Obama, the Hypocrite, Mocks Clinton

[SeaLyons]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/14/obama-mocks-clinton-throwing-back-a-shot-and-a-beer/

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Barack Obama furthered his recent criticisms of Hillary Clinton Monday by mocking the fact that she recently "threw back a shot and a beer" in front of the media.

After first saying too many candidates are only giving voters "rhetoric," the Illinois senator said, "They'll promise you anything. They'll even give you a long list of proposals. They'll even come around with TV crews in tow and throw back a shot and a beer."

The shot came Saturday at Bronko’s Restaurant in Crown Point, Indiana. With the national media in tow, Clinton made a stop there to drink a beer and speak with voters. After ordering her beer the bartender asked, “You want a shot with that Hillary?” After some deliberation, Clinton settled on a shot of Crown Royal, a Canadian whiskey.

But Obama is not totally in the clear himself when it comes to photo-ops at bars. The White House hopeful nursed a beer in front of cameras with Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey at a sports bar during his Pennsylvania bus tour on March 28. He has since mentioned that moment of drinking in front of audiences on the trail in the Keystone State.


Responding to Obama's comments, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said, "With all due respect, this is the same politician who spent six days posing for clichéd camera shots that included bowling gutter balls, walking around a sports bar, feeding a baby cow, and buying a ham at the Philly market (albeit one that cost $99.99 a pound). Sen. Obama's speeches won’t hide his condescending views of Americans living in small towns.”

Clinton has been hitting Obama hard over his recent comments saying decades of lost jobs and unfulfilled promises from Washington have left some Pennsylvanians "bitter" and clinging "to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

On Sunday, Clinton called the comments "elitist, out of touch and frankly, patronizing," and added, "You know, the Democratic Party, to be very blunt about it, has been viewed as a party that didn't understand and respect the values and the way of life of so many of our fellow Americans."

From: CNN Producer Chris Welch, CNN Producer Peter Hamby

[redqueen]

1. Where is the mocking?

The Annie Oakley thing? That's funny.

[Texas Hill Country]

54. actually, to most of the people I know, including Obama supporters, that Annie Oakley thing came off

really really bad.

[LaurenG]

2. This is silly and unless it's coming from a republican, it's a pointless smear against a dem.

People smart enough to get online and smart enough to read already know that this was just a way for Senator Clinton et. al. to try and make headway against Senator Obama. Everyone here and all of the Clinton campaign and supporters know exactly what Senator Obama was trying to say. They may choose not to admit that - but they all know.

[Texas Hill Country]

55. actually, it is a very important issue. It goes to the definition and the public perception of the

Demcratic party.

This is a very big deal.

[LaurenG]

61. Humm, you could be right

but I can't get upset over it either way, I really do think people understood what he meant.

[Cheap_Trick]

65. SO hillary's repeated attacks on Obama don't?

[bowens43]

3. No mocking documented in the article despite the misleading headline.

It's sad that hillary supports are reduced to using nonsense like this to try to hurt the 2008 Democratic nominee

[Beacool]

4. Please, Hillary can drink the Elitist under the table.

Just as she did with McCain in Estonia.

:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

10. That would explain the dead brain cells.

:shrug:

[Beacool]

14. Nope, that would explain how "delicate" your guy is..........

[TahitiNut]

46. Drink up, sweetie!

:toast:

My "guy" was/is Kucinich. You might know that if you bothered to look. Don't let the facts get in the way of your antipathy.

[Beacool]

64. I have nothing against Kucinich.

I'm glad that he's your guy.

[Mooney]

11. How is Obama an elitist?

Honest question.

[cali]

13. please. heavy drinking is not what we need in a President

you actually think that's a positive attribute?

:eyes:

[rodeodance]

17. ha ha . she took a shot on a Sat. night and you lie and distor and call it

heavy drinking.



get a grip

[cali]

27. ha ha. I was responding to the poster's bragging about

Hill drinking McCain under the table, not the story about her having a shot. You lie and distort, but oh well, I don't expect someone who's slow to keep up.

[Beacool]

19. What's wrong with a beer and a chaser?

I guess Barry only drinks wine?

[Mooney]

23. How is Obama an elitist?

Honest question. I've asked you two other times and gotten no response.

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Bowl much, Obama?

Pot - Kettle...

(no racist subplot intended)

[book_worm]

7. did you see Hillary bowl on "Ellen"? for all her big talk she bowled worse than he did.

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Yuo ignore the OP

Taken in context, my comment is right on target.

