60 years old, all else aside; she doesn't look it. Wow

Hillary made her own life miserable by marrying an Irish guy. That is just as stupid as marrying an Italian. Hopefully, after she becomes president she'll wake up and get rid of him. He is an anchor around her neck.

Posted By Kyu Reisch, Radcliff, Kentucky : October 28, 2007 8:36 am

Do tell us "kyu", why she is so great and wonderful and why you want her on TV and you will vote for her in 2008 and 2012.

Please help me, I am undecided on who to vote for and your brilliance on her greatness will help me along.

Please enlighten us with some facts and reasoning.

Hillary Clinton is obviously interested in power for herself only She is not concerned with the average American, as indicated by the people she invited to her party. She wants to be President so that she can exclude the average American from such birthday parties and similar events while she hobnobs at taxpayers expense with the so-called rich and famous. She knew full well that the people that she wants to vote for her could not afford to spend $2,300 to attend her birthday party, yet that is what you had to pay to attend. Why did she have to spend one million dollars on a birthday party when she could have used that money to help the people that she supposedly wants to represent? What a hypocrite!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEN. HILLARY CLINTON!
You've got my vote.
I wish to see your 62nd Birthday at
White House.
YOU'VE GOT MY VOTE 2012.
I would like to see you and your family on TV rest of my life.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SENATOR CLINTON.

YOU'VE GOT MY VOTE.

Pam..You are the blind one as seen with your stupid choices for the presidency. Americans are not looking for a Queen or a King. We are looking for a leader who can put country back together again. Republicans are the blind ones who are nothing but followers and can NOT think for themselves just like you. You are a very shallow person!

Sorry folks. I am in complete agreement with Laura in Tulsa. I also belive that many others are. It is just that CNN is taking down our posts. I do not support Hillary and never will. She is not "Our Royal Family", our Queen or even fit to lead this nation. Those posts make me want to puke. You Hill supporters are so blind. I will vote for Obama, Edwards or anyone whose last name is not Clinton. I want change!
BTW Laura has as much right as anyone else to state her opinion on this blog. Just because some of us do not kneel before the Clintons that does not mean we don't have a right to our opinion.

Saul Alinsky organized all those different groups of ethnic people including mobsters during the depression. I must give credit where credit is do. But, the Catholic church. I like organization, Virgo's are that. I can read you know when people aren't bombarding me with too much info at one time.

The former president introduced his wife on stage, declaring, "she still looks very beautiful."

What a womanizing, backhanded compliment to millions of women. Might as well said, "Old bats arent sexy."

we wont be divinding any more once she becomes President and she will be our next one.
She does look a little like nancy regan from side view ..
I think she is the perfect expierenced age for President.Happy Birthday Hillary!!!!
And to the california fire's go to her site she gives some inspiring words,she is not the sitting President yet ,the one in there now its his repsonsiblity.so dont blame Hillary for a tragic event.my family lives there and they enjoyed her thougths on her site,she was the first to respond on her site for the matter.

see, they think people are stupid, it's like sneaky that this fundraiser was cloaked in a 'party'. That's the CLintons for you. She's not too divisive.

ANYONE BUT HILLARY !

Happy Birthday Hillary, you look great and many, many more. Hope you and Bill have a great celebration.

Posted By Lou, Miami Florida : October 26, 2007 4:21 pm

Bill Clinton is running one of the biggest philanthropies in America contributing millions of dollars for AIDS charities proving needed medicines for sick people especially in Africa… Hillary is running for president in case you have not heard and they are going to need a LOT of money for the war chest to win the Whitehouse and turn this country around. They know they have to be prepared because of ignorance rampant in people like you.

You don't know me, please be respectful and not get personal. It's people like you that give "blogs" a bad reputation.

By the way, the money needed to pay for the "war chest" will be coming from taxes our pockets and her proposed tax hikes.

Unfortunately, the "Hollywood" community is greatly affected by Aids. Additionally, there are other charities in need of assistance. I wonder what the list of names of high paying attendees looks like? The fact remains the Clintons have enough money to pay for a private birthday party and certainly very well connected amongst the well-healed Liberal Hollywood and media mogul circles.

If Hillary pledged 10 Billion plus dollars to a charity or humanitarian cause the Republicans would find something wrong with it! Too bizarre.

Yet they never complain about the Billions Dubyah Bush is wasting and has wasted since he hit the White House.

Posted By ria, New Jersey
"I've asked this before and no Hillary supporter can give me a straight answer, "What credentials does she have to run this country?"

Why are you asking ria? Why don't you just read. It's not difficult to get the information on Hillary's Leadership Credentials and Capabilities.

A better question might be: What is George's resume? Can someone tell me what experience he had that put him in the White House?

And another question, who did you vote for in the last two
elections? If it was George Bush I don't know why experience would be so important to you this time around!

Hillary is a Divider. If you don't believe it, read all these comments.

Spend a million – make 1.5 – wow- how self sacrificing – and its all about YOU too.
I guess calling it a 'fundraiser' eases her conscous for what clearly is a self indulgent attention getter for the Clintons.
Wonder what Carbon Footprint that party left?

oh boo hoo, Republican Brian Walton thinks American taxpayers wish they won't have to pay for Hillary's $750 billion in addtl spending .. Hey Brian, how do you think American taxpayers, and every American family with a son or daughter in the military, feel about the untold billions the Bush Admin has spent, and continues to spend, on his personal war on Iraq? Our country has gone begging for health care & other vital services for years now, while we pour $$ down the bottomless pit of the Iraq war, with nothing to show for it except too many dead and wounded Americans. Brian needs a reality bite!

Meks,

All the praise for Yale Law, I guess you feel the same about Clarence Thomas. He wasn't even middle class, was raised by his grandparents and made it into Yale Law. He definitely has it going on too. You have a right to hate, but give Clarence his due;)

Have a good weekend

Hey CNN, why don't you substantiate the implication of your headline?! You call it a $1M bash. It sounds like a $1.5M FUNDRAISER to me (after actually READING the article). Isn't it clear from these comments that your headline has served to confuse the readers? You don't claim she SPENT a million, only that she raised a million plus. Funny how everyone is complaining about what she spent, which is never referenced outside of the IMPLICATION of the headline. Truly bad editing CNN.

The woman is a socialist and very dangerous to the freedoms our men and women have fought and died for through the years.

Her ex-husband made a complete joke out of our white house (cigar sex in the white house – MY GOD. He has absolutely no understanding of the word "honor").

HE KNOWINGLY LIED TO YOU, and you lap it up wanting more-more-more! Unbelievable – where are your brains?

HE is why America is hated. We are now a joke – thanks Slick Willie…..

This is America. If you want to be a socialist, go to freaking CANADA.

ANYONE BUT HILLARY!!!!

Tom, New York, NY

Im a republican and I donate my time and money to social services when I can. What have you done?

Why not go to Sizzler and take the $999,990.00 and give it to charity. Or pay for your stupid museum.

DMW- Do you wish your husband was a sexual predator as well?

For such strong poll numbers amongst voters, she sure has alot of people who dislike her on these threads. Can you imagine what a Foxnews thread would look like?

Why do Hillary supporters assume that anyone against Hillary is a conservative Republican? 45% of -democrats- may want her to be the nominee, but that leaves 55% of democrats who DON'T WANT HILLARY!

To EDUARDO
Why not have the very rich and powerful Liberal "Hollywood" clan and Media Moguls pay for the party? Instead of a political fund raiser why not gather funds towards charity? And why can't her husband pay for the party? The Clintons have plenty of money to spend!

Posted By Eduardo, Los Angeles, CA : October 26, 2007 1:57 pm

Bill Clinton is running one of the biggest philanthropies in America contributing millions of dollars for AIDS charities proving needed medicines for sick people especially in Africa… Hillary is running for president in case you have not heard and they are going to need a LOT of money for the war chest to win the Whitehouse and turn this country around. They know they have to be prepared because of ignorance rampant in people like you.

Hmm, I wonder if Mr. Costello paid the necessary royalties to Warner Chappell music to perform "Happy Birthday To You" at the party. Perhaps that explains the high price tag for the celebration.

Set aside Mrs. Clinton's politics for a moment and consider what she said in regard to Mr. Giuliani and the New York Yankees.

Mrs. Clinton said, "I have been a fan, and I remain a fan of the New York Yankees. No Changes, no looking to curry favor with anyone else." People on both sides of the aisle should know that she grew up a Cubs fan. It was only when she became a New York senator that she developed a fondness for pinstripes. I am sure that Mr. Giuliani would still root for the Yankees if the Yankees were in the World Series!

Look past politics and examine character. While it might seem insignificant which team a presidential candidate roots for, her ability (or lack thereof) to remain consist and loyal must be considered.

In the end, people can root for whomever they want. However, it is easy to root for the Yankees because they are proven winners. The Cubs are not but if she kept her loyalties with Chicago, she'd at least still have my respect.

Hey CNN..How come some people can write all those "words" and you print it? I said one word awhile back and you wouldn't print it.

How can people get behind an empty shell of a person who just tells them what they want to hear.

