2008 Denounce or Reject? Pt. 2
posted by on March 12 at 14:51 PM
Now, this is funny.
Listen to Wolfson on Clinton and Ferraro:
Howard Wolfson, Mrs. Clinton’s spokesman, replied that the campaign was “completely unaware” of Mrs. Ferraro’s remarks before she made them. “We did not in any way encourage them,” he said. He noted that when Mrs. Clinton responded to a question about the comments, she “made clear she disagreed with them and she rejected them.”
But didn’t Clinton make a big deal out of the meaning of the word “reject” when Obama simply “denounced” Louis Farrakhan.
“Reject,” as a NYT op/ed which defended Clinton’s position on the squabble, means to throw back, return. So, in practical political terms, it means to fire.
But Clinton did not fire Ferraro or ask her to step down:
She told CNN she had not been asked by the campaign to step aside but decided on her own it was the best move.On a conference call this afternoon with Clinton officials, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News asked why Mrs. Clinton had not been more emphatic in objecting to Ms. Ferraro’s comments. She also asked if there hadn’t been a pattern by the Clinton campaign of exploiting such remarks after they had been made.
Howard Wolfson, Mrs. Clinton’s spokesman, replied that the campaign was “completely unaware” of Mrs. Ferraro’s remarks before she made them. “We did not in any way encourage them,” he said. He noted that when Mrs. Clinton responded to a question about the comments, she “made clear she disagreed with them and she rejected them.”
I think it is shameful that Senator Clinton did not both denounce and reject the support of Ms Ferraro.
But she'll still make a great US Supreme Court Justice.
*masturbatory hand gesture*
As we all know, rejections don't count without denouncements. Can't have it both ways, madam. What was that about the lack of available free rides?
"Denounce" vs "reject" is an silly semantic point to bring up in a debate, but, since she did, I'm going to point out that denounce is actually the stronger verb. "Denounce" is to express strong disapproval, where "reject" is just to refuse to recognize.
Dumbass Dems are still fighting. Keep it up!
Just use "piss on" instead.
So will Geraldine be hosting an old-timey Pennsyltucky cross burning just in time for the primary?
Free hooded robes for all!
Its so disconcerning to see two women I used to view as amazing role models crumble before my very eyes. I know they are only human, but to see the negativity, race-baiting, and attempting to change the rules coming from these two really does sadden me.
Are there any remaining prominent 1970s/80s feminists with embarrassingly outdated racial sentiments that they'd like to get out of their system? Because the Clinton campaign could end any day now, and your window of opportunity is disappearing.
HRC and her campaign's insidious machinations have managed to drain all of the hope and excitement out of this election.
what an absolute embarassment for the democratic party. when the dust finally settles, i wonder how many clinton supporters will have sacrificed their integrity in an attempt to salvage hillary's candidacy. bill is pretty much damaged goods. now ferraro. any others i'm forgetting?
there's nothing funny about it. it's really, really sad.
@8 - i know, it is kind of sad, actually.
I came up with a crackpot theory the other day that the Clintons are secret republican agents out to destroy the dems. I mean there was his presidency with NAFTA and DOMA and no mpg standards. Then there was the day Gore gave up his supreme court fight after a conversation with Bill. And now this spiral of a campaign trying to discredit Obama and divide the democratic party. But then I saw the conservative hate reel for McCain on Colbert. Now I don't know who is the secret agent for the other party.
@2 - This is officially the most honest and accurate Slog comment ever. Kudos, sir.
Why does the fact that he bothered to say the campaign was:
“completely unaware” of Mrs. Ferraro’s remarks before she made them. “We did not in any way encourage them,”
makes me absolutely 100% sure that this was a deliberate Clinton campaign ploy?
mr me, watch the frontline linked to in my name.
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