another from the same event.

Here's a link to the pic but it won't show up.

http://cdn-media.nationaljournal.com/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=47650&format=nj2013_10_columns

I really would have preferred the image above where she's surrounded by reporters and not looking particularly confident.

We need a better candidate, plain and simple.



And a video, just for kicks, about raising taxes on the rich.

https://vimeo.com/128282984

[NCTraveler]

16. "The other picture can't be copied and pasted so I took another from the same event."

You probably don't even know why that is so awesome. lol.

"She said in 2007 that certain reforms such as cutting benefits, privatizing the program or raising the retirement age were "off the table."

[NYC_SKP]

17. Here, just for you, I used "Postimg" to load the picture so that everyone can see.

PS: No New Taxes. And, people, like educators, making up to $250,000 are "middle class".

[NCTraveler]

18. Don't do it for me.

I love how it reflects on you.

I also love these right wing idiots who have made an issue out of this. She played them like fools. She controlled a lot of their message over the last month. Right wing morons taking the bait. Great start to a campaign.

[JaneyVee]

32. No new taxes on people below $250K is a good thing.

Keep shilling for taxing the middle class and Repubs will continue taking over seats nationwide.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

45. Since you are posting unflattering photos oF Hillary why don't you post one of yourself...

Since you are posting unflattering photos oF Hillary why don't you post one of yourself because how we look is important.

Thank you in advance.

[NYC_SKP]

46. Don't want to disrupt the thread, break any mirrors, stuff like that.

This thread ain't about me.

I've posted some pics in other threads, usually in the lounge, that include my face, most of them while in the hospital enduring four head surgeries.

Tempted but not going to post in this thread.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. What required four head surgeries?/NT

[NYC_SKP]

52. Aneurism May 17, one year ago yesterday.

Successfully treated by cutting out an egg size piece of skull, or bone flap.
In June an infection required debridement, total resurgery.
In November the bone flap was removed because it was rotten and septic.
This past March they installed a filler piece made of PEEK and now I'm a bit better.
Over $1,000,000 in charges, the best brain and plastic surgeons in the country, thanks to ObamaCare.

Better now!

In the image below you can see the crescent shaped area where the bone flap was decomposing. Ick.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

57. I hope you continue to get well so you can actively campaign for HRC once she wrests the nomination.

eom

[Raine1967]

21. I actually have the exchange. (video)

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/242519-hillary-punts-on-trade

Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she will wait until negotiations are completed to take a position on the sweeping Asia-Pacific trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration.

“So, I have said I want to judge the final agreement,” she said during a campaign stop in Cedar Falls, Iowa. “I have been for trade agreements. I have been against trade agreements.”

[NCTraveler]

22. Thanks. nt.

[Raine1967]

28. You are very welcome!

I wanted to see the whole thing myself.

ETA: this wasn't even part of the presser, as I am understanding it. This was part of the roundtable.

[cali]

53. so how come she didn't reserve judgment in her book? It was written

after she left state and she endorsed the tpp in it.

She argued for TPP as secretary of state and in her 2014 memoir, "Hard Choices"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-questions-for-hillary-clinton/

how is that honest?

[Raine1967]

60. Cali, NCTraveler asked for the exchange.

I posted it. It's that simple.

Raine

[chillfactor]

12. what a disgusting picture....

I am sure there are disgusting picture of Sanders as well....Hillary supporters do not stoop that low...

[NCTraveler]

15. It isn't even from the article in question.

Though it is from their source, the nj.

[NYC_SKP]

20. It's from the same source as article, the main pic wouldn't copy and paste.

I have no control over the fact that the actual article's pic, now posted above, was not an easy one to paste.

Looks don't matter anyway.

Facts matter:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/i-don-t-believe-hillary-clinton-20150519

Welcome to Primary Season, during which we advocate for our candidate and if that requires knocking down the industry favorite, so be it.

[NCTraveler]

23. "was not an easy one to paste. "

That is the cross you bear. lol.