Posted By Laura – Tulsa, OK : October 26, 2007 2:01 pm

Easy… All they have to do is join a political party. Any political party… Hasn't anyone ever told you how politics works? Politicians will say anything to get you to vote for them. They make promises they can't possibly keep, even if they actually tried. Then once they are elected they suddenly forget everything they promised the people that they would do, and start doing what the special interests pay them to do.

I have been kicked out of many political rallies for asking the very same question of many different candidates. They say "If I'm elected I'll do this or that…" and I always ask "How are you going to pay for that?" It's a simple, fair question, but it annoys the stuffin' out of politicians. So then they say you're a heckler and you get kicked out. Without getting an answer to the question, of course.

Anyone with half a brain knows that the only way the Government pays for anything is by collecting taxes. And they collect trillions of dollars in taxes ever year. The problem then is not how to get the money to pay for their proposals, but how to spend it because they already have it. Which brings me back to the same thing I eluded to in an earlier post. Government Waste.

Have you ever taken a really good look at how much Government Waste there is? There is a lot of it, believe me. So in my opinion, instead of fussing over Hillary Clinton's privately funded birthday party (which is only news because she's running for President, and actually isn't anyone's business anyway because rich people can and do spend their own money however they like, just like anyone else), they should instead be focusing on Government Waste which we all pay for, year after year, and we will continue to do so for generations to come. And that bothers me a whole lot more than a privately funded birthday party for someone who gets more interest on her bank account each year than some people make in a lifetime.

Do you want WWIII in the Middle East? If so, vote Republican or Republican Lite (Hillary)!!

Laura, Tulsa OK:

Do you really know Mrs Clinton? Empty shell? Girl, you're either dumb or just barefaced liar. Mrs Clinton is a graduate of Yale Law School. Yale law school is the most competitive and most difficult Law School to get into and has been No.1 in US for decades. Look at the school's ranking for the past decades in USNEWS.com. Yale Law School is the epitome of academic and intellectual excellence. For a daughter of a middle-class family, the only way to get into Yale Law School was only by being extremely smart if not brilliant. What Harvard is to MBA and MIT to Engineering is what Yale is to Law. You have a right to hate but you don't have a right to distort another person's academic and intellectual record. For you information, she also had postgraduate study on 'children and medicine' and her first scholarly paper 'Children Under the Law' was published in Harvard Educational Review in 1973 and is one of the most frequently cited in that area till today.
Let me know how empty the shell is? You are really an ignorant, pathetic republican who cannot differentiate between I and 1. Vote whoever you want for all i care but don't come to public forum to spit your emptiness and waste space on this blog.

A wonderful gala to a terrific person and the next President of the United States of America. The Clinton Family is America's royal family, a national treasure.

Patricia Ryan should be the republican candidate for president.That totally garbled ranting and raving is the most intelligent thing that any republican has said anytime,anywhere in decades.Guess the meds wore off huh?Can you "see a thousand points of light" as well?

Republicans don't need to throw birthday parties to raise money.They play golf with CEO's and just hand them the golf bag and say "Fill 'er up!You'll get it back a thousand fold when I'm elected!You better let me win this game of golf too!"!!!!!

Let's get serious about the issues. End the War and restore our liberties.
Fiscally conservative and socially liberal…that is what we need. I hope Hillary can be that type of President.
Party On!

The headline is incorrect, the party was a fundraiser. Hillary did not "throw" a $1M party, she raised $1.5M for her campaign.

Eduardo in Los Angeles,

Mrs Clinton is raising more for charity towards the wildfire incident in California. I got a mail from her campaign early yesterday asking supporters to donate for the cause. I donated $10. She sent a mail to all registered supporters to contribute. Again, do not be fooled about the $1 million price tag for the party. It is a huge fabrication meant to boost ratings on CNN blog. They track messages received so they can get their traffic. No politician will spend $1 million dollars for a party to raise $1.5 million dollars. It is as usual a malicious, unsubstatiated and perhaps cruel story just for the purpose of ratings. I hope you can check out the veracity of the story on her efforts to raise money for the displaced people in California and hopefully spread the message.

You know, people constantly say that Hillary doesn't have the experience to be President! Did anyone forget that Ronald Reagan was an actor? Arnold Schwartzenegger is an actor. Fred Thompson is an actor. Seems to me that she's been in politics alot longer than any of these guys have been. And for your repubs that are gonna post, I know Arnold is not a presidential candidate. I was using him as an example.

Laura, Tulsa OK:

If I close my eyes, will you go away? You're obviously inexperienced in your politics and in your research capabilities or else you would know that everything you just typed is inaccurate. Go chat on myspace or something where you'd be more in your league.

Hillary claims to want to "help" the poor of America i.e. raise taxes on the rich and re-distribute it. How hard is that? She really doesn't have any qualifications nor does she have executive experience. How can people get behind an empty shell of a person who just tells them what they want to hear.

Why not have the very rich and powerful Liberal "Hollywood" clan and Media Moguls pay for the party? Instead of a political fund raiser why not gather funds towards charity? And why can't her husband pay for the party? The Clintons have plenty of money to spend!

My question is "If everyone wants change in this country, why on earth would anyone vote for a republican who believes in tradition? Aren't change and tradition exact opposites. Dems are progressive people. Change will only come when we allow progression to succeed.

Hillary's toasting it up while California is burning. What's wrong with this picture CNN?

why is it that when a republican makes alot of money and spends it on senceless stuff they are greedy & self rightous, and the only way they got their money was off the backs of the poor. But hillary can say she is about the poor and hold a million dollar birthday party and its no problem? Im all for having fun birthday parties, but a million dollars?

What a cheap excuse to fundraise. It's pretty pathetic when you have to make your birthday the reason people give you money!
Posted By Ron, TX : October 25, 2007 6:27 pm

I hope you had a problem with the $9.11 Giuliani's campaign had not so long ago.

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?
Posted By Albert, Detroit MI : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm

President Regan was turning 70 at the start of your presidency..granny ?!?!
really ?!?!?!

Besides the disconnect between her considering herself a woman of the people and throwing a $1 million birthday party to herself, she then says she is a Yankee fan and is not out to curry favor by saying so? I'd be surprised if she even knew what sport the Yankees play. The amount of pandering she engages in is both shameful and scary.
Posted By Chris, Hackensack, NJ : October 26, 2007 10:10 am

I was looking at the thread posted about Guliani jumping ship and rooting for
the Red Sox, I didn't see you post anything about him pandering….

And to all of you implied she should have given it to the poor
people etc etc. go do some online research, Google the Clinton Foundation,
and take some time to read. Who am I kidding no matter what you all are still
going to hate them. They have worked hard for their money, and who are we to judge
on how she celebrates her 60th

Happy Birthday Senator Clinton

" It is unbeliefable how many totally stupid Americans are fooled by the Clintons."

The CLINTONS? How about George "2-digit IQ" Bush? Talked about being fooled, you idiot. Bush should be impeached, tried for treason, and shot upon conviction. Cheney should just be dragged behind an SVU while the man he shot uses him for target practice.

Clinton as president made the U.S. admired around the world. Our Worst. President. Ever. has made us look like bloodthirsty tyrants, murdering innocent civilians in the name of NOTHING.

Hillary hasn't even been elected yet. What's YOUR excuse for voting for an inarticulate war criminal and anti-Constitution traitor?

Very cheezy.

"60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?"

Better than someone 20 years older and dead from the neck up, like Reagan was his last few years in office.

"How embarrassing! Did they have a receiving line to kiss Hillary's ass at the end of the night? Or was Bill stationed in the back room: sexual favors for a campaign donation ?"

Ah, the screech of the dying right wing.

"CNN's continued removal of multitudes of negative posts about Hillary undermines their unbiased credibility.."

I agree, SpinStarter. No matter how inane or filled with hatred and lies that your posts typically contain, CNN should publish all.

Anyone who thinks that our war criminal prez is doing a good job has no credibility on Hillary anyway.

What kind of Birthday party costs $1 million dollars? The media with their maalicious and unsubstantiated stories. Why would any politician spend $1 million dollars to raise $1.5 million? It either people posting comments here are hired professional bloggers of opponents or they are just dumb. Even if you decide to host the party on the new Airbus 340 for 12 hrs, it will still cost far less than $1 million. Please you guys should get real. This is just written for rating!!!

Free thinking people (you know who you are) – the left will not listen to even of small piece of the truth…and you pointing out Hillarys hypocrisies won't make them change their minds….dogonnit….if the Branch Davidians were right….so are the Hillidiots (like a friggin cult)

In a further birthday present, two new polls out today have Clinton polling very solidly against Republicans in both New Jersey and in Oregon. Check them out here.

To Brian Christianson, S.C.,

HAHAHAHAAH…. you are a republican and you say IF you had that kind of money, you would give it to the poor? Do you honestly think that your party of Republicans EVER care or give anything to the poor people of this country? HONESTLY… with a STRAIGHT face? Oh my gawd… the hypocrisy….they just cannot see it…wow….

YOU WAR HUNGARY PERVERTS (republicans) are so negitive.

GO HILLARY!

I wish I had a million to blow on a birthday party. At my current salary it'll take me 13 years to even earn that much, and a lot of it will be consumed by the cost of living.

