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

Comments

[frank]

When will Hillary apologize ?????

[R.G. Frano, A.C.L.S.]

I can think of a lot of phrases I MIGHT use to describe (ALL) the so-called
'presidential aspirants'...'sociopath' is a favorite, as is {"Expletive Deleted}", which is the actual phrase I type so as to get past the (inappropriate), ever-increasing censorship in this country, particularly affecting 'Netizens' iike myself.
By the way, I DID SAY: 'ALL THE CANDIDATES', including those who have already dissappred from this 'electory_farce'.
Meanwhile, drudgereport.com has an item in which Mrs. Clinton is quoted,
saying she's considering "garnishing wages" to enforce health care coverage. Since millions of Americans don't have health insurance because they can't afford it, (due to the fact that Mr. Bush has an "any illegal forign employee,
anytime" national security concept!!), thereby throwing all of us out of work,
how dores Mrs. Clinton plan to "garnish wages" from those Americans who DON'T have wages???!!!

[Carl]

Heaven HELP US !!!!!!!!!!! The culture WAR continues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With the Liberal media as it is I'm surprised this has been reported - you won't see it in many national medias.

[rrs]

As long as LA Times agrees with comments or they are not too harsh on their pet candidates then they will display the comment. Thanks for holding true to the 1st amendment as long as it suits you

[flo jones]

The "B" word doesn't bother hillary because she's married to the mother of all "B........s"............she's one herself!

[Hawkeye]

Doesn't surprise me since Hillary has no class

[David]

I haven't heard a thing about this ...left-leaning media, of course.

[chas]

When expressed ideas are without substance- name calling results. It's comforting to see that leftists are this ideologically bankrupt. I hope this bitter woman is allowed to speak her mind again soon.

[flo jonz]

Thanks hillary, for reminding us why we don't want you and your disgraced husband in the White House. Thanks bill clinton for losing your temper and showing us the 'real you.' Thanks bill, for playing the race card. Thanks bill, for lying under oath. Thanks bill for showing men how to disrespect their wives and get away with it. Thanks bill for taking millions from questionable donors to line your pockets. Thanks bill, for showing a new generation of voters the dirty side of politics and that you aren't the great leader they thought you were. In other words, thanks for nothing!
Finally, thank you hillary for showing us what a real B..........your husband is!

[R]

Last year someone called Hillary a bit**. Hmmmm. I think that calling her that is probably somewhat of a compliment and if not it means that bit**es everywhere should be offended that she is grouped in with them. I think that the more appropriate label to put on her is c***.

[Scott]

I am shocked - SHOCKED, I tell you, that the media has chosen to ignore the nasty language Hillary endorsed by having no negative reaction to it after the lefty rags admonished McCain for the same thing - although I seem to recall J.C. politely saying he did not feel that way towards her. Welcome to media bias 101.

[Welll]

Well, in Hillary's defense, she probably didn't want to attract any more attention to the poor old crazy lady.

Though saying "There's not *ALOT* of truth to this" will only make things worse.

[Xeno77777]

Calling Mr. Bush silly insults, demeans the seriousness of t he challenge he presents to Democracy. A more apt term is a note that Bush is a Pirate By Stealth who lied when he took his Oath of office, invalidating the Oath. He is the Third
generation of a Social Darwinist Family who have shown vast disrespect for the US, its Consitution and its Laws. He now plans to cut 193 Billion from Medicaid and Medicare. His sect of Baal worshipping politicians and wall streeters, such as Moody's Frank Hess, do not want to repay the I.O.U.s they issued to Social Security when they took its funds, and spent these Social Security Moneys wasting these on un-related expenditures. it may be that the US has reached the point that there is no Honorable Persons left to elect to Public Office. Read the Book of the Prophet Amos, the first in time after King David. After the Death of Solomon, Israel broke up into two Kingdoms, the Northern Kingdom, Israel, and the Southern Kingdom, Judah. Amos admonishes the Northern Kingdom;s rulers and their rich allies, for stealing the Tithes, which were the Social Security of the day, and spending these moneys on themselves! The tithes were suppposed to be used to prevent the poor from freezing and/or starving! We have the same type of people in power that Amos admonished. Seeing the wild spending of the Northern Kingdoms Royalty and weallthy hangers oons,
ancient Assyria decided to come in an d conquer the Northern Kingdom, and take its Ten Tribes into captivity. Thus they dissappeared from History. Go to http://www.Hotsheet.com, scroll down to the search engines; skip politically sanitized google and findtarget; click on dogpile or search, or ixquix or ask: enter "Bush Family Nazi connections" and click on search . try other famous old families such as Rockefeller, DuPont, Ford, Harriman, Walker, Dulles, etc. and also try famous old corporations such as Exxon, General Motors, ALCOA, etc. You will be amazed at what you find. Auschwitz Death Camp was built to supply slave laborers to the Coal Mines owned by Prescott Bush, George W. Bush's Grandfather, in the East Prussian Province. The Oriiginal Bush Fortune came from aiding the Nazi's, and helping put Adolph Hitler in power..

[MrClean518]

Typical how the "party of change" seems to stay the same. One standard for themselves and another for their enemies. A "big tent" for everyone except those that don't agree with them. How dare a republican allow someone to call a democrat a bad name, after all they're evil. But it's OK for a democrat to make hellacious comments about republicans, because they must be true. Who cares about the logic behind it.

[jlr]

The denegration of the office of president began with her husband, so it is no surprise that she holds no respect for the office, if not the man. What she doesn't understand is that by allowing or even condoning this type of attitude toward our world leaders she is undermining her own effectiveness should she be elected. This type of thinking is perjudicial to our country in general, and the loss of civility among our representatives will lead the way for the deterioration of our great nation.

[rplat]

That's about the level of intellect of a crowd one would expect to find Hillary pandering to.

[Fred]

I would have used much stronger language than that.

[Pepper]

does the old woman not know that Hillary supports the NAU also????? Why are democrats such idiots?

[Mo]

I think our country can do better than this. Vote Obama in '08!

[Frank Stella]

Mr. Malcolm would do well to understand that, in both the Clinton and McCain situations, his charge of "silent assent" is more "gently treating the crazies."
What would he do if a nut came up, started cussing and laying out a conspiracy theory? Probably crack a little smile and do what it takes to move the weirdo along. This is obvious axe-grinding and whining.

[Rich]

What is so funny is that Hillary's husband is an actual bastard. Look up the definition of bastard and then research information on Bill's dad.

[flounder]

Maybe Hillary was thinking of Bill?

[James Smithson]

Sure, CNN will jump all over Hillary. Fat chance!

[ragu4u]

I was told she was thinking about her lovely Chelsea when the "bastard" word was used. No wonder she smiled. You make the connection!

[Daniel]

It isn't simply Republicans who insist that the media applies a far stricter standard to them than to the Democrats. I haven't voted for any Republican in decades, have only voted for perhaps three in my lifetime, and expect that I will never again vote for one, but I see this egregious bias too. Most of America sees some of this bias, though perhaps they aren't aware of how far-reaching it is.