A video reminder: Unity ‘08!
posted at 8:58 am on February 5, 2008 by Bryan
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Hillary Clinton appeared on Letterman last night, as if to remind Republicans everywhere of an immutable fact: It could be worse.
Asked what a first time voter should do, Hillary Clinton describes what she thinks a President of the United States ought to be like. Suffice it to say that I disagree, strongly.
Here’s a link if the embedded clip doesn’t work. Transcript:
CLINTON: You want to feel like the person you’re voting for actually cares about you. You know, actually wants to help you, you know. You know, they might actually get up in the morning and think, “Gosh, you know, what am I gonna do to get somebody a job or health care for somebody. And that’s the kind of heartfelt connection that I see in people as I go around.”
I don’t want any of that. I don’t give a rip if the POTUS “cares for me.” That’s what my family, friends and church is for. I certainly don’t want a president who thinks part of his or her job is getting me a job. I’ll do that myself, thankyouverymuch. I just want the government to get in the way of the bad guys and out of the way of everybody else.
Hillary Clinton is cloaking her vision in touchy-feely language, but she basically wants to run your life.
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I get 0:28 seconds of video….
Swinehound on February 5, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Hillary Clinton is still running against George W. Bush.
BKennedy on February 5, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Bush “08″
trailortrash on February 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM
You know, Bryan, I have to agree with, you know, you, that we really don’t, you know, want a President, you know, who gets up in the morning to, you know, scan the, you know, classified ads looking, you know, for a job for people.
You know what I mean? It shows a, you know, fundamental misunderstanding of the, you know, office of the presidency to assume that, you know, a President should be, you know, “life coach in chief”.
You know?
/help, I’ve been exposed to hillary clinton trying to speak extemporaneously
Jack M. on February 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM
LOL!!!
D2Boston on February 5, 2008 at 9:13 AM
But it’s the duty of my Big Brother to find me a job!
jgapinoy on February 5, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I know, ya know?
Bryan on February 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Isn’t this the same kind of stuff that is the reason why Britney Spears is currently residing in a padded cell?
pilamaye on February 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Clinton Comrade Hedge Fund
123 Socialism Way
Chappaqua, NY
“For The Greater Good”
This woman must be stopped.
FLcapitalistthug on February 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM
[Jack M. on February 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM]
What you have been exposed to is the language of a large portion of the population under 25 (dare I say 30).
Or maybe she was just broadcasting on the Scientology wavelength.
Dusty on February 5, 2008 at 9:24 AM
Nope. I checked the Constitution and I don’t see “get people a job” or “get people healthcare” anywhere. I also don’t see “care about people” anywhere.
TX Mom on February 5, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Here kneejerk response “Both”! Her answer for every question. Classic.ronsfi on February 5, 2008 at 9:26 AM
?? What the?…Solidarity with the writers strike!
ronsfi on February 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Earth to Hillary.. YOUR voting base dont want No job.. They have ONE already, and its full time ..figuring out how to ROB us all blind.. there is no wallet that can burrow deep enough.
LibsREvilDoers on February 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM
I caught this last night and laughed out loud when she spoke of campaign finance reform (in response to a Letterman comment) and preferred elections to be publicly financed. All I could think of is what a liar she is. What would she do without the Soros money, the Hsu money, the Chinese money, the Pakistani money????
mimi1220 on February 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Ya know, surely she doesn’t plan on communicating in this manner with, ya know, foreign leaders when she is, ya know, president.
txsurveyor on February 5, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Hillary Clinton is cloaking her vision in touchy-feely language, but she basically wants to
runRUIN your life. Now that is more accurate!texasgirl on February 5, 2008 at 9:31 AM
I want to feel that the person I’m voting for doesn’t give a flying #$%6 about me.* Seriously.
If the Commander in Chief of the United Goddamned States Armed Forces wakes up worried about how I’m going to pay for my wife’s prescriptions, he needs to resign immediately and find a new line of work.
*Go Fred!
saint kansas on February 5, 2008 at 9:31 AM
The sad truth is that her answer is just what America wants to hear.
jgapinoy on February 5, 2008 at 9:37 AM
We don’t need another touchy-feely, care-about-you Clinton in the White House.
The last one we had touched and felt his way to an impeachment and committed perjury before a grand jury.
fogw on February 5, 2008 at 9:39 AM
You have it all wrong, Bryan. She doesn’t want any of those things, either. She just wants to stage her comments to reflect what she thinks you want to hear.
Therefore, she’s a blathering idiot.
Jaibones on February 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM
In other words:
“I just think that the people in this country are basically stupid and most of them need help getting out of bed in the morning. And Dave, I’ll tell you what, the American people these days just don’t GIVE enough to the lazy, the illegals, and the trailer trash, so I have a plan to reach into the wallets of the arrogant working people and take what I need to give this country’s moron population, which is really really big, a nice fat check every month so that they can keep sitting on their lazy butts watching Oprah all day. And I’ll tell you another thing, I don’t like knowing that people out there are actually picking their own doctors and managing their own healthcare choices… I mean, who ARE these people really? Their NERVE is mindboggling. Clearly I need to have my peeps takeover that part of things and actually tell them which doctor they can visit, when, and how often. As President, I’ll be doing that everyday, and this country will be so much better because of my input. And finally, I plan to takeover several southern states and give it to those really nice folks down in Mexico who want to come here and pick my lettuce. Somebody has to do it, you know? Americans are too uppity to pick vegetables, so I’m going to set up an entire class of people for just that purpose. And of course, they’re going to need a place to live, so I’m thinking maybe Texas or Arizona and possible Mississippi as well. These states haven’t really done much for me, so I’m just going to turn them over to the great unwashed masses coming out of Mexico. Wow, I mean, I’m just so excited! And I’m ready on DAY ONE! Vote for ME!”