Should have gone into politics.

Have a good weekend!

Daniel from NY – no matter how many times you post the Florida poll thing, it doesn't change the fact that Rudy is slime! And that the poll, to the extent it's credibile, is within the margin of error. So give it up already!

Are you people nuts? Hillary has worked hard for her money all her life and can spend it anyway she likes, especially on herself! The Clintons give TONS to charity so what's the problem??? Like the country it better with Bush? What a joke! And about the haircut on Air Force one comment…are you kidding me? Presidents yearly pay is CRAP compared to what athletes make, and they work way harder – they are travelling all over the country and world and working very long days when most Americans don't even want to work part time. Have some respect.

I heard from those who attended and they said they had the time of their lives. Lighten up folks…it was her 60th b-day…which is a huge one! She was entitled to celebrate in whatever fashion she wished. The anti-hillary comments above and below must come from some really boring people.

Spinster, CNN lost it's "unbiased" reputation long ago. Most of us now know to seek second and third sources to get ALL the facts and all the sides.

"John, Euless, TX " Get your facts straight, MoneyLine reports that nationally both Obama and Clinton are running neck-in-neck in the money race. Even pulling dollars from her Senate funds, Obama has given the vast Clinton political machine a run for it's money. Obama's donors are the one's making history and that's without Lobbyist and PAC money like HRC. At least give the man his props, even if you don't support him.

Hillary Clinton probably never knew anything about baseball…nevermind the Yankees…before she carpetbagged north and bought her Senate seat…

And to think that some of you want her to be the President of this country.

Boggles the mind.

MY GOD! One million dollars for a birthday party! If Hillary/Bill claims to be there to support the poor people of this nation then why did she/he not give the money to a relief agency? That is what I would have done if I were in her/his position. Of course, I am a republican and would never think of wasting that kind of money on a birthday party for me .Or even allow anyone to do so on my behalf. This is another example as to why the Clintons should not become president. I do remember their rather expensive haircut on air force one on the taxpayers dime. Nevertheless, what did they care! They were the president!

Hey Albert in Detroit,
Are you freaking kidding me? Giuliani is 63, Thompson is 65, Biden is 64, Dodd is 63 and Reagan was a few weeks away from 70 when he took office in 1981. Do you have a problem with a "grandpa" in the White House? Like Hillary or not, her age shouldn't even be a factor.

It's HER money, if she wants to blow some of it on a birthday party..good for her! happy birthday hill!

OMG! How DARE she have a birthday! Contact Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter at once – something must be done. IT'S TREASON! She STOLE the birthday from a drug-addled little Limbaugh when he was on the nod. This is the worst thing that ever happened. I am so offended that I am calling for my senator to introduce legislation to outlaw birthday parties.

Gee, Hillary, that $1,000,000 could have given a lot of health care to the people you claim you care so much about.

I just want to refer to the end of the article, where RNC spokesman Brian Walton mentions, the American taxpayers "wishing they won't have to pay for her $750 billion in additional spending." Sorry Brian, but I would much rather have our tax money spent on OUR COUNTRY, and the AMERICAN PEOPLE who actually need it, then some fallacy that the current administration made up for their own benefit. Anyone see the report that THAT is going to cost the American taxpayers over $2 trillion??? Oh, but the close minded puppets that regurgitate that same feeling as Mr. Walton are the ones that probably believe this too, as a recently separated service member I probably don't have the RIGHT to dessent!!!

If only the Republicans could be as happy and cheerful as her. We would live in a much better world.

The Clintons are simply too full of themselves– or something else that smells bad.

Uh, spinstopper: Read above. There are a number of previous posts that are "anti-Hillary".

For those who are criticizing her bday party: What room do you have to judge? For one thing, I don't see you donating money (a percentage of your earnings perhaps?) to the poor and other such causes. I'm sure most of you would throw a huge bash too if you had money to burn. She's 60 and a presidential candidate. I think that's something to celebrate–where will YOU be at 60? What kind of shape will you be in? How about your health?

My dad just turned 60, and he threw an extravagant party simply because he survived the last 60 years. I wonder how many of you will get that far…

As for the comment questioning her support for the Yankees: As a female in a male household (including 3 brothers), I grew up loving sports. Being female I also know I'm given the 3rd degree by males because of the knowledge I possess (and I have to admit, I'm a little apprehensive when other females say they are fans of certain teams–because I am the ultimate female sports guru, in my own mind at least). With that said, Hillary is like most females supporting sports–1)She's cheering on the home team (or a team with at least one "hott" player), and 2)When in doubt, jump on the bandwagon.

Lay off the woman already, especially with the same tired complaints being posted. If you don't like her, don't vote for her.

Happy Birthday Mrs. President-Elect! We look forward to working for you in 2008.

Unless I'm just not reading it right, this article is extremely unclear about the cost of the party.

Did Hillary spend $1 million for the fund raising party, and then made $1.5 million? Is that $1.5 million net or gross? Were the birthday party expenses separate from the fund raiser, or was it all lumped together? Was the $1 million from her campaign war chest? Was any of it out of her own pocket?

Just by looking at the previous comments, it's obvious that the answers to these questions could be extremely important in how voters perceive the party.

Not surprisingly, after reading a CNN article I'm left with more questions.

I'm pretty sure Hillary was always a Cubs fan since she grew up in Illinois. And I would guess she became a Yankees fan when she decided to run in NY. Isn't that changing what team you root for in order to pander to voters by definition? Granted, Rudy is way worse…you think Sox fans ever root for the Yanks.

On another note, happy birthday Hillary. You only turn 60 once so enjoy it. I think personal lavish spending on birthdays and haircuts and whatever shouldn't be news, but CNNs conservative tilt really shines through by writing this.

"Hillary Clinton has a long wish list for her birthday, from Washington-controlled retirement plans and government-run health care to tax increases left and right, and all the while the American taxpayers are only wishing they won’t have to pay for her $750 billion in additional spending."

REALLY? $750 billion sounds like a bargain compared to the Republican's spending spree of trillions in the past 7 years. Especially if we get something for it.

It is not like she threw it for herself; I am sure Bill and friends (We know they can afford it) threw it for her. This isn't really news. Everyone is allowed to celebrate their birthdays(some more lavishly than others). If you have the money, why not throw your wife or children a glamorous party? I see nothing wrong with it. So now we hate her because her family has money?

Albert obviousily doesn't have a clue.
Spinstopper, I have posted several positive comments (like this one which probably won't make it on) that haven't made it on the site either so its not just the negative comments. Get over it!

She raised 1M. This was a fundraiser; the headline suggests that she spent a million on a birthday party for herself.

CNN appears to be removing comments that are critical of its headline, as well. Maybe they should take "Fair and Balanced" as their tagline, too.

so Hilary is planning tax increases, "left and right"? That might be a big improvement over simply spending our great-grandcildren's inheritance on a useless war. Better tax and spend than spend, and spend, and spend, while cutting taxes to wealthiest, which in effect, raises taxes to those least able to afford them

Hey John of Texas,

Most of that money was not given to her by the middle class or poor. A lot of that is money out of her own pocket and corporate scum. However, Ron Paul raised over $5 million in the last quarter and the average contribution was $40. That speaks volumes.

CCN did a poll the other week asking if we've ever contributed money to a presidential candidate. The results? Less than 30% have. I have a feeling those 30%ers have donated to either Ron Paul or Barack Obama.

How embarrassing! Did they have a receiving line to kiss Hillary's ass at the end of the night? Or was Bill stationed in the back room: sexual favors for a campaign donation ? This group will stop at nothing for the chance at power. And the liberal main stream media just eat it up. We should pray that this woman never sleeps another night in the White House. Her "ideas" sound great, don't they? You liberals are so blinded by hers and Bill's "charm" that you don't even see how those ideas will cost most Americans more than they can imagine. That's if they'll even work to begin with. Anybody remember "Hillary-Care" ?Pitiful.

As a Democrat, I am sickened that the Democratic establishment (ie. Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, et al) are conspiring to ensure that Clinton wins the nomination. It makes me even more sick that many of my fellow Democrats are starting to look like Republican sheep and are falling for it.

Our country needs CHANGE to heal. Hillary will only bring us more of the same. The only thing that is unfortunate is that Obama and Edwards are such good candidates that I'm pretty confident that most people who support one would support the other.

yes, a real "woman of the people". Most americans throw $1mm birthday parties, right?

Happy Birthday Hillary,

Now, give up the race for Presidnet and be a decent Senator working for Americans and not Corporate America. It is unbeliefable how many totally stupid Americans are fooled by the Clintons. The Clintons disgraced teh White House, stole everything within sight and took items from Air force One. And now, Americans are electing her to be President. Iran, China and India will laugh at us even more.

Honestly . . . a birthday cake should be enough, shouldn't it?
How many solar panels would a million dollars purchase?
How many education funds could be set up for inner city children?
How many additional cans of silly string could be sent to our troops in Iraq.

Pick your cause, but there must be better uses for that money!!

You know… when I person spend hours talking about American working poor, about growing salary gap between workers and CEO, insufficient funding for this, that or another social program and then throws a 1mln $ party I have serious problems with the credibility of such a person… There is such thing as a leadership and it is about time ms. Clinton displayed some.

