Hillary Clinton likens White House to prison

Not that it's going to diminish her ambition to live there again, but Hillary Clinton says she views the White House as something of a prison.

She also thinks that when she gets there, she'll have to have some kind of national contest to decide what to call her husband because First Lady wouldn't be appropriate.

This and other minutiae Clinton shared with Tyra Banks during a Monday taping of her syndicated TV show that will be broadcast nationally Friday.

"Do you ever get lonely?" Banks asked the New York senator. "Do you ever sit in your room by yourself sometimes and just feel alone?"....

"I don't feel lonely," Clinton said. "But I do feel sometimes isolated. Because when you are in these positions that I have been in, it can be very isolating. It is one of the reasons I put on the dark glasses and the baseball cap and go out of the White House. President Harry Truman once said that the White House was like the crown jewel of the American penal system because you can feel confined."

"And kind of jails," Banks added.

"Yeah," Clinton replied. "Because you feel so set off and really isolated."

Banks also wanted to know what Clinton's husband would be called if she won. "He will always be Mr. President," Clinton said. "But now we need to do a nationwide contest for a name."

"Like a reality show," Banks suggested.

"Like a reality show," Clinton agreed. "This is good, because think about it; here are some of the things that have been suggested like First Mate. His Scottish friends say 'First Laddie,' but we need ideas.  I'll just keep calling him Bill."

Banks didn't get around to asking policy questions, but she was curious about something that so many of us have also long wondered about -- which reality show Clinton might like to be on someday -- "Dancing with the Stars," "American Idol" or "America's Next Top Model."

"In my dreams," Clinton said, "I would be on 'America's Next Top Model,' but in reality I would have to chose my limited talents and of them, dancing is better than singing. You do not want me to sing."

"What type of dancing do you do?  Do you do hip-hop?  Can you do the Soulja Boy or the Spongebob dance?"

"I have heard of those," Clinton said. "I think that is a variation of what I did like 30, 40 years ago."

"My mother says the same thing."

Finally, Clinton announced her decision: "I think it would have to be 'Dancing with the Stars,' " she said, "especially if I could have one of those really good partners."

-- Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[Mark]

Prison (a real one) is exactly where she belongs.

[WhoCares]

Reviewed comments are a waste of time - it allows your feminist staff to censor! Which is the new American way.

(Not censoring this, but there are some words some commenters are calling Bill Clinton that do not meet our standards of civil discourse. But it's a free country. You can guess.)

[John Fairplay]

I'm pretty sure that 95 percent of the responses to the "What to call Bill Clinton" contest would be unprintable on a family website.

(Now, how in the world would you know that? To be honest, the percentage is not that high, but there have been some. You're right.)

[kitty]

Who does Hillary think she's kidding? She drools over The White House.......with Bill pushing her ratings, she'll do or say anything to return. So will he, lots more interns there.

[Greg Neubeck]

Hillary's exit strategy:

Having meticulously planned their coveted return to the White House for several years now, the Clintons will certainly not exit the scene with grace or dignity. This is the political duo that honed "The Politics Of Personal Destruction" into an artform; and, most certainly will not tolerate, who is in their mind, the "upstart Obama" to derail Hillary's pre-choreographed coronation.
With regards Slick's comments on Obama's Iraq record; and, the draft dodger's false accusation of flip flopping on the Iraq issue against Obama: It was actually Hillary who was the serial flip-flopper on this issue. Obama to his credit, as a matter of conscience, refused to deny American troops the funding for the bullets and equipment that they required to survive in ongoing combat. Hillary, on the other hand, with no such compelling principles, was one of only two U.S. Senators who voted to deny funding for essential equipments for our troops who they had "previously" voted to commit to lethal combat. A despicable breach of trust with the young men and women laying their lives on the line in defense of our Nation. Obama made the classical rookie error of not responding to Slick's false accusation, which he could have easily turned to Hillary's well deserved detriment
Barrack and his supporters best be prepared for the "Political Lynching" that will rival anything previously witnessed in Presidential politics.
Slick and Hilla-the-Hun have repeatedly demonstrated a vicious mud-slinger demeanor that is unprecedented whenever their political dynasty has been threatened in the past. Just ask anyone of their innumerable victims.

Greg Neubeck

[Jim]

Ha! I always wanted to see the Clintons go to prison, but not like this!

[JOSE]

first lady will be fine ,because she is the one that wears the pants in the family.

[Artie Curtis]

Then why is she working so hard and spending so much money to get back there?

[Jeff]

I think I'm going to be sick.

[BlueMax372]

Both Clintons BELONG in prison.

[Michael Lawrence]

Hillary talking about the White House being a prison - Fruedian slip perhaps???

[R COllins]

And when President Clinton was in office it was like a brothel

[jackieaxe]

"Banks didn't get around to asking policy questions, ..." this says it all. See I'. H*llary Clinton and I'm talking to a black person. See. See. Don't ask me any political questions, I'm only running for president. It's insulting to listen to not just her but the other candidates who speak for 30 minutes but say nothing. Standing for Change, or readyt for change are not policy positions.

