Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a grass-roots organizing event in College Park at Dartmouth College on Friday in Hanover, N.H. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
By Philip Rucker
July 3, 2015 at 4:20 PM
HANOVER, N.H. — Hillary Rodham Clinton sharpened her partisan rhetoric to appeal to Democratic primary voters here Friday by issuing a dire warning: President Obama’s health care law would disappear if a Republican wins the White House in 2016.
Celebrating last month’s Supreme Court decision to uphold a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, Clinton told a crowd of 850 supporters at Dartmouth College, “I’m so thrilled that we’re at a point where all the calls about ‘Repeal! Repeal! Repeal!’ mean nothing — unless they elect a Republican president.”
“If the country elects a Republican president, they will repeal the Affordable Care Act. That is as certain as I can say it,” she continued, noting the unlikelihood that Democrats take over the Senate and House next year.
Clinton’s comments came during a festive, grass-roots rally in a wooded pocket of Dartmouth’s picturesque campus, where students, professors and other community members enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs and pie under a brilliant summer sun as they awaited Clinton’s arrival.
Clinton arrived with little fanfare, casually stepping onto a granite amphitheater stage and waving hello as she opened a two-day campaign swing in this first-in-the-nation primary state. She told the crowd she had fond memories of being at Dartmouth decades ago when she was a student at Wellesley College in neighboring Massachusetts.
“I came for a blind date during what was then called Winter Carnival,” she said, with a knowing smile. “So I have fond memories.”
Clinton portrayed herself as a fighter for progressive values, especially on the economy. She recalled that in 2008, after President Obama won the fall election, he invited her to ask her to be his secretary of state and told her the economy was much worse than anybody truly realized.
Her point was that the peace and prosperity seen under the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton, was “rudely interrupted” by President George W. Bush’s eight years in the White House and that it took another Democrat, Obama, for the economy to recover.
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Yes, Hillary- I agree with you. That’s why we are going to elect Bernie Sanders for president.
Feel the Bern, Hillary! Feel the Bern….
“…Hillary Clinton enjoys a 19-point lead among likely Democratic caucus-goers in the key state of Iowa over her nearest challenger, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, but that advantage has shrunk 26 points since May, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday….”
“….Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining on front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic presidential race in Iowa, more than doubling his support among likely participants in the state’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest, said a new poll released Friday….”
“….Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining in the polls against Hillary Clinton in Iowa, continuing his momentum in the early primary states two months after entering the race for the Democratic nomination….”
“Her point was that the peace (DRAMA) and prosperity (INDIFFERENCE) seen under the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton, was “rudely interrupted” by President George W. Bush’s eight years (OF SCREAMING S.O.S) in the White House”
Repairman on June 17th, 2013 9:50 am
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… Not just in our country but AROUND THE WORLD.
One of bush’s last quotes was “this sucker could go down” when he said sucker he was talking about America,
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Repairman on June 17th, 2013 12:26 pm
Anonymous
“this sucker could go down” (yea bush said that on 10-25-08,
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he was talking about the TOTAL COLLAPSE of the American and most of the worlds economies.
Why would you laugh about that?
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Repairman on June 22nd, 2012 11:32 am
Anonymous (H-I-L-L-A-R-Y) # 11:
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If your going to blame someone for something make sure you blame the right person.
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