GarbagemanLB
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Sun Apr-13-08 04:19 PM
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Hillary made a mistake in Bitter-gate. |
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She was the one who pushed the story. She didn't allow her surrogates to do so. In lowering herself into the muck she not only turned off some people on the fence because of her quotes calling Obama 'elitist' and 'condescending', she also further motivated Obama's base and only made it that much harder for them to get behind her in the 5% likelihood that she wins the nomination.
The superdelegates will take notice of that. There has been only one Democratic candidate who has jumped on gaffes of FELLOW Democrats and spread quotes from Republicans to news outlets.
Her speaking out now opens up an opportunity for Obama to make points in the upcoming debate that he normally would shy away from because of his campaign's message of unity. He can and will slam Hillary on her achilles heel, which is the trustworthiness of her (and specifically on the free trade issue). He can now critique her on her campaign's numerous ties to Colombia and NAFTA, and further emphasize the enormous gap between her rhetoric and her actual actions (like campaigning for NAFTA while in the white house).
Hillary forced his hand, and it will be a devastating one.
It would have been so much better for Hillary if she had allowed some of her prominent surrogates do the talking...but she didn't, and that was the final nail in her campaign's coffin.
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Sun Apr-13-08 04:24 PM
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1. Are you a carpenter? Because you hit the nail on the head |
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Obama can also nail her being more of the same. She thinks America is happy, that implies she doesn't really plan to make any changes.
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Sun Apr-13-08 04:26 PM
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2. These "mistakes" of Hillary is par for the course in this campaign. |
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Everything she touches turns to shit.
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Sun Apr-13-08 04:30 PM
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4. True, but that's what scares me |
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she has her hands all over the Democratic party.
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Sun Apr-13-08 04:26 PM
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3. The media was going to jump on it anyway |
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She's behaving more like a surrogate who needs to be reined in herself than a candidate for President.
K&R.
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Sun Apr-13-08 06:43 PM
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5. Hillary Acting Like a Surrogate .... for John McCain. |
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Edited on Sun Apr-13-08 06:44 PM by justinaforjustice
Clinton's desperate attempts to trash Obama while telling the world what a great guy -- and commander-in-chief -- John McCain is, makes me wonder whether she is running for the vice-presidency on the McCain ticket or whether she simply wants McCain to win in 2008 so she can try again in 2012. In either event, she is proving that she doesn't give a damn for the Democratic Party or the fate of the American people who risk being subjected to an additional four years of a Bush-Cheney-McCain administration.
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Sun Apr-13-08 07:24 PM
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My son and I were just saying the same thing.
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Sun Apr-13-08 06:47 PM
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6. I still can't get over it - Son of Goatherder branded "Elitist" |
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Sun Apr-13-08 06:49 PM
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7. if democrats have any hope of winning congress and the WH in november |
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SHE HAS TO PUSH THE ISSUE - lest she get painted by these same liberal elitist snob brush.
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Sun Apr-13-08 07:57 PM
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9. In other words, she should have adoped the Obama playbook |
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Sun Apr-13-08 08:00 PM
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10. I like ..... In a battle of wits.... Hillary is unarmed n/t |
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