[Martinn]

Now THIS is really a hard hitting interview.

[Joe Salad]

She belongs in a prison, a goulag..whatever..along with her slab of a so called husband.

[Barry Schumann]

I have a good name for Bill if HRC is elected...how about "First Liar"?

[michael loehrer]

Hill escaped the White House wearing a ballcap and sunglasses? I think she just finished watching the movie, "Dave". Would this be another Edmund Hillary moment?

[Joe]

Actually, prison would be more appropriate for the Clintons. But should BJ Clinton get back into the WH, perhaps the title "Perjurer in Chief" would tell it best.

[CAnservative]

It's tough when you cannot identify with your constituents. Does she cry during this quite moments alone?

Do we have to do this Clinton thing all over again? The deceptions and the calculations? Please Obama, save us from this prison that HRC will have us committed!

[TANKFIXER]

She views the Whitehouse as a prison ?
And she wants to go back ?
Isn't that a sign of mental instability ?

[jimbo56]

"It is one of the reasons I put on the dark glasses and the baseball cap and go out of the White House."

Is she currently occupying the White House? It sounds that way.

[choren2u]

There's only one fitting name for Bill Clinton if Hillary wins...First Pimp

[AnyoneButtClintoon]

Why in the world would we elect her if she thinks the Clinton Whore house was a prison? She belongs in prison for so many things including treason, so lets put her in a real hardcore prison for life! Clinton CRIMINAL INC should consided a political MAFIA and needs to be destroyed! I vote for Hillary to be in JAIL not the Whitehouse!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Douglas C]

I doubt that Hillary will ever make it to a real prison, but she is soon going to be under oath BEFORE THE ELECTION in the Los Angeles civil case, Paul v Clinton. A status conference is set for Feb. 21, a trial date will be set, and discovery can begin. To our friends at the Los Angeles Times, once again I invite you to the courtroom to cover this. Please send a real investigative reporter who will report what the FEC did. In Dec 2005, Hillary's treasurer signed a conciliation agreement. The campaign had filed three false reports, hid over $720,000, and paid a fine. They didn't learn their lesson. Hillary has her treasurer file a fourth false report in Jan. 2006. In May 2007, video evidence surfaced that had been withheld by the office of a US Attorney while a criminal trial was held of Hillary's campaign finance chairman and official investigations proceeded. Hillary has compromised all three branches of the government in the coverup of the greatest campaign finance fraud ever.

On video with Hillary's audio at the other end of a conference call, Hillary admits to being fully briefed by Kelly Craighead about the Hollywood Gala. She offers her help and says that Kelly will convey what she needs. She admitis to soliciting Cher's performance. On tape, she is caught participating in the illegal solicitation of a hard money, in-kind contribution of over a million dollars. The FEC never considered that video evidence or called key witnesses. During the Rosen trial, the video evidence was not available, and they did not call key witnesses. The discovery in the civil case is going to finally reveal to the voters this massive campaign finance fraud directed by Hillary. Go google "Hillary Uncensored."

Come on, LA TIMES, I have vetted the documents for over 2 1/2 years, read thousands of pages, and attended court hearings. It is time to tell the real story. We do it on film in HILLARY! UNCENSORED: Banned by the Media.

[Robin B]

Too bad Tyra didn't ask better questions:

1) What would you do to gain government control over the U.S. border and stop illegal immigration?

2) Why do you think Socialist and Communist groups oppose Republican and Conservative ideals, just like the Democrats do?

3) If President, what would you do to stop your husband from cheating on you.

4) What is your opinion of your friend Andrew Young saying your husband has probably had sex with more black women than has Barack Obama?

5) When your time in the White House ends, will you be following your husband's example of offering pardons for cash?

[Dan Collins]

The cankles! The cankles!

[Robert Davidson]

How many people get to collect $400,000+ every year from the suckers (excuse me, "taxpayers") and travel anywhere they want while they are in prison?

"Poor me, I'll be just like a prisoner in the White House." What a complete load of horse manure, and it shows just how much contempt Hillary has for the intelligence of most Americans. God help us all if she is right.

[Michelle]

i love hillary clinton but im scared for her because there could be some bad people who dont want hillary to be president because they are sexists or maybe just because they dont like what she has to say but i really would like her to become the first female president

[Jim]

WOW more riveting questions by another talentless hack. So lets see hillary has been asked, "do you feel isolated? "do you preferDiamonds or Pearls" "do you like Bill in boxers or briefs" Can these idiots ask a serious question. Like lets say "Senator Clinton you have proposed a health care package that would give everyone socialized medicine, how will you pay for that?" and when you have taxed the "wealthy" out of all their money, what group gets taxed next?

