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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:15 AM
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Bill Clinton 'loved' his wife's 'he's not standing here' moment


Tonight on MSNBC-TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann (8 p.m. ET), former president Bill Clinton is asked about the moment during last night's Democratic debate when Tim Russert pointed out that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton might disagree with her husband about whether it's ever a good idea to torture suspected terrorists.

Sen. Clinton, who had just said torture is not permissible, said of the possible conflict with the former president that "well, he's not standing here right now." (Video clip here.)

According to a transcript of the pre-recorded Olbermann interview that MSNBC just e-mailed to reporters, president Clinton says:

I loved it. I thought to myself, you know, Tim Russert is a very clever interviewer, he thought that he had trapped her, and instead she made the obvious point that if she is elected, she will be the president, I won't, she will make the final call and I completely agree with her about the policy. The United States has to be against terror.

As a matter of fact, what I really was talking about with Tim Russert is what happens when 24 -– you have people watch 24, as you know. And this guy, Jack Bauer, he is always, the nuclear weapon is going to explode in five minutes and here is a guy who knows what you do.

There is a one in a million chance that happens. But the United States is against torture because it's illegal, it's immoral, it doesn't work and it makes our own soldiers vulnerable to torture.

If that ever happened, the point I was trying to make to Russert, and you or I or anybody else thought a million lives for you beating up this guy, you'd probably do it, but you should know it's against the law and you should be prepared to take the consequences.

And we shouldn't ever ask the president of the United States of America to be on the side of torture, illegal, almost always ineffective and makes our own people vulnerable to the same sort of treatment.


http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/bill-clinton-lo.html#more
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:23 AM
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1. imho that was clinton's very refined way of saying ...
for once someone handed tim russet, err, russert his lard *ss back!

woo-hoo for hillary and bill.
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Alamom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:40 AM
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2. I loved it, too. Thanks.nm
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:40 AM
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3. Just another reason to love the Clintons.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:45 AM
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5. did you get the follow-up e-mail from Hillary on the Clinton debate party, carrots?
Same kind of thing. Americans see an obviously happy married couple.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:46 AM
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6. No.
:shrug:
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:50 AM
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7. here's some of it...
Dear_________

I hear you might be watching a debate with Bill -- can I ask you a favor?

Bill mentioned "a big bowl of chips" in the email he sent you Tuesday. If you are one of the three people who get the chance to join him, can you make sure he eats carrots, not chips?

I know I can rely on you for this -- because you've been there for me this entire campaign. I've relied on you and more than a million of your fellow supporters, and you've never let me down.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 08:12 AM
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11. Thanks, I missed this one.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:43 AM
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4. I'll bet that resonated with a LOT of women out there.
I know it resonated with me! Timmy just wouldn't stop badgering her with questions about her husband, and Tweety is just obsessed with it all. The fact that President Clinton cheered her independence made it even better.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:52 AM
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8. "Badgering" is exactly the right way to describe it.
Fat Timmy loves to carry water for the RW, but Hillary hands him his ass every time. I remember the NY Senate debate where Lazio and Jack Welch's Chubby Shill ganged up on her and she stood her ground. I hope the cons never figure out how their prosecutorial style doesn't faze Clinton and works to her advantage.
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 09:51 AM
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14. It did for me,
Russert couldn't have been more condescending in his attack. Badgering is exactly the right word. I thought she scored big time in her response.
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 07:56 AM
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9. I LOVE how Russert was trying to catch her
off guard rather than being direct, and it ended up making her look BETTER. And of course I love her husband :)
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 08:04 AM
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10. I think he's on the Rachel Rae show today
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 08:16 AM
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12. Thanks for the heads up! I'm so glad
to be seeing him back in the spotlight so much these days -- sure have missed him!
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 09:46 AM
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13. sure. My wife TiVos them all
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 09:55 AM
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15. Rachel Ray, btw.
Come on - you need to be up on your Food Network personalities to participate here.

:hi:
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 10:02 AM
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16. Yes, had Hillary not outfoxed Russert the newsmedia
would have had a field day headlining mixed messages regarding Hillary's stand on torture as front page news.
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