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Sun-Times: Clinton "stole a page from Obama's book, segueing into anecdotes from her life"
An April 29 Chicago Sun-Times article on a news conference Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) held during the April 28-29 California Democratic Party convention bore the headline: "Clinton draws on Park Ridge lesson," with the subhead reading: "She cribs from [Sen. Barack] Obama [D-IL] by telling personal story of baby-sitting migrant workers' kids, calls for 'path of legalization.' " The article went on to report: "Clinton stole a page from Obama's book, segueing into anecdotes from her life." The Sun-Times, however, offered no explanation for its suggestion that the use of personal anecdotes in campaign rhetoric is somehow unique to Obama, and that Clinton was co-opting this tactic.
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Posted by mr. l
Mrs. Clinton should be ashamed for stealing from another peron... I..,I'm getting very fatigued at her thievery...
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 4:19:27 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by duncan12347948 in reply to mr. l
I tried of CLinton. I guess I got Clinton fatigue. How can Hillary be so shamelss and steal from the next President of the aUnited Sstes Obama.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 4:54:22 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by valentinian in reply to duncan12347948
Let this be a lesson to you, kids: if you must drink... please don't comment.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 5:33:40 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by HuntingtonBeachLefty in reply to valentinian
valentinian is magical.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 5:48:44 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by clams casino in reply to valentinian
Duncan isn't really drunk. He's merely affecting a "drunk accent" in order to curry favor with the real drinkers here.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 9:31:38 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by holly
It's true. It's all true. Obama was the very, very first to incorporate anecdotes into a speech. Hillary was second. So, she copied Obama. No, she "stole" from Obama.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 4:20:23 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by HuntingtonBeachLefty in reply to holly
Actually, I think I saw it at FreeRepublic; Al Gore invented the anecdote.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 4:40:13 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by holly in reply to HuntingtonBeachLefty
No way! I'm going to Free Republic right now.
I'm back and I just read that Al Gore also alleges that he invented backbones. Without Al Gore, the article alleges, we'd all be invertebrates, braying about war, but refusing to stand and fight when it was our turn. As it turns out, Al's wonderful invention of backbones didn't all find homes. Thus, the Fighting Keyboardists of the Free Republic.
Hey, I registered at Free Republic once and posted ONE COMMENT before I was banned. I thought it was a funny comment too.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 4:52:08 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by HuntingtonBeachLefty in reply to holly
Holly, I registered, posted zero comments, and was told my posting privelege was revoked. Same at newsbusters.
I must just type in my password scary.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 5:52:11 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by holly in reply to HuntingtonBeachLefty
No way! We must be marked. We must bear the Scarlet P! *
* For Progressive
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 6:36:32 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by bruce1ace in reply to HuntingtonBeachLefty
Try using the name HuntingtonBeachNeocon and see if that works.
Posted Tuesday May 1, 2007 11:15:31 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by holly in reply to bruce1ace
Funny boy!
Posted Tuesday May 1, 2007 11:34:53 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Vondarrien
I shed a tear whenever I see a local paper cited here.
Posted Monday April 30, 2007 5:24:20 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by edrossinoelwein9669
Go to [link to www.lucianne.com] for a funny cartoon of Hillary pandercakes.
Posted Tuesday May 1, 2007 12:31:07 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by holly in reply to edrossinoelwein9669
Oh, so you think that old tyme, smilin' slave, Dixie vernacular is a hoot, eh, you global warming denier and phallic missile lover? Well, here's a line from a song you must love and it's apt too:
"Shoo, fly, don't bother me."
Posted Tuesday May 1, 2007 9:50:21 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by mkwiatkowski8414
Clinton was trying to steal a page from Obama's playbook, but Obama was stealing a page from George W. Bush's--over Iran. During last week's debate, Obama said there is "no dispute" that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, and that Iran has admitted to doing so. Both statements were false. As I point out in my blog, the CIA issued a report back in November saying there is no conclusive evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Iran. And Tehran has said its nuclear program is for power plants; it denies making nuclear weapons. Dennis Kucinich tried to call the senator from Illinois out on those deceptions, but got brushed off. It is telling that both the supposed front-runners consistently fail to be original.
Posted Wednesday May 2, 2007 11:49:17 AM EDT / Flag this comment