Which candidate is using the Republican attack playbook?

[candice]

Barack Obama recently told CNN, 'we've been very measured in terms of how we talk about Senator Clinton.' It's an interesting quote considering the months of relentless character attacks against Hillary from Sen. Obama and his campaign.

Take the Pop-Quiz to see who's using the Republican attack playbook:

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/quiz

[emilyg]

1. TY

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Note the source of the quiz...

Not exactly objective...

[murielm99]

22. Show me anything in the quiz that is not true. n/t

[anonymous171]

23. Their criteria for "republican" attacks is wrong.

[TahitiNut]

26. You're right. Everything quoted in that quiz IS true.

Hillary Clinton is "literally willing to do anything to win"
Hillary Clinton is attempting to "deceive the American people"
Hillary Clinton has a secret 20-year plan to become president
Hillary Clinton is "making the run for the best actress nomination"
Hillary Clinton a calculating, poll-tested, divisive figure
Hillary Clinton "one of the most secretive politicians in America"
Hillary Clinton's campaign is "playing politics with war"
John McCain is seen as more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is dishonest
Hillary Clinton is "overbearing and scary"
Hillary Clinton can be described as "a monster"
Hillary Clinton is "not being straight with the American people"
It can be said of Hillary that "the American people are not going to elect a president that they do not trust"
Hillary Clinton "consistently" and "deliberately" misleads the American people

It's good that you realize this. Bravo.
:applause:

[BzaDem]

27. Well, McCain has a lifetime of experience. That's true, right? Obama has a speech. That's true?

The Obama supporter's standards for right-wing playbook is anything HRC does, and not anything Obama does.

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[SaveAmerica]

41. Projection Junction, an Old Disfunction...

[anonymous171]

3. Calling your opponent "elitist" is certainly a republican attack.

[dano81818]

15. how about the old "i have a life time of experience...

senator mccain has a lifetime experience... senator obama has a speech...."

i love how hillary supporters have such short memories.

[NorthCarolina]

53. Is it "short memories", or "selective memories"? n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

21. Also, questioning Obama over the lapel pin n/t

[Maribelle]

42. There is a bright side to that, which Obama supporters could well use to minimize the tag.

Whould you know what that is?

[crankychatter]

4. you're joking, right?

?

[Bonobo]

5. Delusional.

[ecdab]

6. LOL - take the quiz on hillaryclinton.com to see if Obama is being

fair - HA, is that whining I hear?

[DemGa]

7. Great Quiz -- I got a perfect score!

I see the Clinton campaign is now driving this point home -- very good -- as evidenced by his campaign, Obama is not who he claims to be.

What Sen. Obama proposes is his "strength" -- that of being above such attacks, is one of his key weakest points.

[DAGDA56]

8. My Pop-Up Blocker won't let me!

Oh well...I guess I'll never really know, will I?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

9. Kitchen sink anyone?

[libbygurl]

43. Rovian/GOP playbook, anyone?

[oasis]

10. When Obama's minions played the race card just before the S.C. primaries, I knew

they would stoop to anything. Now the Dem party is stuck with a hot-shot amatuer.

[EFerrari]

13. That's what Bill gets for working for the opposition. n/t

[EFerrari]

11. I don't go to those sites. n/t

[dano81818]

12. i think that's silly...

hillary has taken the low road more than a few times against barack... this is an old clintonian trick... do something, then attack the other guy for doing what you just did... that whole "holier than thou" game wore thin a long time ago.

[kikiek]

14. No kidding! And they wonder why we think they're in a cult! Great post K&R

[BlueIdaho]

16. I have a strange feeling

I can guess the results without even taking the quiz.

C'mon you're gonna have to try harder than that.

[Cheap_Trick]

17. straight from the kitchen sink to the garbage disposal

[JBoy]

18. What are the chances it's Obama or the Obama campaign?

Check out these outrageous, attack statements:

1. Who said Hillary Clinton is "literally willing to do anything to win"?

2. Who said Hillary Clinton is attempting to "deceive the American people"?

3. Who claimed Hillary Clinton has a secret 20-year plan to become president?

4. Who said Hillary Clinton is "making the run for the best actress nomination"? <-- hey, the answer was Glenn Beck! No fair!

5. Who called Hillary Clinton a calculating, poll-tested, divisive figure?

6. Who called Hillary Clinton "one of the most secretive politicians in America"?

7. Who said Hillary Clinton's campaign is "playing politics with war"?

8. Who said John McCain is seen as more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton? <-- I call bullshit! The polls are saying this!!

9. Who called Hillary Clinton dishonest? <-- More bullshit! Polls show that the American people are saying this!!

10. Who said Hillary Clinton is "overbearing and scary"? <-- No fair, the answer is Tucker Carlson!

11. Who referred to Hillary Clinton as "a monster"? <-- Yeah, we know, and somebody resigned, remember?

12. Who said Hillary Clinton is "not being straight with the American people"?

13. Who said of Hillary, "The American people are not going to elect a president that they do not trust"? <-- LOL, I think the voters are saying this!