Hey Ron in Texas…

She has raised more money than any other presidential candidate prior to her birthday. I think it is pretty obvious that her birthday has nothing to do with her ability to raise money and for people to want to GIVE her money. You and all of these other haters need to get a clue!

Posted By John, Euless, TX : October 26, 2007 11:13 am
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No, actually, she has raised considerably less than Obama. $10 million of her "presidential campaign" money was taken from her -Senate campaign- war chest, and was NOT raised while she was running for President. No one even shows up to her events anymore if Bill Clinton isn't there.

Spinstopper
That and pushing Hillarys agenda – CNN stands for Clinton News Network….and as far as the Hillidiot bloggers….omg….PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read up on Saul Alinsky….I know you say we are tossing rhetoric….when in reality….you are backing a socialist….a real socialist….do a Google search…then spend the rest of the day thinking up your excuses why Hillary lost in 2008…."maybe we weren't ready for her yet"

Go Hillary!! She's such a strong woman and deserves to be President. Some people complain about her lack of experience, terrible record as a senator and the crazy ideas she has. But they're just vicious propaganda artists. Hillary loves the troops and religion and women's rights.

The former president introduced his wife on stage, declaring, "she still looks very beautiful."

Talk about a back-handed compliment to millions of 60+ year old women. He should have just said, "Old bats are suppose to be ugly."

DMW of Roeland Park, Kansas, you just made me puke.

Spinstopper said: "CNN's continued removal of multitudes of negative posts about Hillary undermines their unbiased credibility.."

What "unbiased?" What "credibility?"

Overindulgence

I find it interesting that the republicans are attacking Hillary's proposed programs that only aim to help and better the American people. I'm sure the American people would much rather spend $750 billion dollars on a pointless war where thousands of our soldiers are killed.

I would be very interested to discover how an Illinois native, Wellesley and Yale alumnus, and former first lady of Arkansas managed – in all of her travels – to become a New York Yankees fan. If this is true (and not an ironic jab at Mr. Giuliani's alleged pandering), my hat's off to Mrs. Clinton for managing to become and remain a Yankees fan under such adverse circumstances.

Giuliani was foolish for making his 'Red Sox' statement, and should have known better.

But Clinton's remark:

"I have been a fan, and I remain a fan of the New York Yankees," Clinton said to cheers. "No changes, no looking to curry favor with anyone else."

…is disingenuous. She was a Cubs fan who changed her skin to pinstripes when she began entering New York politics.

Draw your own conclusions.

Isn't it great to know the Clintons celebrate their birthday, just like average working class people. Long live the RULING AND ELITIST LIBERAL CLASS ! Let them eat cake !

~ THE WHITE HOUSE ~

For sale to the highest bidder.

That just goes to show where her priorities lie. It must so important to make sure she feels powerful. Hilary might be an intelligent woman, but she wont make a good leader for this country.

Hey Ron in Texas…

Posted By John, Euless, TX : October 26, 2007 11:13 am

I'm afraid that people like Ron are incapable of getting a clue, and cannot get past their irrational hatred of liberals in general, and Clintons in particular.

It is unfortunate that the republicans do not have anyone even close to Clinton to being able to be president of USA. They try to cover up the inability of their candidates by attacking Clinton.
None of the republicans have laid any kind of vision they have for the country if elected. All they have done is attack Clinton and argue among themselves about who is most "conservative". What is conservative about Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, even McCain has sold his soul to backing Bush and if anyone thinks Bush is conservative then they must be snorting dope, drunk or nuts.

As ridiculous as this is, I can't help but notice that Hillary is a Yankee's fan while at a New York event, but on the national stage, would not choose between the Yankee's and Chicago.

There's just something untrustworthy about this.

CNN's continued removal of multitudes of negative posts about Hillary undermines their unbiased credibility..

Hey Ron in Texas…

She has raised more money than any other presidential candidate prior to her birthday. I think it is pretty obvious that her birthday has nothing to do with her ability to raise money and for people to want to GIVE her money. You and all of these other haters need to get a clue!

Can we also mention the fact that over 100 police offers were there to "shut down" Broadway and hold people captive in their buildings? We were not permitted to leave the restaurant we were dining in , after working a long day and having dinner with friends — when we went to leave the restaurant we were told "you must stay inside for your own SAFETY!" What was the safety factor? How much did all the police overtime cost the city & taxpayers? What kind of country is this….when you cant leve a restaurant cause the street is shut down? i felt like a prisoner in my own neighborhood.
I was almost thinking about voting for her, but after being held captive for over 1 hour….SHE LOST MY VOTE LAST NIGHT!!!

Happy Birthday Hillary!!!! You are a wonderful example for women who want to stand for intelligence, taking risks to make things better for others, and going after what you want and winning!

That is the American dream.

Wow, these comments. You people are terrifying!

If what Mr. Walton is saying is true this is what I have to say him: it is better to have tax increases to be spent on the American people (on us) than to pay for the war that was wrong, full of deceit and false information. And now full of anomalous or questionable spendings.

Our next president is real, peaceful and real. Go girl…….

What a waste of money….pathetic…give the money to the poor, instead of raising our taxes for your pet projects. Moron Clintons!

Well, at least she does'nt pretend to be any different from the status quo. While american children go hungry and the homeless and mentally ill roam the streets she throws a million dollar bithday party for herself. If she's elected president that will mark 20 years of our country's leadership resting in the hands of the same two families (28 if you count papa Bush's time as VP). Democracy, what a joke, looks more like a Duoarchy to me.

Did Monica go to the party?

Hillary, congratulations on your birthday. May you have a happy, healthy and lengthy life.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

to PATRICIA RYAN PHOENIX ARIZONA
Calm down lady. Take your meds and shush!

Hey CNN.. Why are you putting different dates on the same story? Why would you change the picture? That doesn't make any sense.

Yuck?! A granny?! I used to think that people who read the news were the smart ones. What about Reagan? I guess he was a grampy.

You go Hillary. Keep raising that money and show these people what you're made of. Clinton 08~!!!

It is a shame that when there is so much poverty in the country and people are losing their homes because they can't afford them, Hillary can waste $1,000,000 on a self indulgent birthday party for herself.

Josh, you should support gay marriage so that the tax burden is spread out to more people.

Happy Birthday Hillary! You are right, every generation has a responsibility to make the country better. There will always be around people with negative attitudes, but there are more good people in this country. Good luck!

The Clinton's once again demonstrate that they represent the "common man."
Hillary ripping Rudy for not currying favor with audiences — ha ha ha ha ha.
Rob Reiner, aka, Meathead, singing happy B-day , Mrs President ? you can't make this stuff up !

Well, Mr. NRC spokesman, with Hillary we may pay in dollars, but with the Repubs we pay in lives. I'll take dollars anytime.

How sad, turn your birthday party into a fund raiser.

This is what is wrong with politics. Money, money, money.

All of these people will stop at nothing to feel powerful and loved. Absolutely pathetic, every last one of them.

Hey CNN, where did my post go? You pull off the one's you don't like afer a few minutes?

CNN is doing all they can to make sure Hillary gets the most stories, has the most exposure, and get the best spin.

Thankfully, CNN does not have the credibility it used to have and is not nearly as well read or watched as it used to be.

I hope this is not how the spending plan for government will look if Hillary wins. We will are going broke.

Why not throw a party when we get out of Iraq. Hopefully sooner than the 5 years that Hillary is considering. I am very disappointed that the Democrats are not seizing the opprtunity. Big government, big spending, big wars, big birthday parties….The Dems and Repubs are looking more alike every day.

Doesn't Arkansas have a team…has she convinced people from NYC that because she brought propery there 4 years ago…and spent the majority of time taking money from lobbyists….she's a real New Yorker?? (only a true Hillidiot would believe that….bunch of them in the blogs….fortunately – not in "real" life)

These people seem to have so much in common with us common folk. Why it was just the otherday I was going to throw a million dollar party too, but my campaign account was tied up.

Posted By PATRICIA RYAN PHOENIX ARIZONA : October 25, 2007 6:43 pm

What? Was that spoken word poetry or something? I have a headache now.

Besides the disconnect between her considering herself a woman of the people and throwing a $1 million birthday party to herself, she then says she is a Yankee fan and is not out to curry favor by saying so? I'd be surprised if she even knew what sport the Yankees play. The amount of pandering she engages in is both shameful and scary.

A decade ago, Time magazine explored how Hillary Clinton was trying to figure out what to do with her life.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/10/13/time/hillary.html

Now, she's trying to claim those years as presidential experience.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

$1mm?? How many children could receive a check-up or shots for that? This is the frivilousness of government that disgusts the tax payers, no matter what party the candidate is. While these people ate, danced, ate, partied, and ate some more, there are people STARVING in America.

that money could have put to better use.

Hillary toasts herself with champaign on one side of the US while Californian's watch their homes burn on the other…

Happy Birthday, Senator and Future President Clinton. As for Brian Walton and the RNC, shut the hell up and let the Senator from New York celebrate. You say you dont want to pay for her 750 billion dollars in spending plans, do you think we enjoy paying and continue paying for the trillions of dollars in debt racked up by George Bush and his Republican Gooneys in Congress for this war, and dont forget, no money for our children's health insurance? Hell No! Hillary 08!

