Obama's counterpunch to bitter Hillary

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Hillary is obviously bitter:

Clinton Expresses Frustration with the Democratic Party

April 10, 2008 4:56 PM

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., vented frustration that the Democratic Party has failure to come to a resolution about how to handle the convention delegations in Florida and Michigan.

"I really don’t understand why the Republican Party very clearly decided what they were going to do, and the Democratic Party can’t decide," Clinton said going further than she has in the past in her critique.

Senator Clinton then turned on her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., saying "he doesn’t want the votes to count. Senator Obama has been very very clear - do not count those votes or come up with some kind of resolution which disenfranchises people."

An exasperated Senator Clinton burst into a fit of laughter, after being asked twice about the Colombia trade deal and a possible conflict of interest with her differing opinions she has with her husband. When asked if there was a conflict of interest specifically with her husband receiving $800,000 for speaking engagements ostensibly in support of the trade deal and Clinton giving her own money to her own campaign, Clinton burst out laughing. "And how many angels dance on the head of a pin. I have really, nothing to, I mean how do you answer that. I am against the Colombia free trade deal. It doesn’t matter who talks to me. It doesn’t matter any circumstances I’ve been against it I am against it I will be against it."

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Remember when she claimed to have created a program that was actually initiated by the "elitist" Senator Kerry]?

This is bitter and this is definitely bitter?

Bitter: Delayed outrage, let's talk about MI and FL

Obama says "Shame on her" in brilliant response!

by This
Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 07:05:30 PM PDT
Just when I start to forget.

Just when I'm becoming so tired of this endless campaign.

Just when I start to worry that maybe Obama blew it a little bit.

Just when I start to forget why he's gotten this far, and wonder how effectively he can respond to what could easily be a terrible "gaffe".

I see this video from Halperin's The Page under the headline COUNTERPUNCH:

(http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/13/215455/377/137/495152">Video)

How brilliant is that? I mean, this guy is good. I would have loved to have been in the crowd for this one, as he was on top of his game as I haven't seen him be in a while. Fresh, vibrant, visceral, effective. I wish I knew what that person in the crowd said toward the end of the video. He asks, hears the answer, chuckles, but doesn't repeat it and moves on.

Counterpunch indeed.

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[pberq]

1. Kick & Nominated

[WillyToad]

2. If Obama talked about anything but Hillary...

I just might support him. Guess I will have to wait.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. You're kidding, right?

[scheming daemons]

4. Until she quits, he pretty much can't ignore her.

...any more than someone can ignore a chihuahua attached to their ankle.

[nichomachus]

5. Mike Dukakis ignored Bush

When someone is on a smear campaign against you, using GOP-style dirty tricks, you really can't ignore them. If you do, you are referred to as "former candidate."

[ProSense]

6. It's amazing that anyone is trying to promote this logic

Obama should only talk about the issues and not respond to the attacks from Hillary and McCain. I can see the headlines now: Obama goes into hiding.

Ludicrous.

[PM7nj]

9. Are you serious?

He RARELY attacks her. RARELY.

[ProSense]

7. Hillary's audience not buying her smear

Clinton keeps spotlight on Obama

Posted: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:04 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ’s Athena Jones
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Hillary Clinton spent a fourth day hitting Obama for comments about small town America that she characterized as elitist, out of touch and problematic for the Democratic Party, but this time some in the crowd could be heard taking issue with what she was saying.

The New York senator brought up the issue near the top of a speech sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing, to quite a few murmurs in the crowd.

VIDEO: Sen. Hillary Clinton responds to Obama's attack earlier in the morning.

"I understand my opponent came this morning and he spent a lot of his time attacking me," she said, before being interrupted with several seconds of murmurs and groans from the crowd. "Well, you know, I know that many of you, like me were disappointed by recent remarks that he made.”

More groans and at least one “No" from the crowd.

“And I think it's important that, you know, we give people the chance to really compare and contrast us,” Clinton continued. “You know, I am well aware that at a fundraiser in San Francisco, he said some things that many people in Pennsylvania and beyond Pennsylvania have found offensive.”

A few more “No”s.

“He was explaining to a small group of his donors what people who live in small towns right here in Pennsylvania are like and why some of you aren't voting for him,” she said. “But instead of looking at himself, he blamed them. He said that they cling to religion and guns and dislike people who are different from them. Well, I don't believe that. I believe that people don't cling to religion; they value their faith. You don't cling to guns, you enjoy hunting or collecting or sport shooting. I don't think he really gets it that people are looking for a president who stands up for you and not looks down on you."

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What a smear looks like backfiring: Hillary's "patronizing elitism"

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8. For those who are still trying to defend Hillary's smear, it was political desperation:

Obama in 2004

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10. .

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11. You must be so

proud.

Pat Buchanan agrees with you. So does Michael Smerconish. Imagine that?

CLINTON TAKES AIM AT GUNS

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12. I was so proud I made it into a thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5505586&mesg_id=5505586

[ProSense]

13. And I responded to your thoughtful (not really) OP. n/t

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14. Well I thank you for your response.