Gartrip on February 5, 2008 at 9:44 AM
It’s early and I have a cold, so perhaps I have no sense of humor. Still, you do realize that Hilary isn’t talking about being a “life coach”. She’s fantasizing that government can someway create good jobs. We shouldn’t indulge in Libertarian hyperbole and say governments can’t create jobs look at the Pyramids or prison labor in China. It’s just that the government can’t create better jobs than what the free market can. This is the message we need to get across to people! Remember the taxes used to create one bureaucratic job reduces the ability of the private sector to hire another person. It’s more important to get this idea across to the single mom in the trailer park than that she should hate Hilary. We should try to win this next election based on economic facts. Either Romney or McCain could win that way. (Of course, we have to address whether we are willing to forgive McCain Amnesty and CFR.)
thuja on February 5, 2008 at 9:44 AM
[mimi1220 on February 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM]
You are under the false impression, I think, that that money would dry up. It wouldn’t. It would just be a matter of changing a few lines on their pay-for-play flow chart with the result of reducing the time of travel to their pockets.
Dusty on February 5, 2008 at 9:48 AM
She gets my vote.
Why should I have to run my own life, like you suckers?
LimeyGeek on February 5, 2008 at 10:01 AM
I’m sorry, is Hillary my personal therapist and my career advisor? I’m with you Bry…get a President in office who is economically smart and shrewd and will get the government out of peoples’ way. The Fed Govt is already a behemoth, and she only wants to further it’s reach. That is never what America has been about. We’re not about digging into peoples’ hard-earned income to have state-run healthcare (does that phrase make anyone else shudder?). Living in New York I already get slammed with FICA, Fed tax, state tax, city tax, etc. And she just wants to suck some more out of my thinning paycheck. America is about hardwork not handouts from Big Daddy Government. So, Hillbags, it’s not on my short list of presidential qualifications that they “care” about me.
mattyj86 on February 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Why wasn’t uterus one of the choices for organ to vote with?
snaggletoothie on February 5, 2008 at 11:03 AM
How are-tickle-let Hilly is! And you know, somebody, you know, who cares about somebody: you know, Herself.
Christine on February 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM
MBA–major barf alert!
Christine on February 5, 2008 at 11:09 AM
How about you stay the F’ out of the way?
AndrewsDad on February 5, 2008 at 11:12 AM
No, it can’t be worse. We conservatives are going to hand the whole damn country over to her on a silver platter. Remember?
I’m just wondering who to send the bill to.
CurtZHP on February 5, 2008 at 11:24 AM
A person who gets up and says, “how am I going to get someone a job or get health care for somebody” doesn’t have the ability to plan.
shirgall on February 5, 2008 at 11:25 AM
I wonder what job she’d have for Letterman.
I’m pretty sure occupation fool would not be a category.
Kini on February 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I know people are always knocking assassination, like it’s some sort of “bad” thing and all…
But come on, when somebody begs for it like this, you can’t help but feel your heart reach out to them.
logis on February 5, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Do you joke about bombs in airports too?
Enjoy your chat with the secret service.
sulla on February 5, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Jack M. on February 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM
I know, ya know?
Bryan on February 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM
or as we say in NY: “No, I know… fugeduboudit!”
max1 on February 5, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Sometimes. But if I REALLY believed that the passengers on a given plane “cared” about me in the same way that Adolph Hitler, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stalin claimed to, I probably wouldn’t.
logis on February 5, 2008 at 1:14 PM
I thought this broad was supposta be smart ( ! )
What’s up with the spaced-out babbling? A simple inability to speak without notes or pre-written speeches? Or a Deeper and more Mysterious ( and troubling ) Dumb-assed-ness?
You all know that she’s nuts; mentally ill; emotionally disturbed; totally frakking crazy, etc, etc.
You knew it when you saw her at the 1992 Inauguration with that crazy purple hat and a demented look on her face the whole time.
and now this………..
Janos Hunyadi on February 5, 2008 at 1:33 PM
This is 100% scripted. She said exactly what she intended to say.
logis on February 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM
This is 100% scripted. She said exactly what she intended to say.
It’s like she’s always putting on a show. Consummate bullshitter. Great lawyer. But I’m amazed people aren’t more turned off by how she sounds so calculated/prepared with all her answers. Like when she was on the Tyra show and Tyra asked her about Bill cheating on her, she went on some lame diatribe “Well, you know, I prayed about it, sought counsel…and I just had to be true to myself.” YAWN, boring, safe lawyer BS answer!!! If she said something like “I wanted to chop his f**king d**k off!!!” I might have more respect for her. But she never comes off as genuine to me. Maybe her tears the other day were genuine………………………………………….
or not.
mattyj86 on February 5, 2008 at 2:08 PM
I do not want a Mommy for POTUS.
[especially one David freaking Letterman has to lead to the point like he does a drunken starlett. yeesh.]
Claire on February 5, 2008 at 5:33 PM
…and then there will be cake!
PolitiNOOB on February 6, 2008 at 2:14 AM
Did David buy a new wider chair to accommodate Hitlery’s increasing hoity-toity?
MSGTAS on February 6, 2008 at 8:43 AM
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