Questioner calls Bush 'the bastard,' Hillary Clinton smiles
Over the weekend there was an as yet little-noticed incident in Bridgeton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. Sen. Hillary Clinton addressed a town hall meeting there and was taking questions from the audience.
One elderly woman rose and was asking the Democratic candidate about a rumored economic union among the United States, Canada and Mexico that is widely discussed, feared and abhorred among conspiracy fanciers. The woman said the president planned to implement the secret agreement in 2010.
Then the woman called the president "Bush the bastard."
The Democratic crowd immediately roared its approval.
Sen. Clinton nodded her head slightly and smiled.
Then, she proceeded to ...
answer the question, saying "there's not a lot of truth to it." Our colleagues over at the Swamp have posted Glenn Thrush's detailed account of the incident, which you can read here.
It'll be interesting to see if Clinton's silent assent to that crude comment arouses as much criticism and controversy as last year when a Republican woman in South Carolina asked Sen. John McCain about Clinton, calling her "the bitch."
At the time, CNN showed a video clip of the incident and strongly criticized McCain for not admonishing the woman, although the candidate did say belatedly that he respected the New York senator.
-- Andrew Malcolm
After reading some of the comments here, I have come to the conclusion that I must be the luckey person in the world.....TO BE A REPUBLICAN!
Posted by: #1 republican | February 05, 2008 at 03:24 PM
Bryan,
mmmm....Bryan - I agree with you. She did show a huge lack of intelligence didn't she?
Posted by: Nancy | February 05, 2008 at 03:25 PM
To many of us, Bush and Cheney are two of the four horseman of the apocalypse. I am hard pressed to see how anyone in this country could have any respect for either of these two men after what their policies, predicated on lies, deceit and their own self-interest, have done to this country.
Posted by: Tom | February 05, 2008 at 03:27 PM
Oh my! No wonder many our children are greedy, have little, if no work ethic, and use words that are absolutely filthy! Listen to the exchanges here! Thank God we live in this fabulous country where the PEOPLE, NOT the media, especially FOX "news", make the decisions! Let us vote!
Posted by: jlw | February 05, 2008 at 03:54 PM
Yes, name calling is important but what about the "rumored economic union among the United States, Canada and Mexico"?
why do Americans always dwell on stupid stuff and completley ignore whats really important?
I wonder.
Posted by: Oren K | February 05, 2008 at 04:02 PM
You go Nancy! When talking about murderers, ask Bill and Hillary, who is Vince Foster? There's no proof, right? Didn't they say that when we didn't find what we needed to find in Iraq? Get it, an Iraqi tyrant is ALSO a politician ! So, one of thier own staff members coincidentally and accidentally found dead? Right, no proof, tell that to Saddam Hussein too !
Posted by: zamcal | February 05, 2008 at 04:06 PM
no one like's the uneducated like the CHURCH and the DEMOCRATIC party,you don't have to sell your dogma to them? they just accept it without reason! AN IGNORANT DEMOCRAT ARE A DIME A DOZEN!
Posted by: FATJOEY | February 06, 2008 at 04:48 AM
bush isn't a bastard? he has a mother and father who are married? HOWEVER BILL CLINTON IS A LYING WIFE CHEATER,THATS A FACT!!!
Posted by: FATJOEY | February 06, 2008 at 04:58 AM
DERN ! HOW MANY CHOREOGRAPHED 'QUESTIONERS' DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A PILE ? HOW MANY HORSES THEY RODE IN ON ?
BEST WISHES....
Posted by: DONNIE | February 09, 2008 at 04:39 AM
took the words right out of my mouth....thank you
Posted by: Paterson Loronze O'Brian | June 16, 2008 at 05:04 PM
The woman was correct in her assessement of character.
What's the controversy???
Posted by: tcaros | May 07, 2010 at 07:57 AM
It's the truth... that's why she smiled.
Posted by: tcaros | May 12, 2010 at 03:19 PM