Catching a break for Clinton May 24, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Journalism, Random Rubbish.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Journalism, Rants
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Photo by Christopher Wink, TTN.
Oops, she did it again. At least, in the media’s eyes.
In the latest “blunder” the media ate up, Sen. Hillary Clinton is charged with being disrespectful by making a comment about Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1968.
When discussing other high-ranking officials telling her to get out of the presidential race, Clinton compared her campaign to her husband’s and RFK’s.
Her exact quote:
My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it.
And her apology, just hours later:
Earlier today, I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband and Sen. Kennedy waged in California in June in 1992 and 1968, and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nominating primary contests that go into June. That’s an historic fact.
Perhaps her timing with the original comment was a little off after Sen. Ted Kennedy’s recent hospitalization, but really, there was no need for a formal apology.
Her point simply was, as she clearly stated, that RFK’s assassination occurred in June when he was in a heated battle for the Democratic nomination among Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Eugene McCarthy. What’s wrong with saying that?
I’ve already written a commentary for The Temple News that the media typically give Clinton a negative image, seeming to favor Sen. Barack Obama to win the nomination. Even after the ABC Debate blunder, my argument continues to grow.
Of course, I’m saying this as a journalist and not as a fan. Do I expect an equal amount of missteps to be reported for Obama? No, not at all. But I do expect the media to over-analyze every word he says as they do for Clinton.
Let’s just see what happens in June.
Is that bias for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? April 23, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Clips & Videos.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Original version from The Temple News. Photo by Christopher Wink.
CHRIS STOVER
The Temple News
She’s been compared to a monster and Rocky. High-ranking Democrats have called for her to quit the race. And the media have been ruthless in her campaign coverage, including commentary by The Temple News.
It seems that no matter what Sen. Hillary Clinton does, she’s under constant attack by the media. The other presidential candidates don’t have that pleasure.
Clinton wins Pennsylvania April 23, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Clips & Videos.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton
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Content from The Temple News. See the other side of the story from LeAnne Matlach.
CHRIS STOVER
The Temple News
She has said she needed it. Tonight, she got it.
Sen. Hillary Clinton won the much-hyped Pennsylvania primary Tuesday, the first election in the past six weeks of this election cycle.
“Some people counted me out and said to drop out, but the American people don’t quit, and they deserve a president who doesn’t quit, either,” Clinton said after it was announced that she was the projected winner.
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton has a 10-point lead over Obama, 55 percent to 45 percent. Of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, Obama only won seven, including Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties.
Clinton at the Bellevue April 22, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Philadelphia.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton
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My goal for today has been achieved, and now I’m at the Bellevue Hotel in Center City Philadelphia.
CNN, which is being projected on the walls of the ballroom the press is shoved into, just aired a countdown to the close of the polls, and a Times-Squaresque scene occurred with the few Hillary supporters currently in the room. Cheers emerged as the countdown neared zero.
The latest exit polls showed Clinton had a 16-point lead over Obama throughout the state, 58 percent to 42 percent.
The music just started at the Bellevue as the mood shifts from anxiously waiting to cautiously partying. Fellow political reporter LeAnne Matlach and I will be posting articles on temple-news.com following the results of the night, whenever they may come. Stay tuned.
Finally here… April 22, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Random Rubbish.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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After six weeks of build up, the Pennsylvania primary is finally here.
I will not be able to vote tomorrow, but would I be able to, my vote would be for Sen. Hillary Clinton. This may come as a shock to many. But, it’s true.
I previously vowed to leave the country with my cousin should Hillary become the next president. The world’s only psychic twins – Temple alumnae – say I should start packing my bags. But after stalking the Clinton family for the past six weeks for The Temple News, I’m beginning to sway.
When it comes down to it, Sen. Barack Obama scares me. I don’t trust him. Or Michelle. And I know people say the same about Hillary. But there’s a certain charisma – the one Obama possesses – that just irks me.
But I’ll let Pennsylvania decide – I have no other option. I can only hope.
Photo from National Constitution Center debate on ABC, courtesy Michael Bryant, Philadelphia Inquirer