[Jenny Bea]

Ironic she calls it that when so many people think it's exactly where they should go- bringing Sandy Berger with them.

[Charles Storey]

It may usefull for Hillary to know the feel of what prison might be like as she may end up there.

[clyde]

hillary clinton . . . YUCK! i'm sick of her and her cackle already.

we do not need bush - clinton - clinton - bush - bush - clinton!

[Charmaine]

How about First Giggolo?

[Kay Cowan]

How about calling Bill Clinton First Ladies Man?

[Carroll]

Gag me. or her. make her go away.

[Monica Lewinsky]

Wow - Tyra is really stupid.

[Keith]

"Impeached" comes to mind. And yes he was impeached -The senate just could not nut up and convict. Lying to a Grand Jury is a crime and even a president is not immune from that law.

[Larry]

Hillary thinks the White House is a prison, but her husband thinks it's a bordello.

[Confuzled]

Why is a political candidate (of any stripe) appearing on the Tyra Banks show??? Not to bash Ms. Banks or anything, but what's next - the View?

As for the contest: Trust me - there aren't many expressions we can submit to Hillary that she hasn't already called Bill.

(P.S. Hillary Clinton has already been on the view too.)

[David Eckard]

There isn't enough money in the world to get me to live within the confines of the Presidential "bubble" - constant attention, media scrutiny, special security, etc. I commend Sen. Clinton for her many years of service to this nation and her continued enthusiasm and efforts to make this a better country for all of us. She is truly our best hope to return America to its proper place in the global community. When she assumes power in January 2009, she will do everything possible to erase the last seven years of war, fear, corruption, and scandal. Thank you, Sen. Clinton, for all that you do.

[The 7-10: Anthony Palmer]

What a failure of journalism.

Of all the more substantial things to address regarding the presidential race, our state of political discourse has been reduced to asking our leading candidates which reality show they'd like to appear on.

Voters often complain that they don't know very much about their candidates. Nonstories like this are a perfect example of why.

What ever happened to media responsibility?

(So I gather you're not a regular viewer of The Tyra Banks Show?)

[JW]

It's all a huge, right wing conspiracy..........and remember The First Liar on national television, wagging his finger at the camera, saying "I did NOT have sex with THAT WOMAN!".

Do we really need these people back in the White House?
How about, Anybody but Hillary?

[Lance Morrison]

***Tears in Heaven?***
Liberals have had it their way for years--trying to define race as a conservative shorfalling in America. All of the rented 'First Black President' allusions were illusions--Bill paid the 'rainbow' crowd off with our money. Now they get to see how the Clintons really regard race--as a wedge issue. They are used to the wedge on their side, but in an instant they have turned it around.
Anyone with an open mind could see it for what it is:
**Hillary's comment about Ghandi as a gas station attendant.
**Her unbelieveable assertion that LBJ was responsible for the 1964 Civil Rights Act as opposed to the marchers and activists.
I could almost feel MLK's 'tears in Heaven'
**Think about her concession speech in Iowa, and her lilly white entourage--Bill, TerryMcAuliff, Albright and Wesley Clark--like a vanilla snow cone.
Conservatives believe in equality--equal right and equal worth. The divide that liberals have created is due to their black phobia--and they have insulated themselves FROM blacks with money that never changes a thing.
If Hillary was different than my analysis would suggest, we wouldn't be hearing that she is the single most qualified person in the country to be president.
**Does she believe there are no blacks more qualified then she?
**Does she maintain there are no Hispanics more qualified than she
**Women? Lesbians or gays? Asians? Handicapped?
She plays to these demographics, yet only if she is the deliverer of their mother's milk--public money.
I address Hillary in song with 'Hillaryous,' a song I wrote as part of 12 musical slaps to The Left. I'm just a cop, but I know bad mojo when I see it. I pray for the day when race gets out ahead of politics. Hear it @
www.conservativemusiconline.com

[stvnscott]

First Ladies' Man?
First Philanderer?

These names are a good start, no?

[Nichella, L.A.]

I hope Tyra was told she HAD to ask fluff questions in order to secure Hilary as a guest, because she is so much smarter than this interview.

A mix of fun and serious questions would've been much more appreciated by the audience.

I suspect though, that their "handlers" agreed on topics beforehand and that was that.

How are we ever to be an educated public across the board? Geez

[PO'ed Peacenik]

Well, if the White House is a prison, then let's get the bars up now and start it off by incarcerating Bush and Cheney first, kind of a war-crimes holding cell before they get sent to Gitmo.

[Macon Hardy]

Wow! I feel Hilary's Pain. I have an idea!!! Let's save her and Bill from such hell and make sure she doesn't get into the white house!

I am so surprised the media doesn't see through her fake, phoney, acts. I am a democrat and I'm voting for Obama. If he is not the nominee then I'm not going to vote. What's the use. It is time for my generation to be heard. Hillary does not represent my generation. She is old, worn out, and tiring. She would be no different than those old republicans running on the other side.

