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| − | [[File:Aufzumsieg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hillary as the universally acclaimed presidential frontrunner and titular head of the Democratic party in 2007.]]
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| − | The much ballyhooed presumptive nominee and "inevitable" general election winner according to her media allies as the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008 - Primaries|2008 Democratic presidential primaries]] approached, Hillary Clinton finished a dismal third in a Democratic field of three in the Iowa Caucuses.<ref>Obama won Iowa with 37.6 percent of the vote; [[John Edwards]] edged out Clinton for second 29.7 - 29.5 percent. </ref> On June 7th, 2008 she conceded defeat to [[Barack Obama]] although she did not release her delegates until the convention itself. | |
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| − | A pro-Hillary website, Stop-Obama, which billed itself as "a multiracial team of Democrats dedicated to critically think about BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...will challenge the Obama image through scrutiny and analysis. We will ask tough questions about Obama’s past, present, his associations, and identity."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080703230410/http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=23 "Mission"] (April 2008 or bef.) Stop-Obama website. Retrieved from July 3, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The group stated,
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| − | {{quotebox|Obama had the misfortune of rich grandparents who lavishly spent their time and money on him, pampering him with attention and prep-school. Far from thanks, Obama grew resentful, and instead of softening his drive to “Rule the World,” only increased it. As his relatives and colleagues witness, it would come to define his life.<ref>Chang, Gregory (February 22, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20120718085224/http://www.stop-obama.org/?p=48 "Obama a dream come true, part II: Ruling the world"]. Stop-Obama website. Retrieved from July 18, 2012 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>}}
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| − | Hillary regularly relied upon the so-called "opposition research"<ref>Kuhner, Jeffrey Thomas (January 30, 2007). [http://www.jeffkuhner.com/printer.php?q=jk-7895-phpgzkqyx-&page=articles "Distortions and lies at ''The New York Times''"]. ''Insight'' magazine website. Reprinted at Jeffrey T. Kuhner website on January 31, 2007.</ref> of the same sources from the group to attack and denigrate the person, character, identity, and motives of Barack Obama.<ref>Multiple references:
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| − | *Clinton, Hillary (December 2, 2007). [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=92143 "Press Release—Sen. Obama rewrites history, claims he hasn't been planning White House run"]. Reprinted at Peters, Gerhard and Woolley, John T. (2013 or bef.) University of California at Santa Barbara website/The American Presidency Project/Public papers.
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| − | *McQuain, Bruce (January 23, 2007). [http://web.archive.org/web/20140811113346/http://qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=5300 "Those 3 layers of editors do it again (updated)"]. The QandO blog website. Retrieved from August 11, 2014 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>
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| − | ===Promises made, promises broken===
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| − | In late August 2007 Senator [[Bill Nelson]] and other members of Florida's Congressional delegation protested the Democratic National Committee's scheme<ref name=Madkour>Madkour, Rasha (August 23, 2007). [http://jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/082307/D8R6VI580.shtml "Fla. Democrats warn of voting rights probe if state sanctioned"]. Associated Press. Reprinted at Jacksonville.com website.</ref> to deprive Floridians of equal voting rights protection<ref name=Madkour/> in selection of delegates to the 2008 DNC Presidential nominating convention. A letter sent to DNC Chairman [[Howard Dean]], threatened legal action "to determine whether this could violate any state or [[federal law]]s governing and protecting individual [[Voting Rights Act|voting rights]].... It always has been a priority of our party to protect the rights of every eligible American to vote...We would hope the DNC will continue to honor this right."<ref>Nelson, Sen. Bill (August 22, 2007). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080225141347/http://www.nelsonforsenate.com/feature/dean/ "Letter from Florida Congressional Democrats to DNC chairman Howard Dean"]. Bill Nelson for Senate website. Retrieved from February 25, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The move prompted Hillary Clinton to pledge not to campaign in Florida.<ref>Zeeleny, Jeff (September 2, 2007). [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/us/politics/02dems.html?ex=1346472000&en=d7f7216c6188da2e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink "Clinton, Obama and Edwards join pledge to avoid defiant states"]. ''New York Times'' website/U.S./Politics.</ref> A week later she was campaigning in Florida.<ref>Eby, Charlotte (September 11, 2007). [http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/candidates-have-events-in-florida-despite-pledge/article_d8d01caf-b5bf-5eaf-901a-8f4ace162d85.html "Candidates have events in Florida despite pledge"]. ''Sioux City Journal'' website.</ref>
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| − | ===Exploitation of Mother Teresa===
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| − | Hillary Clinton was chastised by a [[Catholic]] Advocacy group for using an image of [[Mother Teresa]] in a campaign ad. Clinton continues to support abortion. <ref>Catholic News Agency (May 18, 2007). [http://web.archive.org/web/20071220074024/http://www.fidelis.org/gw3/articles-news/articles.php?CMSArticleID=1456&CMSCategoryID=10 "Fidelis covered by Catholic News Agency on Mother Teresa video controversy"]. Fidelis website. Retrieved from December 20, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The U.S. Catholic-based advocacy group Fidelis, an organization working with people of faith to defend the [[sanctity of life]], [[traditional marriage]], and [[Religious freedom|religious liberty]] rights, called for Hillary Clinton to remove the image of Mother Teresa from their campaign video. In a press release the group declared the video, narrated by her Bill Clinton,
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| − | {{Cquote|is wholly inappropriate, disrespectful and disturbing ...using an image of blessed Mother Teresa as a political tool, especially given their [[radical]]ly different views on abortion...Mother Teresa tirelessly fought to protect unborn children, while Hillary Clinton staunchly supports [[abortion]] on demand in all nine months of pregnancy, including [[partial birth abortion]] and [[taxpayer funding of abortion]]}}
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| − | When the image of Hillary and Mother Teresa appears in the video the former president is heard saying “Hillary, in effect, was the face of America … in India;” the video then cuts to a clip of the former first lady addressing the 1995 Beijing Conference where an effort was made to declare abortion a fundamental “human right.”
