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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:47 PM
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Is it me or is FOX NEWS endorsing Hillary Clinton for '08?
Tonight while watching Hannity and Colmes I noticed that over the past month or two Sean Hannity has indirectly yet openly endorsed Hillary to run for president 2008. He also is caliming that she will get the nomination!?!? I think he is doing this because he knows the Repug's would destroy her. But, he knows it is in best interest not to say this because he doesnt want to scare Dem's away from giving her the nomination. Does anyone see what Im saying? Their already plaining for '08!
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:48 PM
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1. They are certain that she can be beat in '08
that's why they push her:puke:
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ohioliberal Donating Member (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:49 PM
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2. yea!
They just want to tear her apart in '08 and most of the country is still not ready for a women pres. even though I think she would be great.
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pocoloco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:49 PM
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3. LOL
The right wing media would be in hog heaven if Hillary should run.
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:52 PM
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7. That is CORRECT.
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InvisibleBallots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:07 AM
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26. Hillary: Pro-Iraq War, Pro-PATRIOT Act
Why the hell would the Democratic party want to run her for President?
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:51 PM
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4. They would LOVE for her to run
then it would be Clinton-bashing 24/7 again. They live for that shit.
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:51 PM
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5. They also coined the term "Joementum"...
and that didn't work too well either.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:52 PM
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6. She will never get the chance
to prove whether she will be good or not. But by "endorsing" her, the RW just wants to prove that "Clintonism" (whatever that means to them) will be soundly rejected.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:53 PM
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8. They're just not happy without a Clinton to bash...
...it's their major drug and they can't go a week without a fix.
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FREEDOMRULES3 Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:53 PM
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9. their choice indeed
Edited on Tue Dec-07-04 09:56 PM by FREEDOMRULES3
they KNOW they can beat hillary, she wouldnt stand a chance. I think EDWARDS /OBAMA is our only chance in 2008. the pukes will register democrat and try to vote her as our nominee.. you heard it here first
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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:28 AM
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28. I think our only chance is...
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 10:31 AM by nickshepDEM
a WARNER/CLARK or CLARK/WARNER ticket.... I think this ticket would carry all of the 264 electoral votes Gore and Kerry got plus they would pick up Virginia, Arkansas, Ohi0, New Mexico, Nevada and possibly Florida and some other "RED STATES".
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:52 PM
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34. That's not our "only" chance, but it is our best chance.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:05 PM
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43. Of course they will.
Just like they did this year, and for the same reasons.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:53 PM
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10. Hillary Clinton is the right's wet dream candidate.
I think we should pay attention to Faux and realize that she would be a catastrophic choice to go with.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:57 PM
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11. Right, Crunchy! They can't wait to beat her up some more.
It was part of the anti-Clinton culture to beat her up early and often. So they're hoping she wins the nomination so they can do it some more.
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wurzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:57 PM
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12. Hannity is talking about '08 because he doesn't want to talk about '04
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 09:58 PM
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13. My God. They know. They know that we know what they know
about the election fraud. This is going to be the next offering. They're going to try to get the Democratic leadership to accept the fraud "for the good of the country" by promising to push for Hillary Clinton in 2008.

I realize this is a bit tinfoilish, but I have to ask the next question. Would the Clintons buy into this? Or will they help us go after the Republican's gonads if fraud is uncovered?
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suka Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 10:08 PM
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14. uh uh
You must not have listened too well! Sean thinks she'll be the nominee but NO ONE (except Alan Colmes) thinks she could win! My husband's a republican and watches it every night! Dick Morris keeps talking nasty about Hilary everytime he's on. He was a Clinton advisor. He said Hilary manipulates, decieves and blah blah blah!
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 09:32 AM
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25. Welcome suka.
Good post.
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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:38 AM
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31. I didnt mean that Sean thinks she will win.
I meant that Sean wants her to run or he obviously wouldnt be stuck on this topic. Hell, any Republican in their right mind would want her to run because they would crush her.
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Pepper32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 10:14 PM
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15. I would love for her to be president if only...
just to see W. Clinton more :silly:

However, I agree the repukes will tear her apart in 08.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 10:17 PM
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16. All about the ratings
Got to keep blaming all the problems in this decade on Clinton's legacy.

