In a sign of confidence, Hillary has begun airing vicious political advertisements…targeting herself

[wyldwolf]

In a sign of confidence befitting her status as front runner, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today began airing what her aides are calling “extremely vicious attack ads about herself.” The advertisements, airing in key early states like New Hampshire and Iowa, take Sen. Clinton to task for everything from her position on Iraq to her failed health-care proposals of the 1990s, to what aides characterized as her “whiny voice and annoying cackle.”

With Clinton showing double-digit leads in many polls and steamrolling her rivals in recent debates, aides said that spending precious campaign funds to attack herself sends a message to voters that the New York senator “feels good about how the campaign is going.” While negative ads have become commonplace in political campaigns, Clinton’s bruising ads are believed to be the first time a political candidate has spent her own money to attack herself.

“The American people want a leader,” said Clinton campaign spokeswoman Carol Foyler. “And if her rivals won’t come out and attack her, Sen. Clinton is going to show leadership by attacking herself.”

Perhaps in a bid to blunt the effect of Clinton’s self-attacking ad campaign, Sen. Barack Obama today began airing what his aides are calling “his politest ads to date.” In the TV spots, a soft-spoken Obama looks into the camera and says, “Sen. Clinton, I am asking you nicely to please stop winning by so much.”

Elsewhere, in his first major proposal on global warming, President Bush today declared war on the sun.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21105845/site/newsweek/

[SteppingRazor]

1. .

:rofl:


The whole thing's textbook Borowitz, but I particularly dig the final line. That made me laugh out loud.

[Tellurian]

12. I Hate being Last!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[againes654]

2. War on the sun

:rofl:
Those damn sun-ians, glad * is finally declaring war on someone who actually deserves it.

[rinsd]

3. The fact that this wasn't the Onion at first glance had me hooked!

[emilyg]

8. First thing I checked.

[Lucinda]

4. Love it

:rofl:
Editing to Rec. I always forget to rec.

[Cameron27]

5. This is the strangest thing I've heard yet.

:+

K&R

[Joe the Revelator]

6. I hate Hillary...

...but this is a great idea on her part. Best move she's made all campaign.

[wyldwolf]

7. um... yeah.

[HughMoran]

9. Ignorance is showing

...try clicking the link...

[Zandor]

10. Strange indeed n/t

[truedelphi]

11. Oh Goodie! Does this mean I can write copy for the biddy and

Get paid for it!!

Maybe there is a God(dess)

Where do I send the resume?

[Tellurian]

13. No, to qualify, you would have to be the "fauxdelphi"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[truedelphi]

14. For enough money

Oh heck, for ANY money, that could be arranged!

[Tellurian]

17. .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcqy0pvdsI&mode=related&search=

[truedelphi]

18. I didn't advise her to laugh. Nor did I advise the MSM to pervert her simple laugh into the "Cackle"

And I didn't advise her husband to go ahead and sell out the American People when the 1996 FCC
changed the rules and gave away the airwaves

The revenues from those airwaves should at least entitle our Treasury to realize Billions of dollars from their sale. Instead We the People get pennies on the dollar.

Worst of all, the "1996 FCC Bill" allowed into law by Clinton established that these huge RW conglomerates could take over the news. Turn Howard Dean into a "screamer." Turn Hillary into "the Cackler"

And any time anyone to the left of Stalin mentions a sensible policy, that person is labelled as being "angry" and "miserable"

[NewHampster]

15. The best thing

is how many DUers will believe anything they read without looking beyond the subject.

[dionysus]

16. gotta love the borowitz

n/t