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?1403120136Clinton approached the squirrel, clad in a t-shirt reading "Another Clinton in the White House is Nuts," just before her CNN town hall event outside the Newseum in Washington, DC.
"Hello Mr. Squirrel, how are you?" Clinton said with a smile. "I know you've been following me around and while you're in between your gigs. I wanted you to get a copy of my book."
"I hope that you will make the hard choice and read my book," she added. "But you bring a smile to a lot of people's face."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/18/1307915/-Hillary-Clinton-gives-book-to-squirrel
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-rnc-squirrel-book
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction!
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Her and George Bush are so cute. This is where I throw up in my own mouth. I'm glad her book has already fallen out of the Top Ten.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Is disgusting
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Because the simple truth that the difference between me and Bush is exponentially greater than the difference between her and Bush according to her own words and actions. She is no longer the President of the Young Republicans I get that...she switched during 1968 which was a time where it was very unfashionable to be a Conservative. Always trying to read the tea leaves like when she said the other day her favorite book is The Bible. 56% of Americans won't vote for an Agnostic or Athiest. The worst is that she is close personal friends with the Bushes. You do understand they have private dinners together right? Bush Sr publicly referred to Bill as his 5th son countless times as soon as the 2000 election was over and codified. She is Wall St's preferred candidate and the neocons like her more than the isolationists gaining support in the Republican Party. She may be way smarter than Bush but she's always hawkish and actions speak louder than words to an informed populace. But then again I'm not conservative enough to see a great distance between her and Bush because I'm at the far left of our recently moved to the Right party and it's all relative as the gradient is tiny between them compared to me.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I doubt they just got some random person to wear a squirrel costume, because the performer does a pretty good job of being expressive with gestures. There are "mascot training camps" where people learn to do that sort of thing.
But she certainly de-fanged it.
I hope it gets checked for rabies.
spooky3
(34,303 posts)It's a strength of both Clintons.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)There is a game "Grab a nut and run", the GOP has plenty of nuts for the squirrel to harvest. The squirrel just showed up at Hillary's book signings, he needs to go to the RW gatherings, there will be plenty of nuts there.
ellie
(6,928 posts)and conservatives? Bunch of fucking lunatics.
underpants
(182,279 posts)From what I can tell they trying to make a joke about Hillary and, I think, the media about distracting the public. If there is something negative about Hillary Squirrel! and everyone turns their head in a different direction.
That is all I can figure. The problem is that it is mostly on inside joke within their outlier personalities (Allen West mentioned below) so it just looks strange to the rest of the public. To me Squirrel! references the dog, Doug, in the animated movie "UP"- I take it as them also calling Hillary a dog.
rock
(13,218 posts)I once started a magic trick for a republican by displaying a glass of water on a table. I covered it with a handkerchief and he said, "Hey, what happened to the glass of water?"
Yes but once the voices in the car tell them something they follow blindly.
underpants
(182,279 posts)The local guy was in talking about the kids at the border. A caller provided some whacked out idea and the host said, "look at that shiny object over there SQUIRREL! Yes they are distracting away from this story"
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)President. The same costume was used as part of a campaign against ACORN.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)William769
(55,124 posts)tanyev
(42,360 posts)Hope they at least sent that costume out for cleaning before they made some poor intern climb into it again.
Beacool
(30,244 posts)Well, I guess the squirrel is a step up from the FreedomWorks video where an intern dressed as a giant panda pretended to perform oral sex on another intern wearing a Hillary mask. They are classy folks.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-freedomworks-made-video-depicting-sexual-act-between-hillary-clinton-and-a-panda
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Yeah, she's got them running scared!
Beacool
(30,244 posts)They have been obsessed with her sexuality since she was the first lady of AR. Why didn't she take her husband's last name? Why didn't she wear make-up? Was she a lesbian? Was she an unfaithful wife who cheated on Bill with her two law partners?
Add to that all the conspiracy theories: she killed Vince Foster, Chelsea 's real dad is Webb Hubble, they have seen her behave sexually with countless women, they have killed dozens of people since their AR days, etc.
It's sickening........
freshwest
(53,661 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)groundloop
(11,488 posts)I've heard she's an avid reader.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)And say another Bush in the White House is Batshit Crazy
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)Make it happen.
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ca3799
(71 posts)Amonester
(11,541 posts)Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)Says the idiot in that inane costume?
Project much?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)if he gets paid at all.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)underpants
(182,279 posts)I have a post up thread
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)I know they like to dumb down their base, but this is ridiculous.
Barney for wrong wingers...
JoDog
(1,353 posts)I stood up and applauded. She handled it perfectly.
DFW
(54,055 posts)He stands out and doesn't get very far.
Anyone who has seen Hillary make silly putty out of her wannabe Republican tormentors in hearings on Capitol Hill knows that she is not only cleverer than the whole Republican Congressional delegation combined, but she also has a wicked sense of humor as well (remember the "Hillary Gump" video of 1995).
Bringing the "squirrel" to harass Hillary is like trying to fight the Taliban with a toothpick. She has raised a little kid, and she knows how to talk to one--as the video demonstrates.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)"I have raised a child so I'm used to dealing with republicans in squirrel costumes"
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)And one of the reasons why I love her.
She just confronts the shit head on!
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)And has decades worth of experience dealing with the rightwing loon kooks that they making a big mistake if they think they can scare her off with a guy in a squirrel suit.
HoosierCowboy
(561 posts)...Hillary isn't campaigning in Arizona in places that don't have AC.
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)This squirrel nonsense proves it.
daschess1987
(192 posts)I'm a little concerned she might go the austerity route and force a lot of us to feast on crickets, but I think the world of her otherwise.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Even though I'm not one of her biggest fans, it was a bold move. She should have brought him a can of nuts as well.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...down at squirrel headquarters
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)She's doing it for the buck. Clinton may well have won over a voter.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]
yourout
(7,521 posts)Walk away
(9,494 posts)He is so much cuter as a squirrel!
ballabosh
(330 posts)But that looks like a chipmunk, not a squirrel.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...making these stupid, ugly costumes?
TYY