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Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« on: April 11, 2008, 05:37:14 AM »
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/11/clinton-laughs-off-colombia-questions/
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  PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN)  Hillary Clinton used her trademark laugh Thursday to deflect a question about the $800,000 her husband earned in 2005 giving speeches for a Bogota-based group that supports the Colombia free trade agreement  the same trade deal she currently opposes.

Asked by CNN if those earnings represented a conflict of interest given that she has dipped into her family's pocketbook to pay campaign bills, Clinton threw up her hands and laughed loudly for several seconds.

"How many angels dance on the head of the pin?," she responded, continuing to giggle. "I have really, uh, nothing to & I mean, how do you answer that?"

The New York senator explained there are different sides to the argument over trade, and re-emphasized her own opposition to the trade deal, assailing the Colombian government's "outrageous" record of "targeting labor leaders."

"I am against the Colombia free trade deal," she said. "It doesn't matter who talks to me. It doesn't matter any circumstances. I have been against it. I am against it. I will be against it absent the kind of changes in behavior that I have been calling for from the Colombian government."

Earlier in the press conference, describing her husband's advocacy for the trade deal, Clinton said: "Everyone is free to express their opinion."
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 05:50:57 AM »
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2008, 04:18:15 AM »
Her "thinking" scares me.
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2008, 04:42:45 AM »
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"How many angels dance on the head of the pin?," she responded, continuing to giggle. "I have really, uh, nothing to & I mean, how do you answer that?"

Um... How about with a 'yes' or 'no'?  Did question-answering suddenly become really super complicated or something?
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2008, 11:09:25 AM »
If she can't even at least answer around tough questions (instead of telling us what she really thinks), does she really have what it takes to be President?  I think not. 
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2008, 11:56:23 AM »
With the Clintons, it's not about the truth, it's about what we can make you believe.
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2008, 10:00:22 AM »
Yeah, but Bill Clinton would have talked his way around those questions and all the media people would have gushed about how well he did it.  Hillary is just not the same politician that Bill is.
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Re: Clinton laughs off Colombia questions
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2008, 10:14:59 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on April 14, 2008, 09:00:22 AM
Yeah, but Bill Clinton would have talked his way around those questions and all the media people would have gushed about how well he did it.  Hillary is just not the same politician that Bill is.

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