[Anisa Rhys-Jones]

She is clawing her way back on hands and knees, her and Bill. If she makes it, God forbid, I will stage a prison break myself and rescue her from her jail.

Obama is running against two people. I think that is just wrong. Can't she do it alone?

[Paula Jones]

Call Bill the First Felon

[Frank]

A prison, Barack Obama will fit right in

[Patrick Curry]

It may be somewhat premature for Mrs. Clinton to speculate what life will be like for her "when" she becomes president, don't you think?

[jbelbute]

I've got an idea, lets just let her go to prison so we can get someone electable the nomination

[Patrick Curry]

I have no objection to a woman President of the United States. I merely object to Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman president. She is uniquely unqualified for the job. She has no scuples, ethics or morals. She has no respect for our military. Her husband is an unconvicted felon and a proven sex pervert. President Hillary Clinton would be an unmitigated disaster for our country.

[w]

Bwaahahaha!

What to call Bill...........

you KNOW tht he is salivating at the thought of having access to a whole new round of interns. Thats why he's campaigning so hard. He wants to get his freak on again!

[Nathan]

"i love hillary clinton but im scared for her because there could be some bad people who dont want hillary to be president because they are sexists or maybe just because they dont like what she has to say but i really would like her to become the first female president"

Is your name monkeywrench? I ask because you are a tool.

Now your blindsexist love for Clinton aside, I'll say I don't like what she has to say, nor do I like what any radical socialist has to say. She will fail, not because she's a woman, but because she is downright INSANE.

Sooner or later, she will find herself in an interview with someone that still has their spine. They will ask the tough questions that she doesn't want to answer, and her deer-in-headlights reaction will make the illegal driver's license screwup pale iin comparison.

But go back into your bubble, keep shining up that sexism card so you can play it if/when she fails, afterall, there's no possible reason she could fail other than the fact she's a woman...

[ruth]

wow! reading some of these posts really makes me sick. the ad hominem attacks on both the Clintons are unnecessary and small-minded.

there are several excellent reasons for not voting for Hillary, but her ankles are not even in the top 100, ok?

it still amazes me that after seeing the true and lasting harm the Bush policies have done to this country, some people can still hate the Clintons for--uh, what was it again? him having affairs and her putting up with it?

we're pretty much all from dysfunctional families, people. maybe it's time to look at what the candidates STAND FOR instead? just a thought.

[melanie]

Seriously, if he gets to be called Mr. President for the rest of his life and she gets to be Mrs. President, wouldn't they have to be called Mr. and Mrs, President, like, forever?

[Fred Livingston]

Many firsts come to mind:
First Moron
First Crook
First Impeached
First Fool
...................

[Dianne]

Don't worry about naming Bill. He won't be first laddie.

[nate]

Clintons are scum, no two ways around it, if people vote for her, they deserve what they get. lying scum that will say and do anything to get more power. This country does not need this dysfuntional family taking our hard earned dollars to give to other dysfuntional familes. I'll take any republican candidate over her or obama osoma anyday.

[Robert]

How about Mr. Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court? Because if Hillary gets elected, you can bet she will nominate him first.

[lori]

I'm so tired of all the anti-Hillary comments. It doesn't matter what she says or does or doesn't do. Someone feels the need to jump on her for it. I truly believe that the primary reason she gets criticized so often is because she is a strong, outspoken, assertive woman.

Any time that a woman has tried to break down barriers and be the first at something, she has been criticized. Hilllary Clinton is making history. Deal with it.

[Rob]

Poor Hillary. She's willing to go to jail to save us from ourselves.

[Dan Reily]

If she would be a prisoner in the WHITE HOUSE Let drag the poor bird to ftly free.not at the bank of the Potomac! Let's see if she can swim or can fly. where she is for her full term. Doubt if Mrs.OLD ROCKS can fly !She may prove me wrong ! Im Sure she may want to go back to W.H.. haveing wished to return for something she forgot.. Maybe sheforgot a couple of lamps she forgot to take !(OR THROW !) Dosn't this Great Nation desevere better? Looking at our present country maybe we don't!? Old tired and desgusted.?Thank God my own time is short. My worry is for my fifteen grand children ! Nearly a hundred yrs as a citerzin of this Great Country makes me proud but extermly apprehensive for my large family I am about to leave behind ! W.J.R.

[Andy Axewell]

If, as Harry Truman suggested, the White House was the crown jewel of America's prison system then the current occupants are in the right place. G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney are responsible for an illegal and immoral war and the death of thousands of innocent human beings and should be in prison for crimes against humanity. As for Hilary, well I have no idea why anyone would want the job much less live a life under constant eye of the public is beyond me, but I think she has what it takes to bring this country back to greatness once again.

[whydidijustwastemytime]

I can't believe I wasted my valuable time reading this "humanizing" piece on Mrs. Clinton. I'm not convinced to vote for her based upon this look-at-my-feminine-side, pointless conversation.