As for the post by josh : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm…

Stop spreading lies about the tax proposal…you obviously didn't read it. It takes away the AMT and only couples making more than $500K are hit with a 4% surcharge…so NO, it's not all married couples, just the super rich. And YES…Hillary deserved her birthday celebration…and Why not take it as an opportunity to raise money for her campaign? She'll need all she can get to fight against the rethuglican smear machine that will be sure to follow…

To Brian Walton's comment, I would rather pay for $750 million of Hillary's spending before spending $2.3 trillion on Bush's war. Also what's wrong with spending a million on a hippie museum? Government earmarks allow officials, on both parties, to spend millions on hotel renovations, making an airport in Rice Lake, WI larger so they can fly their personal jets there, etc. People need to quit choosing who can and can't partake in certain activites. Why don't people take action against all misuse of our tax money?

Happy belated Birthday Future Madam President…you deserved the celebration…after all…it was her 60th birthday!

Why can't people just wish her a happy birthday? Have you lost your humanity?

At least with ANY taxes we would have to pay with Hillary in office, the money will be going for US, not some foreign country that hates us!

can't wait to say…

Happy B-day Madam President!!!

Why is CNN removing all the negative, yet factual, posts on Hillary?

Oh Good… so now Hillary is 60 and STILL has no experience….swell!!!!

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?
Posted By Albert, Detroit MI : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm
………….

Yuck! Does America want another old white male geezer in the oval office?

I wonder how much carbon output, i.e., environmental damage, was caused by this million dollar birthday party for Hillary?
Did Al fly in too?? When is his next big speech to us on inconvenient truths?

"I have been a fan, and I remain a fan of the New York Yankees," Clinton said to cheers. "No changes, no looking to curry favor with anyone else."

The event doubled as a $1.5 million fundraising haul with the most expensive tickets going for the Federal Election Commission maximum of $2,300. The show's "cheap seats" in the balcony cost $100.

Clinton's event Thursday night was the second birthday/fundraiser she has thrown this week. On Sunday, Hollywood director Rob Reiner threw Clinton a lavish party at his home in Los Angeles and even sang "Happy Birthday, Mrs. President."

She lies directly into the camera and nobody questions the queen?

She is on record as saying she also supports the Mets and White sox.

True it means bleep in the grand scheme of things, but just like her flat out LYING that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary of beekeper fame (sorry dawn, she said it and has never disputed she said it), it proves a pattern of saying anything to get elected and bah, bah, bah, nobody questions her on it.

Happy Birthday Hillary, but who throws their own birthday party? Even this arrogant knucklehead in office isn't so vain that he would do that.

Let em' eat cake, right Shrill?

Wasn't it just a few years ago, she was one of the one scomplaining about the price of Bush's inauguration and how that money could have been used to help the poor?

I guess when it is money you call your own, it is OK to blow it… well, unless you're a Republican.

Just another colossal waste of $$$

well albert that depends- do old woman lie and sacrifice american soldiers for glory. Do they pretend to be brave? Do they need to make sure their daddy is proud of them?

Oh pleeze, Candy Crowley, all these lefty reporters, make me sick!
Do they really think we fall for thia lefty thrash?
Where does Candy get off, disguising herself as fair and balance, and feed us this lefty puff piece on another fraud,ole Hillary, its disgusting what these so called reporters get away with.
I am sickened, that some of the public really believe that Hillary is not the biggest fraud that has ever graced the political arena.

Anyone this wasteful with money does not need to be placed in a gov't position where they can make our deficit worse.

Guess what, if she gets elected we will be footing the bill for her birthday party then. Please in the name of decency seriously contemplate what this woman's stance is… I already have a family to take care of on a small budget, if she gets in the whitehouse I'll be taking care of everyone who is too lazy to work. You want the government to take care of you, tell you how to spend your money and tax 50% of your income????? Then vote for her.

The inane comments of most of you are proof of the kinds of morons who have voted to put the dufus who is currently in the White House, twice!

Happy Birthday Hillary!

Albert, Detroit MI…You are a sexist. What an ignorant statement "Does America want a granny in the oval office?" America has had grandpas in the oval office since the formation of our country. It is way past time for a woman to take control of our country, and, I personally think Hillary will do a wonderful job. Hillary certainly posesses the intelligence, compassion, and experience that is so very much needed to bring America back from the edge.

She is a gross display of lying garbage. If her false claims to be representative of the poor are not clear to the American under-representated population now, I don't know what it will take. Perhaps more huge special interest donations. She is United States Royalty and is using the largest political machine to maniupate her way into office and the joke is on us. If we really want change, then Hillary is clearly not the answer. She is a wolf in sheep's clothing and could just as easily be a republican, so long as it would put her a positions of power.

California's home are burning while Hillary is toasting herself. How selfless of her..

I hope I don't get to see the amount of money she can spend on herself when she gets her hands on the taxpayers money. The poll says she will work well with both parties if elected, she didn't as a Senator what will change.

And who says you an not have your cake and eat it to. Way to go Hillary, sorry if other members of my party can not handle it, think they must be jelous that they could not get a balcony seat. Happy Birthday.

I really just don't get these politians anymore. Are they this out of touch with Americans? I am sick of both parties. Why don't we make history this election and vote another party in? Afterall, the Democrats & Republicans have been in control for far too long and if you really think about it, they are all just doing the bidding of Corporate America. Elect another party that isn't in debt to the corporations. Hillary is not the woman we want to be the first woman president. She is manipulative, deceitful and just not the right person to do it.

Albert, Detroi MI:

Yes we want a granny in office. Grannies are nice and kind. We don't need another "mine is bigger than yours" guy in office

Ron, TX

How many Birthday cards and gifts have you gotten on your birthday. It's pretty pathetic that you have to make your birthday the reason people give you money! Isn't that what you just said. The shoe suddenly doesn't seem to fit when it's on the other foot now does it?

Albert, Detroit MI:

Why would you think that Hillary Clinton is too old to be president at the age of 60? McCain is 70, Edwards is 55, Guiliana is over 60 years old. Almost of all her male counterparts are in her age range, and most previous presidents have been her age when running for office. Thats fine if you don't like her policies, but to insult her by calling her a "granny" is just silly. People who dislike Hillary often resort the most superficial insults, and it just really doesn't work. Focus on the more substantial stuff.

And while everyone is scoffing at how much she spent on her birthday, why don't you look at the some of the other events candidates have had. Most of them are throwing 1 million dollar parties in some form or another. If you don't like it, be sure to criticize them as well. Oprah's Obama's party anyone?

Better than spending $750 million on making war, don't you think Mr. Walton?

The neocon scum are coming out from under their rocks. Praise Jesus for the Clintons. Maybe she can bring some respect back to the USA.

I hate to break this to you, Albert of Detroit, Michigan, but we currently have a 61-year old President. We've had other presidents in their 60's (W.H. Harrison, Zack Taylor, Ike Eisenhower), and Ronald Reagan was in his 70's when he was President.

AARP says that 60 is the new 40.

Brian Walton should be more concerned with the 2 trillion his party is going to cost us with the GW war… if what he is saying is true (which I doubt) that is fine with me I would rather any $$$ be spent for US citizens than on a uncalled for war by his right wing, neo-conservative, hypocritical party…HAPPY BIRTHDAY HILLARY

Enjoy the spot light now. She may be popular among her Democratic Puppets. But in the Election NO REAL AMERICAN would ever vote for her. Also if you were in the Military during her and her husband’s administration you have to be Quality Stupid to vote for her after what they did to the military and health care.

Albert of Detroit MI, our current President is 61. He just acts and talks like he's 30.

Happy Birthday Hillary!

$1 Million is chump change next to what Bush spent on his inaugural balls – once again – right wing nut jobs don't have the facts.

Wake up people!!! If this woman becomes president, be prepared for 1 trillion $$$ worth of new taxes!!! If you think big government is unaccountable now, just wait, cause you ain't seen nothing yet!!! Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton administrations…what a pathetic group of big money elitists…

Oh, goodie, another chance to spew my venom!!

What a waste!! She can spend 1 mil for a party while Americans are dying for a war that will cost 2.1 trillion by the time it ends . . .

Oh, never mind.

Spending 1 million dollars of her own money on a birthday party is nothing compared to Bush wasting almost three quarters of a trillion dollars of our money on the fiasco in Iraq…

Go Hillary! I am confident you have the strength and experience to stop the War in Iraq, roll back Bush's environmental laws that have drastically hurt my state, push for health care for all that will lower my insurance bill and will make college more affordable for kids. I can't wait until you beat the war loving Republicans!

Phil – you can't read can you? She's not SPENDING $1M on the party – the corporate sponsors who used to pay for Republicans are DONATING $1M to her campaign. Like the last poster said – I am a republican – and voting democratic in 2008. We have to end this war NOW!

The article title is misleading…the event took in $1 million; she didn't spend $1 million!

