Clinton Booed At Her Own Rally (Ouch)

[THUNDER HANDS]

Clinton has made a habit of ignoring contests she loses. On Monday, she cited Louisiana's large African American population in explaining her defeat there. At other times, her campaign has suggested the results of caucuses in general should be discounted.

But on Tuesday, she did not even do that much.

"You know, there's a great saying in Texas -- you've all heard it. 'All hat and no cattle,' " Clinton told a large audience here. "Well, after seven years of George Bush, we need a lot less hat and a lot more cattle."

She continued, in an apparent swipe at both President Bush and Sen. Barack Obama, the candidate gaining momentum in the Democratic race: "Texas needs a president who actually understands what it's going to take to turn the economy around, to get us universal health care."

When Clinton mentioned having differences with Obama over health care and the mortgage crisis, she was booed. Her comments continued past 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, as the polls in Maryland closed and the race was called for Obama, but in the giant arena, with a crowd her campaign estimated at 12,000, it seemed as though the defeat had not happened.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021203176.html?hpid=topnews

[Bucky]

1. I will never boo Clinton.

I don't care who you are or who you support, booing that woman is beyond the pale. She's taken too many hits on too many levels by right wing zealots and reactionaries. Someday soon she'll be out campaiging for our nominee, Barack Obama, and I will personally shut up anyone who dares boo that woman.

[jakem]

3. nice threat.

sometimes she deserves to be booed. i dont know if that was one of them, having not been there, but there are surely times.

Above criticism she is not.

[mdmc]

14. the clintons will be chillin with the bfee and joementum

They won't help the dems, only the dlc.

[Adelante]

31. I hate the booing of our candidates

Democrats should really know better than to behave this way.

[ORDem]

37. Which one is Bill? RW Zealot or Reactionary? n/t

[woolldog]

45. God no.

I really don't want the Clintons campaigning for Obama once he wraps up the nomination. I want them to stay as far away from him and the White House as possible.

[democrattotheend]

46. I agree

I was at an Obama rally in DC last night and was really tempted to boo Clinton, but I resisted the urge, because it's still very possible that I'll end up having to support her in the fall. So I am trying hard not to get too negative on her. Some days I feel like they're both great candidates, but other days I am more militant about my support for Obama. Still, I am trying hard not to get myself in a position where I have as much resentment toward Clinton as I had toward Kerry around this time 4 years ago.

[Avalux]

2. I heard on our local news there were a lot of Obama supporters at the rally.

They got in, signs in hand. They may have been the ones booing. I would expect this trend to continue; Obama supporters 'infiltrating' Hillary events. She speaks here in San Antonio this evening at St. Mary's University.

[OzarkDem]

5. What did we call them during the Nixon years?

Oh, yeah. Rat fuckers. Obama's rat fuckers.

[Avalux]

19. How ugly of you. n/t

[Kermit77]

7. There was a pic of a guy with an Obama shirt on at Hillary's rally in Texas

It was on politico last night. The guy had an Obama shirt on and then a Hillary supporter rushed over with a big sign to cover it up.

[SoxFan]

29. It was on television, too

The kid was right next to the stage, although the flag obscured him most of the time.

Some advance guy lost his job over this, I'll bet.

[RoadRage]

4. I heard the comment live during her speech last night, and I think they were booing

the "George Bush" statement, not Obama. I could be wrong, but i'm pretty sure that they were BOOING George W. when she mentioned his name, and not her when she mentioned Obama. That would be very, very odd.

[theHandpuppet]

11. Yep, I watched the speech and that's what I heard, too

There was booing at the mention of George Bush's name. That's all.

[OzarkDem]

6. A crowd of 12,000, WOW!

Sounds like they were booing about Obama and his positions on health care and mortgage crisis. Oops! NOT good news for Obama.

[RoadRage]

20. They were booing the mention of George W. in the sentance before...

and, it was a crowd of 18,000 - not 12,000.

[ORDem]

39. Obama had 17,000 in a rally in WI. Sounds like good news

for Barack. Hillary is going to regret not competing in WI. Her poll numbers were competitive there.

[MethuenProgressive]

8. The video with the story shows no "booing" at all. I call bullshit..

[OzarkDem]

12. Yeah, more BS

Starting already.

[onehandle]

9. I'm not sure you're interpreting the boos correctly, but if you were right...

...leave it to Obama supporters to go to a Hillary event just to boo her.

How productive. Proud?

[DUyellow]

15. proof that they were Obama supporters?