[kww]

Well this is no different then when candidates have appeared on MTV...however I wonder if Bill was anywhere around...haha...Tyra would have been molested backstage if he had...Billy the man-ho would have at the very least had a feast with his eyes...

[Gloria]

It's disappointing that a candidate would stoop to appearing on fluff shows in her quest for voters. The interview offers no information of any use in determining her ability to run the country.

But in response to ruth: you don't delineate the policies that have caused "lasting harm." It has been documented that unemployment stayed lower during Bush's presidency than during Clinton's presidency. The stock market hit phenomenal highs. And productivity remained at high, stable levels. Only in the last month have any numbers gone down -- and they've gone down just a little. Everyone with some economic/financial education knows that those numbers will not go up indefinitely or even remain high indefinitely. The market runs in cycles. Eventually, it takes a downturn to correct for businesses or industries that are supported by too much debt, etc.

As for the war, well, it comes down to winning with honor and keeping our word or cutting off our allies and throwing them to the wolves. It will be a slaughter much like Cambodia. Interestingly, the generation responsible for that has never uttered one word of regret for all those innocent lives lost.

This election is about personal responsibility: finding and electing a candidate who will lead us back to being a people of honor and discipline and commitment to our foundational principles. I guess the question is whether we have more people who want that or more who are looking for a big government nanny to take care of us because we can't take care of ourselves any more.

[xiu]

Why would these people have HRC entertain such trivia questions and not ask her to answer some serious questions? Ask her about the upcoming trial in LA, for example. Precisely what are her plans on the important and key issues that she keeps harping on about that needs to change and her assertion she is going to change them? How is she going to implement her plans if she has any? As ignorant as she has shown in many instances, her outright lies and false claims (too many to name but widely known), I can't believe that there are people who still believe anything she says. The woman is indeed quite insane.

[Jack Hughes]

The White House a prison? Well, I guess if you count Bill's communal visits!

[Michael]

Maybe we should call Bill Clinton what he is: the last competent president we've had. But apparently most of the posters here believe that lying about sex is morally equivalent to lying to get us into a war that has killed and maimed thousands of Americans and tens of thousands of Iraquis and will end up costing our kids a trillion dollars.

[Debbie]

I think every American should do everything they can to make sure that Hillary Clinton does not have to go back to the White House, which she desrcibes as a prison. Let's send her and Bill to a real prison.

Oh and for Bill, I like the title, First Felon

[the only educated L.A. Times reader?]

To all of you mindless people commenting on the nature of questions asked....it was the Tyra Banks show....what on earth did you expect. If you would like some politically natured questions you should try tuning into the debates! Oh wait, if you actually had taken some time to do so, you wouldnt be here insulting the Clintons. Especially President Clinton, he did after all pull us back from an impossible recession that Bush Sr. dug us into.

We need another Clinton, a stronger, female, rational Clinton to pull us out of ANOTHER hole Bush Jr (yup you guessed it!) threw us into. Take an economics class or two!

I have nothing against Edwards or Obama, I just feel Hillary has much more experience and knowledge that both other candidates lack.

[Helen P. from Pennsylvania]

I am always amazed at how people could be so judgemental about someone they do not really know but can make accusations that frankly are disgusting.
How many of you know that Hillary after graduating from law school worked for childrens causes. She worked to protect abused and battered chidren, worked to insure that children with disabilities would be allowed in the public school system. They were not years ago. My daughter was one that benifitted from this last one and I will be forever grateful. As the governor's wife she worked on childrens health care and women's rights. In the senate she has worked with the republicans on committee and will do well to get things done when and if elected.
One question of all the these people who are so brutal in their remarks, are any of you making sure one of your parents have a home with you? Hillary's mom lives with her. How many of us do the same for our parents? And what about Bill? He is doing great work in getting people together for the common good of others that are less fortunate. It is called giving and he has gotten together many people who have given and continue to give but does he get any respect for this? No way! Insults, disgusting names, and rude comments. How many good works have ;you done lately?

[frank]

From reading all these great posts against Hillary Clinton and that good for nothing sociopath hubsand of hers, I really applaud all of you for your great post's, god save us all when she get's in to be president, Heres a hint, Think Anti-Christ, and the possible end to the United States. If the woman of this country are so lame and stupid to believe everything that comes out of that phony woman's mouth, then we are all living on borrowed time. I have never liked the clinton's from the very first day I laid eye's on them, they are just plain evil. and malicious people.

[Kent]

She got her job at the Rose Law firm because her husband had run for Lt. Gov. and then became governor. Her biggest client, Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, was investigated for fraud and her and her husband's business partners in Whitewater were Jim and Susan McDougal. McDougal ran Madison Guaranty S & L and both he and his wife went to prison for bank fraud. Her law partner Webb Hubbell went to jail. Her other law partner allegedly committed suicide in D.C. Hillary flunked the D.C. bar exam. Her immediate supervisor on the Watergate committee she worked on would not give her a favorable referral when she sought employment elsewhere. She was recently suspended by the Ark. Bar Assn. for failure to complete her mandatory continuing legal education requirments. This was publicly published on the Bar's web site, then mysteriously deleted. These are just the easy ones!

