To me it sounds like she said, "Screw poor people and the middle class."

Lame excuse. 'Blessed' is even worse than what she originally said. It would have been smarter to say it was sarcasm.

Has anyone actually seen the entire interview?

Regardless of whether or not she was being sarcastic, she was speaking in the future tense, clearly. She said "God bless us. We deserve..." not we deserved.

...and for the record I don't think there is anything wrong with saying God bless us for being successful.

>> ^deedub81:
Regardless of whether or not she was being sarcastic, she was speaking in the future tense, clearly. She said "God bless us. We deserve..." not we deserved.
...and for the record I don't think there is anything wrong with saying God bless us for being successful.


And what was the point of her saying that?
I don't know why she even agreed to do an interview with Bill-O in the first place.
And Wolfson is definitely full of shit. She said "bless" plain as day. I agree that it doesn't matter much, but seriously, come up with something a little less...um...blatantly wrong.

The full quote:

BillO: But I'm not [a] middle class family, I'm a rich guy!

Clinton: And you know what? Rich people, god bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.

This sounds more like blaming the idiot for the excuse he made for her rather than condemning what she actually said .. which is a 5 second sound byte out of context.

What I just witnessed defines "Pathetic"

definitely "bless" and not "blessed." what a self-important blue-blood.

Lol, Let's call it "blessgate" now.

This whole thing is a red herring because it occurred in the middle of a discussion about raising taxes on rich people when O'Reilly was giving her a hard time about it and she was trying to be diplomatic.

The implication that just because someone is rich, they deserve it, is the troubling part.

No habla engles but im pretty sure there was not an 'ed at the end of that. I just cant get over how Clinton is on with Bill'O I mean isnt that a sign of the Apocalypse? Am I dead already and dont know it?

it's ok Jordass.....it's the end of the goddamn world...

i cant blive ur all so dum/ shes got a silent suffix!

I give her the benefit of the doubt, its hard to remain composed under enemy gunfire.

I have no idea what she intended to say, but as a trained linguist I can tell you it is very common for the final [t] sound to be dropped when it is preceeded by an [s] sound. You yourself most likely do it all time. Say the following phrase out loud as naturally as possible:

"Just where do you think you're going?"

Or better yet, have a friend read it out loud to you at a smooth natural pace.

Notice that most people say something akin to "Jus' where duyuh think yur goin'?"

Personally, I like NetRunner's explanation of what happened here best but if she claimed she meant to say "blessed" it would by no means be an unusual slip of the tongue since we all tend to do it. Try saying this sentence naturally and you'll see what I mean:

"The priest blessed the car."

To a lot of people it will sound like:

"The priest bless the car."

That's a bit of a misnomer, SDGundamX. The subsequent word for her was a pure vowel sound.

Try saying this sentence naturally and you'll see what i mean:

"The priest blessed our car."

To a lot of people, it'll sound like:

"The priest blesst our car"

No dice though, she wanted to say that rich people have the opportunity to give back. Fair enough. Why lie? And why implicate yourself into wealth? I think she's got a bit of a spiteful streak, and when he said he was rich, she had some sort of status itch that needed scratching - I'm as rich as you are. Er and god bless us for being able to give back!

Bless or Blessed, the meaning is exactly the same. Ask why she's that immature/stuck up that she can't let someone say "i'm rich" without chiming in along with them.

And why are her "team" lying about it?

Food for thought.

>> ^dannym3141:
That's a bit of a misnomer, SDGundamX. The subsequent word for her was a pure vowel sound.


Agreed, my second example was a poor choice because it was a slightly different case (the first one still stands, however, since the word "where" begins with a vowel sound). I think if you say your version of the second example sentence out loud quickly three times, you will notice that you don't always say /blest/ and sometimes just skip the /t/. My point was that it's a common slip of the tongue when we're excited or speaking quickly.

I think semantically there's a clear difference between "bless" and "blessed." "Bless" is asking for continued divine protection for the rich, while "blessed" is pointing out that the rich are very lucky to be in the position they are in. I think that's what all the furor's about.

I agree with NetRunner that when you look at it back in context of the entire conversation it seems like she was trying to say that because rich people have been blessed with wealth, they have a responsibility to help support the country by paying higher taxes. The clip lends itself to being taken out of context and used by media pundits to sensationalize a non-issue.

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