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Hillary Clinton held a fund-raiser at her favorite vacation spot, Martha’s Vineyard, Saturday.
She was cheered by the adoring praise and pandering of some has-been stars.
Clinton—accompanied by her husband and their daughter Chelsea—smiled broadly and swayed to the music as singer Carly Simon and her two children, Ben and Sally Taylor, sang “Devoted to You” for a Martha’s Vineyard crowd of more than 2,000.
Simon, along with actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, showered the Clintons with praise and predicted the senator from New York will be elected as the nation’s first woman president.
“Is it Mrs. President or Madam President?” Simon asked a smiling Clinton.
The Clintons frequently vacationed on Martha’s Vineyard during their years in the White House. The senator told the crowd that the family has been vacationing in the island for 14 years.
Bill Clinton told the crowd his wife would make the strongest president among those seeking to succeed Bush in January 2009 because she has the best plans to deal with national security, climate change, health care and education.
“If we were not married and Hillary asked me to do this, to be here tonight, I would be here,” the former president said.
In her speech, the New York senator blasted the Bush administration on everything from failure to address problems with global warming to education and the economy.
She aimed her sharpest remarks at what she described as the Bush administration’s “indifference and incompetence” in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
“It is a national disgrace,” said Clinton who is traveling to New Orleans this week to mark the second anniversary of the disaster. “What happened because of Katrina was a turning point in our country.”
Clinton also sharply criticized Bush for his handling of the Iraq war, repeating her call for the U.S. to begin withdrawing its troops from the country.
“I believe that if he does not extricate us from Iraq by the time he leaves office, that when I am president I will,” she said. “I want to be a president who gets back to setting big goals for our country.”
Katrina happened two years ago. It’s time to get over it.
Running against Bush seems a bit foolish to me since he’s not on the ticket, but then I’m not a political advisor.
If she becomes president I’ll bet she “extricates” us from Iraq just as quickly as the Democratic Congress has.
When a person is president he or she has to look at the big picture and forget about being a partisan until it’s time for election again. He or she should not be in campaign mode the entire first term.
Written by ~J~
Marge Says:
August 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pmVisit Marge
Yes, Katrina happened 2 yrs.ago. How can you say get over it. Those people lost everything they had. Some are still not able to return to their homes because they no longer have one to go to. We should feel lucky that we have a home to go to. Doesn’t matter who is President or what the other said about Bush, Clinton or anyone else.Saying one should not be in campaign mode the first year in office is rediculous. You know as well as I, if your not everyone gets on your case about what you promised to do during your campaign and why aren’t you doing it? Senator Warner hit the nail on the head when he said we need to get our troops out by Christmas. He’s not alone.Hope it happens.
~J~ Says:
August 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pmVisit ~J~
I can say get over it because it is only being used as a campaign tactic.
And, yes, once elected any president needs to get out of campaign mode and not test the wind with their wet fingers everyday to see what’s popular.
Warner called for some troops to be home. Not all.
Sue Says:
August 26th, 2007 at 8:01 pmVisit Sue
Isn’t it amazing that two other states were affected by hurricane Katrina and managed to evacuate, clean up and rebuild.
While I agree perhaps FEMA could have done a better job in the beginning in New Orleans, we must also remember the state government would not originally accept the help the President offered. It is always sad to see anyone lose their possessions, but there is also an element of personal responsibility which comes into play here.
It is beyond me as to why this is still an issue and how anyone could blame the President for a natural disaster is something I will never be able to comprehend.
Further, exploiting the misfortune of people instead of doing something constructive to assist them is what many in Washington are best at. With the help of the press, they succeed.
I believe we should be about solving problems in this country, not finger pointing and fund raising. Words come cheap, and if Mrs. Clinton is so concerned about the Katrina victims,then tell me what she has done personally to assist them lately. Is there anyone who can honestly say that her trip to acknowledge the 2 year anniversary is anything but political posturing? I wish I could believe personally it was something different.
