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krawhitham

(4,644 posts)
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 12:41 AM Dec 2014

Hillary Clinton on FOX: "I am not in any way interested in or pursuing anything in elective office"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-21/hillary-clinton-says-she-won-t-run-again-for-elective-office.html

Hillary Clinton said today she won’t run again for elective office, ruling out a future presidential bid.

“I am very happy doing what I’m doing and I am not in any way interested in or pursuing anything in elective office,” the 63-year-old former First Lady said on the “Fox News Sunday” program.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-21/hillary-clinton-says-she-won-t-run-again-for-elective-office.html

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http://www.thewire.com/politics/2012/12/hillary-clinton-says-shes-not-running-2016-again/59908/

"I've said I really don’t believe that that's something I will do again," Clinton tells Barbara Walters in an early clip released from Walters's 10 Most Fascinating People special, set to air tonight. "I am so grateful I had the experience of doing it before. I think there are lots of ways to serve, so I’ll continue to serve." As if that wasn't clear enough, there's one more denial:

I just want to see what else is out there. I’ve been doing this incredibly important and satisfying work in Washington as I say for 20 years. I want to get out and spend some time looking at what else I can do to contribute.

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2012/12/hillary-clinton-says-shes-not-running-2016-again/59908/

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Plus more times she has said she is not running

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/12/hillary-clinton-says-she-wont-run-for-president-again/

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/clinton-says-she-wont-run-again/?_r=0

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20311666,00.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/17/news/la-pn-hillary-clinton-future-20111017

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2012/10/18/hillary-clinton-barack-obama-2016-election/1641869/

http://www.firstpost.com/world/not-running-for-presidency-in-2016-hillary-clinton-496172.html
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Hillary Clinton on FOX: "I am not in any way interested in or pursuing anything in elective office" (Original Post) krawhitham Dec 2014 OP
So? DURHAM D Dec 2014 #1
I thought she eecently said she was thinking about it. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #2
Can you find something recent? The letter by Senator Warren's counsel wherein BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #3
Sounds to me as if she's running, too. Heather Kube Dec 2014 #24
A Million recs and a big Thank You, krawhitham! RiverLover Dec 2014 #4
Ms Clinton has not done one incredibly important work in the past 20 years. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #5
I think the point was that she has also said she wouldn't run for an elected office. RiverLover Dec 2014 #8
Which other possible Presidential candidates have done more important work pnwmom Dec 2014 #11
Could you direct me to her important work other that her titles? Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #15
Sure, as soon as you tell me which other Presidential candidates pnwmom Dec 2014 #38
Her monumental important work was when she betrayed Democrats and rhett o rick Dec 2014 #19
Exactly. I'm glad she's not running. BUT every candidate that wins is worse Sundome Dec 2014 #20
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Dec 2014 #37
LMFAO Perfect A+ L0oniX Dec 2014 #6
that's a perfect A plus AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #25
Well, the last 8 years have really shown what a rotten job it can be bhikkhu Dec 2014 #7
Hillary's running...she just doesn't want it to appear she is while serving TheNutcracker Dec 2014 #9
She is a private citizen at the moment. n/t pnwmom Dec 2014 #39
Looks like no one wants to be crucified anymore. So the grifters will continue to eat the nation. freshwest Dec 2014 #14
Politics are like children playing aspirant Dec 2014 #10
because Obama was running for re-election in 2012 , are people that naive ? JI7 Dec 2014 #12
lol, yes. nt BootinUp Dec 2014 #30
The only proper response from a SoS. joshcryer Dec 2014 #13
I think she may not run fadedrose Dec 2014 #16
OH NO!! RobertEarl Dec 2014 #17
The haters will be crushed. They've planned to slice and dice her for over 20 years. freshwest Dec 2014 #18
Does no one see the actual point of this post? Fearless Dec 2014 #21
that Hillary repeated said no--yet she ran. Warren in same boat?? could be.. Lots riversedge Dec 2014 #23
i can see the point they are trying to make but it's not really a good one JI7 Dec 2014 #26
The NYT article quotes her from 12/2012 dreamnightwind Dec 2014 #29
It was still before Obama even started JI7 Dec 2014 #32
I don't think you see the point then. Fearless Dec 2014 #41
... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #22
R$ has been saying the same thing... C Moon Dec 2014 #27
Maybe just saying gracefully, No, not me. n/t 7wo7rees Dec 2014 #28
These articles are from 2010 and 2011. N/T JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #31
OP doesn't care about being accurate. They are going to cling to anything that gives them reason to stevenleser Dec 2014 #40
A high class DUzy malaise Dec 2014 #33
All of these comments were made while (or before) Obama was running for re-election demwing Dec 2014 #34
! Misleading BrettsJets Dec 2014 #35
If she is the democratic candidate tavernier Dec 2014 #36
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
2. I thought she eecently said she was thinking about it.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 12:47 AM
Dec 2014

Besides she is actively putting a team.

I think Warren is no mood to run. That can change.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
3. Can you find something recent? The letter by Senator Warren's counsel wherein
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 12:48 AM
Dec 2014
they explain on her behalf that she won't be running for the presidency for 2016 is dated August 22, 2014. Anything as recent as that by SoS Clinton regarding the 2016 presidential elections? Because I can't find anything.

Lately, SoS Clinton has been sounding as though she's going to be running in 2016.

