Hillary Clinton talks to Ellen about 'the boys' and bowls badly
About to enter the final two weeks before the crucial Pennsylvania Democratic primary on April 22, Sen. Hillary Clinton stops by to chat with Ellen DeGeneres again Monday because she wants to reach one of her strongest group of voters, older women.
Actually, they don't really talk Monday. They taped it la
st week. So we know a little about the discussion. Ellen says she knows how strong Hillary is, but how hard it must be to hear all this talk about how she should give up, get out and quit the race for the Democratic presidential nomination because she's behind.
And Hillary says: "You know, boys used to say that to me all the time.
"And I figured I know this contest is close. I don't think either one of us should get out. We should let people vote. There are a lot of states that haven't voted yet. They deserve a chance to have their votes counted, and I just feel like I'm doing this for myself,
obviously because I believe so much in what our country can be again once we finally get through with President Bush and get back to being the America we know and love."
And Ellen asks her about the rights of gay couples. And the New York senator says she's going to do "everything I can" to ensure equality.
"I like it. I like it," Ellen replies.
And they also talk about how Clinton is supposed to be some kind of cousin to Madonna, who is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination. But Clinton doesn't answer. She wants to know how Ellen got ahold of an old photo.
Also, a little broadcast bird tells The Ticket that on the show Clinton decides to go bowling with Ellen, which may have something to do with how badly her competitor, Barack Obama, bowled at an impromptu session the other day. He scored 37.
However, we understand that Clinton also rolls a fair number of gutter balls. But maybe they'll edit those out--"Democratic Candidates Can't Bowl!"
-- Andrew Malcolm
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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If HIlary really wants all people to have their votes counted, why, last week, did she say the delegates could vote anyway they want at the convention, even if they disagree with the results in their states???
Posted by: steve | April 06, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Why doesn't Obama want to seat the Florida and Michigan delegates? Why can Obama say Hillary is unelectable, but she can't say the same about him? Rev. Wright = poor judgment. Republicans will bring up Wright during the general election. If Obama is the nominee, he will lose to McCain. Hillary should consider running as an independent.
Posted by: goldenstate | April 07, 2008 at 02:10 AM
Steve isnt that exactly what new mexico's richardson did? Hillary won that state yet it was ok for him to endorse Obama,So there should be NO PROBLEM if other super delagates support Hillary regardless of her winning there state! They are free to vote whichever way they please,just like me and you.Dont get me wrong i personally think they should each vote according to the states they represent and they should support whoever won the popular vote in there state!With that said since Richardson didnt see this as the way it should go i think its fair to say others can vote for whoever they think will be the best nominee,FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN COUNT YOUR VOTES SEAT YOUR DELAGATES! (just had to add that) Vote Hillary
Posted by: Vote Hillary | April 07, 2008 at 02:14 AM
Hillary has gotten her way for so long, that she simply forgets that there is a first time for everything. Ms. Clinton, over half of your own party don't' enorse you, and it is fair not to even look at the stats on how popular you are among the Republicans...You quote is a supreme definition of who you are, despite the eventual outcome, big name Dems endorsing Obama, "you are doing this for YOURSELF." Quit now, for when you lose, you won't recover psychologically. It will finally hit you that three-fourths of the country can't stand you.
Go Obama
Posted by: simplerep | April 07, 2008 at 07:37 AM
Wow, this photo looks like a lilttle reunion of two former Miss U.S.A. contestents? Imagine these two in the bathing suit competetion? No, not when they were younger, but now...
Posted by: zammy | April 07, 2008 at 07:42 AM
With the amount of animosity against Hillary from the Obama camp, then having the race a virtual draw, then HIllary using the superdelegate-Florida-Michigan-do-it-again-card to attempt to "steal" the ticket, I wonder if she knows how much damage has been done to the party or even cares?
She stated "I'm doing this for myself.." That says more than enough
Posted by: robin | April 07, 2008 at 07:47 AM
Just hoping America makes the right choice. HILLARY CLINTON for PRESIDENT!
Posted by: fil | April 08, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Double standard
From bad bowling to bad trade deals,
Obama gets more bad press than Clinton.
Obama bowls badly and the whole world is told.
Clinton bowls badly and there is nary a peep.
Allegations are made against Obama regarding
NAFTA and the world is told. When those allegations
are proven false there is nary a peep from the MSM
Daily Kos: CBC Exonerates Obama: A Post-Mortem
... breaks initial story, claiming the Obama campaign called Canada to warn them he would be saying something he didn ...
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/5/112926/0842/300/469...
Clinton white house records proved that Hillary promoted NAFTA. Nary a peep out of the MSM. Clinton chief strategist Penn's firm lobbied for the Colombian free trade deal for over a year, Clinton says she had no idea, and nary a peep from the media.
Posted by: Mr. Unite Us | April 08, 2008 at 07:21 AM