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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:22 PM
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WTF !!! - Bill Clinton As Poll Watcher ???
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 09:32 PM by WillyT
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Las Vegas, NV - Just minutes before local voters entered one of the controversial casino-based caucus sites at the Mirage resort Saturday morning, former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to personally lobby voters on behalf of his wife and to accuse her pro-Barack Obama union opponents of deliberately intimidating and misdirecting potential caucusers

The former president then entered the caucus site ballroom setting off a polarized, passionate exchange of shouts and chants between supporters of his wife Hillary Clinton and those of Obama, bringing forth charges from some voters that it was Clinton himself who was engaged in intimidation.

As caucusers lined up outside the Mirage ballroom, Clinton mingled with the crowd hugging whomever was in reach and avidly urging those present to support Hillary Clinton. He told The HuffPost that his wife's campaign staff had been "flooded" with complaints from hotel workers throughout the city that they have been "rescheduled" and "reassigned and told they could not vote until November."

In dialog with the HuffPost, Clinton charged at least three times that the Culinary Workers Union, which endorsed Obama, was deliberately trying to suppress votes of pro-Clinton union members. "We hope there won't be so much of this that she won't be competitive," he said, referring to his wife's chances of winning today's Democratic caucus.

Immediately after he made his charges of voter intimidation, the ex-president then stationed himself inside the door of the caucus room and began to individually lobby voters on behalf of his wife.

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More (plus video): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/19/bill-clinton-i...

Man... we've definitely stepped through the looking glass!

:wtf:

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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:23 PM
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1. :) Well that is politics afterall
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:30 PM
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4. True... But What Does It Do For One's Feminist Credentials...
if you have your husband being the enforcer, and doing the dirty fighting for you?

I mean... when will Bill appear in an upcoming debate so the Barack can respond directly???

:shrug:

Let alone, conduct unbecoming a former president.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:35 PM
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5. Your faux rage is not even interesting
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 09:36 PM by durrrty libby
I am a Hill supporter. I am thrilled that Bill is out there working
24/7 for her. I would be disappointed if he didn't


Edit to add. Your nasty sexism has not gone unnoticed
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:51 PM
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8. You're supporting Hillary now? Wow.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:57 PM
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11. Two Things... (1) What Rage ? & (2) Thanks For Noticing Ari !!!
Are you keeping lists?

:wtf:
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:38 PM
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6. Well I guess we'll agree to disagree...he is a citizen of the US and can do what he likes
I doubt that Bill Clinton has a feminist bone in his body however. He is a political animal through and through.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:04 PM
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12. I Guess He Has That Right...
But after complaining about the casino's caucusing places, something that had been agreed to almost a year in advance, and for which there wasn't an inkling of a problem until the Culinary Worker's Union endorsed Obama...

He goes to various casinos on the day of the caucus to campaign for his wife?

How did he get in? He sure isn't a citizen of Nevada. Nor is he a member of any union working in a casino for which these spaces were reserved.

And if this is the model for future ex-presidents, god help us all.

:shrug:
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:25 PM
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2. Poll Watcher????
A little "conflict of interest" or what?
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:27 PM
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3. While I have never been a Clinton admirer
I absolutely loathe him now.
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:48 PM
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7. What's the word on the validity of the claims of intimidation?
I'm just asking.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:53 PM
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9. Flying in both directions. n/t
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Bright Eyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:54 PM
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10. Back in the old old old days, candidates used to liquor up voters
to sway votes.

Why can't they do that now?:)
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:17 PM
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14. There was a story earlier tonight about a brothel pushing its customers to vote Ron Paul
but I don't think they were soliciting, I mean caucusing for him. Most of his supporters are probably already liquored up enough.
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DianaForRussFeingold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:12 PM
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13. He wasn't the only one you know
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 10:21 PM by DianaForRussFeingold
:hi:
Bill Clinton: "George H.W. Bush will help President Hillary" :hide:
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:30 PM
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15. The link is not working for me.
I'll try to find it.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 12:02 AM
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16. Must Have Updated It, Try This:
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