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Old 01-23-2013, 04:51 PM
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I missed the dog and pony show today. (An elaborate act of bullshit, generally used to distract attention away from the sheer uselessness of the actual project or act) ...."urbandictionary.com"

I needed to run the wife and myself on more important issues. Like getting my oil changed, going to lunch and the likes.

Gotta say from some of the sound bites it looks to Clinton bit back! Will surf later for the highlights after we get back home.



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Old 01-23-2013, 04:54 PM
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She made the GOP clowns look utterly foolish. OTOH, the Dems on the panel looked like sycophantic twits. She was the only grown-up in the room.
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Old 01-23-2013, 05:07 PM
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She made the GOP clowns look utterly foolish. OTOH, the Dems on the panel looked like sycophantic twits. She was the only grown-up in the room.
So, who won the race?

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Old 01-23-2013, 05:15 PM
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She made the GOP clowns look utterly foolish. OTOH, the Dems on the panel looked like sycophantic twits. She was the only grown-up in the room.
She really shone! I sincerely hope she runs in 2016. I believe she would make a terrific president - but I wonder how The Big Dog would deal with being First Lady.

I'm thinking the Repubs will run Ryan, "Aqua Buddha" or Huckabee. The crazies won't stand for a moderate. That means Mrs. Clinton should win in a walk.

Eight years of an African-American followed by eight more of a woman! Heads will explode!

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Old 01-23-2013, 05:33 PM
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She has stated she has no plans to run again.
But then, if she did, she wouldn't be the first politician to change her mind.
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Old 01-23-2013, 05:37 PM
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She has stated she has no plans to run again.
But then, if she did, she wouldn't be the first politician to change her mind.
Yes, she has said that but Bill has said that he's love to see her do it.

We shall see what we shall see.........

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Old 01-23-2013, 05:52 PM
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I love politics. But the politics I like involves the theories of government, the issues over policy, the balancing of interests. I am getting to the point where I cannot stomach the warring factions in office taking actions to advance no aim other damaging someone else's reputation. Yeah, I know Pollyanna, but bleah.

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I love politics. But the politics I like involves the theories of government, the issues over policy, the balancing of interests. I am getting to the point where I cannot stomach the warring factions in office taking actions to advance no aim other damaging someone else's reputation. Yeah, I know Pollyanna, but bleah.

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Dana Milbank, who has not hesitated to be critical of Democrats or Republicans, had a couple of good lines about today's hearings:
"A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 67 percent of Americans view her favorably, a career high and roughly double the popularity congressional Republicans have. So when Clinton clashed with GOP lawmakers Wednesday, it had the feeling of a Hummer colliding with a Smart Car."

Only gadfly Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) still had the stomach to fight with Clinton. “Had I been president at the time and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi . . . I would have relieved you of your post,” he charged.

“Ohhh!” exclaimed one of Clinton’s aides, appalled.

But Paul, a man of exotic opinions, is never going to be president, and Clinton deflected his provocation with a mild reply: “I believe in taking responsibility, and I have done so.”

That may have been Clinton’s most cutting response to a critic: Letting him know he’s not worth wasting her breath."
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:22 PM
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A show of course. They always are. Her theatrics were pretty entertaining.
Her theatrics? Can you cite some examples?

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