She Said It
Here is the section from Hillary Clinton’s interview with O’Reilly where she is led by O’Reilly into making a comment that is going to hurt her very much in the general election:
O’REILLY: You know, your husband and I make a lot of money. Did you know that?
CLINTON: I’ve heard that.
O’REILLY: Yes, we make a lot of money. And you, if you’re president, are going to take more of my money and your husband’s money away. Away. OK, now I’m paying 33 percent fed tax now. You’re going to raise that to what?
CLINTON: I’m going up to what we had in the 1990s…
O’REILLY: 39.5, all right.
CLINTON: …36, 39. People…
O’REILLY: All right. So I’m getting a 6.5 percent bump, and so is Bill Clinton.
CLINTON: Well, it’s only for the people making more than $250,000.
O’REILLY: No, that’s me. That’s me. You’re talking to him.
CLINTON: I know.
O’REILLY: OK. All right. All right.
CLINTON: And I am very happy…
O’REILLY: So 6.5 percent…
CLINTON: …that you’re going to pay more…
O’REILLY: I know you are.
CLINTON: …so that we can cut middle-class taxes…
O’REILLY: Fine.
CLINTON: ….on people who get up every day…
O’REILLY: I’m a generous guy.
CLINTON: …and do hard work to keep our country going.
O’REILLY: But before I vote for you, I want to know exactly how much you’re going to take out of my wallet, all right?
CLINTON: I’m going to take…
O’REILLY: So you got 6.5…
CLINTON: …as much as you were paying in the ’90s. And as I recall, you did pretty well in the ’90s.
O’REILLY: Yes.
CLINTON: Yes.
O’REILLY: 6.5, OK. Now, payroll tax, you’re going to knock that out?
CLINTON: I have not made any commitment on what we’re going to do on Social Security.
O’REILLY: Well, why? You’re going to run for president. Are you going to do it or not?
CLINTON: Well, because here’s why. I learned a lesson from Ronald Reagan. In 1980, when he was elected, our Social Security system was in a mess. The Democrats weren’t agreeing and a lot of the Republicans were nervous. So Speaker Tip O’Neill, another great American politician, the two of them, the two Irishmen, got together and said, let’s have a commission, because the only way we’re going to fix this is if everybody said, hey, we’ve got to make some changes. I am not going to raise the payroll tax on people who are already paying more than their share.
O’REILLY: But I could pay it on every nickel I make.
CLINTON: No. I am not in favor…
O’REILLY: So that would be another 8 going on to 6.5. That’s 14.
CLINTON: I am not in favor of lifting the cap. That’s Senator Obama.
O’REILLY: Oh, you’re not?
CLINTON: I am not in favor of lifting the cap.
O’REILLY: OK. So you’re going to keep it $109,000?
CLINTON: We’re going to see what happens here.
O’REILLY: All right.
CLINTON: We’re going to — but…
O’REILLY: So you’re kind of waffling here, right?
CLINTON: No, I’m not waffling. I’m saying I’m not going to impose additional burdens on middle-class families. And there are a lot of people…
O’REILLY: But I’m not a middle-class family. I’m a rich guy.
CLINTON: Well, and you know what? Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities…
O’REILLY: All right.
CLINTON: …to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.
The cat is out of the bag. Now let’s see who’s the elitist again…??
I’m not for Hillery or OB but I think she is really saying…
CLINTON: Well, and you know what? Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities…
O’REILLY: All right.
CLINTON: …to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation
That they (the rich) deserve all of the opportunities to be ‘taxed’ and pass the money onto the ‘next generation’ (not their kids but the general population).
A softer way of saying we’re going to take your money and give it to someone else…
“A softer way of saying we’re going to take your money and give it to someone else…”
Yeah. Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater, Iraqi Insiders, Israel……..
And u guys no what, if Hilary had said that being rich was somehow tainted u all would have been jumping up and down too.. How come, cos Islam isn’t exactly Socialistic in any sense, it’s a plutocrats dream religion, tailor made for the fat cat sheikh with his huge villa and four wives while the crumbs get quite literally tossed from his table at Ramadan time, Pakistani workers queing up for their capsa in some tent, it’s TOTAL humiliation, (women can’t go obviously). I think the real problem people got with Hilary is she’s a FEMINIST, maybe?
i think a huge number of feminists do not consider hillary a feminist.
also i dont think rad femmers get married.
nor do they stay with their husbands if they cheat.
They would chop their testicles off if they do LOL
see, there are segregationists in feminism, there is huge debate even what feminism involves, there are some small issues now, no need to discuss here of course, but Hilary is the official choice of the feminist community.
actually various chapters of the national organization of women went with obama.
a number of major feminist blogs are also supporting obama.
My favorite feminist was Maggy Thatcher, I’d vote for that Gal, tough as nails.
I actually read half of that exchange (a whole several seconds of my life that I will never get back) before scrolling down and seeing the part you put in bold.
It was a stupid thing to say but she’s said things in this campaign that I find much more outrageous than that.
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Okay - I was writting mine before all this feminist stuff came up.