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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:11 PM Original message |
Why didn't Hillary just run in 2004? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think she figured after four more years of Bush |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. That would have taken too much political courage |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wrong...maybe she felt she needed more experience in the senate |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "Mr. Perfect Hair". Careful now, your dittohead t-shirt is showing |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Couldn't she just make up experiences? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Or, just sleep with a couple other presidents. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. She wouldn't have to really do it; just say she did. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It would have taken too much political dishonesty |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Naw. I think she was just pinned down by sniper fire. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I can think of another Presidential candidate who said he would complete his Senate term |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. If you want to play "whose lies are worse?", that's a game you're going to lose |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Look this thread asked a simple direct question |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Given her track record, questioning her motives is just simple common sense. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. If you have so much supposedly legitimate amunition against Hillary |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Your contributions to this thread are worthless. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Aw, that's so sad. And you know how much I crave your approval |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. why didn't she return to IL and run for the seat that Obama ended up winning? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I agree, but dont forget papa Bush being best buds with Bill starting in 2002 |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Unlike her pledge to take her name off the ballot in MI? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No.......she pledged not to campaign there.... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. She pledged not to "campaign or participate" in the Michigan election |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well, Kucinich's name WAS on the ballot |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You didn't answer my question |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. I have not seen a pledge that she signed to remove her name from the ballot |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'll make it simple. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. * cricket noise * cricket noise * cricket noise * cricket noise * |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Well their names were all on the ballot originally - no one ADDED it. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Added/removed |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. You haven't? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. You are using "participate" on a wide brush. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. And you are using the typical Clintonian razor blade. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. .. |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Good One. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. knew Bush would steal it again? |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Very simple |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Well, I think she should have tried back then. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Thanks |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I agree. nt |
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Rubiconski2009 (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. She wudda lost then too. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think she'd committed to the people of NY to finish that term |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I remember back then that some kind of committee had formed for a possible 2004 run. I hope somone |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. She thought that she should serve a few more years in the senate |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. However, it's not common to seek a promotion after fucking up as badly as she has. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Too busy dodging imaginary snipers? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. bawk bawk bawk! She was Chicken! bawk! |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. It wasn't part of the deal |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. ... |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Freshman Senator. Exactly why Obama should not be running. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. She made a promise not to run in her first term |
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powergirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because polling demonstrated that she could not win |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. And yet, when actual *elections* demonstrate she can not win... |
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