[kcee]

Go HILLARY!

Go HILLARY!

Go HILLARY!

[a.o.]

How does this left wing socialist relic know how it feels to be imprison ?? Maybe she feels that she should be in a bottle , to be broken if there is a commie revolution .

[Liz Wetzel]

All those negative talk about Hillary, have you forgotten what BUSH is currently doing?

[xiu]

Quote :
"To all of you mindless people commenting on the nature of questions asked....it was the Tyra Banks show....what on earth did you expect" .. I don't even know the show until you mention it. Obviously us mindless people lack the brains to watch the show you know so much about - the only educated L.A. Times reader? Why can't you make a relevant point on the topic or present your points to support your comments instead of being so condescending? You don't suppose that capabiliity belongs to the realm of truly uneducated people?

[Jack Flynn]

Good evening, Mrs. and Mr. President

[blogAngel]

Uh, Kitty, would you prefer a president who DIDN"T truly want to be president?

It amazes me when people "accuse" Hillary and Bill of wanting to be in the White House, as if they're outing them about some secret plan. Bill always said he wanted to be president since he was a kid and admired Kennedy. Hillary had to be talked into running for the Senate by Sen. Barbara Boxer. Boxer has said that all along.

Would a good president be dragged there kicking and screaming or land there through a magic spell? I want a president who wants to be president more than anything and who is really, really ready to lead this country. No more trainees!

[David G.]

Considering most of the residents of the White House lately deserve to be in jail, Hillary's not that far off... but her husband is one of those... And frankly I'm not sure we should wait until she gets in to send her off to the chain gang... Lets see how tough she really is. D.

[JOEJOE]

Americas top model? Please, please, please, noooooo! I DO NOT want to see that in a bikini! Or his husband, Mr. First Disbarred.

[reef]

Who watches "Tyra"?--I say elect Hillary, and have Obama take over the late Fred Rodgers show as Mr. Obama's neighborhood--He would more effective with childen than adults who want an expiierienced person to clean up Bush's mess--

[Eddie Jones]

Such vitriolic criticism! Of the bits and pieces of information that have escaped concerning the current administration (Mr. President, et. al.), we know there are unsavory things going on even now. I am not so naive as to think that our elected officials are so strong of character as to rise above traits shared by all humanity and not affected by their positions of influence.

Matters of ones personal sexual activities are of no political importance unless improper influence is part of the mix. Perjury? Who wants to immediately confess to something they find uncomfortable to reveal? I think blatant abuse of power and unceasing illegal activities is far more despicable.

[ggg]

Considering Hillary's plan for health care will be "Mandatory", as will be everything else of her agenda, I suspect she will "Mandate" that we call both of lthem "Dear Leader"

[Dave]

Man... you are some venomous and hate filled people. She is in fact another human being. You treat her as though she's an android filled with lust for power. Have you ever stopped to ponder why someone who has lived the life she has and done the things she has would want power?

Oh no, she wants power so she can create universal healthcare.. that witch.

Just because you don't agree with someones polotics doesn't mean you should be hate filled and venomous. Get over yourselves and stop thinking you are better than her. You have just as much ambition and want as anyone people.

May we all find a little more happiness in life. Peace out.

[Confuzled]

She did go on the View??? Oy. Did Barbara invite the males for equal time?

Smacks of trying to pander to the soccer mom demographic - the ones that , you know, "sit around baking cookies and making tea", as Mdm Clinton once famously said.

Though it would be highly entertaining to see Ron Paul and his rabble show up and take the show over. Just to see that panel slip stare stupidly at the cameras, wondering why Ron Paul doesn't want to talk about german polar bears or what "BC" stands for.

[Tom Maguire]

Re the "White House is crown jewel of American penal system" quip - Hillary and an old West Wing episdoe from 2003 are the only sources attributing that to Truman.

Set against that, Bill Clinton made the joke in a 1993 speech, then claimed credit for the line in a subsequent chat with Don Imus. And Maureen Dowd, the WaPo, New York Magazine, and a book on American Presidential history all credit Bill with the line.

So, why would Hillary rather associate herself with Harry than her own hubby when the topic is "Presidents in Prison"?

Or are they all wrong? Maybe some earnest speechwriter ripped off Harry and neglected to footnote his speech for Bill, but confessed to Hillary.

Too bad Tyra didn't ask.

