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Actually, the whole thing that put people off about Senator Clinton and her health care thing was that she took a bunch of experts, nobody from either house of Congress and went in and drew up a plan that really wouldn't fly. Newt Gingrich at the time declared her bill DOA and that was the end of that. She was well meaning I'm sure, but she didn't go to the people, not even to Congress and ask for opinions, basically said, "I know what's best for you and you don't so I, the really intelligent person, will do the things for all of you dumb people out there can't do." That may not be what she meant to send out as her message, but that's what it was perceived to be, and in politics, perception is everything. Plus carpetbagging is never very popular, unless you have extreme name recognition, which the Senator has. Just look at Alan Keyes for cryin out loud, the man got his ass kicked, then handed to him on a silver platter, he was portrayed as a carpetbagger who didn't understand the issues facing Illinois. Regardless I don't think he would have won anyways, but the carpetbagging hurt him a lot.
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"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."
"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
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