You know, I am a Republican who will gladly vote for Hillary. The GOP is sickening these days. What happened to MY party – the party of fiscal conservatives. $2.4 TRILLION for Iraq – and nothing but lies about her rather sensible health plan – which is heavilly supported by the insurance industry – which puts the lie to your "government run health care" BS. The fact is that the Clintons are better Republicans than you neocon bozos!

ITS THE NAME GAME THE WORLD'S STUPIDEST CRIMINALS THEY GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY PROVING EVERYTHING I SAID IS TRUE. ELVIS THE MICHEAL JACKSON CONNECTION DO YOU KNOW WHO LISA IS? IT'S PATTYS MUTILATED BODY THE WALFLOWER AND YOU KNOW WHY? THE PLAYERS OF THE NAME GAME NO FEAR OF GETTING CAUGHT. AM I DEAD? WELL AM I DEAD? DOES GOD LOVE YOU? GOD LETS US DO THIS TO YOU/AM I DEAD OH ITS THE BLIND ALABAMA BOYS JULY 4TH GEORGE'S CHOICE OF ENTERTAINERS THE NAME GAME PLYAERS MEET THEM ALL/

Posted By PATRICIA RYAN PHOENIX ARIZONA : October 25, 2007 6:43 pm

Patricia … move AWAY from the computer … and please ask your doctors to up the dosage on your medications – they're not working any more ….

Washington fundraisers are tacky, no matter how you look at it, but I'd have to say Hillary's "birthday bash" is far easier to take the the $9.11 party for Rudy.

And incidentally, Rangel's tax bill only raises the tax on married couples who make OVER $950,000 per year– for those below that, it actually cuts taxes.

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?

Posted By Albert, Detroit MI : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm

We've already had grandfathers there. And Reagan was 69 when he was first inaugurated.

I'm sure communist China gave her another big 'present'. More nuclear secrets to be 'shared' on the horizon?

The headline insinuates Hillary spent $1 million of taxpayer money when in fact she raised a million. Big difference, and shame on CNN's headline writers.

I'm appalled that an individual running for our President would spend so extravagently! Do the American Democrats not see that this woman is NOTHING like them? She is not standing up for the middle class! Most middle class people barely spend $100 on a birthday celebration for their children. How about taking that million and changing some peoples lives. I'm sickened every time I hear how many millions of dollars they are spending on their policital lives.

We have how much corporate scandal in the US and she throws a $1M birthday party with donations from these and other people? Pathetic. How about donating the money to those who need it. She can't even give a substantial answer to how she is going to accomplish any of her goals in office. She only knows how to blame everyone else for the country's problems during her campaigning. I hope she sleeps well at night.

Happy Birthday Hillary!

I just love how you frustrate the NeoCon's

A few of you need to read the article – not just the title which is very misleading CNN…it was a 1 million dollar FUNDRAISER…they didn't spend a million on it…read you idiots!

While she is winning wide support in nationwide samples among Democrats in the race for their party’s presidential nomination, HALF OF LIKELY VOTERS NATIONWIDE SAID THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.

The online survey of 9,718 likely voters nationwide showed that 50% said Clinton would never get their presidential vote. This is up from 46% who said they could never vote for Clinton in a Zogby International telephone survey conducted in early March. Older voters are most resistant to Clinton—59% of those age 65 and older said they would never vote for the New York senator, but she is much more acceptable to younger voters: 42% of those age 18-29 said they would never vote for Clinton for President.

Looks like CNN enjoys the flashy deceptive headline for this article. It's been up for 24 hours and no correction: Nowhere in the article does it say or justify that the $1M is what she's *spending* on the party. This is a fundraiser. She's going *receive* $1M in campaign contributions for the party. This is a very different thing, and the headline blurs this fact. Hurray for the "free press."

Guys, she did not spend a million. She raised that for her campaign. Just thought I would correct that.

Just another indication that the democrats aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. If Rob Reiner had a 1/4 of a brain, he'd know it is "Madam President" and not "Mrs. President." Democrats bring shame to this country, and the looney (and I mean LOONEY) left Hollywood whackos don't make it any better.

Oh, how she feels our pain!

way to be, hillary, you sure know how to connect with the common folk!

Hey Phil. What about the 5 million dollar rain forest for Iowa proposed by the Republican senator? Or the bridge to nowhere proposed by the alaskan republican senator? Or the billions of other pet projects going on as we speak that where passed by the former Republican majority. Democrats pay there bills, Republicans look for someone to pick up the tab or just pawn the payment off, on thier grandchildren.

Nobody dislikes Hillary but White Men who dread the thought of anyone else besides them leading this country. Oh and I guess the women who like white men hate her also. Hillary makes me proud to be an American. Her story is one of the American dream. Each time that CNN presents an article on Hillary, there are tons of posts with negative remarks about her. Bush spends tons of taxpayes money, yet those who say negative things about Hillary say very little against him. Bush let bodies roll down the river in the most powerful country on earth during a natural disaster, yet he proudly spends billions of dollars in Iraq for selfish, ill-founded reasons. His father spent tons of money but Republicans hailed him as a man of morals. Mitt Romney was for gay rights before he was against them, yet he wins the confidence of conservatives"(whatever that means). Rudolph Gulliani's only claim to fame was his clean-up of Time Square and 911. Yet for some reason, ever time there is an article about Hillary, tons of people feel the need to disparage her. I beleive that the problem that mainstream America has with her is that she breaks the mold of what they think that an American President should be:A white male.

I used to be a big fan of Hillary, until I visited her website. They have a "blog" feature that allows you to post messages. However, if you post anything that is in the SLIGHTEST way critical of Hillary, unseen hands delete it. This censorship of a free exchange of ideas is distrurbing, to say the least. There is something scary and sinister about the new Clinton machine that was not present with her husband. Hillary is NOT four more years of Bill.

Those clintons…they are for the people.

By that I mean friends in Hollywood, media elite, and lobbyist.

Obama '08

So who did she get to blow all the candles? Monica?

Nice headline, there, CNN. Way to keep feeding the monkey.

Go Hillary! All you right wingers need to shut up, 1 million for a museum, big deal people believe be the Republicans are just as guilty for spending things on much more idiotic things, look at Ted Stevens' bridge to no where…seriously you right wingers need to stop getting your facts from sound bites. Morons.

Well, you fooled at least one commenter below. You purposely made headline to make it look like she SPENT a million on herself, and at least one person fell for it. Obviously, more than one person will fall for it. You are a tool.

happy birthday Hillary!!!

This is disgusting. How can we elect politicians who waste money frivolously on things like this while they themselves complain about people in our own country don't have health care or jobs. This money could go so far for other causes. I'm not condemning just Hillary, the whole election process has been perverted into a shallow marketing campaign and everyone seems to be delightfully ignorant or complacent.
It's time for voters to stop settling for the lesser evil and demand campaign reform.

Increased tax on married couples? Fine, legalize homosexual marriage, then offer a much larger deduction for dependent children.

Happy 60th Birthday. I guess we can now officially say you are over the hill(ary).

must be nice to have that kind of money to throw around

One can certainly understand how the Republicans would be worried about "additional spending." After W, there won't be an available cent left for additional spending in our lifetimes.

My birthday gift to her will be not to vote for her. Oops… I wasn't going to anyway so I guess she really gets nothing from me. Happy Birthday HC now take your million and go home.

The hippie museum is a sorry excuse from the neo-cons. Every politician has their share of pork. Clean the system up then you can talk. I don't think the museum is that bad of idea and still better than the bridge to nowhere. Get a life.

She looks so much like Mrs, Reagan in this picture from that angle; She really does; what the hey? we can all use a Nancy Reagan in the white House Nancy is cool got class looks good was a good first lady took no crap off of any one.

May her 62nd birthday be spent in the Senate, wondering who Bill is screwing around with today.

Good for you Hillary! Happy Birthday. God knows we need someone like you to help us get this wonderful country of ours back on track. Plus I just love how you and Bill drive the wackos in the right crazy! LOL They are so obsessed with you. Have you seen the RNC website? They mention you so much you would think you were a Repub and they were promoting you. You go girl and drive those lunatic right wingers friggin crazy in the process!

Please tell Brian Walton we'll be lucky if tax increases can even make a dent in the $2.4 trillion war debt we're racking up on Chinese credit cards.

God bless this woman who has fought the good fight and kept the faith for so many years now. But she hasn't finished the race just yet:)

Oh good grief, what total Republican hypocrisy, bemoaning the poor taxpayer. Look in the mirror, Walton! Your boys in the White House are planning to bankrupt the country with a blank check called the Iraq War. Who do you think is going to pay the trillion dollars for that? If we're all going to spend money we don't have and stick it to the taxpayer, let's not complain when we spend some of it on the health and welfare of actual Americans. It's shameful that we can justify spending for war but not for children.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS.HILLARY CLINTON!!! WE BACK YOU A 100%. FROM THE DEEP EAST TEXAS WOODS. THANKS FOR ALWAYS SEEING THE BIG PICTURE. A THIRTY YEAR OLD HOUSE WIFE.