14. Who claimed Hillary Clinton "consistently" and "deliberately" misleads the American people?

[DerekJ]

24. What a bunch of B.S.

8,9,12,13,14: answer is the voters/polls. :wtf:

[Maddy McCall]

19. Up and rec

[Danger Mouse]

20. a link...from hillary's site? wow, thanks for the unbiased source!

[anamandujano]

25. The funny thing is you want to pick Limbaugh or Hannity or Novak

for some of those slurs. Nope, Mr. I'm-a-uniter-not-a-divider has got the market cornered on this stuff. Talk about helping the Repukes in the general.

[thewiseguy]

29. I am going to take that quiz right now. NOT

[GarbagemanLB]

30. I don't need to take the quiz to know the answer: Hillary.

[Barrymores Ghost]

31. That would be Hillary Clinton.

Next question?

[AtomicKitten]

32. Goebbels' got nothing on you.

[bowens43]

33. from hillaryclinton.com ? You have got to be kidding.

lies and distortions are her stock and trade. I certainly don't have to go to a propaganda site to know that hillary has been using rovian tactics since the start of this thing. This in fact , is another one of example.

[Inuca]

34. Maybe this will answer your question

Clinton Backer Distributes Essay On How GOP Would Link Obama To '70s Radicals http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/18/clinton-backer-distribute_n_97525.html

[ecdab]

35. Talking about polling data taken about the opinions of the American

people regarding Hillary's honesty isn't RW - almost everything in that quiz had been said by millions of other people (like Hillary is not honest) prior to the Obama camp ever touching it.

If you want right wing attacks - think about fake patriotism (flag pins and pastorbating), attacks about the candidate religion (pastorbating and numerous rumors and insinuations), guilt by association (the list is quite long), and the like. Those are true Rovian tactics - and only one side of this years Democratic primary has been using them - I'll give you a hint, it not Obama.

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[libbygurl]

45. I think the former is true. Bwahahaha.

[Exilednight]

37. The quiz reminds of a Push poll, and we all know who uses push polls. n/t

[ecdab]

38. remind me - which candidate went after the Democrat activist base?

[Evergreen Emerald]

40. you mean the base that decided to give their money to Obama instead of support democrats?

Why should she be loyal to them? They were not loyal to her.

[ecdab]

49. Attacking the Democratic base is a GOP tactic - and that was what this OP was about

If she is petty enough to attack Democrats that disagree with her, that makes a statement about how she will serve as President. She chose to tell lies about MoveOn (regarding Afghanistan) to tear them down because they didn't support her - that speaks to how she would serve as President - that is also a GOP tactic (which, again, is what this OP was about).

Are you actually trying to justify Hillary telling lies about MoveOn?

[libbygurl]

44. Remind me which candidate has won the Dem/blue states where real Dems vote?

And not the caucus states where anyone ('register as a Dem for a day and switch back to Repub afterwards) can vote, and be pressured to vote for the nominee?

[ecdab]

48. How could I forget that the Democrats that didn't vote for Hillary are "fake"

and that Democrats not in California and New York don't count, and that Democrats in caucus states aren't actually Democrats - how silly of me.

[Evergreen Emerald]

39. Obama pretends to be a different kind of campaigner when he has been

the most negative of all.

And the Obama supporters on DU don't seem to care that Obama is playing negative politics, based on these responses. But they sure peetheirpantsinoutrage when they think Clinton is playing dirty. Indeed, many DU members state the reason they refuse to support Clinton is because of the negative campaigning.

Why the double standard?

[Justyce]

46. K&R. The Obama camp starting playing dirty a long time ago,

whether his supporters on DU want to believe it or not...

[Maribelle]

47. No only is Obama using the Republican attack playbook, he takes it a step further.

As George H.W. Bush let slip once disembarking from a fishing boat "I'm not going to say anything negative. I'll let the people that get paid to do that do it." (paraphrasing) - - that's exactly what Obama allowed to happen within his campaign, especially his greatest paid hate monger David Axelrod.

[Jersey Devil]

50. It's just Hillary's karma coming around the bend

Obama has been laying back, taking the high road. So the last weekend before the PA primary he lets loose with a few canonballs of his own and Clinton supporters cry, "Oh, the humanity!"

Sure, he has the gloves off now. But did you really expect that he would play rope a dope for all 15 rounds?

[durrrty libby]

51. That quiz exposes the Lying sack of shit that is Obama and his Campaign Hope? Change?

More like ...Cesspool Stink of BO

[Cameron27]

52. !

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[MethuenProgressive]

54. Barack "I owe my entire existance to the Kennedys and a Selma Civil Rights march" Obama lies?

Like a fucking rug.