Posted on 08/07/2008 4:49:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Democrats' acrimonious primary battle came back to haunt Hillary Clinton yesterday, a day before she sets off on her first solo campaign swing for Barack Obama, with John McCain using footage of her attacking the Democratic candidate in a new campaign ad.
The ad, which was released on the internet, features a number of Democratic leaders - including Obama - offering praise for McCain. But only Clinton, who is the closing speaker, goes so far as to take a jab at Obama, in footage culled from one of her primary rallies.
The ad surfaced a day before Clinton is to step in as Obama's chief cheerleader with a campaign appearance in Nevada today. She is to travel to the pivotal state of Florida next week.
The appearances are intended to keep up the momentum while Obama is on holiday in Hawaii.
In the new ad released by the Republicans, Clinton is shown saying: "I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House and Senator Obama has a speech that he gave in 2002."
The damaging footage is the realisation of Democratic fears at the height of the contest that Clinton's no-holds-barred attacks on Obama, with repeated questioning of his experience and readiness to serve in the White House, would provide ammunition to the Republicans during the presidential contest.
A spokesman for the McCain campaign said yesterday: "Hillary Clinton was making a strong and valid argument for why John McCain will be the next president."
"In this case, we couldn't have said it better ourselves," Tucker Bounds said in an email to the Guardian.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
A slur? I guess we couldn’t expect any better from the guardian. And If they didn’t like McCain’s add, I wonder what they thought of the RNC’s add on Obama.
Democrats vs. Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DECDKOFnw
She wasn’t the only democrat pointing out Obama had no experience.
Democrats vs. Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DECDKOFnw
He bought $6 million worth of ads on the Olympics, IIRC.
This ad is so funny! I love it. I hope McCain uses it late in the campaign.
Yes, they confused a ‘slam’ with a ‘slur’.
It is not racist to slam someone. They will make any criticism of Obama a racist thing if they can get away with it.
This is goooooooooood stuff.
You guys have to keep me up on the TV aspects of things. Outside of TCM and Eureka I don’t watch hardly any TV.
For any but Obama it would be called “criticism”. With Obama it becomes a “slur”. Notice how the mind almost automatically proceeds to insert “racial” or “ethnic” in front of the word slur?
I don’t think I am reading too much into this to say that this was just the effect hoped for when the headline was written.
For any but Obama it would be called “criticism”. With Obama it becomes a “slur”. Notice how the mind almost automatically proceeds to insert “racial” or “ethnic” in front of the word slur?
I don’t think I am reading too much into this to say that this was just the effect hoped for when the headline was written.
Take a look here, as well:
Hillary Clinton Supporters For John McCain:
http://www.hcsfjm.com
Party Unity My A$$ PAC/People United Means Action PAC:
http://blog.pumapac.org
Democrats Against Obama/Nobama ever!
http://democrats-against-obama.org
Just Say No Deal:
http://justsaynodeal.com
//Why does everything said about Obama have to have a racial component???
Because he has played the race card? Because racism is in his background?
Thanks.
I may break my no TV news tradition and watch some of the convention coverage after I’ve stocked up on popcorn and beer.
Yes, I was perplexed by the term “slur.”
Willie Horton 2.0: Political ad man Floyd Brown aims to sink Obama campaign
The Seattle Times | August 7, 2008 | Robert Faturechi
Posted on 08/07/2008 7:30:19 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058386/posts
bttt
Honestly, I am so impressed that his campaign had the balls to do this kind of ad. To me, it was obvious. The Hillary comment at the end was great!
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