In Iowa, Clinton reprises her New York campaigning
For a New York political reporter, it was like deja vu all over again, seeing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton work her way through the crowd at a state fair and sample some of the countless artery-clogging goodies.
Only this time, the state fair was in Des Moines, Iowa, rather than Syracuse.
I joined Clinton (see today's front page story) on her two-day midweek swing through Iowa, which will hold caucuses next Jan. 14 to select the first delegates to the 2008 Democratic convention. Then I joined her chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, for two Iowa campaign events on Thursday.
And a visit to a state fair was by no means the only parallel I found between Clinton's two U.S. Senate campaigns in New York state and her current front-running presidential bid.
For example, when Clinton met with labor leaders in Iowa on Wednesday, she said this:
"We need a source of new jobs. That's why I'm so strongly in favor of investing in new alternative energy and dealing with global warming because I think we can create five million new green-collar jobs."
Sound familiar?
--Jerry Zremski
LMAO! Yeah Hillary, tighter environmental regulations always increase available jobs--for people working in soup kitchens and welfare offices.
Most union members nowadays are government employee/parasites. They don't care about the real workers whose jobs Hillary and her hubby have been exporting for the past 15 years. So, they probably applauded her.
The government-parasite dominated labor movement of today cares only about one thing: Baby Murder. That's why the NY AFL-CIO forced John Lafalce (with his 100% labor voting record) to abdicate his House seat to Louise Slaughter (with her 60% labor record). "It's about the baby-murder, stupid."
SHAME!
Posted by: MaoSayTongue | August 18, 2007 at 10:47 PM
New York you deserve this Senator. Barely completing her terms as Senator of NY. She is not even from New York and she votes like it. Your Senator from Arkansas or Carolina or I sorry, New York. Wow you were victims of a "Carpet Bagger". Don't you feel abused and used to serve a personal desire of this talented artist?
Posted by: Dennis | August 19, 2007 at 02:08 PM
Wow! Talking about crating new jobs. What an engeneous idea. Does any body in western NY remember that same rally cry when she was running for senator. I believe she said she was going to create 200,000 new jobs in western NY. I can't believe people buy into her crap! She is the perfect politian, BS artist, fraud, lier!! Face it Western NY, she used you, democrate or republican it doen't matter, she has done nothing good for your area.
Posted by: michael | August 19, 2007 at 07:33 PM
It's sad that so many American sheeple* actually believe that government creates jobs (other than creating jobs within the federal government). That carpetbagger Hillary has not personally created a single job in New York State's private sector: what makes people think she's going to do it anywhere else in the country?
The only way to create jobs is to get the government out of the way. One of the major obstacles, of course, is the labor unions that are pricing American labor out of the global labor market.
There hasn't been an economic recovery in Western New York in my lifetime: what makes the sheeple think any of the current crop of politicians will do what politicians before have not been able to do?
* people who blindly put their trust in the lies Democrats and Republicans tell them and/or that the media tells them in their slanted coverage.
Posted by: Chancellor Carlyle Roberts, II | August 20, 2007 at 02:20 PM
Clinton's maintained Buffalo Regional area of 200,000 lost jobs, failed economic losses and 20,000 homes that remain vacant in real estate.
I agree with comment listed above mine.
Hello......Western NY.....Clinton used you and abused you.
Jim Kelly - Conservative Campaigns
Posted by: Jim Kelly - Conservative Campaigns | August 20, 2007 at 03:29 PM
This is so bias ask the thousands that say we are doing the right thing. You wonder why the American people have such a low opinoin of jurnolist? Check the stats I am right here.\You people do not report the news anymore you push your own agenda and it makes me sick.
Posted by: Steve K | August 23, 2007 at 11:59 AM
I want to know why she is not in Washington DC doing the job she is getting paid for. There are a lot of candidates out there roaming around and I want to know....Who is minding the store!!!???
There should be a limit to the amount of time and money (especially time) a candidate can pour into a campaign. Lets get real!!!
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 02:08 PM