Hillary used GOP talking points against Obama today....verified by media.

madfloridian

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Fri Apr-11-08 09:55 PM
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Hillary used GOP talking points against Obama today....verified by media.

Edited on Fri Apr-11-08 09:58 PM by madfloridian

I heard the two talking airheads on CNN say that earlier this evening. One of them said that showing up on their blackberry were the talking points from the GOP...and that Hillary was using some of them.

This NYT blog verifies she did this.

Here are her words.

“It’s being reported that my opponent said that the people of Pennsylvania who faced hard times are bitter. Well, that’s not my experience,” Mrs. Clinton told an audience at Drexel University. “Pennsylvanians don’t need a president who looks down on them, they need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them, who works hard for your futures, your jobs, your families.”

After making her remarks before a crowd of voters, aides to Mrs. Clinton issued several statements criticizing Mr. Obama, including ones that contained criticism from Republicans.

Obama slams critics

Those words are coming in a close second in being outrageous to the words she used when our 4000th soldier died in Iraq.

"And I believe that at the same time that we have to make clear to the Iraqis that they have been given the greatest gift that a human being can give another human being – the gift of freedom. And it is up to them to decide how they will use that precious gift that has been paid for with the blood and sacrifice and treasure of the United States of America."

Many of us who did not make early decisions in this race are forming new opinions of the Clintons. It is not a comfortable feeling at all.

Seeing the Clintons in a new light

I keep seeing new facets of the former first family emerging. There is something rather sad and wistful about what we are witnessing. There is no joy in it. Just a kind of numbness and fatigue.

There is an insightful blog post about Obama's words today. You might have to read it twice, but it is worth it to do so. Obama spoke the truth. He was forced to explain because it was not what the media wanted, not what the Clintons wanted to hear. It would have gone unnoticed most likely without the watchers watching to catch him saying something to take attention of Bill Clinton's gaffes about Bosnia.

Obama says something true. Predictably dumbasses freak out.

Barack just pissed off the whole USA by saying something that's basically true. It might not be convenient and it certainly doesn't meet our usual standards of ass-kissing vote-pandering, but it certainly isn't untrue.

..."Obama isn't saying that every poor white person goes bigot. He is merely recognizing that xenophobia, bigotry and discriminatory acts tend to increase when the economy is in the shitter. That's not ground-breaking and it isn't insulting.

None of this matters, though. The world is pissed off. He didn't just touch the third rail, he did so while wearing a suit made of copper wiring.

The people who smell a little bit of the ugly truth cooking in their own kitchens will get disproportionately defensive. Those who are more interested in winning votes than being honest will mock outrage.

Truthtelling as opposed to pandering started in the Democratic party in 2003. It did not stick then, but it is by golly going to stick now.

We can not use talking points anymore. We can not survive as a country that way.

Hillary's use of talking points sent out by the GOP makes me wonder if she is considering a run as McCain's running mate if Obama wins. Not so far-fetched, since she openly said the party rules for delegates did not apply to her.