On Edit: "People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead,"

I Orignally posted

"Sorry Hillary... it is not your gender.... it affords you no protection whatsoever. And yes you are being attacked becauce you are ahead..... are you so naive as to think that offers you protection? Pulling the gender card is a big mistake. complaining you are being attacked makes you look like a sissy. Bluntly: Grow up or get out of the way."

That was based on the lead from the AP story. I nderstand the context better now... but were I a Hillary fan I would be pretty pissed at the lead of this article

By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer



LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records.

"People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton said, striving to protect her standing as front-runner in an increasingly competitive nominating campaign.

"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a debate seven weeks before the first contest of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"There's nothing personal about this," said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues, turning aside the suggestion that she was seeking to hide her positions. Long an advocate of universal health care, she said Obama's current proposal leaves millions uncovered and that Edwards did not support health care for all when he first ran for president in 2004.

And then when Brown attempted to ask it again (as was stated on another thread) she paused and said, "Campbell" it was priceless. She stole the show tonight.

If you don't believe that the men have been playing the gender card for centuries, you have your head in the sand.

I wanna barf.

Your post makes no sense.

However, you were arguing against your own assumptions and not what she said.

Try to watch that.

your policies suck.

had she not answered it, would you be attacking her for not answering the question? :eyes:

And the female reporter who asked the question about the good ol' boys club was an idiot!

You quote her saying "they are not attacking me because of my gender", and then you claim she's playing the gender card? Help me out here...

Here is how AP is reporting it

By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer



LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records.

"People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton said, striving to protect her standing as front-runner in an increasingly competitive nominating campaign.

"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a debate seven weeks before the first contest of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"There's nothing personal about this," said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues, turning aside the suggestion that she was seeking to hide her positions. Long an advocate of universal health care, she said Obama's current proposal leaves millions uncovered and that Edwards did not support health care for all when he first ran for president in 2004.

:crazy:

The question was something like "your opponents have accused you of saying that you're being attacked because of your gender. What is your response to this?"

Then she responded, with that quote: "People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead" - In other words, it has nothing to do with gender, it has to do with her poll numbers. I really don't see how you can take that quote, in any context, to mean that she was implying her gender had anything to do with it.

Here is how AP is reporting it

By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer



LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records.

"People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton said, striving to protect her standing as front-runner in an increasingly competitive nominating campaign.

"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a debate seven weeks before the first contest of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"There's nothing personal about this," said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues, turning aside the suggestion that she was seeking to hide her positions. Long an advocate of universal health care, she said Obama's current proposal leaves millions uncovered and that Edwards did not support health care for all when he first ran for president in 2004.

The answer to that is in YOUR mirror.:hi:

And it's going to be all positive for her.

I did not see the debate..... but Here is how AP is reporting it

By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer



LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records.

"People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton said, striving to protect her standing as front-runner in an increasingly competitive nominating campaign.

"What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have seen from Senator Clinton on a host of issues," said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a debate seven weeks before the first contest of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"There's nothing personal about this," said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues, turning aside the suggestion that she was seeking to hide her positions. Long an advocate of universal health care, she said Obama's current proposal leaves millions uncovered and that Edwards did not support health care for all when he first ran for president in 2004.

It sounds like she is whining. That may well have not been the case but that is the way it appears in the AP lead.

If I was a Hillary fan I would be pissed about the lack of context.

The question she was asked was inane. This was actually a great answer.

(And I'm not a Hillary person.)

You missed the mark.

and i'm tired of it.

Care to enlighten us?

...but she nailed that answer. In fact, it was kinda inspirational.