[book_worm]

6. I would hope so, since she has repeatedly mocked him and his supporters.

[ericgtr]

8. You know I love how her supporters rip him every chance they get

and when he finally hits back they are crying like a bunch of little babies. WTG you should be proud of your blatant hypocrisy.

[rodeodance]

12. "56% of voters nationwide disagree with Obama’s controversial comment" new poll.

New polling data released this morning shows that 56% of voters nationwide disagree with Obama’s controversial comment that people in small towns “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[SeaLyons]

18. You're kidding right????

Clinton supporters?? I think the Obama supporters get the prize for ripping up the Clintons on this board on a dailey basis.

Clinton supporters are not crying about Obama's lame attempt to push blame from himself onto Hillary. Just pointing it out.

[ericgtr]

24. Not kidding - Hillary has turned into a right wing hack

A year ago, how many people on DU were citing newsmax and FOX as credible sources? How many people disliked McCain before Hillary started praising him? She has become a right wing staple, even republican sites are all pulling for her.

Let's be honest here, she is a poor excuse for a democrat. Every time she opens her mouth she's either lying or throwing fellow democrats under the bus in no uncertain terms.

Yes, Obama (not his supporters) finally fought back and now I see her supporters up in arms over it. However, whenever she has acted like a 527 ad you are all for it.

[rodeodance]

15. REC and thanks for the post.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Good for Obama, it's about time someone call Hill out on her GOP tactics.

Thanks for posting this! :hi:

[nichomachus]

20. Hypocrite -- how so?

But Obama is not totally in the clear himself when it comes to photo-ops at bars. The White House hopeful nursed a beer in front of cameras with Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey at a sports bar during his Pennsylvania bus tour on March 28. He has since mentioned that moment of drinking in front of audiences on the trail in the Keystone State.

I noticed this line in the original story earlier today -- and marveled at how the MSM missed the point.

Candidates do all sorts of things on the campaign trail -- but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. Nursing a beer is fine. And, as I said yesterday on DU, that's what Hillary should have done in the shot and beer situation. She should have taken the beer and taken a few sips. She should have turned down the shot. All she has to say was "Sorry, I've got a lot of work to do today." That's all.

Instead, she did something no candidate -- male or female -- should do, which is toss down a boilermaker for the cameras. Not only that, she looked goofy doing it.

If she had just taken the beer, took an obligatory sip or two, and then talked about issues, there would be no issue.

It was just one of a long line of campaign blunders.

Trying to turn this into "hypocrisy" on Obama's part is sheer desperation.

[1776Forever]

21. It's OK when she says he is looking to the skies for hope but he can't say anything about her? Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ckrEeHDRY

[anonymous171]

22. She proved Obama right. He talked about the use of wedge issues and then she started using them.

[Bensthename]

25. Damn straight.. You go Obama.

[Straight Shooter]

29. Yes, go away, Obama. Damn straight.

He's got the Democratic party in an uproar with his condescending remarks and constant do-overs.

[Sinistrous]

47. Good grief! "Repeat a lie often enough and ...."

Keep looking. You need to find some criticisms that have at least a shard of truth and that dont make people :puke:.

[Straight Shooter]

49. "Repeat a lie often enough ...."

Why do you think I chose the phrase I chose? Look deeper into the tactics of your own candidate's supporters, please.

[Raffi Ella]

26. Those pictures of him "nursing" a beer,hahahah -

in a suit and tie no less! and the gutter balls. haha. omg. He needs to just stop with this line of attack.


His remarks about guns and religion being things people cling to because they are bitter is something he's gonna have to live with. No amount of attacking Hillary is gonna change how he feels about small town America or the bad judgement he showed in saying so publicly.


Hillary "gets it", always has. That's why she's 20 points ahead in PA, a closed Democratic Primary.

woo. :evilgrin:

[mrJJ]

28. Self-SwiftBoating still hasn't kicked in

The week has just begun. The Self-Swiftboating Billary campaign hasn't spoken yet. It wont take long. give it a couple of days. Hasn't failed yet. Do you really think that Clinton will win by 20? ROFLMAO

[Voltaire]

48. 20 points ahead in a closed primary AND

Behind in the race. Check the scoreboard and check it one more time after she wins Pennsylvania.

[SeaLyons]

30. Obama, the hypocrite, mocks Clinton.....

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Barack Obama furthered his recent criticisms of Hillary Clinton Monday by mocking the fact that she recently "threw back a shot and a beer" in front of the media.

After first saying too many candidates are only giving voters "rhetoric," the Illinois senator said, "They'll promise you anything. They'll even give you a long list of proposals. They'll even come around with TV crews in tow and throw back a shot and a beer."

