Hillary praises Ron Paul and his Amazing enthusiastic grassroot supporters - Video

Wow. Chris Matthews of Hardball noticed played the video of Hillary giving Ron Paul supporters their due. I don't have the initial video but later on when they're discussing the direction of the GOP he brought it up again. They brought up Goldwater and Matthews and his guest (a GOP party hack/"strategist") were really condescending towards liberty but even he said the libertarian streak should be recognized. The whole video is interesting but @17:15 is the Ron Paul remark (You have to wait for it to load to skip to the segment) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#30354460
 
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Well, Hillary was a Goldwater Girl, so maybe she was reliving some of her youth a little bit.
 
Kotin said:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/...p-paul-for-inspiring-enthusiastic-supporters/


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton interrupted her testimony on Capitol Hill today to pay a compliment to Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who made an unsuccessful bid for the GOP presidential nomination last year.

As she finished answering a question from Paul, she added: “And, at the risk of going over our time, I just want to say, having campaigned during the last presidential election, you had the most enthusiastic supporters of anybody I ever saw.”

Paul laughed, and replied, “I love to hear that.”

Clinton wasn’t done. “Well, I mean, my goodness, everywhere I went they were literally running down highways holding your signs.”

That drew laughter from many lawmakers.

“I’ve never had a chance to tell you that,” Clinton went on. “But your message obviously resonated with a lot of people.”

“Thank you,” Paul said.

Before the love-fest could go any further, Foreigh Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman intervened. “You’re going to encourage him!” the California Democrat playfully warned.
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When the average american saw that compliment, do you suppose they thought to themselves, "What is she talking about, I never saw any Ron Paul supporters on CNN or Fox?"


FF
 
RonPaulwillWin said:
Nice, but what did "Ron Paul people are all over the country" get us?
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Obviously, it didn't get Ron Paul a win. But you have to admit, Ron Paul, his ideas, and now H.R. Bills, are getting much more exposure than he would have ever gotten, had it not been for his supporters. The strong support gave him credibility in the eyes of his peers, and in the media. If things go well, his new-found credibility will translate into an even larger movement, and positive things to come.


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Hillery's Answer was bad linking.

If you had a drug store you wouldn't place your lunch plate ad next right next to your diarrhea medication ad - now would you?

The Hillery love fest is not a good thing. IMO

TMIKE
 
For the record, I've always kind of liked Hillary Clinton and if you really scour my past posts, I'm sure you'll find me saying that elsewhere. So what I have to say following isn't me being just a fawning Paultard who's glad she complimented him.

I think the whole exchange was great. Paul rambled a little, but Hillary gave, I think, a decent answer. I think some of the Guantanamo stuff was show (they closed Guantanamo, yeah, but now they're expanding prisons in Afghanistan enormously); I cringed when she complained about some kind of budget cut. But her explanation of changing the tenor from "We hate everyone and talk to no one" into something more genuinely diplomatic seemed sincere. She raised good points about how there are more musicians in military bands than diplomats, which I'm sure Paul would find as discomforting as she does.

And even though I think this administration has actually proved to be bad at a number of diplomatic issues (bowing before a Saudi king, anyone?), Hillary did a bang-up job of illustrating diplomacy in action. She, by a mere compliment, has managed to generate 9 pages of more-or-less positive comments from people who spent an entire primary hating her guts. If we (America) could engage in that sort of tactical diplomacy with our enemies, we'd actually have a much better standing in the world I think.
 
I don't think she was tryin to butter him up or anything. she really seemed genuine
 
thasre said:
For the record, I've always kind of liked Hillary Clinton and if you really scour my past posts, I'm sure you'll find me saying that elsewhere. So what I have to say following isn't me being just a fawning Paultard who's glad she complimented him.

