Posted on 02/12/2008 7:56:18 PM PST by doug from upland
Hillary on the Offensive February 12, 2008 8:44 AM
So what will these next three weeks look like, until we hit the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas where Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, is looking for a win?
They could get pretty tough, if last night's candidate interviews on WJLA, ABC's Washington DC affiliate, are any guide.
You can watch them in full HERE. Or you can see our Good Morning America report from this a.m. on the interviews HERE.
"I have been vetted, I have been through this," she said. "I understand exactly what is coming at me .I don't think we can say that about my opponent."
She added, "somebody told me that Sen. Obama has never had a negative ad run against him. Well, get ready because if he is elected the nominee we will see a lot of that."
(Of course, Clinton herself ran a negative ad against Obama in South Carolina. A negative radio ad. Remember?)
Clinton also went after Obama on some watered-down legislation, saying he "has some questions to answer about his dealings with one of his largest contributors, Excellon, a big nuclear power company. Apparently he cut some deals behind closed doors to protect them from full disclosure in the nuclear industry."
(There's more on that controversy HERE, though it's worth pointing out that Clinton co-sponsored and supported the bill she's hammering Obama for having corrupted on behalf of his donors.)
Saying the media is unfair, she invoked Rezko yet again, saying she wouldn't release her tax returns until and unless she's the nominee. "Our financial situation has been more investigated than anyone who's ever been in public life in America. We still don't have a lot of answers about Senator Obama and his dealings with Mr. Reckon." So I don't have a problem with it, but it's only fair we have questions going to the other side as well and I don't see that happening."
She implied he had empty rhetoric. "You never hear the specifics," she said, "it's all this abstract general talk about how we need to get along."
She called him weak on health care. "Universal health care is a fight worth having," she asserted. "Senator Obama has decided it isn't. He won't present a plan for universal healthcare, it's a big difference between he and I."
Obama in his interview was more restrained, though he did take a moment to push back on the idea that he hasn't been vetted -- and compared the Clinton machine to the proverbial Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
"The notion that somehow the Clintons have coddled me and the Republicans are these big, bad folks who have different operation than the Clintons do, I think is just not the case," he said.
What say you?
- jpt
Throwing ashtrays at Bill again? What did he do now?
Check out this statement by Gov Ed Rendell of PA...Rendell: Race factor could hurt Obama
The Democrats have been exposed as racists by the Clintons and their supporters. Some like Kennedy who endorsed Obama knew early on that this exposure could hurt the Democrats. Even Pelosi is toying with the idea of supporting Obama.
Wonder if the Blacks and Hispanics who recognized the racists for what they are will catch on to the fact that they are now voting for a communist --> Obama.
Did you see DUmmie Funnies today?
Most of america has spoken. Step aside Hillary. Everyone knows you’re a fraud.
That leaves only one outcome and one that will horrific-are we ready for this
exactly... even my 7-year old son knows this... if he gets confuse, he's learned to check himself... would he say "between us" or "between we?" "between we" hurts his ears...
I understand exactly what is coming at meOh really?
It already came at you.
It already ran you over.
You're already flat on your back looking up at the sky.
May this great nation, which suffered through eight years of defiling the White House, through assaults, through lies, through intimidation of witnesses, through obfuscation, through the sale of technology to our enemy, through staining the Great Seal and a blue dress, through the cigar games, and through an utter embarrassment that fooled so many Americans and much of the world, finally be rid of these two trailer trash grifters from Arkansas. Clintons, just go the hell away! The damage you have done to this country is incalculable.
And if... you don't believe it?
Just check Hillary's... hand bag!
May this Tuesday afternoon be the Tuesday afternoon that is recognized as her demise. May the figurative stake finally be put into the vampire’s heart. This Tuesday Afternoon is memorialized in song - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969345/posts
What say you?
I say, I think he understands what the lying clintons really are.
Woah jdm! You scared me there brother. I thought those were your thoughts. Whew!
Regards
Hillary IS offensive.
You support the beast?
I wonder if Hillary will endorse McCain when Oh Black Obama beats her for the nomination?
Ohio has abount 25% black population in the Demorat counties which are a small number of counties but large in population. (Most Ohio counties have few Demorats and fewer blacks). She will get beat in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Toledo Youngstown and Akron are union Demorat towns. She will split the vote there. Columbus has party regulars.
And, the Hispanics here are far fewer and less participatory here then they are in the Western states. Gov Strickland’s endorsement means nada.
I predict she will have as much trouble in Ohio as she will in Tx.
On TV this morning, whenever the talking heads discussed the democRats, they discussed skin color and sex (blacks, Latinos, Women, etc.). Whenever they discussed Republicans, they discussed ideas (conservatism, faith, economics, terrorism)). A good Republican candidate can make this distinction and can also get elected.
Latest Ohio poll I saw has her up 56-39.
Some talk show host called Hillary "the Tonya Harding of Politics"!!! LOL!
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