The shot came Saturday at Bronko’s Restaurant in Crown Point, Indiana. With the national media in tow, Clinton made a stop there to drink a beer and speak with voters. After ordering her beer the bartender asked, “You want a shot with that Hillary?” After some deliberation, Clinton settled on a shot of Crown Royal, a Canadian whiskey.

But Obama is not totally in the clear himself when it comes to photo-ops at bars. The White House hopeful nursed a beer in front of cameras with Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey at a sports bar during his Pennsylvania bus tour on March 28. He has since mentioned that moment of drinking in front of audiences on the trail in the Keystone State.


Responding to Obama's comments, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said, "With all due respect, this is the same politician who spent six days posing for clichéd camera shots that included bowling gutterballs, walking around a sports bar, feeding a baby cow, and buying a ham at the Philly market (albeit one that cost $99.99 a pound). Sen. Obama's speeches won’t hide his condescending views of Americans living in small towns.”

Clinton has been hitting Obama hard over his recent comments saying decades of lost jobs and unfulfilled promises from Washington have left some Pennsylvanians "bitter" and clinging "to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

On Sunday, Clinton called the comments "elitist, out of touch and frankly, patronizing," and added, "You know, the Democratic Party, to be very blunt about it, has been viewed as a party that didn't understand and respect the values and the way of life of so many of our fellow Americans."

From: CNN Producer Chris Welch, CNN Producer Peter Hamby

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/14/obama-mocks-clinton-throwing-back-a-shot-and-a-beer/

[GarbagemanLB]

31. I love it! Keep slamming her on her hypocrisy, Obama!

[GarbagemanLB]

32. dupe

[PVnRT]

33. So, the kitchen sink is gone, are we throwing the p-trap now?

[Clintonista2]

34. Haha Phil Singer's response is brilliant

[IDemo]

35. The article misspeaks

"Clinton has been hitting Obama hard"

Hitting generally means you have actually made contact with your target.

[Connie_Corleone]

36. At least he didn't do shots, acting like some college frat boy, getting drunk.

[Cameron27]

37. I love it,

"Phil Singer said, "With all due respect, this is the same politician who spent six days posing for clichéd camera shots that included bowling gutterballs, walking around a sports bar, feeding a baby cow, and buying a ham at the Philly market (albeit one that cost $99.99 a pound). Sen. Obama's speeches won’t hide his condescending views of Americans living in small towns.”

[ErinBerin84]

41. With all due respect,

at least Obama isn't pretending like he used to feed baby cows all of the time when he was a child. At the "cottage" with no heat in the summer.

[Cameron27]

45. With all due respect

Obama's a politician who's trying to get elected, and he says and does whatever he thinks will make that happen.

He's likeable enough, I guess.

[stillcool]

51. He doesn't lie.

and he doesn't do shit like this....

December 10, 2007
Third Clinton Volunteer Knew Of Smear E-Mail
A third volunteer for Hillary Clinton's campaign was aware of a propaganda e-mail alleging that Barack Obama is a Muslim who plans on "destroying the U.S. from the inside out. "Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential Candidacy," the email reads. "Please forward to everyone you know. The Muslims have said they Plan on destroying the U.S. from the inside out, what better way to start than at The highest level."

Two Clinton volunteers, Linda Olson and Judy Rose, have already been asked to resign from the campaign for their roles in forwarding the e-mail. The AP reported yesterday that Olson, a volunteer coordinator in Iowa County, sent a version of the e-mail to 11 people, including Ben Young, a regional field director for Chris Dodd's campaign. Young passed it on to the AP.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/12/third_clinton_v.html

Kerrey Apologizes to Obama Over Remark
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4031436
Kerrey's mention of Obama's middle name and his Muslim roots raised eyebrows because they are also used as part of a smear campaign on the Internet that falsely suggests Obama is a Muslim who wants to bring jihad to the United States.
Obama is a Christian.
The Clinton campaign has already fired two volunteer county coordinators in Iowa for forwarding hoax e-mails with the debunked claim. Last week, a national Clinton campaign co-chairman resigned for raising questions about whether Obama's teenage drug use could be used against him, so Kerrey's comments raised questions about whether the Clinton campaign might be using another high-profile surrogate to smear Obama.