Anyone that votes for this Socialist pig should be tried for treason. Any "democracy" that lets welfare recipients vote deserves what they get. "Please, Mizz Mastah, give us mo money." Meanwhile, the people she has taxed to oblivion are leaving the country, and they people "begging" stay artificially opressed. I'm currently investigating London, the Caymans, and the Bahamas, myself. If a country wants to tax constituents, only tax-payers should vote. Otherwise, no one will work within a few generations. It's simple economics.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HILLARY !!!!!

You make us proud!

Hillary wants to change this country so fundamentally, that our children will have to negotiate through a maze of regulations and red tape, handing over 40 plus per cent of their paycheck. The idea that health care should be taken over by essentially the US postal service is nuts. She's taking the country in the wrong direction. She wants to steal another trillion dollars from the American people. And the idea that nine individuals on the Supreme court will rule like Zeus on high is scary. That's not what the founding fathers meant for us.

PATRICIA RYAN PHOENIX ARIZONA I THINK YOU ARE MY MOTHER!!?? WELL ARE YOU??? STICKY LICKING FINGERS SNAP AND CRACKLE AND POP GET DOWN DON'T STOP BILLY IS SHOOTING PAIN THROUGH HIS EYES HE DIED ON THE STEERING WHEEL I RAN I RAN

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?
Posted By Albert, Detroit MI : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm

Bush is 61 and Chelsea doesn't have any kids. Romney has like 10 grandkids.

Oh, and happy birthday Mrs. President.

First off she didn't spend $1M she raised $1M. Second the businesses have left the GOP there was an article in Newsweek that a man who raised $200,000 last election for W is now doing the same for her, and there was a similar article in the Wall Street Journal…this is how we know how the election is going to end next year.

Dick Cheney is 900 years old and remembers the names of all the forgotten gods. Why can't we have a 60-year-old woman as president?

Point made. Bounty claimed. Peace out.

Geez, Brian Walton – what a novel concept! You mean Hillary actually has a plan? Maybe W could learn something from her. If she spends $750B and does something for Americans it's probably a pretty good deal relative to the CBO's October 2007 estimate of the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over the next decade – 2.4 trillion. And no plan in sight, unless you count the plan for domestic spying and the death of habeus corpus! And there was something about finding WMDs…

note to CNNN – was is spelled 'was'

note to brian walton – you republican thieves need better quip writers. your last 3 'funding requests' would easily have paid for government-run health care, tax increases left and right etc etc…

republicans got smashed in the last election and will again in 2008
nothing is sweeter than wine made from repubes sour grapes

Well at least it was paid for by fund raisers. We the tax payer didn't have to pay for a birthday party like we did for bush's. And probably the twins, and Mamma bush's….Party on Hillary kick bush ass.

John Edward's haircut doesn't seem like such a frivolous waste of money now, does it?

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?

Posted By Albert, Detroit MI : October 25, 2007 6:44 pm

Shrub is currently 61, John Adams was 61 when he took office, Andrew Jackson was 13 days shy of 62, William Henry Harrison was 68, Zachary Taylor was 64, James Buchanan was 65, Harry Truman was 1 month shy of 61, Dwight Eisenhower was 62, Gerald Ford was 61, Ronald Reagan was 16 days shy of 70, and George H.W. Bush was 64.

Not to mention that 60 isn't old, just experienced.

Hmm, let's see, there is the disaster of Katrina still festering, the State of California in flames, immigration madness and Darfur. Just to name a few. Instead of working to reslove these issues with the American people, our major politicians are running around the country glad handing, repeating the old political mantras and throwing extravagant "it's all about me" birthday bashes. It saddens me to see nothing changes except the amount of money it takes to buy office.

She also got very good polls to celebrate her birthday: one showing her leading Republicans in Minnesota handely, as well as a poll of New Hampshire primary with a mightly Clinton edge.

Think this one is lavish? Wait till it's our money!

Retardicans-
The bash didn't cost $1Million, she hopes to raise $1 Million with this bash. READ!!!! Check another news source to confirm before you go to work tomorrow and start blabbing falsehoods. Perhaps you should immediately navigate back to Foxnews.com to insulate yourself from reality. Fair and balanced….because we say so.

Hillary may know how to spend money, but she has a long, long ways to go before she can spend it like Bush and the republicans. Can you say trillions?

I wonder how many illegal dishwashers from Chinatown will be attending? someone has to stop this meglomaniac… she'll say or do anything to get elected. And she prays on the people and achievers in this country that make it strong. She wants to tear down anyone who has succeeded and created jobs with ridiculous taxes. She wants to reward anyone who hasn't saved for retirement or spends beyond their means.

Here comes the Republican spin machine, right on schedule. bet we hear that $750 billion number over and over. And just how does he think President Clinton will get all that spending through Congress? They make it sound like she will be some loose cannon-doesn't quite work that way. I'd frankly rather raise a few taxes and get this debt back to where it was when the first Clinton left office-can't run a country in the red forever, even though the Republicans would have you believe that fairy tale! Happy Birthday, Hillary! We need you! If the Republicans had all the answers, why didn't they make it all work when they had control of both Houses and the WH? Wait, they didn't seem to have any answers except to start a war and throw money down a pit into the waiting arms of their PAC people. That seems to be working for the rich Republicans, not so well for the rest of us who are paying for it.

More of the same. The RNC has no room to talk, thanks to them we, our children, our grandchildren will be paying for this war funded by non-existent money for decades. They screwed over children but want billions to kill more of our grown up children. The RNC and its members are the new day Facists of the USA.

Sadly Clinton is only the other side of the coin. She is part of The Machine and more than willing to speak platitudes to the people while taking millions from the richest people who will still trample the middle class into the working (slaved) poor.

Both parties should be disbanded and a bi-partisan election system setup, without the corrupt Electoral or the paid off voting machines. Until that happens only the rich will rule this nation and the middle class will be trampled into nothing.

hey albert of michigan…we dont want a young and inexperience or even a grandpa in the white house.;.

speaking of related: Rangle: 'Guiliani embarasses us'

The bashing conservatives on this blog embarass us…

Unbelievable! Why can't her "Hollywood" and/or "Media" Liberal mogul friends give her the party as a present? How about the ticket sales going to charity instead? Better yet, her wealthy husband can certainly pay for it, she can too.

Happy Birthday madam President, When you celebrate the next one I hope you will be packing your bags to move back to 1600 Penn. Ave. Then the world will see what a real woman can do, me , I can't wait. Take care of yourself and that other Best President. God bless the USA.

In response to what Ron said in TX, it's been made VERY clear that she doesn't need to throw a birthday party to raise money since she's raised MORE than all of the Republicans combined so far. Maybe the Neocons should rethink their strategy and throw a couple of parties of their own.

Republican National Committee spokesman Brian Walton said Thursday, "Hillary Clinton has a long wish list for her birthday, from Washington-controlled retirement plans and government-run health care to tax increases left and right, and all the while the American taxpayers are only wishing they won’t have to pay for her $750 billion in additional spending."

Why should we mind paying for what she spends money on any more or less than paying for what George W. Bush spends money on? It's six of one, half a dozen of the other to me. Bush took the largest Budget Surplus and turned it into the largest Budget Deficit in American history. And this after he promised not to burden future generations with debt. "Future generations shouldn’t be forced to pay back money that we have borrowed. We owe this kind of responsibility to our children and grandchildren." (President George W. Bush, Radio Address, 3/3/01) He has continued to spend money we don't have ever since.

If a privately funded campaign fundraiser disguised as a birthday party bothers you, what about some of Bush's publicly paid for vacation expenses? Did you know that Bush has broken the record for the Most Vacation Days of any President? And while we may or may not have to pay for his personal vacation expenses (I can't confirm that either way) we certainly do have to pay for his entourage, the Secret Service, Air Force One, etc., none of which have a low cost option.

I know you can't be bothered to actually look up information before you comment on it, but you should at the very least pretend to know what you're talking about if you're going to be the Spokesman for the Republican National Committee. Because I assure you, Sir… Some Americans can and do take the time to look up things that are in public records.

The more I think about Hillary Clinton the more I see a power-hungry politician, making her life dream come true. Her goal is for glory, on the back so of taxpayers. Yes, she wants to help those less fortunate, but the ceiling of what income if "less fortunate" is getting higher and higher. Now they're pushing for people making $82,000 to get free health care paid for out of fellow taxpayers' checks. Anyway, Happy Birthday Hillary.

Brian Walton wants to leave retirement and health care to the private sector and not the government.

We have seen during the last 8 years how the insurance companies and the financial sector have taken advantage of the American public. Doctors are complaining because of reimbursement rates for their services yet the insurance continue to make record profits. The private sector without any oversite has gouged the American public and something has to be done to control it.

My wife's family has lived in Austria for the past 60 years and we have seen government health care work. When her grandmother was put in a beautiful senior center it did not cost them a penny. Yes they pay higher taxes but at least they are getting something for their money.If I am already paying $800 a month for health care and receiving very little coverage, why would I not want to change the system.

Republican National Committee spokesman Brian Walton said Thursday, "Hillary Clinton has a long wish list for her birthday, from Washington-controlled retirement plans and government-run health care to tax increases left and right, and all the while the American taxpayers are only wishing they won’t have to pay for her $750 billion in additional spending."

