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
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
That would be Exelon, not Excellon.
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"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."
That would be Tony Rezko.
Its' already stale.
It does however show trend. Obama has gone from 19 to 39 in a month.
Yea, I saw that Survey USA poll. Puzzling how only 35% of their sample was likely to vote in the primary. I wouldn’t count on that being the outcome in Ohio with the momentum at hand.
Let's see. She's a big name politician only because she latched herself like a parasite to a talented (and corrupt) male politician. She looked the other way when he committed adultery so she could stay attached to him and ride his name into upper levels of politics.
She was placed in charge (by her husband) of nationalizing our health care system. She drafted her plan in secret because she couldn't tolerate criticism. When her program was unveiled, it was so unpopular that it was soundly rejected and was instrumental in the GOP taking control of Congress in 1994.
She decided she wanted to run for the Senate in 2000, but since only the most flamingly liberal states would even consider electing her, she had to relocate to New York. Her cronies on the Democratic National Committee then intimidated other candidates into not running for the seat (which was open, due to Moynihan's retirement). She lucked out and got a weak opponent, and even then she had to pull the "but I'm a girl" stuff to win the election.
She's been in the Senate for almost eight years and no one can think of a single accomplishment. She spends all of her time posturing and avoiding debate.
She avoids any news show where she might be asked any tough questions. Which is saying something because it's rare for any news show to ask a Democrat a tough question in the first place.
She's spent the past several years using Slick Willie as a tool (pun intended) to guarantee that the undemocratic "super delegates" to the Democrat convention are mostly her cronies, so that she has a shot at winning the nomination even if Obama wins both more votes and more delegates.
And even with all this favoritism and red carpet treatment, and with her well-timed crying schtick the night before the New Hampshire primary, she's still struggling against an inexperienced guy who's just an empty suit and is popular because he can give a good speech (pre-written, of course).
Yet, to hear Hillary talk, you'd think she was the most attractive, experienced, and well-rounded candidate in our history. Her ego knows no bounds.
Have a peasant bring me my crown!
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