Hillary Clinton: It would be a "terrible mistake" to not support the Democratic ticket in the fall

[Apollo11]

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Hillary Clinton was interviewed for CNN by Wolf Blitzer on 14 May 2008

Extract from the CNN transcript:

BLITZER: At CNNPolitics.com, we invited people to submit a question to our I-Reporters. A couple came in that I want to play for you. Get your brief response. This was from someone named Billy Sutton. He is a Clinton-supporter-turned-Obama-supporter. But watch this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BILLY SUTTON: Senator Clinton, I have a question for you. I was wondering, why do you believe that so many of your strongest Democratic supporters say that they would vote for Senator McCain over Senator Obama in the fall, if you were not to win the nomination?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CLINTON: Well, I have heard that from both my supporters and Senator Obama's supporters.

BLITZER: Because the exit polls show that -- a big chunk of it.

CLINTON: Both his supporters and my supporters might stay home or not vote for the other, and I just have to say as strongly as I can, Billy, that that would be a terrible mistake. Anybody that has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common, in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world, with the other than they do with John McCain.

So I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still hoping to be that nominee. But I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me, the 17 million people who have voted for me, understand what a grave error it would be not to vote for Senator Obama and against Senator McCain. And I know that Senator Obama has said he would do the same to campaign for me.

So you know, in the heat of a primary campaign, people get -- their passions are high. They feel intensely. That's all understandable. But once we have a nominee, we're going to have a unified Democratic Party.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0805/14/sitroom.03.html

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[aquart]

1. Yeah. so? Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Gonna be a lotta itching and scratching.

[susankh4]

2. Hillary is a true Yellar Dawg Dem.

Any of us could take a lesson from her on how to support the party!

Brava to Sen. Clinton for her decision to support Sen. Obama in November. I hope he can return the favor, and support her as well. Because a unity ticket will be our best chance at a win against Mr. McCain.

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. It would be a disaster. She's universally unpopular.

[Taverner]

7. If he came out in support of her Senate Reelection Campaign

As PRESIDENT - that might work towards healing any rifts.

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. LINK THE MAN TO HIS PARTY....BRING THEM BOTH DOWN

But Mr. McCain’s advisers said the Mississippi race underlined his intention to distance himself as much as possible from Congressional Republicans. NYTIMES

WRONG MR JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN....

...... WE MUST LINK THE MAN TO HIS PARTY..... MR JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN

.....MY NAME IS NOT JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN, AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!!!!!

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. On the other hand, they might think an outright Republican disaster - a national Ground Zero -

would offer more hope of the "root and branch" reform that's needed, than a death by inches with a slightly more subtle version of a Republican President in Democrat's clothing.

[nachoproblem]

6. At last something I can agree with.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Juche]

8. K&R

I also added it as a favorite on youtube.

When the two are working together to elect dems in 2008 hopefully a good deal of this tension will die down. I just hope it happens in June and not until August.

[gateley]

9. Her intent was clear and right -- this is much ado about nothing. nt

[Alexander]

10. She slipped and said it would be a "grave error...not to vote for Senator McCain...uh, Obama..."

Anyone else catch that?