Heather Kube

(19 posts)
24. Sounds to me as if she's running, too.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:54 AM
Dec 2014

I'm excited! Nobody advacates for woen like she does. Reproductive rights are under threat everywhere in this nation. Hillary will step up and defend us.

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
11. Which other possible Presidential candidates have done more important work
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:10 AM
Dec 2014

than being a US Senator and a Secretary of State?


Or are the standards different for women?

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
38. Sure, as soon as you tell me which other Presidential candidates
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 10:12 AM
Dec 2014

have done "incredibly important work."

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
19. Her monumental important work was when she betrayed Democrats and
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:31 AM
Dec 2014

helped the Republicans sell the Iraq War. Democrats that wouldn't beleive Bush, wouldn't believe the lying bastard REpublicans, looked to H. Clinton for the truth. She mimicked the Bush lies, she is responsible for the thousands of deaths. She has zero integrity.

Sundome

(26 posts)
20. Exactly. I'm glad she's not running. BUT every candidate that wins is worse
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:42 AM
Dec 2014

than the last. We should worry about who will be running. I'm sure they'll be perfectly charismatic and believable like the good sold out sociopath they will be.

bhikkhu

(10,718 posts)
7. Well, the last 8 years have really shown what a rotten job it can be
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 12:58 AM
Dec 2014

even with all the best intentions you age 5 years for every one spent in office, every word you speak must be carefully weighed for what it might do to the markets, international relations, or domestic media, any good result you gain is minimized by the lack of a perfect result, and basically everything is your fault whether you had anything to do with it or not.

If Clinton and Warren don't run, I hope there's another Obama in the waiting in the wings somewhere I haven't heard of yet, ready to take some serious abuse.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
14. Looks like no one wants to be crucified anymore. So the grifters will continue to eat the nation.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:12 AM
Dec 2014

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
10. Politics are like children playing
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:09 AM
Dec 2014

I won't jump in the water, he won't and she won't either, SOOO let's all jump in together.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
16. I think she may not run
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:18 AM
Dec 2014

The attention and approval that Warren got for her Senate remarks the other night about big banks running the country, Citigroup, is what she mentioned, may have convinced Clinton that money is not enough to get elected.

You need votes, and lots of them...and you need people to work on your campaign, and Obama's people are committing themselves to Warren.

When people who don't watch CSpan or have a computer finally see what Warren is all about, Clinton doesn't have a chance, and she is probably starting to realize it. Warren also excels in public speaking.

Speaking of Citibank, Jerry Brown (CA) had to sue them to get money back wrongfully charged to Citigroup's customers... Wikipedia has the article.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
17. OH NO!!
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:20 AM
Dec 2014

How can she say that!?!?! It dashes the hopes and dreams and aspirations of like 10 people!!! How cruel is that?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
18. The haters will be crushed. They've planned to slice and dice her for over 20 years.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:21 AM
Dec 2014

Last edited Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:23 AM - Edit history (1)

Those knives have been kept sharp and they'll start crying, wondering from where the next red meat will come.

A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks n'knives. And they gotta cut somethin'. ~ Bob Dylan

Who will be the next straw dog naive enough to take people's ills on their shoulders, to lay their heart and mind on the line, then be despised or killed for it?

riversedge

(70,239 posts)
23. that Hillary repeated said no--yet she ran. Warren in same boat?? could be.. Lots
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:43 AM
Dec 2014

of work by OP to make a point.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
26. i can see the point they are trying to make but it's not really a good one
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 03:00 AM
Dec 2014

these comments from Hillary came mostly while she was secretary of state in the obama administration and before the 2012 election when obama was going to run for re-election.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
29. The NYT article quotes her from 12/2012
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 05:54 AM
Dec 2014

which is after the Obama re-election, and after she had told Obama she would not continue to be Sec of State. So it seems to me the point is an excellent one, it shows how her supporters use the "not running" twist to mean "will not run" in the Warren case but not in the Clinton case. Sure there are some differences, there always are, but it's an apt comparison IMO.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
32. It was still before Obama even started
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 06:34 AM
Dec 2014

His second term.

But I'm not a Hillary supporter. Im just aware of things.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
40. OP doesn't care about being accurate. They are going to cling to anything that gives them reason to
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 10:15 AM
Dec 2014

hope that Elizabeth Warren is running and they are going to misuse quotes like this to try to fend off those who say it's pretty clear Warren isn't running.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
34. All of these comments were made while (or before) Obama was running for re-election
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 07:35 AM
Dec 2014

what else ya got thats not 2+ years old?

BrettsJets

(11 posts)
35. ! Misleading
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 07:50 AM
Dec 2014

This thread is a bit misleading, you should have really put the date of these articles in the headline. A few months is a half-a-lifetime in politics, let alone a few years.

Not sure what you are wondering here? I think I noticed a Warren avatar, and if that is your angle here I wouldn't get your hopes up bud. Unfortunately Warren is peaking too early, and she really won't have a chance at a presidential bid ever. So you should really pull & work for her to get a VP spot in 2020, or 2024 if you are really a big supporter.

tavernier

(12,389 posts)
36. If she is the democratic candidate
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 08:01 AM
Dec 2014

I will vote for her.

But I realize that many Dems don't like her, and think there is no difference between a Clinton and a Bush, and they will stay home on Election Day to show their disapproval.

Yeah, that'll show 'em.

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