A Republican admit fault? That's impossible.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 10:48 PM
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17. The Clintons are like pinatas for the ignorant sheep on the right wing.
Edited on Tue Dec-07-04 10:51 PM by w4rma
The ultra-wealthy puppet masters use the name "Clinton" to incite their brainwashed followers into frenzies towards whatever goal they have planned next which always inclodes some way for them to funnel a whole bunch of their followers' money into their bank accounts (swiss or otherwise).
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 11:04 PM
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18. They can't blame Clinton anymore, but they could use her for headlines
No excuses anymore for the Repugs to blame Clinton. They own the government and will fall by their PNAC/Religious Reich strategies.

But if they could bring Hillary back into the headlines and play the Bill videos again, they would just love it, dahling.

If there's any better reason for Hillary not to run, this is it. Don't give Faux Snooze any joy with bringing up the name Clinton or having the name anywhere on their telleprompters.
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Hailtothechimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 11:14 PM
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19. Hillary in 2008 is the right wing masturbation fantasy.
And she is too smart to take the bait. Or at least I think she is.
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 11:33 PM
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21. let's hope so. nt
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Liberal Chad from WI Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 11:31 PM
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20. DONT LET HILLARY IN PLZ........
I love the Clintons to death. I am the biggest democrat you'll ever meet. What many democrats fail to realize is that we NEED a democrat who can reach out to the red states. DO you think they'll vote for a New Yorker? NO WAY!! We need a democrat out of the south that can reach out to the red states.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 05:07 PM
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39. Hi Liberal Chad from WI!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Liberal Chad from WI Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:41 PM
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48. hello
good to here from a new yorker. im just wonderin your take on 2 things. how do you all feel about guliani and clinton? do yall love them as much as they say over here or what
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MaroonVette Donating Member (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 11:37 PM
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22. That's up to us to decide
Edited on Tue Dec-07-04 11:37 PM by MaroonVette
They just report it :-) :-) :-)
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 09:42 PM
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42. I was so sure you'd be here - it was a "Hitlery" thread!
getting more subtle, I see
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:10 AM
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23. She's who the Republicans most want to run against because they
see her as someone their base would be motivated to defeat.

That's why we've seen several trolls advocating her candidacy since the Election.

Actually, she's one of my least favorite prospects, since I think she's too conciliatory toward the Republicanites.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:17 AM
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24. All she has at the moment is name recognition
Don't whomp me now, but these are the same people who were selling Dean as a frontrunner until someone actually cast a vote.

The same will be true of Hillary. She will be the frontrunner until someone actually casts a vote in the first primary.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:19 AM
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27. of course they want Hillary becuz they believe she can be beat
easily.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:32 AM
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29. The Republicans WANT Hillary to run because they will finally
be able to shred her to pieces and get their revenge for her being an 'uppity' woman. They are the only ones floating her candidacy, have been for years.
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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:37 AM
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30. Totally right. They WANT her to be the nominee
so they can win again.

Plus, Fox (and the rest of the RW machine) was created out of Clinton hatred and Hillary as the nominee would give them high ratings and a lot to talk about because she's so polarizing.
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blackangrydem Donating Member (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:48 AM
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32. Unless it is some devious reverse psychology at work
and they are actually afraid of running against her. They float the balloon now that they want Hillary to run so the we will scramble to find someone else.

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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 11:05 AM
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33. It could backfire on them, especially if the next four years are tough
If the economy doesn't grow, more people get laid off, the war in Iraq continues with no resolution and maybe expands to Syria and/or Iraq, 51% of the american people might be ready for any change, especially someone who has ties to the happy times of the 90s. If she gets re-elected to the Senate, continues to develop a reputation as a moderate, she could be in a good position. None of the crap they have against her is new, it is all old shit that Ken Starr et al have already investigated. There are a lot of variables involved and I'm not saying that she could win easily, but I wouldn't rule her out.