[onehandle]

22. Obama supporters at DU spend much of their time booing the competition.

Seems obvious to me.

[DUyellow]

48. so lets just post crap

[Steely_Dan]

10. Simply Amazing and Disgusting

The idea that people in this case (possibly Obama supporters) would boo a fellow Democrat IS beyond the pale. It's almost like "if you are not with me, you're against me." If they are in fact, Obama supporters, I think that this says a lot about them. And not to overlook the OP, who is an Obama supporter, he/she/it almost posts this with pride...Like saying, see, Clinton is not liked...

Shameful. I personally don't like either of the remaining candidates, but this is typical of the crap that goes on here.

-P

[Fredda Weinberg]

13. The question should be: how did HRC handle it? n/t

[goldcanyonaz]

16. Who needs the RW talking points anymore, when we have the Dems swiftboating one of our own.

This isn't the party I thought it was.

[elias7]

21. who is swiftboating who here?

Comments from this thread:

"Obama supporters... may have been the ones booing. I would expect this trend to continue; Obama supporters 'infiltrating' Hillary events. "

"What did we call them during the Nixon years? Oh, yeah. Rat fuckers. Obama's rat fuckers."

"I'm not sure you're interpreting the boos correctly, but if you were right...leave it to Obama supporters to go to a Hillary event just to boo her."

"The idea that people in this case (possibly Obama supporters) would boo a fellow Democrat IS beyond the pale. If they are in fact, Obama supporters, I think that this says a lot about them."


Speculate much? Total strawman...

[Binka]

40. These Folks Are Pissing In The Cheerios Because Their Candidate Is Done

They still don't accept how much Hillary is disliked and distrusted. They need to get on down with the fact that she is not going to be the nominee. Oh well.......

[Omphaloskepsis]

27. It sounds like they were booing at the mention of Bush...

So let me get this straight. Say a Republican was at a Bush rally and booed at something he said. Would that be a bad thing? Showing a total lack of loyalty.

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. i'd just like to point out

that nowhere in the article does it say anything about Obama people being at the event.

[indimuse]

18. obama planted opz..

lo_bama strikes again!

[Hepburn]

23. IMO, Hillary needed and still needs a reality check.

From Day One, it seemed like she and many thought she was the "inevitable" nominee and she has acted in this role. The booing should awaken her to the fact that there are many who do not like her and they are NOT just Repubbies and Independents.

JMHO

[4themind]

24. They weren't booing

They were saying boo-urns

[SoxFan]

30. No, I think it was "Yoooouuuk"

[NashVegas]

25. delete

because I was foolish enough to take Howard Kurtz at his word.

[Saturday]

26. I watched her and I didn't hear any boos. n/t

[The Stranger]

28. Did she talk about her votes for the lying, murderous, torturous wars?

Hillary thought that the Left and the Base would have nowhere to go but with her, and that was a catastrophic miscalculation on her part.

She has lost this campaign.

[IDemo]

32. "she cited Louisiana's large African American population in explaining her defeat there."

Did she cite Idaho's 0.7 percent African American population in explaining her defeat here? (Obama-79%, Clinton-17%)
It must be all those latte sippin' yuppies here! :rofl:

[NOLALady]

42. That's silly.

The state is 30 something percent black, many are ardent Clinton supporters. I'm certain the black vote was split more so than the white vote.
I live in a parish thats about 10% black. Obama lost by only 200 votes ...46% - 47%. This is the same parish that DDuke calls home. Amazing! I really thought he would lose by a landslide in this parish.

[IDemo]

44. I was speaking of Idaho only

Still with the largest percentage win for Obama at 79%, in one of the whitest states in the nation.

[Tatiana]

33. I thought they were booing George Bush. n/t

[beachmom]

35. Well, yes, I heard that, too, but I was wondering if this was after

the networks cut away.

I think video is needed of the moment.

[Tatiana]

36. Oh OK. Yes, it could have been after the network cut away from the speech.

What I heard, was them booing George Bush and his failed policies of the past 7 years. They were booing veyr loudly.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. The American Press Is Becoming As Bad As The Russian Press Which Is Enthralled By Putin

I watched Law And Order and the Heat-Nuggets game last night...

[TexasObserver]

38. Hillary is "no hat and no cattle." But she sure can spread the bull in quantity.

[publicatlarge]

41. Hillary was not booed at her rally

I was watching this part of her speech. The crowd was booing Obama's position on health care.

Good grief!

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43. 12,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!

[AtomicKitten]

47. TheClintons have show in this campaign that they lack grace and good-sportsmanship.