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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:21 AM
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USA Today: Bill Clinton Paints Obama as the 'Establishment' Candidate (Disses CWU in process)
Bill, Bill, Bill! The CWU is a union. Do you really want to go there--calling them an "establishment organization?"
Bill Clinton paints Obama as 'establishment' candidate

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Bill Clinton, who carried Nevada in two general elections, urged voters Tuesday to buck labor endorsements for Sen. Barack Obama and support his wife in Saturday's hotly contested presidential caucuses as the only Democratic candidate with the experience necessary to change the country.

The former president trumpeted New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's accomplishments while painting Obama as the "establishment" candidate who would bring only the "feeling of change."

<>Bill Clinton said he talked with many of the 60,000-member Culinary Union's rank-and-file who intend to ignore the endorsement and vote for his wife.

"In this case the establishment organization is with him and the insurgents are with her," Clinton said in his speech. He then asked for a show of hands from about 50 precinct captains in the audience and challenged them to stand up to the union's leadership.

"They think they're better than you are at identifying and physically getting people to their caucus sites. And I bet they're wrong," he said to cheers.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-15-bill-clinton-nevada_N.htm
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:23 AM
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1. Ridiculous.
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:23 AM
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2. Karl Rove would be very proud of that one. nt
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:24 AM
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3. a more than middle aged woman with 35 years in government is not ESTABLISHMENT? HA!
this is the stupidest thing coming out of her mouth yet ...after feigning tears.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:24 AM
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4. In the end, the Clintons will have rendered themselves a pariah to the Democratic Party.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 AM
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6. It's sad... but it's happening.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:25 AM
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5. He's RIGHT!
Obama economic stimulus package mirrors the Bush promise of a $650 rebate for everyone. The only difference is Obama rebate is a paltry $250 plus the fact his Universal Health Care Plan is NOT so universal leaving millions uninsured!
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 AM
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7. Sad to watch Bill diss unions
and his own legacy in one fell swoop.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 11:17 AM
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8. War is peace
Too Orwellian for me.
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