Ummmm….sounds a lot bettermthan mymtaxes going to IRAQ..750 billon to help our own or 2 trillon for a War started by wrong intelligence?

Honestly! The republican hacks can't even take a break from the Hillary-bashing on her birthday? What a bunch of jerks!

Albert if that's the best you can do I feel sorry for you. Who really cares how old she is. I would rather have what you call a granny in the oval office anyday than the idiot who occupies it now!

I think Hillary's 750 billion dollar health care plan sounds better than Geoerge Bush's 2.4 trillion war debt….At least we get something for our money!

I hope Bill finds somebody to boink at the party…

You know what, as long as it isn't the illegal war Bush is impoverishing us with right now, I don't care WHAT she spends it on.

Americans are losing their homes in California while Hillary spends 1 million dollars on herself. What a caring person she is..

After her comment on not passing the Dream Act Bill in Senate and promising to fight for "our children and our Nation" I'm just embarrassed that she is a Senator from my state. I can't even think about her as a future President of America. It will be a nightmare for middle class folks, because she represents big business and illegal population. Don't care about her birthday, as she for mine. Got help us!

A insight to the future. Spend Spend. This show the only thing she can do is spend money and talk about nothing.

PATRICK..Yes her 62nd birthday will be celebrated in the white house. Do you intend to be there? I'm sure there will be plenty of liquor and food that you would surely enjoy. Bottoms up.

Why is this news? Please, do we really care? All politicians are &$%! Go Hillary!!!

Happy B'Day fellow Baby Boomer! Have a joyous Retirement, ask me, you need it now

Ugh, a million for a B-day party, and trying to raise money at the same time? Pathetic. We don't what an insane spender like that in the White House.

Republican National Committee spokesman Brian Walton seems unable to cope with the though of President-in-waiting Clinton seeking to possibly spend a few billion here and there on things like improved and accessible health care, fixing Social Security, educating our children, or enhancing the quality of life for lower and middle-income Americans, but seems quite content to have the sitting Republican super-spender president spend TRILLIONS on a war that's going no where. Figures.

WOW, this gal REALLY Loves MONEY MONEY lots of MONEY!!
She's so far ahead of the Straw Man….why does she keep collecting $$$$$?
I just went to the Hillary for President web site , looking for her position on Immigration and you can't find a thing for "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES" facing this country. WHY??
This Woman is like David Copperfield…Smoke and Mirrors.
NO DETAILS on any of the ISSUES!!
Some thing is very Wrong with the Democrat party…if this is the Very Best they have to offer. God Help us all.

I'm curious as to why there is extravagance for this womans birthday. If her followers were true to the US, they would not like the money spent. If they do like it, they do not follow the constitution and therefore are not Americans.

These are some of the things that makes me wonder and just vote for Obama!

He might have mentioned that American taxpayers aren't so chuffed about paying for this war. I'd take health care and retirement over that any day.

C'mon people! we can do better things with that kind of money! This shows how her priorities being self centered!

Albert,
Last I heard Chelsea Clinton doesn't have any kids. Plus given that our House and Senate are overpopulated with 70 and 80 year old 'grandpas', I don't really consider having a person who is 60 to be worth a 'yuck'. Try getting over yourself.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. President. Gosh! I wish I was the one singing that to her.

How absolutely disgusting. A Democrat who represents the people has the nerve to spend that kind of money while the people who support them can't afford a birthday party with anything more than a cake, if that!

This is rediculous.

How absolutely disgusting. A Democrat who represents the people has the nerve to spend that kind of money while the people who support them can't afford a birthday party with anything more than a cake, if that!

My god, there's some serious losers and haters posting on the Ticker. I'm so sick of the blind and ignorant partisan regurgitation of talking points that I'm almost at the point of not reading the Ticker anymore.

Happy Birthday, Hillary. I'm proud to share the same birthday as you (Oct. 26th).

Tsk tsk – You can't buy America, mrs. clinton – we can't be bought. So you keep raising that dough while us middle class voters set our sights on Rudy. And where were all these winners during 9/11? Let's not forget the fool hillary made of herself during President Bush's wonderful speech after 9/11. Let's not forget who was getting the job done – it wasn't any of these people going to this party. Is Meat Head Reiner still around? haaa Archie was right – he IS a Meat Head!

Using one's own birthday as a fundraiser. How disgraceful.

I've asked this before and no Hillary supporter can give me a straight answer, "What credentials does she have to run this country?" She is basing her campaign on 'experience', but what does she have? What is her resume? Can someone please tell me? Democrat in '09

What a crap headline by CNN. Insinuates that Clinton is PAYING one million dollars for her party.

And this idiot, Brian Walton, Repub spokesman:

"Hillary Clinton has a long wish list for her birthday, from Washington-controlled retirement plans …"

As opposed to corporate retirement plans that can disappear at a moment's notice with no recourse for the ripped off employee.

"and government-run health care…"

…as opposed to cripplingly-high premiums with so many exclusions in the policy as to render it partial coverage only. Add that to the most stupid prescription plan ever for seniors – drug companies allowed to overcharge for everything, no control of prices – while charging pitiless deductibles and other fees to seniors trying to enjoy retirement – and you have the brutal reality of the far right trying to screw up a pretty good system by punishing those that need help.

Outrageous.

I don't believe in everything Hillary, but she, or even a sick flamingo, would do better by far than the criminals in the Bush administration.

" to tax increases left and right,…"

Typical Republican lie. Tax will increase on the rich and corporate. The middle class, long battered and disliked by Republicans, is sick of shouldering the tax burden brought on by tax loopholes for the rich and lawyered, and outright payments and subsidies – corporate welfare – that costs the country more now than human welfare used to.

" and all the while the American taxpayers are only wishing they won’t have to pay for her $750 billion in additional spending."

No, the American taxpayers will be busy paying off the crazed spending of our Worst. President. Ever.

What'd President Potato Head do this week? Ask for $46 BILLION more to fight the criminally useless war in Iraq, a week after he vetoed health care for America's poorest as if they were rats in the sewer.

Brian Walton: You can't fool Americans any longer. Your tax cuts only benefited the uberwealthy and your war in Iraq that you lied to the American public about mostly benefits Halliburton, Blackwater and other neocon friendly contractors. All the while you have been running up huge deficits and screwing the poor and the middle class. Halliburton and the billionaires get richer, young people come home in caskets, and poor kids get no healthcare. That's your legacy.

Hillary will change all that. We will have children's healthcare, we will have universal healthcare, we will have a sensible foreign policy, and a sounder, more just economy.

how idiotic (and sexist) is albert from michigan
gwb is 61
hillary is in her prime at 60!!

happy birthday senator!!!
we have much to celebrate

This is just the same as Marie Anntionette saying "Let them eat cake". The country is going to hell in a handbasket and she is throwing a party…yeah, we want her in the whitehouse….

Why doesn't she take some of that I mil in cash and give it to the people who's mobile home park just burnt down in California?

Hilary Clinton is so old school politics. Her flier for hiring a hundred new people in Iowa reads, "ready for change?"

In just a few well laid out images, I can show you the kind of change that Hilary brings to the table.

This youtube video is the best I've ever seen on the subject. Watch this and then tell me what Hilary should be celebrating.

Here's the link;
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5c0eLVYbnI4

If anyone bothered to read the party does not actually cost one million dollars. She is expecting to raise one million dollars in campaign donations. Please read more carefully next time.

she deserves it…let her rule

Sixty years ago, she was born. But 60 years later, she's planning to kill America's dream as a superpower and leader of the free world with her socialist policies. If this carpetbagger and interloper hadn't chosen to take up residence in New York and run as Senator, we wouldn't be faced with the prospect of having America's first female President, who is also a socialist. So could make that two firsts: a female President who is a socialist. Cuba could well have a new state in its backyard in 2009: AMERICA! Bye-bye Comrade Fidel! Hail Comrade Hillary?

A $1 million birthday bash is a total disgrace and embarrassment. Not every American can enjoy having a $1 million birthday bash with celebrities and musicians. Most of us are lucky to have a single piece of birthday cake and a spoonful of ice cream. If any of these candidates, be it Democrat or Republican, wants to represent the AVERAGE American, then for God's sake try to be an average American. How can she represent and "be an average American", when the American people cannot comprehend what it is like having such a laverish birthday party thrown for them?

60 years old? Yuck! Does America want a granny in the oval office?

That Hillary Clinton… She sure knows how to spend money. And so do her quest. Charlie Rangel just announced today an increase tax proposal on all married couples.

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Rob Reiner should just subside (settle, as sediment); or go smoke a fatty.

Quite interesting…

She can spend $1 million on a friggin birthday party… but wants Americans to throw $1 million towards a hippie museum??

I guess that's the Clinton way.

What a cheap excuse to fundraise. It's pretty pathetic when you have to make your birthday the reason people give you money!

Happy Birthday Hillary! I hope your 62nd birthday is celebrated in the White House.

Good for her! She’s going to have to raise a lot of money. Her competition – the neo-con Repubs are famous for getting money through big business and non profit groups with lots of money run by the likes of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and James Dobson. The neo-con Repubs are ready to spin their Family Values message of hate and intolerance. Hillary is going to need lots fight these hypocrites’.