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This is a non issue. The only people bothered by something like this are christian conservatives who aren't going to vote for Hillary anyway. I have a prediction. Fox News will this story...
Lifted from the Drudge report. Looks like the blokes are
taking a swipe at Hillary and long rumored love life with
other women.
DON'T GO THERE: BRIT PAPER STARTS 'UGLIEST MONTH'
Sun Nov 25 2007 20:45:12 ET
The TIMES of London starts 'The Ugliest Month' with a full page photo takeout on Hillary Clinton and her beautiful personal assistant.
"Hillary Clinton has been accused of having an affair with Huma Abedin," reads the caption.
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The splash stunned British readers and angered campaign insiders.
"This does not even qualify as tabloid trash... it's ridiculous and reckless," a Hillary confidante explained over the weekend.
Taking the whisper from the underground to the overground, the paper made no claims to knowing any truth of the relationship between Hillary and Huma, in its story headlined: "Snarls, smears and innuendo as attack dogs get ready for the fray."
The current campaign promises to become one of the dirtiest in modern history.
Developing...
Anyhow, it will be interesting if this is picked up by
the MSM here in the U.S.. The "Times" in London is
no slouch newpaper by any means.
Times Article
This is a non issue. The only people bothered by something like this are christian conservatives who aren't going to vote for Hillary anyway. I have a prediction. Fox News will this story...
You never know. I, like many, have heard this rumor for years.
And quite frankly I was surprised to see it published. But if
you read the article she only mentioned in passing along with
other ugly rumors and dirty tricks that are going on during the
election. Drudge is playing it up though.
The slime tsunami from the right-wing slime-bots is gaining strength.
Who cares what a politician's sex life is, as long as it's legal?
Last edited by boutons_; 11-26-2007 at 12:52 PM.
Damn boutons, did you read the article? Other candidates
were talked about too.
Read and get your mind to do a little work. When it stays
on automatic your mouth spews the same old junk.
You must lead a boring life.
don't wait for a story to break, ray. tell us all the rumors you and others have heard for years that haven't reached print.
Where did you hear this rumor from ray? Was it from your well-connected Washington insiders? Or was it from the neo-con talking heads on radio and television? I'm guessing the latter.
The whole article is about the lies that are bandied about prior to an election. Why would the MSM pick up a rumor contained in a story about lies that are being spread about the candidates?
This is like when Fox News "reports" on the degradation of American culture while Girls Gone Wild and other assorted softcore porn is running on a loop in the graphic behind them.
Ever hear of Morris? He was a Clinton insider.
Great.
The Contender was one of the worst political movies ever made, and soon it's going to be regarded as prophetic.
Why does every xray thread have to turn to sexuality.
However, as a public service:
I admit, she's no Rosie O'Donnel....
Why does every xray thread have to turn to sexuality.
However, as a public service:
I admit, she's no Rosie O'Donnel....
uh I don't blame Hillary if it's true..
Of course she is an Islamofascist sleeper agent like Obama.
Cause I know you like that sort of thing. It keeps theWhy does every xray thread have to turn to sexuality.
However, as a public service:
I admit, she's no Rosie O'Donnel....
liberals entertained.
Well, that could be my two excuses, in this case, I just
thought it odd that Drudge put it out, well actually,
a UK newspaper, and it is political. Don't fuss at me
I am just the messenger.
And the lady pictured is definitely no Rosie.
I just
thought it odd that Drudge put it out
I know you're old enough to know how Drudge got his start.
I know, it's not like Drudge to be so sensationalist.........................
Hey, he just gives you headlines of what the MSM is
publishing. And you call that sensationalism.
The "London Sunday Times" is not what I would call
a tabloid. Would you?
Could it be some of you folks don't like it when someone
gores your bull.
I'm no Hillary supporter, but I think this story might even help her campaign.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/usele...y-accordi.html
History according to a "Hillary confidante" (and Matt Drudge)
My colleague, Tim Reid, travelled down to South Carolina last week where he soon found himself up to his ankles in what he described as the "foulest swamp of electoral dirty tricks in America".
Tim wrote about some of the smears and inuendos already floating by in the Palmetto state. His second paragraph reported some of the extraordinary allegations being spread about Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson and, oh yes, Hillary Clinton.
The purpose of this report (read it for yourselves) was not to suggest these claims were true, but to provide a measure of their nastiness. For instance, I'm pretty sure Obama is not a "Muslim extremist".
Tim's article was duly picked up on Thursday by the Drudge Report and that, we thought, was that.
Then yesterday, Drudge decides to lead with:
DON'T GO THERE: BRIT PAPER STARTS 'UGLIEST MONTH'
Sun Nov 25 2007 20:45:12 ET
The TIMES of London starts 'The Ugliest Month' with a full page photo takeout on Hillary Clinton and her beautiful personal assistant.
"This does not even qualify as tabloid trash... it's ridiculous and reckless," a Hillary confidante explained over the weekend.
Drudge does not quote from the story directly, referring only to the headline, a brief mention of Clinton and a 12-word picture caption. This, if read in isolation, might wrongly give readers of Drudge the impression that The Times was giving the allegation about her even the faintest hint of credence.
A story that five days ago gave real context to the dirty fight in South Carolina has itself been quoted out of context.
So, what's really going on?
Has a "Hillary confidante" contacted Drudge to draw attention to this five-day old story? Quite possibly. The New York Times recently reported that her campaign had opened up a direct channel of communication to the mysterious Mr Drudge.
Why would a "Hillary confidante" do such a thing? The mind boggles.
Could it be to provide cover for other - alleged - activities at Camp Clinton and its surrounding outposts?
I don't know.
But last week the conservative columnist Bob Novak claimed that agents of the Clinton campaign were sitting on scandalous information about Obama. The item prompted a furious response from Obama, who challenged her to either make the information public "or concede the truth that there is none". The Clinton campaign said it knew nothing about it. This weekend Novak stood by his claim. "My source is a big Democrat - who is neutral right now, but was told by an agent of the Clinton camp who was involved in the campaign about the alleged scandal," he said. "I haven't talked to a single Republican on this. This was all strictly Democrats."
Alternatively, the Drudge story may serve the purpose of underscoring Hillary's current theme about how rivals are "throwing mud" which is backed by a new advertisement focusing on the attacks being launched on her by Republicans.
There is, indeed, a lot of this about. On November 7, Ken Silverstein, the Washington Editor for Harper's Magazine, blogged under the headline: "Not Just Republicans Spreading Rumors About Hillary’s Lesbian Affair".
But The Times is not "kicking off the ugliest month" - if that is what the next few weeks will be - we are merely doing our best to report it.
My stomach wretches.
There is no limit to how low this campaign will descend.
America the Beautiful, the pinnacle of civilization, stinking from sea to shining sea.
lol
I'm no Hillary supporter, but I think this story might even help her campaign.
The Clinton Machine is stronger than I thought if she can pull that.
Last edited by Walter Craparita; 11-26-2007 at 07:55 PM.
Hey boutons, much worst has been said about Presidential
candidates. Read a little bit about politics in the good
old US of A.
And Chump you could also be right. It could help
her.
This seems like a sensansionalist non issue. Even if true i dont find it to be relevant.
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