I'd vote for her in a minute. I would love to see the freepers react to it.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:53 PM
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35. She would be CRUSHED!
She would lose Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire on top of the states Kerry lost.
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:02 PM
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36. She'd keep MN, but lose all the rest....she'd be toast.
IWR, patriot act, NCLB....another "liberal" like Kerry doesn't stand a chance in '08

We need a populist.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:17 PM
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37. If Gore and Kerry barely won Minnesota, Hillary wouldn't win it.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 02:20 PM by Zynx
It's not the liberal bastion it once was.
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 03:17 PM
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38. hillary will be the candidate, and she will lose.....
But she will win MN because of the work of DFA/ACT/wellstone action. Bank on all of these predictions.
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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 09:17 PM
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40. I really hope your wrong.
I hope that for the sake of her country and her party she does not run. If she does I think she will do very well soley because of her popularity. I really hope that in 2008 we go with someone who stands for what we can believe but also someone who can deliver the presidency by an uncontested margin.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:14 PM
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45. We can't afford to lose 2008. It could be crippling.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 10:54 PM by Zynx
We therefore cannot afford to run Hillary.
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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:43 PM
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49. I had a typo in my previous post.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 10:46 PM by nickshepDEM
I meant to say, "Do to her popularity throughout the country she would do extemley well in the Primaries." Of course, she would go on to the lose the general election. Although I would like to see her win, I think it would be nearly impossible.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 09:40 PM
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41. Some freeper registered her as candidate last year, then posted here
and elsewhere.
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Donna Zen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:13 PM
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44. Five reasons I can think of:
• They want the repub base to associate Hillary as the "face" of the Dem party. Red meat.

• They are sowing doubt about her commitment to the people in New York, and thus
weakening her position in the '06 Senate race.

• They are sucking the air out of any real debate about the 2006 & 2008 races. Afterall, if
it's all Hillary all the time, there is no time to mention anyone else.

• They want to repeat it often enough so that it becomes the truth.

• Yes, they know that while the majority of Dems like Hillary, they, the radical
fundamentalist mullahs can beat her.

Whatever the reasons, Faux news has never shown any good will towards Dem. Nothing has changed.

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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:21 PM
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46. They have nothing else to talk about or
energize their core base of viewers.

For the first time since the election, I actually listened to O'Reilly for a minute and turned it off because it was so boring. All he could talk about was why the democrats lost "so big" and how they have to change and get rid of Dean.

Hannity has always demonized Hillary to rally his core of Clinton haters. He's got nothing else.

Fox is Bush's mouthpiece and now that he's in again, who are they going to go after for rallying purposes to keep an audience? Hillary, of course.

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trillian Donating Member (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:24 PM
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47. Of course they are!
Repubs would love if Hillary ran. They know they could beat her.

Hope she stays in the Senate! x(
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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:46 PM
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50. Fox
Well, I don't know what's up with Fox. I can't stand their rhetoric, so I don't watch them.

But for anyone who is familiar with David Brock's Media Matters for America, they have on their website that Sean Hannity endorsed Al Gore for President in 2008 on his show the other night! What is up with that?
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nickshepDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:49 PM
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51. I watched when he "Endorsed" Gore for '08.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 10:54 PM by nickshepDEM
He was being extremley sarcastic when he said this. He was on the topic of how GORE degraded "OUR PRESIDENT" (George Bush) durring a time of war over and over and over again. He then went on to say something along the lines of "The American people will remember Al Gore for these actions and therefore, I want Al Gore to run, matter of fact put this on your website. Sean Hannity endorses Al Gore for president in 2008." He was saying this becasue he had earlier he had stated that they would crush Gore in 2008.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 04:33 AM
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52. They would love Hillary to run
because it would bring out all the Hillary haters and she would be beaten so easily by the weakest repuke they could find. x(
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