[anonymous]

Bill Clinton presided over the country as a very effective leader dispite the venom that spews form the right wing. He left office with a balanced budget and there were no American troops overseas being killed. Yes he cheated. Hmm who cares. It really wasn't any of our business in the first place Mr. Star. Secondly, Hillary stood by her man. I think that says a lot about her Character. Hillary knows from experience what the first few months of a new administration is like. She will have the insight and experience from those year' s with her Husband to make a smooth transistion to a new Democratic Presidency. Hillary will have President Clinton advice and counsel as well. I am looking forward to the return of real leadership to the White House. Barrack while talented is in no way ready to be president. HRC has a much better grasp on worls affairs; what it takes to run the executive branch. I am looking forward to her occupying the White House as the first women President. Thanks Tyra for the insight into her personally.

[phil freeman]

How is this responsible journalism? The truth is she quoted Harry Truman as likening the White House to prison. When is there going to be a journalist or a news organization that can have the courage to report the truth without spin and give the American people the credit to make up their own minds? This type of reporting is a sham and the work of cowards who have no regard for the truth only their one sided opinions.

(Peolple don't usually prominently quote others like that that they disagree with. She was citing that as proof that the Wh Hse is isolated and like a prison. Big shock there. Have u ever tried to get into it?)

[phil freeman]

No I have never tried to get into the White House and neither have you, but leaving out details that more accurately reflect the truth when you print headlines or write stories and hold them up as truth is nothing more than cowardly gossip. This is the sort of propaganda that we used to criticize Pravda for, and even though I know that spin journalism is here to stay, it is still dishonest and spineless, and a step in the wrong direction for America.

(Oh, get serious. Of course, I've been in the White House and of course she knew what she was saying and what she'd be asked on a Tyra Banks Show. If you're so embarrassed, tell Clinton's people. They're just trying to humanize her with this schedule.)

[phil freeman]

There is a huge difference between being a leader in the White House and being a lick spittle for Laura Bush. There is only one truth and painting it with obvious bias and deception only colors the truth, it doesn't change it into something else, and there is no honor in this type of so called journalism. A true journalist should be a servant of the truth, not his or her own political bias.

[Denny Sampaio]

There are many outstanding women capable of running this country. If
anyone really wants a change, then by all means, elect a woman. America
is ready for a woman president. There are many women presidents in
other countries. This is the harbinger of change.

Denny Sampaio

[Will]

The same people who are complaining about Tyra Banks are the same ones who believe every line that Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly et. al. feed them every day.
If you hate Mrs. Clinton that much, then exercise your rights and don't vote for her. Should be in prison? Did she out a covert CIA agent? Has she plundered the Constitution and ordered Americans to be spied on in the name of a phoney-baloney "War on Terror"? Is she responsible for creating a situation wherein our troops are dying almost ever day? Does she appont justices to the Supreme Court who believe that corporations that help other corporations steal from investors should not be held responsible as long as their name isn't on the brochures? Does she believe that more arsenic in our water supply is okay? You get my drift.
What conservatives can't stand is that Bill Clinton was a good president, light years better than the current one, and there is a good chance that she will be also. The Clinton's marital problems, Bill's philandering, etc. etc. are neither my business nor yours. Get over it.

[Bob]

While blogging is often considered the trash of journalistic integrity, the ignorance seen from Mr. Malcolm is astounding. Journalism 101 (or whichever course number your diploma mill used), your headline usually attempts to surmise the article in question. This does not do that. It actually paraphrases the opinions of the writer much more astutely -- Mr. Malcolm dislikes Senator Clinton, and will misconstrue a quote from her to rationalize and fuel that hatred.

She spoke of one of the great American presidents, Truman, who likened the presidency as an alienating, shut-off experience in which there's a disconnect from society at large. Mr. Malcolm, however, only reads that Clinton downgrades the presidency by likening it to a filthy, dirty prison where the worst criminals are housed at the expense of America. Instead of reading Clinton's words with impartiality, he strains to find the negative -- she's only saying them because she wants to appear sensitive. Clinton cannot possibly truly believe the office to be alienating, yet important.

This is the problem with politics today. People like Mr. Malcolm fuel the partisanship even BEFORE we progress to having more than selecting who we will select. After all, if he does not, what does he write about? The complexities of Clinton's economic plan? No, that would be responsible. Instead, he slaps the word "blog" on his opinion and disregards everything that he should have been trained in Journalism courses.

I want to congratulate you, Mr. Malcolm. You're part of the problem, and you will probably have a job for a long time as so many will eat up your opinion-presented-as-fact. You've turned the presidency from an esteemed office to something mangled, trumped up, and bloody -- you have turned the title of Presidency into a synonym for Professional Wrestling Champion. The prestige has been destroyed by such ignorance as yours.

I want to thank you, Mr. Malcolm. Children no longer grow up dreaming of being president -- they grow up dreaming of being Britney Spears. That is the product of people like yourself who have turned the road into the office into the WWF.

(And I want to thank you, Mr. Bob, for coming here again and reading us and taking the time to leave a comment. This is a blog, by the way. You can read about her economic plan or have someone read it to you on her website, which is listed on the right here. Thanks again.)

