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March 3, 2008 5:36 PM

Notable Supporters Talk About Why They Like Clinton

By
Fernando Suarez
Topics
Hillary Clinton
(CBS)
From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- Hillary Clinton headed south to Texas to make her final push before the March 4 contest here, but before Clinton took the stage, a few notable supporters had some remarks they wanted to share with the audience.

First up was actor and longtime Clinton friend Ted Danson, who is most famous for playing bartender Sam Malone on the TV sitcom "Cheers." Danson said Clinton would make the best president because she's intricately involved in the lives of her friends. Danson pointed to examples when Clinton would "congratulate" him when he had a "triumph" in his career.

"She knows what I'm doing with my acting, when I have a little triumph of some kind she is the first one to congratulate me. First time I do something not quite so good, she gives me encouragement and makes me go out there again. When I'm in a room with way more important people than I am, she makes sure that I feel important and she comes up and talks to me and remembers everything that is going on in my life. Wouldn't that be great to have a president who treated each one of you exactly that way?"

Danson continued making his case, "She will know exactly what is going on with your kids and make sure they have health care and make sure they get an education. When someone's mean to me, she's willing to spit in their eye. Wouldn't it be great to have a president who would do that?"

Next, Danson's wife, Arkansas native and Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen, took hold of the microphone to offer her wisdom of Hillary Clinton to the crowd.

"I am a celebrity and that doesn't make me qualified to tell you what you should do. But I'll tell you what I am qualified to tell you, I've had a friend for 30 years. I walked through life with her, I've watched her be a mother, I've watched her be a daughter, I've watched her be a wife."

"Let me tell you, to the women here, she does girlfriend really, really well."

Steenburgen went on to encourage the crowd to go out and vote for Clinton and said voters shouldn't be discouraged by Barack Obama's momentum. "You guys can do this! They may be outspending us 4-to-1, but that doesn't mean anything to the heart of a Texan who knows you can change history." The crowd cheered.

Finally, Clinton was called to the stage where she was joined by Danson, Steenburgen and U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. Brown, who wore a candy-apple red fur head band and a denim jacket with what appeared to be long pieces of denim spaghetti, was all set to introduce the former First Lady but she digressed into another direction, making mention that she was the first African-American woman in Florida to be elected to the Congress in over 120 years.

Brown continued, "Let me just say one other thing, Martin Luther King said 'judge me by the content of my character, not the color of my skin.' When you get ready to pick your politicians, you better pick one like you picking a doctor. And we have one that is not just a 'Dr. Feel Good,' but one who knows how to get it done."

After that colorful round of speakers, Clinton finally took hold of the microphone where she began to lay out her standard stump speech, veering off only to make some sense of Brown's "Dr. Feel Good" comments.

"Congresswoman Corrine Brown said if you were picking a surgeon to operate on someone in your family, you would figure out what their background was, what their experience was what they've done in the past. As Congressman Brown said, you wouldn't pick 'Dr. Feel Good'."

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by hillary4us March 4, 2008 4:59 AM EST
YOU IDIOTS! HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT RELIGION SOMEONE IS UNLESS THEY ARE A MINISTER OF A PARTICULAR CHURCH. AS FAR AS I KNOW PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY ARE CHRISTIANS, ARE CHRISTIANS BUT MANY OF THEM DO NOT ALWAYS ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS. QUIT SNIPING!
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by girlinvt-2009 March 4, 2008 4:04 AM EST
Julia yes I would suggest you invest in Q-Tips he said she had no reason not to believe he wasnt a Christian,and she took him at his word what you want her to call god see if maybe he''ll send down the celestial choirs to put the matter to rest stop all the doubts.Its not her job to
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by luigi999-2009 March 4, 2008 3:16 AM EST
Oh gee, CBS got all intimidated by little Hillary crying about how biased the media is and decided to do a 180 and flatter the Queen of Arkansas.

It won''t do her any good after tomorrow - the voters are sending Queenie home on a Greyhound bus.
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by juliayes March 4, 2008 1:50 AM EST
I watched Senator Clinton being interviewed on 60 minutes last night and was utterly shocked to hear her equivocation when she was asked if she thought Senator Obama was a muslim. Her resonse? I don''t have a reason to disbelieve him when he says heis a christian. What?! This lady knows what church Obama attends and they have worked together on the hill and she doesn''t have a reason to disbelieve him when he SAYS he is a christain. Guess who I think wasn''t acting like a christain? The Senator should reflect that those of us in the other camp, the same people she is going to need if tactics such as this prevail are going to be left with a mighty bad taste in our mouths... What if we are not able to turn the other cheek regardless of the consequences. I quess there is always Nader. He might be a kook but he''s a principled kook! I am for Obama because I firmly believe that had the tables been turned he would have answered: " No, I know that Hilary is a Christain and moreover I feel the question unfairly suggests that muslims and islam are incompatible with American values." Who you are at the core is more important than the next vote!
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by wooha3 March 4, 2008 1:30 AM EST
Hillary Clinton wants Americans to believe she is tough and ready on day one, except for those other candidates ganging up on her in the debates, how they always make her go first on the questions, the DNC rules are so unfair, the press is so biased against her, the caucus is unfair and works against her but not against her opponent, we''re going to sue, no time to provide income info or White House papers, and boo, hoo, hoo, poor Hillary. The only problem with the caucus is that it is transparent and her staff has to work so hard to strong arm their way into controlling and manipulating the process as the did in Nevada. And while everyone is feeling sorry for poor Hillary, she is attacking Obama with lies, at her rallies, via surrogates and smear e-mails. The American people have had enough dishonesty and dishonor in the White House, we want a strong leader with some integrity, not a bully, and spoiled cry baby. Hillary Clinton is not presidential! Senator Obama has behaved with strength, integrity and dignity throughout the campaign and that is how he will lead when he is President.
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by wooha3 March 4, 2008 1:27 AM EST
Congresswoman Corrine Brown said if you were picking a surgeon to operate on someone in your family, you would figure out what their background was, what their experience was what they%u2019ve done in the past. As Congressman Brown said, you wouldn%u2019t pick %u2018Dr. Feel Good%u2019.%u201D

AND YOU WOULDNT PICK THE DOCTOR''S WIFE!
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by wutuloadu March 4, 2008 12:52 AM EST
who are these losers ?......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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by mdenhof March 4, 2008 12:49 AM EST
Hillary''s latest betrayal of the Democratic Party was to say (last night on national TV), when questioned as to whether she believes Barack Obama is Muslim, "As far as I know, No".

For her to say "As far as I know" speaks volumes. She clearly did not want to help dispell the slanderous lie. She knows full well the claim is false but chose to suggest that he could be secretly Muslim.

Hillary will do or say anything to win the nomination. Her behavior is disgusting and un-American.

America needs to turn the page on the Clintons.

Mike Denhof, PhD
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by rowdytexan2 March 3, 2008 11:59 PM EST
Go HIllary! Fight like a tiger!

We need your competence in the White House!
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by tigerjcs March 3, 2008 11:54 PM EST
Hillary the Come Back Kid. She is the true leader who can bring the Change through her detail plans. She is the proud American all the time.

Obama is too much of a showman. All talk and no action. A good cheerleader but not a real leader.

We don%u2019t need Dr. Feel Good. We need Dr. Experience.

GO HILLARY! We don%u2019t change our mind or be easily persuaded by Obama%u2019s empty promises. We truly believe in your LEADERSHIP!

HILLARY 08!
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