# Man takes Hillary NH office hostage. Bad for democrats? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352 "2007-11-30T20:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/1 "2007-11-30T20:15:37Z")
[Plainly the Dems are in trouble.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_us/clinton_office_hostages) I think this will cost everyone the election. How about you? (yes, this is indeed a spoof of past pundit spin. Sue me. But I think it also foreshadows uncoming spin, however the situation turns out, short of Hillary showing up with a bazooka and taking out the perp.) In all seriousness, my prayers that the situation is resolved peacefully. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/2 "2007-11-30T20:17:48Z")
I don’t see why it would hurt the Democrats…at least those outside the blast radius. Just spin it as a right-wing nut, an example of why you need Democrats running the joint. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/3 "2007-11-30T20:19:58Z")
Well, she’s in Virginia, so not in any danger from this. I hope everything ends peacefully. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/4 "2007-11-30T20:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] But I think it also foreshadows uncoming spin, however the situation turns out, short of Hillary showing up with a bazooka and taking out the perp.) [/QUOTE] I don’t much care for Hillary, and intend (at least for now) to vote for Obama in the next election. However, if she took out the perp with a bazooka, I would immediately change my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/5 "2007-11-30T20:21:22Z")
The question is whether the hostage taker is a Republican or a Democrat. Wait - the article said that he released a mother and a baby, so he can’t be a Republican. 🙂 Followup question: how many votes will he get in the primary? I also hope he surrenders peacefully, and that it isn’t really a bomb. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/6 "2007-11-30T20:23:02Z")
So you’d switch to Huckabee then, **Lightnin’**? 🙂 My guess (and hope) is that his bomb is from Toys R Us. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/7 "2007-11-30T20:26:09Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] The question is whether the hostage taker is a Republican or a Democrat. Wait - the article said that he released a mother and a baby, so he can’t be a Republican. 🙂 Followup question: how many votes will he get in the primary? I also hope he surrenders peacefully, and that it isn’t really a bomb. [/QUOTE] My guess is he’ll die from a mysterious suicide. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/8 "2007-11-30T20:29:47Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > My guess is he’ll die from a mysterious suicide. Ah, it begins. The Vince Foster reference. This is obviously a bad thing for the Dems. What was Hillary thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/9 "2007-11-30T20:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Ah, it begins. The Vince Foster reference. This is obviously a bad thing for the Dems. What was Hillary thinking? [/QUOTE] Just trying to inject a little levity, I wasn’t serious. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/10 "2007-11-30T20:47:00Z")
Having read some of the more la-la sites regarding Hillary, my guess is it’s an anti-Jewish anti-lesbian conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/11 "2007-11-30T20:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Just trying to inject a little levity, I wasn’t serious. There was an implied smiley in my post as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/12 "2007-11-30T23:02:56Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] So you’d switch to Huckabee then, **Lightnin’**? 🙂 My guess (and hope) is that his bomb is from Toys R Us. [/QUOTE] Latest story says he had highway flares taped around him. Maybe he wanted to light 'em all and blind the staff? What next? Then again there’s the theory that H. set it up to get the sympathy vote. A vast left-wing conspiracy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/13 "2007-11-30T23:52:59Z")
[it’s over](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/30/clinton.office/index.html). I’m sure there will be much criticism Hillary’s actions and judgement on this fateful day, and how that reflects on her candidacy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/14 "2007-12-01T07:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > short of Hillary showing up with a bazooka and taking out the perp Isn’t that just like a liberal? She wants to take our guns away but she gets to have a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/15 "2007-12-01T12:50:59Z")
[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff] Latest story says he had highway flares taped around him. Maybe he wanted to light 'em all and blind the staff? [/QUOTE] When having a highway flare is a crime, only criminals will have highway flares. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/16 "2007-12-01T14:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] [it’s over](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/30/clinton.office/index.html). I’m sure there will be much criticism Hillary’s actions and judgement on this fateful day, and how that reflects on her candidacy. [/QUOTE] Hmm, where \*is \* **Evil One** ’s GD thread on how \*this \* will hurt the Democrats? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/17 "2007-12-01T14:58:01Z")
Last night on FOX “news”, Hillary held forth for about 15 minutes, thanksing everybody from the NH State Police to the cleaning staff-it was positively nauseating, to have her ramble on … and on… and on…-I turned it off, This woman uses EVERYTHING as an excuse to launch into a boring speech-complete with ahhs, and erss, . It was horrible! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/18 "2007-12-01T15:59:45Z")
She can’t say thanks? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-hillary-nh-office-hostage-bad-for-democrats/428352/19 "2007-12-01T17:38:39Z")
Anne Althouse [accuses](http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/12/did-yesterdays-hostage-crisis-teach-us.html) Hillary of… being scripted or something. It’s obviously a disgusting, cynical move by Hillary. This harlot’s candidacy is now in shreds, and she doesn’t have the common decency to shut the hell up. No other candidate would so cynically [use a terrorist attack](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani) as a campaign infomercial. This exposes the Democrats as the hypocrites that they are. I hope we can all learn something from this.