"Looks don't matter anyway. "

This is great. I love your posts. The difficulty in placing the pic that went with the article is clear from the timeline of posts. It wasn't difficult. The pasting thing gets a lot of us. My question, why was a pic even necessary to add to your comment. It did nothing for it at all. It has no bearing. At all. And it came from a completely different article. Transparent.

[JaneyVee]

30. "Welcome to primary season"

Primary season doesn't have to be as dickish as you want it to be. If your posts are reflective of today's progressives, it makes the case why progressives lose.

[LanternWaste]

38. Hence, the inclusion of an irrelevant picture in your post

"Looks don't matter anyway."

Hence, the inclusion of an irrelevant picture in your post...

[NYC_SKP]

39. It's not like Bernie is easy on the eyes.

Did you notice that my reply was the first to include a link to any actual substance?

You're welcome.

[progressoid]

51. Disgusting?

That's kind of what 67 year olds looks like. I think it's disgusting to think that the picture is disgusting.

[AtomicKitten]

62. It's an absurd reaction to a photograph.

[BrotherIvan]

26. unflattering images aren't necessary to get the point across.

let's talk about the issues.

[NYC_SKP]

31. I don't think it's unflattering, that's not why it's there.

It shows an understandably worried candidate, IMO.

The original pic with that article did not have a postable URL, but this one in the sidebar did.

Still, your point is well taken. In my defense I'm always talking about issues, including posting the content.

The OP didn't provide a single link.

I posted an article with all of the questions and answers and for that I get criticized (not by you, particularly).

Credit for that, the actual substance and a link, is due, IMHO.

[BrotherIvan]

48. We cool

Anything taken with a telephoto lens in unflattering light is going to look bad. Since HRC supporters want to attack Bernie for his age and "grumpy old grandpa lack of charisma", we don't have to jump on that bandwagon. It's the issues and her nonanswers are enough for people to get the picture.

[JaneyVee]

49. Wait, what?

Who claimed any of that about Sanders? Its the Sanders crew projecting that nonsense about Hillary.

[BrotherIvan]

50. Here is the link

The poster talked with her son about HRC and Sanders with more comments in the thread.

I asked him if he thought Bernie could win. He said, no. Maybe 10% chance, if that. I asked him why not and his answer was surprising. At least to me. He said Bernie’s voice is grating, and every time he speaks he sounds like he is grandpa lecturing at you, and people his age just tune him out. He said he “doesn’t inspire my crowd.” He was clearly kind of bummed about that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026694844

I would like to hear your thoughts on the OP and its assertions.

[NYC_SKP]

55. Thanks, and, image removed.

Of course it's still in the history but at least not in the reply.

Clearly it had become an distraction from the conversation that needs to be had.

Thank you for being civil about it!

[BrotherIvan]

56. ...

[OregonBlue]

27. This is just such a non-story. The press creates a narrative and then says see, she's doing what we

said she would. It's dishonest and totally a bullying tactic. She has 18+ months to answer questions so she doesn't need to be in a hurry. No matter what she says, the "press" (as opposed to reporters or news which we don't have any more) will always twist it to say what they want her to have said.

I love Bernie. If he gets the nomination I will vote for him. If Hillary gets it, I will proudly vote for her also.

[NYC_SKP]

34. I'd like to thank DU poster for the DU reply #9 in this thread that actually linked to an article.

Everyone can read the questions and responses, all five of them.

Shame that people don't like the image, it came from the sidebar of the article website, but at least you get the facts.

I'm all about the facts.

[jwirr]

36. Good. This is something she needs to do.

[Capt. Obvious]

40. I'd like to give a shout out to DU poster in reply #40

He's the funniest, sweetest, best looking person here.

[NYC_SKP]

41. Yes, all true, but your cooking skills leave someting to be desired!

[morningfog]

54. Lol.

That cracked me up.

[Sancho]

58. Benghazi, Email, and TPP...oh my!!!

I really wish one of the late night hosts would walk around asking people to explain Hillary scandals back to the days of Whitewater, much less the current crop of made-up junk. That would be funny.

Hillary could answer questions 24-7 until November of 2016 and never satisfy any of the "bashers"! Does anyone really care if Blumenthal wrote her an email? The press get 5 questions and they ask about Sydney Blumenthal???