Interview With Hillary Clinton: Why She's Disliked By The Right
From the Hotline's interview with Sen. Hillary Clinton
Hotline: What do you think is the origin of the emotions you inspire in some conservative activists? Was it Tammy Wynettte? Was it something else? A recent cover of NewsMax magazine insists that your nomination will be the panacea to all the ills of the Republican Party.
Clinton: Well, I think that's whistling in the dark. My take on it is that it's actually a perverse form of flattery ... that they take me seriously. They know how committed I am to my values and ideals and how deeply I care about our country and how wrong I think many of their policies have been that have undermined America's future. So when they protest too much and when they engage in all of their criticism and attacking me, I believe it demonstrates that I'm doing well.
Hotline: The first 100 days of a Clinton presidency: what are your priorities?
Clinton: Well, let's wait and see closer to the election what the problems we face are. Obviously, if this president has not resolved out involvement in Iraq in an appropriate way that is in keeping with our vital national security interests, that will be left to his successor. On a more positive note, I'm going to be looking to make progress on universal health care, and energy independent and global climate change and trying to relieve the squeeze on the middle class so that we can get back to renewing the promise of America for the vast majority of our citizens.
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