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| − | Barbara Olson in her 1999 book ''Hell to Pay'' <ref>Olson, Barbara (1999). [http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0895262746/102-6782111-3076127?SubscriptionId=11NRD61HE570TCSR99R2 ''Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton''] (Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing). Amazon book page.</ref> made a convincing case that the former Goldwater girl, raised in a Republican home, while working for the staff of the House Judiciary Committee preparing impeachment Articles against [[President Nixon]], studied Nixon very closely. Olson and others have now commented how Hillary Clinton built her political career by learning to think and act as Nixon did, and modeling herself after him. These writers cite instance after instance of such behavior. <ref>Poe, Richard (July 6, 2005). [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45138 "The plan to silence internet journalists" (excerpt of ''Hillary's Secret War'')]. WorldNetDaily website/Hillary's Secret War</ref> When Democratic competitor [[Barack Obama]] made a public statement vowing not to use [[nuclear weapons]], Hillary Clinton shot back,
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| − | {{Cquote|I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons}} reflecting Nixon's thoughts in ''The Real War'' :
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| − | {{Cquote|[[Eisenhower]] said... "You should never let the enemy know what you will do, but it's more important that you never let the enemy know what you will not do." }}
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| − | Nixon referred to it as "the Madman theory,"
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| − | {{Cquote|... statements that appear to rule out the use of force, while perhaps meant to be unprovocative, will in fact provoke an antagonist to push for more. ...we should not make statements that we will never launch a preemptive strike. Whether or not we would ever exercise that option, we should always leave open the possibility that in extreme circumstances we might. <ref>Nixon, Richard M. (May 1980). [http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/1996/10/real-war.html#hole_card ''The Real War''] (New York: Warner Books), pp. 253-60. Excerpt reprinted at Nobs blog website/The Real War/The "hole card" on October 23, 1996.</ref>}}
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| − | ===Alleged embellishment of career events===
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| − | [[Peggy Noonan]] observed Hillary Clinton's distortions of her record on the campaign trail:
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| − | {{quotebox|She is having the worst case of [[cognitive dissonance]] in the history of modern politics. She cannot come up with a credible, realistic path to the nomination. ... But she is a scrapper, a fighter, and she's doing what she knows how to do: scrap and fight. Only harder. So that she ups the ante every day. She helped Ireland achieve peace. She tried to stop NAFTA. She's been a leader for 35 years. She landed in Bosnia under siege and bravely dodged bullets. It was as if she'd watched the movie ''Wag the Dog,'' with its fake footage of a terrified refugee woman running frantically from mortar fire, and found it not a cautionary tale about manipulation and politics, but an inspiration. <ref>Noonan, Peggy (March 28, 2008). [http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120663639483768965 "Getting Mrs. Clinton"]. ''The Wall Street Journal'' website.</ref>}}
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| − | Hillary received a "Pants on Fire" award from [[PolitiFact]] for saying Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."<ref>Adair, Bill (February 27, 2008). [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/375/ "Et tu, Clinton?"]. Politifact website.</ref>
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| − | Hillary received a second "Pants on Fire" award from [[PolitiFact]] for this false statement to a Washington, D.C. crowd on March 17th, 2008. {{cquote| I remember landing under sniper fire.<ref>Holan, Angie Drobnic (March 25, 2008). [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/411/ "Video shows tarmac welcome, no snipers"]. Politifact website.</ref>}}
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