I think the whole exchange was great. Paul rambled a little, but Hillary gave, I think, a decent answer. I think some of the Guantanamo stuff was show (they closed Guantanamo, yeah, but now they're expanding prisons in Afghanistan enormously); I cringed when she complained about some kind of budget cut. But her explanation of changing the tenor from "We hate everyone and talk to no one" into something more genuinely diplomatic seemed sincere. She raised good points about how there are more musicians in military bands than diplomats, which I'm sure Paul would find as discomforting as she does.

And even though I think this administration has actually proved to be bad at a number of diplomatic issues (bowing before a Saudi king, anyone?), Hillary did a bang-up job of illustrating diplomacy in action. She, by a mere compliment, has managed to generate 9 pages of more-or-less positive comments from people who spent an entire primary hating her guts. If we (America) could engage in that sort of tactical diplomacy with our enemies, we'd actually have a much better standing in the world I think.
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This. Except the liking Hillary part :)
 
I disagree with most of you. I have no trouble believing this moment was genuine, but notice what impressed Hillary - how enthusiastic RP's supporters were and how the message resonated with so many people. This kind of thing has happened before - politicians have been impressed with RP for a while now. This has to do with political skill. Of course with RP it's about more than that. It's about liberty. But your average politician doesn't get that or doesn't care. To them it's about political skill. That's what impresses them.
 
Now who ran down the street with Ron Paul signs after Hillary Clinton? I always thought Giuliani was our overwhelming main target during the primary campaign.
 
Listen to me folks, I live in Arkansas. I know what I am talking about on this. There is not one genuine bone in that woman’s body. Here every move is to gain more power that is all that she knows....! Anyway, I would rather have seen her be taken to task here.

Obviously there are some here that were flattered by her comments, we were the supporters that she was talking about after all but I see through her imitation smile...
 
Does the name Peter Paul ring any bells?

This woman and her husband are corrupt. Leave it at that. If people are so desperate to get praise from her, then this isn't a revolutionary movement at all.
 
I think the truth is that this was part real, part strategy. Of course, any professional pol like Hillary who spent so much time on the trail last year would be impressed with Dr Paul's support. But I'm also sticking to my theory that the Dems have hatched a plan to separate fiscal conservatives from the neocons and big federal religion pushers.
 
I haven't seen any evidence military resources are being diverted to diplomatic means. As for her statement about that and praising Paul's supporters.....when your a fake a fraud and a phony like Hil, its difficult to measure sincerity.
 
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thasre said:
I think the whole exchange was great. Paul rambled a little, but Hillary gave, I think, a decent answer. I think some of the Guantanamo stuff was show (they closed Guantanamo, yeah, but now they're expanding prisons in Afghanistan enormously); I cringed when she complained about some kind of budget cut. But her explanation of changing the tenor from "We hate everyone and talk to no one" into something more genuinely diplomatic seemed sincere. She raised good points about how there are more musicians in military bands than diplomats, which I'm sure Paul would find as discomforting as she does.

And even though I think this administration has actually proved to be bad at a number of diplomatic issues (bowing before a Saudi king, anyone?), Hillary did a bang-up job of illustrating diplomacy in action. She, by a mere compliment, has managed to generate 9 pages of more-or-less positive comments from people who spent an entire primary hating her guts. If we (America) could engage in that sort of tactical diplomacy with our enemies, we'd actually have a much better standing in the world I think.
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This is what I love about the forum. People posting up once in a blue moon to drop a gem. Thanks!


Spike said:
Does the name Peter Paul ring any bells?

This woman and her husband are corrupt. Leave it at that. If people are so desperate to get praise from her, then this isn't a revolutionary movement at all.
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IMO, our fight is on many levels with a great deal of dynamics. All positive steps are just that. But sure, feel-good talk won't remove chains of slavery either.


reduen said:
Anyway, I would rather have seen her be taken to task here.
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I think it's better this come in time. Most people can't expect dramatic shifts in such a short time frame so if Dr. Paul did press too hard he could end up looking bad for expecting too much. What Dr. Paul did however was brilliant in that he fired a warning shot, let them know his is going to be on their tale and later THAT is when he will take them to task. Patients. :)

Just my $0.02- again. :)
 
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