Some helpful quotes from Hillary

Hillary Clinton is not, repeat not, out to destroy Barack Obama.   Some recent quotes from Hillary reveal her to be a thoughtful candidate.  A Wellesley graduate and mother, born in the heartland of America, Clinton does not play dirty.

... I absolutely did not authorize or condone the remarks made by one of my co-chairs in New Hampshire about my distinguished colleague’s youthful indiscretions. If primary voters don’t care that he did “a little blow,” then my goodness, why should I? Even if he had packed a straw full of the white rabbit and had a snow bunny blow it in his ear, who would care, for Pete’s sake? I only wish I knew all that colorful chasing-the-dragon lingo.

... I’m not sure who that young man in a hoodie was that Barack was talking to outside tonight, before the debate. I’d seen the young man earlier, standing around in the shadows outside. But that’s neither here nor there. Even if I had been able to see whether any money was exchanged, or who was selling to whom, I would not allow anyone in my campaign, even that scamp Mark Penn, to use the word cocaine.

Okay.  She can be tough.

... Well, I know that some of my supporters have been spreading gossip that Senator Obama loves the madrassa system for pre-K through terrorist training camp. But there is not a gram of truth in those accusations. We shouldn’t inject intolerance into this race.

According to reporter Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, Senator Clinton offered these clarifications during a mini-debate in the offices of the Des Moines Register.