"No woman is illegal," grinning as the packed Mexican restaurant at which she was speaking exploded

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3136192, Critics pounce on Clinton after immigration comments
Posted by ursi on Sat Jan-12-08 04:24 AM

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

An off-the-cuff comment Hillary Clinton made in Las Vegas on Thursday has ignited a national firestorm.

Answering a shout from a man in the crowd who said, "I'm married to an illegal woman," Clinton shot back, "No woman is illegal," grinning as the packed Mexican restaurant at which she was speaking exploded in cheers.

That comment, reported in Friday's Review-Journal, caught the attention of the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs and the Drudge Report and led to nearly 1,000 angry comments on the newspaper's Web site.

To put the remark into context, Clinton did add, after a pause, "... and no man, either." She then explained her position on immigration.


Read more: http://www.lvrj.com/news/13729182.html


I am not a Hillary fan but the reaction is so typical of these windbags ...