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Hillary Clinton: "we're gonna win by getting everybody scared again"

Ha, I "misspoke" a little there. She said that when quoting Karl Rove in 2006, rebuking the Republicans for their use of the "fear card," specifically referencing advertising. Interesting how things turn around in a few short months.

We are all familiar with Bill Clinton's statement about hope versus fear, but I wanted to see if I could get it from the horse's mouth.

Anyone feel like digging up more?

10/23/2004:

Sen. Hillary Clinton raised the specter of the Florida 2000 race and
blasted President Bush for running a campaign of "fear" as she tried to
boost turnout among female and black voters in South Florida yesterday.


2/9/2006:


Ignoring GOP criticism that she's too angry for prime time, Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday walloped Karl Rove and President
George W. Bush for "playing the fear card" on terrorism and for failing
to kill "the tallest man in Afghanistan," Osama bin Laden.


"Two weeks ago, [White House political director] Karl Rove ... was
telling the National Republican Committee 'Here's your game plan,
folks, here's how you're gonna win - we're gonna win by getting
everybody scared again,'" Clinton said. "This crowd [says] 'All we've
got is fear and we are going to keep playing the fear card.'"



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Did you see her on Countdown? My impression of what she said is that it was fair game to use fear because the president has to be ready for anything. So, basically it's okay to campaign like a republican and use the fear card.

She knows exactly what she's doing and it's goddamned deplorable.

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HILLARY TURDBLOSSOM CLINTON HAS CROSSED
THE FEAR MONGER IN CHIEF THRESHOLD!!!

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