Marge Says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:35 pmVisit Marge
far be it from me to try to say anything in defense of people who have lost evrything they own/owned. I wasn’t trying to make a political issue of this. My only question was how can anyone say get over it to those who are less fortunate then we. I as a child have been in a similar position when I didn’t have so much as a peice of bread to eat. I do know what it’s like to be without. I’m not blaming Bush for anything nor anybody else. Pretty hard to gain back something you’ve lost when it comes to your home and all your possessions. But I’ll not try to argue with anyone who is only interested in making this a political issue. I say the heck with the politics. They don’t interest me one bit. By the way Sue I don’t think anyone is blaming Bush for a “natural disaster” It’s what’s taking so long to get these families the help they might need to get started rebuilding again. And it’s not only Bush. There is plenty of blame to go around. If your going to make a promise, KEEP IT! Excuse me for not saying Warner said some of the troops home by Christmas. My apologies. Had enough of this garbage.
Guss Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 7:05 amVisit Guss
J,
So what? What is your point?
david Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 7:21 amVisit david
I can’t agree with J and Sue on this completely because the Katrina story isn’t completely over. It does depend on what you consider to be the “story”, however. I read more reports over the weekend related to Katrina relief funds that remaining unaccounted for/missing. That is a fed’l problem, although the relief failures are a mixed bag. The second story this weekend is the failure to move people out of substandard FEMA trailers, but I don’t feel competent to say much more on that. Given the magnitute of Katrina, I’m not sure 2 years is a terribly long time. I did have an interesting visit with a paralegal from N.O.last Thursday who moved to my city after Katrina. She really felt N.O. was never a place she could feel safe again.
Guss Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 7:34 amVisit Guss
That is probably one of the most heartless things I‘ve ever heard. Get over it? This country will never get over the screw-ups by state and federal officials.
~J~ Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 7:47 amVisit ~J~
I have explained once, but maybe not clearly enough, the statement to “get over it” is aimed at the politicians trying to get elected over it.
Yes, there were screwups and they started at the mayor’s office, went to the governor and FEMA.
President Bush asked the governor before the storm to allow him to federalize the LA. National Guard so they could go in immediately and do rescue work and anything else needed. The governor has to approve that action before the president can do it.
Instead, she refused until the situation got very bad. Nagin had a fleet of school busses that could have transported people to higher ground but refused to use them. We know they worked because a teen-aged boy took one of them, loaded it up and drove to Houston.
This was a natural disaster and yet we are hearing from the Democrats about it as though Bush conjured up this storm on his own because he hated black people.
The Red Cross was parked within feet of the bridge to where the refugees went at the coloseum, but Blanco and Nagin refused them entrance. They had food, water, emergency supplies for those people in hand and were refused entry.
As far as the sub-standard FEMA housing, I’ve looked on a page, and I don’t remember where now, that showed drag behind campers that had been brand new but now are so trashed they will sell for pennies on the dollar if they sell at all.
Again, my complaint is with a presidential candidate trying to blame the president for it when we all know what really happened and to her I say “Get over it” and campaign about something else.
That is not cold-hearted and I have the deepest sympathy for the people affected, but why did two other states get through the same storm without all the difficulties? We didn’t hear much about them. Why did the rest of Louisiana get through it? You never hear about that. Just NO because someone wants to make an issue of something that was disasterous on many levels.
~J~ Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 7:50 amVisit ~J~
Just call me heartless, Guss, but you know better in your own heart.
Sue Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 11:05 amVisit Sue
David:
You nailed part of it in speaking of the person who was displaced by this storm and now does not wish to return. She is not alone in her feelings as there are many who took the money and left the state entirely and are now living with their families in other areas of the country.
And Marge, I was replying to the article J had put up as far as the political aspect of this issue. If those running for office did not make things political then we would not have to address it from that viewpoint.
I cannot speak for anyone else here on the blog or in the comments but I do know how it is to be faced with adversity on many different levels. It will always retain my position that looking forward solves far more problems than living in the past.
I see no one here who is hard hearted or not compassionate. Certainly we can feel for those who lost everything it may we just take a different road to do so.