What she said then.. as opposed to what she says now...
Oh dear... This is what Hillary was quoted as saying on October 11 2007:
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said it would be foolish to take her name off Michigan's primary ballot and sacrifice her chances against the Republican nominee.
As the only top tier Democrat remaining on Michigan ballot, Clinton is all but guaranteed to win the state's primary. Michigan is tentatively slated to send 156 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, but national party officials have threatened to take away those delegates if the state persists in holding its primary on Jan. 15.
"It's clear, this election they're having is not going to count for anything," Clinton said Thursday during an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio's call-in program, "The Exchange." "But I just personally did not want to set up a situation where the Republicans are going to be campaigning between now and whenever, and then after the nomination, we have to go in and repair the damage to be ready to win Michigan in 2008."
Speaking in the first primary state, Clinton said she understands concerns about her refusal.Perhaps at this moment in time she was still deluded enough to think she'd have this whole thing wrapped up by Super Tuesday because suddenly Clinton has done a complete 180 degree U-turn and is insisting that the voters of Michigan mustn't be disenfranchised.
The woman who stated that, "It's clear, this election they're having is not going to count for anything," suddenly doesn't think that's very clear at all; in fact, she's now insisting that it must count.
And she understood the concerns about her refusal to take her name off the ballot. Yes, they were "concerned" that she might try to pull off the very sleight of hand that she is now attempting.
Her own words condemn the tactics that she is now engaged in.
Although the most pertinent exchange concerning Hillary's current behaviour was this:
Saying one thing and doing something else. Who would accuse Hillary of doing that?Clinton was prompted by a caller who said, "It strikes me that this is politics as usual, where politicians say one thing and do something else."
Clinton brushed aside the comment.
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