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To: pompsander who wrote (18797)	3/28/2008 1:47:23 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: "...Mrs. Clinton's disapproval numbers." Have been consistently high for years now. (That the one thing that puzzles me the most: did the Clinton campaign really expect that they could sufficiently obfuscate these facts long enough to win a nomination? Did they really imagine that a claim of 'most electable' would fly for long?) It boggles the imagination.... Re: "in language that they no doubt thought subtle but that reflected a kind of incompetent menace....' Ya gotta realize --- those folks who wrote the letter are deeply vested in a Hillary win... they plan on cashing in. (Most of them have been documented as already having spent many nights in the Clinton era Lincoln Bedroom.) They want their investments to pay-off. :-) Re: "She helped Ireland achieve peace. She tried to stop Nafta. She's been a leader for 35 years. She landed in Bosnia under siege and bravely dodged bullets. It was as if she'd watched the movie "Wag the Dog," with its fake footage of a terrified refugee woman running frantically from mortar fire, and found it not a cautionary tale about manipulation and politics, but an inspiration." What struck me as the best commentary on the Bosnia story came from a poster called GI Joe who wrote in to a news blog: "Actually Mrs. Clinton was too modest. I was there and saw it all. When Mrs. Clinton got off the plane the tarmac came under mortar and machine gun fire. I was blown off my tank and exposed to enemy fire. Mrs. Clinton without regard to her own safety dragged me to safety, jumped on the tank and opened fire, killing 50 of the enemy." Soon a suicide bomber appeared, but Mrs. Clinton stopped the guards from opening fire. "She talked to the man in his own language and got him [to] surrender. She found that he had suffered terribly as a result of policies of George Bush. She defused the bomb vest herself." Then she turned to his wounds. "She stopped my bleeding and saved my life. Chelsea donated the blood." Made me laugh. It was like the voice of the people answering back. This guy knows that what Mrs. Clinton said is sort of crazy. He seems to know her reputation for untruths. He seemed to be saying, "I get it." For once, I'm near speechless! <GGG>