Hillary: Sorry for Any Offense Campaign (Bill) Has Caused
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB65wJ6Rcfs

Bill Clinton Asks for a Second Chance
By Liz Halloran
Posted February 11, 2008
The morning after his wife, Hillary, was routed in three state contests by Sen. Barack Obama in their dead-heat battle for the Democratic nomination, former President Bill Clinton made his case for her before a packed Sunday service at one of the largest black churches in Washington, D.C.
But first he offered an apology of sorts for racially tinged comments he made about Obama and his candidacy that have triggered a backlash in the black community and among many other Democrats.

Clinton invoked his "worship of a God of second chances" in pronouncing himself glad to be at the Temple of Praise, which claims nearly 15,000 members. His invocation of second chances echoed comments he made early last week at black churches in California, where he campaigned for his wife before that state's
Super Tuesday primary, which she won.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-

2008/2008/02/11/bill-clinton-asks-for-a-second-chance.html

Source: Newsday
Posted on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Barack Obama Accepts Apology From Hillary Clinton
Washington D.C. 12/15/2007 09:17 AM GMT (FINDITT)

Hillary Clinton went straight to Barack Obama with an apology following a staffer's remarks about any skeletons that may be lurking in Obama's closet, pointing out that she had accepted the staffer's resignation over the disparaging remarks. Obama accepted her at her word, according to his campaign staff, and is moving on without letting it interrupt his campaign plans.


Obama is currently leading the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, the two early primary states often considered key to the process, according to numbers at usaelectionpolls.com, but on a national level Clinton still holds a huge lead. The most recently posted poll results show Obama with 31 percent of the
probable voters in New Hampshire backing him with 29 percent showing support for Clinton.
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=30629&cat=5

Clinton Camp Pushes O-Bomber Links: Ignores
Her Own Radical Ties
By: Justin Rood

ABC News - The Hillary Clinton campaign pushed to reporters today stories about Barack Obama and his ties to former members of a radical domestic terrorist group -- but did not note that as president, Clinton's husband pardoned more than a dozen convicted violent radicals, including a member of the same group
mentioned in the Obama stories."Wonder what the Republicans will do with this issue," mused Clinton spokesman Phil Singer in one e-mail to the media, containing a New York Sun article reporting a $200 contribution from William Ayers, a founding member of the 1970s group Weather Underground, to Obama in 2001.
In a separate e-mail, Singer forwarded an article from the Politico newspaper reporting on a 1995 event at a private home that brought Obama together with Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, another member of the radical group.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4330128&page=1

Bill Clinton To Apologize At LA Black Churches
Once again, Bill Clinton is ready to repent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/02/bill-clinton-to-apologize_n_84573.html
On Sunday the former president is scheduled to visit black churches in South Central Los Angeles, where he's expected to offer a mea culpa to those who "dearly loved him" when he was their president, Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) says. Watson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who has endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), tells us she'll usher the former president to more than half a dozen churches in
her district where she says he needs to "renew his relationship" with congregants who were turned off by his racially tinged comments in the days leading up to and following the South Carolina primary. (Such as when Clinton compared Sen. Barack Obama's landslide victory to Jesse Jackson's wins in 1984 and 1988.)

http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20080112_nevada_lawsuit.pdf
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/a-feisty-bill-

clinton-defends-nevada-lawsuit/
CLINTON ALLIES SUPPRESS THE VOTE IN NEVADA...
On Meet the Press on Sunday, Hillary Clinton said her campaign had nothing to do with a lawsuit--written about by Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel--that threatens to prevent thousands of workers from voting in the Nevada caucus on Saturday.
Back in March, the Nevada Democratic Party agreed to set up caucus locations on the Vegas strip for low-income shift workers, many of them members of the state's influential Culinary Union, who commute long distances to work and wouldn't be able to get home in time to caucus. It was an uncontroversial idea until the Culinary Union endorsed Barack Obama and the Nevada State Education Association, whose top officials support Clinton, sued to shut down the caucus sites.
The Clinton camp played dumb until yesterday, when President Clinton came out in favor of the lawsuit.
Clinton's comments drew a heated response from D. Taylor, the head of Nevada's Culinary Union, on MSNBC's Hardball. "He is in support of disenfranchising thousands upon thousands of workers, not even just our members," Taylor said of Clinton. "The teachers union is just being used here. We understand that This is the Clinton campaign. They tried to disenfranchise students in Iowa. Now they're trying to
disenfranchise people here in Nevada, who are union members and people of color and women."
Rank-and-file members of Nevada's teachers union also come out against the lawsuit filed by their leadership. "We never thought our union and Senator Clinton would put politics ahead of what's right for our students, but that's exactly what they're doing," the letter stated. "As teachers, and proudmDemocrats, we hope they will drop this undemocratic lawsuit and help all Nevadans caucus, no matter which candidate they support."
The lawsuit's opponents make a persuasive point. Creating obstacles to voting is what the GOP does to Democrats, not what Democrats should be doing to other Democrats.

