Hillary Clinton Wasted No Time at All Throwing Bill de Blasio Under the Bus for That "C.P.T." Joke

[w4rma]

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“Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” Clinton said. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.”

The skit was ostensibly intended to mock the mayor’s hesitance to endorse Clinton, but de Blasio ended up spending Monday on damage control. “It was clearly a staged show. It was a scripted show,” he told CNN. “I think people are missing the point here.” His office clarified further, in a later statement: “In an evening of satire, the only person this was meant to mock was the mayor himself, period. Certainly no one intended to offend anyone.”

In any event, as tedious as it is to watch politicians play hot potato, there is a certain amount of schadenfreude in seeing de Blasio—who, following his delayed endorsement, has spent the better part of the past six months stuck in the wilderness of Clinton’s favor, begging to be let back in from the cold—get burned like this.

http://gawker.com/hillary-clinton-wasted-no-time-at-all-throwing-bill-de-1770575071

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Was it his skit? nt

[morningfog]

2. It was a script in which she approved and participated.

She's not helpless.

[libtodeath]

16. Notice no response.

[boobooday]

32. From what I understand

The Clintons insist on approving anything that is going to get near them.

[HumanityExperiment]

20. Leadership...

Is knowing when to put a halt or not be included in something or to do something, situational awareness....

HRC lacks leadership, she lacks the skills to be a true leader

This can be shown and proven time and again with her actions and voting record

[merrily]

3. A "racially-tinged" joke is a "racially tinged" joke. No one missed the point, except

the participants. The gasps in the theater as soon as he said CP time spoke for themselves.

[CentralCoaster]

31. B'but, I read right here that it was a non-issue, just good old white people humor, no harm/foul.

And his wife is black, so....

Damn! I love it when I'm right!

Stupid ass move on both their parts.

[merrily]

43. I thought this OP was a brilliant response to that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511712433

[Politicalboi]

4. I saw the wad of money

I mean gun held to her head. Damn you de Blasio don't unmask the Queen!

[SHRED]

5. Why did she participate?

That is the question.

[noretreatnosurrender]

6. I just heard that on CBS News

It was de Blasio's skit. What leadership! She is the WORST Democratic candidate I've ever seen.

“Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” Clinton said. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.”

The last time she didn't want to take responsibility it was about her hawkish behavior with Libya - On that one she threw Obama under the bus.

[JackRiddler]

8. He MADE HER LEARN THOSE LINES!!!

[noretreatnosurrender]

10. Pathetic

I wonder if anyone has compiled a list of all of the times she has deflected blame to someone else when she gets a little heat. It's really very telling about the type of person she is at heart.

[tabasco]

17. She is polling just 2.5 points ahead of TED CRUZ.

A Clinton nomination would be a disaster for the Democratic party and the U.S.A.

[grasswire]

27. It reminds me what she said about the speeches

"That's what they offered!"

No self awareness.

No notion of responsibility.

It's always a shrug and a cackle.

[sadoldgirl]

7. Whenever possible she blames others for mishaps.

[grntuscarora]

9. Personal responsibility is for us schmucks.

Not the anointed one.

[IamMab]

11. Not at all like Bernie "My Wife Does Our Taxes" Sanders, right?

My goodness, you folks sure are ridiculous.

[grntuscarora]

13. Way to win us over for the general

that you're so sure of winning. Being mocked really makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

But, no worries, she and her fan club are going to unify us all after she crushes the Bern!

Good luck with that.

[IamMab]

15. Don't let the door hit you where the evolutionary process split you. nt

[grntuscarora]

19. Dear Mr. Mab

You are rude, crude, and disgusting. But since the DU jury sees no problem with your post, all I can say is --enjoy your time at what used to be a good political discussion board. You'll be here longer than I will.

[demwing]

34. Why are some people so motherfucking rude?

There's really no need, unless they just enjoy it?

What do you think?

[Trajan]

26. You've been here for four days

You got us figured out in that short of time ...

So you won't mind if I just go ahead and block you now ... I don't want you see right through me!

[passiveporcupine]

42. there is one problem with your logic there

The fact is that his wife does their taxes, so he does need to defer to her to get them so they can be put on-line.

He's not saying he won't do it. He's saying (not in so many words) that literally, he can't do it, because she needs to do it, but she's on the campaign trail with him right now, and does not have time to run home to handle it RIGHT NOW. And he's not jumping at Hillary's demands, so she will just have to wait. Notice, that Hillary is not jumping at his commands either and none of you have a problem with that. Why should he jump for her, but not her jump for him?

[tex-wyo-dem]

24. How pathetic she is...

Controversies seems to multiply around her like she's trying to put trump to shame...always either the victim or it's someone else's fault. Imagine how she would be as POTUS.

[840high]

39. Seems Hillary has a

controversy daily. What a baggage queen.

[demwing]

36. just like her fan base

no responsibility for any action

[mhatrw]

12. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

It's humorously self-depreciating for powerful white politicians to compare their own lack of initiative and decisiveness to that of colored people!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

14. Typical Clinton deflection

"sure I said those things but it's someone else's fault!"

Take some damn responsibility for yourself, Hillary.

[AzDar]

18. What a LEADER...

[BreakfastClub]

21. How is she throwing him under the bus? He said it! Should she take

responsibility for everything Bill de Blasio says now? How odd.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

22. She participated...

She admitted it was a skit, so they must have rehearsed and knew the lines beforehand. Another example of poor judgement going along with an off color joke that wasn't even funny

[rbrnmw]

23. aww I love the concern for black folks

[Karmadillo]

25. I'm pretty sure Libya was his idea, too.

[northernsouthern]

28. Ouch.

I am still not commenting on the PC of the skit because I am too close to the issue and I am not a person of color. That being said, that does suck for him to do this and then feel the burn from Hillary.

[polly7]

29. So brave and fair of her. nt.

[hootinholler]

30. Seriously? Not good enough.

You had no problems with it at all when you rehearsed it?

(From the quality of the 'performance' I could be persuaded that she didn't rehearse it.)

How about when you read it?

Maybe you should have run it through a focus group!

[LAS14]

33. As far as I'm concerned, the cpt flap just illustrates...

... the Sanders supporters un-familiarity with black culture. Check out the conversations about this in the AA group.

[w4rma]

40. That group is hosted by Hillary Astroturfers, who systematically ban Sanders supporters.

There have been many complaints from many African-Americans who were banned by them.

Don't rely on Astroturf as a gauge of what real people are thinking.

[LAS14]

41. I have my own direct, personal information. nt

[azmom]

35. Seemed to me Hillary was a wiling participant.

She bears responsibility for her actions

[surrealAmerican]

37. If this was "an evening of satire" ...

... does that mean she was in more skits than just this one?

Should we be seeing the whole event for context here?

... or is this like other Hillary events - you can only see it if you're a loyal "investor".

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

38. Did he "mislead her" like Bush did? Some people even believe that was just a "mistake".