Posted on 02/14/2008 4:50:43 PM PST by jdm
Speculation had begun this week that Hillary Clinton's campaign might start going negative on Barack Obama. She didn't have much to lose after the debacle of the Potomac Primaries, and she desperately needs to slow down his momentum. Apparently, the speculation was correct, as Hillary has begun slamming Obama's economic proposals on the stump in Ohio:
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized for taking corporate special interest contributions, proposed restrictions on a wide array of industries Thursday and stepped up her assault on rival Barack Obama, casting him as the candidate more beholden to corporations.
In a speech to General Motors workers and executives, Clinton trumped Obama's own economic plan from a day before and appeared to be channeling former rival John Edwards' populist anti-corporate message. ...
She said she would rein in oil, insurance, credit card, student loan and Wall Street investment companies and generate $55 billion a year that would be used for middle class tax cuts, create jobs and pay for an array of domestic programs.
Obama on Wednesday visited a GM plant in Janesville, Wis., to unveil a 10-year, $210 billion economic plan to create jobs in construction and environmental industries.
So now the Democrats will have an argument over who hates corporations more? I think Obama could have a little fun with that, especially given Hillary's experience as a Wal-Mart board member. Republicans and independents will wonder how far the two will go in their bid to out-Edwards John Edwards, who failed to win a single state with this class-warfare populism.
Besides, Hillary has some problems in her math. According to the NTU, she has already proposed over $210 billion in new annual spending. (Obama's price tag is significantly higher, at $282 billion per year.) The $55 billion she supposedly will get by hitting these industries will only cover 25% of the tab, and that's if she doesn't give any of it back in tax breaks. Besides, does anyone think for a moment that hiking taxes and fees on oil companies and insurance will make them less expensive for the working and middle classes?
Does anyone actually listen to this?
Undoubtedly, Hillary will start taking heat over her new strategy to go negative. Obama will cast it as an act of desperation, which may have more than a little truth to it. In the end, though, they both have gone negative on American industry just to follow the strategy of the one candidate who couldn't win a state. If that's what Republicans have to face in November, our prospects look brighter every day.
They should make up something crazy, like he had sex with an intern in his office.
He’ll gracefully assist Miss Daisy to get out of the car, back up, then floor it. ;-)
[Little figurative speech and humor there.]
Oh, you mean like this???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeFVtcdSYY
http://thepowerhour.com/news3/obama_scandal.htm
210 or 282 billion is simply a minor total of what either would ultimately cost us.
And McLame isn’t much better.
Why don’t they send Bill Clinton out there again, and talk about how Jesse Jackson was a good black candidate for president in years past?
Why not send out somebody like former Senator Bob Kerrey, and tell him to praise BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA? Make sure to use his full name.
Why not send out somebody to say that Republicans will tear Obama apart about his youthful drug use. Of course, we good Democrats don’t care about the use of drugs, but the Republicans will, is the implication.
Why not say that Obama hasn’t done his spadework to earn the right to be president?
There are so many ideas that we could come up with..........
I’m watching for the word, “ignorant” to come out of Hillary’s mouth. Susan B. Anthony used that word while she was mad about the 15th Amendment (confirming the right to vote for black men) passing. Then Anthony traveled with the Democrat racist, George Train and refused to speak against lynchings.
People that vote in Democrat primaries do not care a rats ass about economics.
What is Team Hillary smoking?
I do not believe for a second that she will not be the Demon Nominee, but today, it is fun to speculate on what should be.
We’ll all be sad in November, but today.....is still a good day.
Or make it REALLY crazy, by including something weird with a cigar!
;>)
Bingo! This is the hidden part of this game of Three Card Monty these Pols are playing as promises of freebies gush from their mouths.
Another important aspect of this is both the hidden taxation and the intrusion of the Gov't to be the arbiter of dispensing these funds. The net effect is the increase everyone's dependence on these butt-heads.
LOL - You are quick!!
With all the “free” goodies these Progressives are going to be handing out, along with the punishment for the economically productive I think it’s time for me to stop pulling the wagon and jump in and go along for the ride....
By trying to out-commie one another the two ‘Rats are making McCain’s job a lot easier.
The further behind she gets, the more Obama needs to worry. As Vince Foster used to say, “screwing with the Clintons is no walk in the park!”.
I'm sure he'll try, but I don't think he can out Commie either one of them.
As Vince Foster used to say, “screwing with the Clintons is no walk in the park!”.
Kozak, something makes me think you wouldn’t do too well standing in a welfare line or waiting for medical care along with untold numbers of illegals at a govt. health care clinic.
On the contrary. I know the entire medical system from the inside out, know EXACTLY what buttons to push, and have connections. MY family would do fine. The rest, well, might be a little tough....
Hillary or Obama would immediately do the Stalinst next step..price controls
Then, she (or he) would wonder why the shortages appeared overnight.
Then, she (or he) would wonder why the economy went into a death spiral.
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