Hillary Rips On Gandhi, The Press Is Silent

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Posted by imokruok on Jan-08-2004 07:30:

Hillary Rips On Gandhi, The Press Is Silent

No surprise.

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New York Post
Andrea Peyser

January 8, 2004 -- BEFORE a roomful of fans and fat-wallet Democrats, a presumably sober Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton last weekend performed an act more tasteless, offensive - and potentially hurtful - than anything Britney Spears could conjure up. And, holy double-standard, lefties, the Hillary Show has provoked an astonishing reaction from politicians and liberal activists, as well as the national media:

Almost total silence.

Here's what happened Saturday in St. Louis, as Clinton spoke at a fund-raiser for Senate candidate Nancy Farmer:

Clinton began her spiel by introducing a quote from legendary Indian peace activist Mahatma Gandhi.

Then, as if to explain who Gandhi was, she quickly veered into a pitiful Borscht-Belt imitation:

"He ran a gas station down in St. Louis."

It took two days before Hillary apologized. Sort of. And that, only after the head of the Gandhi Institute of Nonviolence, an organization founded by Gandhi's grandson, blasted her words as an ethnic "stereotype" that "could be incredibly harmful."

"It was a lame attempt at humor," said Hillary, "and I am very sorry that it might be interpreted in a way that causes stress to anyone."

Imagine the blistering outrage that would fly from Washington to Hollywood if a Republican senator "joked" about Martin Luther King bagging groceries at Pathmark - then said, "Sorry, guys, if you interpreted my words badly."

Hillary, normally as controlled and calculating a customer as they come, has, unintentionally, revealed the phony character rotting inside.

She'd wield the name of an icon for her own benefit. Just don't expect her to issue him an invitation to her dinner table.

But this is Hillary, after all.

As always, she gets a pass.

BTW, here is the audio, in case anyone doesn't believe she would say such a thing: click

Posted by DaveSZ on Jan-08-2004 07:48:

Re: Hillary Rips On Gandhi, The Press Is Silent

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Originally posted by imokruok
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Haha, Rush chiding another about racial epithets? You gotta love the hypocrisy!

Posted by PhloTron on Jan-08-2004 07:48:

Thank you for making my day. ROFL

Posted by occrider on Jan-08-2004 08:14:

Re: Hillary Rips On Gandhi, The Press Is Silent

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Originally posted by imokruok
No surprise.

BTW, here is the audio, in case anyone doesn't believe she would say such a thing: click

Actually it's been on cnn for a while

http://us.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...n.ap/index.html

Posted by MisterOpus1 on Jan-08-2004 15:48:

Hillary's a turd.

(Pretty thought provoking, huh?)

Posted by imokruok on Jan-08-2004 16:01:

Re: Re: Hillary Rips On Gandhi, The Press Is Silent

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Originally posted by DaveSaenz
Haha, Rush chiding another about racial epithets? You gotta love the hypocrisy!

What's sad is that's where I had to go to find the audio. The Trent Lott and Rush stuff was all over the mainstream news sites. This wasn't.

Posted by smokeape on Jan-09-2004 03:11:

Allrighty then, time for Hillary bashing...

{{{smoke}}}

Posted by Dopey on Jan-11-2004 05:51:

obviously she wasnt serious. who the fuk cares?

Posted by Cyrus King on Jan-12-2004 08:12:

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Originally posted by Dopey
obviously she wasnt serious. who the fuk cares?

We know she isnt serious you dope...

She should just watch her mouth, espescially when making racist humour.

Posted by Dopey on Jan-12-2004 21:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Cyrus King
We know she isnt serious you dope...

She should just watch her mouth, espescially when making racist humour.

anyone who takes that as racist humour is really touchy. maybe you should go get some orchestra seats for the ballet sweetheart. oh yea, and another thing...

i had sex with your wife!!

Posted by failsafe on Jan-13-2004 02:07:

That is racist humour. That's like saying collin powell was out picking cotton before he came into politics. It shouldn't be implied.

Posted by jonSun on Jan-14-2004 02:32:

Plain & simple-- Hillary is a ****.

Posted by Dopey on Jan-14-2004 05:09:

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Originally posted by failsafe
That's like saying collin powell was out picking cotton before he came into politics.

thats not like saying that at all. there are a shitload of indian ppl running gas stations. how many slaves do you see picking cotton??

theres nothing tragic about running a quick e mart. why dont u just say simpsons is racist. u people are so touchy.

Posted by Cyrus King on Jan-14-2004 05:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Dopey
thats not like saying that at all. there are a shitload of indian ppl running gas stations. how many slaves do you see picking cotton??

theres nothing tragic about running a quick e mart. why dont u just say simpsons is racist. u people are so touchy.

Theres a shitload of Mexicans in the US doing shitty work,is it Ok to make fun of their situation and laugh at that?

For fucks sake, grow up

Posted by Dopey on Jan-14-2004 05:24:

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Originally posted by Cyrus King
Theres a shitload of Mexicans in the US doing shitty work,is it Ok to make fun of their situation and laugh at that?

im not sure owning a gas station can be put in the same league as manual labour for no or little pay.

Posted by Dopey on Jan-14-2004 05:33:

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Originally posted by Dopey
im not sure owning a gas station can be put in the same league as manual labour for no or little pay.

well there's your problem then.

Posted by failsafe on Jan-14-2004 07:04:

it's the stereotype that is the problem. There are MORE people from pakistan/india/etc that DON'T run convience stores. They make a postive contribution to society and then are lumped up as a race of convience store owners. By a daft **** like hillary clinton none the less.

Posted by Synchronized on Jan-16-2004 11:43:

tsk tsk tsk... arrogance

so fuckin sick of people assuming Indians are taxi drivers or gas station employees... majority of Indians who move to USA or any other western countires end up being doctors or scientists

Posted by imokruok on Jan-18-2004 05:26:

It seems the Gandhi joke made late-night TV. Watch Gandhi rip on Hillary and Bill on Conan O'Brien:

http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/pla...nan_ep1842.html

Posted by failsafe on Jan-18-2004 08:06:

hard-nrg: indeed. Ignorance is bliss i suppose.