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February 14th, 2008

Clinton woos press with Valentine chocolates

Posted by: Caren Bohan
Tags: Tales from the Trail: 2008

rtr1×1v1.jpgYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - White House hopeful Hillary Clinton is not known for having an especially cozy relationship with the news media but on Thursday she wooed the journalists traveling on her plane with chocolates and Valentine wishes.  

Clinton, whose bid to become the first woman U.S. president has hit a rough patch amid a winning streak by her rival Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, paid a visit to the press cabin of her plane and handed out chocolates to the journalists.  

Noting that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have a tradition of spending Valentine’s Day together, the New York senator was apologetic about the fact that the journalists had to be away from their loved ones on Valentine’s Day and even phoned the girlfriends of two of the journalists to tell them so.  

“I wanted to apologize to you that Fernando is with me and not you on Valentine’s Day,” Clinton told Michelle Levy, the girlfriend of CBS producer Fernando Suarez. Joking with Levy, she said, “I would love to be Fernando’s second choice for Valentine’s Day.” 

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- Photo credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi (Clinton speaks to a reporter in Texas.)

2 comments so far

2 fellow Hillary supporters & undecided voters,

I’m a UK uni student who supports Hillary Clinton & I’m asking you to join me in a online virtual movement that is similar to the Ron Paul internet movement, which is not about trashing other candidates or imposing voters to support Hillary. This movement is about counteracting the biased US press that has made no sincere effort to research & inform Americans of Hillary’s independent international work as 1st lady, & has there4 both allowed & in fact encouraged her independent work to be belittled & denied. As 1st lady, Hillary worked with the international community on causes such as: human right’s, advancing women’s economic, political & social position, & investing in children’s future, all of which overlapped with her lifetime commitment to advocating & working for quality affordable healthcare & education for everyone, regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability or income.

I invite all Americans to explore the former Clinton- Gore administration website that was once fully functional in the 90’s, on the links I have provided below, to allow you to read all her inspirational & purposeful speeches made around the world on these causes, whether in N.Ireland, Africa, Russia, India, China, Pakistan etc. to give you an insight into her experience in having already demonstrated her ability to work with the international community, leaders & institutions (like the UN), on universal causes. I particularly want to ask you to look up her speeches made to the community in N.Ireland in the “women as citizens” section as it gives you an insight into her experience in being involved in helping the community work to overcome political & religious differences & conflict cause by both sides seeking revenge for loved ones lost in conflict, to achieve de facto peace in the community via a pragmatic approach involving encouraging the community to unite over working together on universal issues discussed above & on expressing shared concerns of the safety of their families (look up her leading role in the Vital Voices Initiative). The underlying causes of the conflict in N.Ireland are the same as the underlying causes of the civil war in Iraq (religious differences, political differences, & revenge for loss of loved ones during), there4 her experience in being personally involved in successfully contributing to helping a divided community achieve de facto peace will prove invaluable in advising the Iraqi government in how to help resolve civil war in the long term once US troops withdraw. I ‘m asking for Americans to please ask Hillary if she will reclaim the approach she & others successfuly demonstrated in N.Ireland, in Iraq .

http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_La dy/html/iinternational.html

http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_La dy/html/issues.html

Be part of this virtual movement, in informing as many Americans as possible to explore these website links I’ve provided that allows you to read all her speeches made aroundthe world as 1st lady that the US media has concealed from you. E-mail as many people as possible, post the links repeatedly on youtube, & post them on as many blogs as possible to reach a national audience within a short space of time, to allow them to make an fair informed assessment of her candidacy. Every individual American that I have e-mailed so far via youtube starting just yesterday, has appreciated my effort in directing them to evidence of an invaluable primary resource that gives insight into all the causes she worked for at the national & international level that the US media has failed to inform them on, & have promised to pass this information on to their fellow Americans as they believed having access to this information gave credibility to her candidacy that the US media has tried to discredit.

Enjoy reading her inspirational, purposeful & often moving speeches, & become part of this proactive online virtual grass roots movement to counteract the media bias by sharing the evidence of her experience to the national audience.

- Posted by rekha

I’m an Englishman living in the USA, I think Hillary has ‘cooked her goose’. More of the same old same old if you vote for Hillary….Vote Obama!

- Posted by Kean

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