Clinton adviser steps down after drug use comments
Earlier Thursday, Clinton personally apologized to rival Obama for Shaheen's remarks.
Obama accepted her apology, according to David Axelrod, the top political strategist for the Obama campaign.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/clinton.obama/index.html

January 6, 2008, 5:18 pm
Edwards: No Conscience in Clinton Campaign
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/edwards-no-conscience-in-clinton-campaign/
By Julie Bosman
KEENE, N.H. – John Edwards angrily took on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at two news conferences in a row on Sunday, saying that her campaign “doesn’t seem to have a conscience.”

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign tried to mend ties to black voters Thursday when a key supporter apologized to her chief rival, Barack Obama, for comments that hinted at Obama's drug use as a teenager. The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev. Martin Luther King and promised to assist with the rebirth of this troubled, largely black city.

Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, apologized for comments he made at a Clinton campaign rally in South Carolina on Sunday that hinted at Obama's use of drugs as a teenager.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-17-

johnson-apology_N.htm?csp=34

Clinton Surrogate Compares Obama Ad to Nazi March
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080201/cm_thenation/45278988_1
Fri Feb 1, 2:23 PM ET
The Nation -- On a media conference call organized by the Hillary Clinton campaign today, Clinton surrogate Len Nichols compared an Obama health care ad to Nazis.
----------
Accusing political opponents of Nazism is an outrageous smear. Raising the specter of a Nazi march in response to a health care mailer that evokes the insurance industry is so absurd, it would be hard to take the attack seriously, were it not launched from a high profile national campaign conference call in this crucial stretch of the presidential race. And political observers know, of course, that the Clinton Campaign regularly arranges opportunities for surrogates to launch these kind of smears, which are later followed up with apologies. (See: Bob Johnson, Bill Shaheen, Bob Kerrey, and Francine Torge, to name the most recent offenders.) For his part, Nichols did not immediately return a call requesting further comment.
-------------------------
Len Nichols, Director of New America's Health Policy Program, stated, "For nearly 17 years I have worked tirelessly to reform our nation's struggling health system. Today my passion overwhelmed me. I chose an analogy that was wholly inappropriate. I am deeply sorry for any offense that my unfortunate comments may have caused.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

[ErinBerin84]

52. yeah, I know.

I'm not under the illusion that he is not a politician, or that his ""authenticity" is not largely a marketing tool. Just making a point.

[azmouse]

38. I'm glad to hear he's fighting back against her bullshit.

I hope he throws a few more at her.

[ampad]

39. LOL, waaaaaa

Obama is picking on poor Hillary. Keep it up Obama, I hope he keeps bringing up Annie Oakley because that was funny as hell.

[cali]

40. He's been kind to her. Didn't say anything about sniper-gate

it's time he hit back. Poor Hillary. She can dish it out but she's not too good at taking it.

[book_worm]

42. Good she has it coming, she's mocked him enough.

[Butch350]

43. Hillary Drinking...

Isn't she a government employee on duty - and she is slurping up drinks like an alkie.

[SeaLyons]

44. I think Obama threw down some beers for the camera....

does that make him an alkie?

[Raffi Ella]

50. oops!

but, but! The rules don't apply to him!! You're just a racist !!!!! x( :evilgrin:

[stillcool]

53. That's rich... you're talking about 'rules'?

:rofl:

[MethuenProgressive]

58. He ordered a pint of Guiness - in Latrobe, PA!!

That's Elite, that is.

[EFerrari]

56. Damn! I MISSED the baby cow.

(Otherwise known as a calf, Hillary, to us common folk. lol)

[MethuenProgressive]

57. That idiot thinks you "hunt ducks" with a "six-shooter"?

The more he talks, the more he hurts himself.

[GarbagemanLB]

59. You clearly don't know who Annie Oakley is. I will accept your apology in advance.

[Alter Ego]

60. Er, I don't think the gutter balls were intentional.

[BooScout]

62. It's ok for Obama to drink a beer.....

But not Hillary.....musn't have the little woman drinking, no, no, no.

Obama's a hypocrite and a dumb one at that.

[not_too_L8]

63. sounds like you need a....

[uponit7771]

66. Mrs. 109 million is calling someon "elitist"!?! WTF!!!

[Egnever]

67. If only he would

Lord knows she is leaving herself wide open for ridicule. It is only through Obamas grace that she is not the laughing stock she should be right now.