[NinaK]

Interesting. That woman talks like she is already in the white house!! Tyra asks her if she ever gets lonely ... or just feels alone. "I don't feel lonely, Clinton said, "but I do feel sometimes isolated. Because when you're in these positions I have been in, it can be very isolating. It is one of the reasons I put on my dark glasses and the baseball cap and go out of the White House. She also likens the White House to some kind of jail "because you feel so set off and isolated." Is that woman delusional, or what? She is definitely talking like she is "still at the White House" or is "already at the White House." In a previous article she likened the general election to a blazing inferno (burning hell). Poor woman, she is really delusional and is describing the White House and the general election in VERY negative contexts. She must feel these same dark thoughts about herself deep inside herself and perhaps that explains why she has always changed her persona so often...meaning she is NEVER happy with herself. Sounds psychotic to me. Downright scary!!

[NinaK]

Interesting. That woman talks like she is already in the white house!! Tyra asks her if she ever gets lonely ... or just feels alone. "I don't feel lonely, Clinton said, "but I do feel sometimes isolated. Because when you're in these positions I have been in, it can be very isolating. It is one of the reasons I put on my dark glasses and the baseball cap and go out of the White House. She also likens the White House to some kind of jail "because you feel so set off and isolated." Is that woman delusional, or what? She is definitely talking like she is "still at the White House" or is "already at the White House." In a previous article she likened the general election to a blazing inferno (burning hell). Poor woman, she is really delusional and is describing the White House and the general election in VERY negative contexts. She must feel these same dark thoughts about herself deep inside herself and perhaps that explains why she has always changed her persona so often...meaning she is NEVER happy with herself. Sounds psychotic to me. Downright scary!!

[NinaK]

David Eckard. And just how is Hillary going to get rid of corruption and scandal?? She and Bill Clinton were nothing but scandal after scandal and corruption while they resided in the White House, followed by deceit/lies, coverups, investigations. Are you saying then, that these two scandal-laden and corrupt pair aare suitable to clean up your perceived scandal and corruption??

Robert. Bill Clinton cannot be nominationed by anyone to serve in the Supreme Court; he was banned from the Supreme Court when he was president because of the above.

You both need to read the Clintons' history. If you delve into it, you will find much more! Try googling "The Clinton Chronicles" video on the web, regarding the drug trafficking in Mena, Arkansas, when Bill was governor of Arkansa and how the drug moneywas laundered through the Rose Firm where Hillary worked. Check it out. You will also find that about 50 people associated with them were either shot or died in freak accidents over a period of about 2 years. Like I said, check it out.

[web]

The real crimminals and mass murderers are GW Bush, heart attack Chaney, lardball Rove and other mutant republicans in the Bush adminstration. They failed to govern our country. In my over 60 years born in the USA, I fought for our country in Vietnam,,,Bush/Chaney cut and ran the other way, our country is in a big mess...those of you in lala land that feel the economy is ok and working,,maybe in China but not here,,and that the surge is working in Iraq...surge has never been a term we used in Vietnam..I never heard that as a military term...I know we have a surge here..in unemployment, crappy low wages for our colledge grads and all americans, surge in fuel cost, in almost everything that trickles down from the high cost of oil...while GW Bush does his sword dance ,kisses and holds hands with his rag head freinds and has a good time..me,you and the rest of americans suffer. Isn't it just great...what a freaking mess.

[barb]

I am very upset that Women's Groups are supporting the Clinton's considering the character assassination they have perpetrated through the Media on MANY Women. Where shall we start? Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Kathleen Wiley, and lets NOT forget 20 year old Monica. That Girls life was ruined by a Man who should have known better. WE put HIM in the position to take advantage of MANY Women. NOW, we are to support him and his Wife after they did NOTHING but blames their Victims. I am sickened.

[xiu]

NinaK,
Excellent job .. how many people know about or question what is entailed in those reports?

[Michael]

It's fascinating what crawls out of the woodwork in these online discussions. Take NinaK for example. She throws around psychiatric terminology like "psychotic" and "delusional" in reference to Hillary Clinton. I happen to be a clinical psychologist and the notion that Senator Clinton is psychotic or delusional is, well, delusional. On the other hand, NinaK references tired, discredited, paranoid conspiracy theories about the Clintons. The suggestion that the Clintons are responsible for the deaths of 50 people and got away with it is psychotic and delusional. Ken Starr spent years and tens of millions of dollars trying to get the Clintons and the best anyone could do was catch Bill Clinton lying about oral sex with an intern. In the real world, as opposed to the right wingnuts' paranoid fantasy world, the idea that the Clintons could pull off these conspiracies is preposterous and, well, delusional.

[Darma Dickinson]

Pitiful, mean-spirited posts written by brain dead illiterates. Not one decent, intelligent comment. These are the people who will be voting for President of the United states - how truly scary!!!!!!!