New Hillary Ad Shows Bin Laden, Asks: "Who Do You Think Has What It Takes?"

[MadBadger]

Back to the Politics of Fear again.

Hillary's up with a new, last minute spot in Pennsylvania designed to swing the late-breaking undecideds.

Though there's no mention of Obama here, the crisis imagery, combined with the line "who do you think has what it takes," are clearly designed to sow doubts about Obama's fitness to be commander-in-chief...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDap46WOCmA



Also: Note the very brief appearance of Osama Bin Laden.

Late Update: The Obama campaign is already out with a response: It's directing folks to this video of Bill Clinton saying the following in 2004:

"Now one of Clinton's Laws of Politics is this: If one candidate's trying to scare you and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope. That's the best."

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Fear Mongering Bush III tactics

Hermann Wilhelm Göring politics

[Tatiana]

2. This is so disgusting... but sadly, what I have come to expect from the Clintons. n/t

[thewiseguy]

3. Did a democrat run this ad in Pennsylvania?

:-(

[redqueen]

4. That's debatable. (nt)

[ScarletSniper]

26. lol exactly!

[mod mom]

13. It depends on whether you consider DLC a Democratic organization other than in name.

[PA Democrat]

44. It's running in Pennsylvania with "I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message"

at the end. By a Democrat? That's debatable. I thought Democrats renounced the politics of fear.

[AllentownJake]

5. I hate her

All I have to say.

[ORDem]

6. Who has what it takes? As in Hillary vs. OBL? :)

OBL every time.

[Lerkfish]

7. well, there it is: she has adopted the tactics of the republican candidate.

sheesh.

[caledesi]

71. I agree! Fear..fear...fear..NT

[Zachstar]

8. It will fail BADLY first he will have a return AD online within hours

Second the ad will be used against her later like in Indiana.

Fear mongering is not going to help you Clinton. It only will empty your warchest.

[Tinksrival]

9. Ah gawd!

Hey Hill, watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo&NR=1

[whatchamacallit]

10. She means "Who has what it takes to continue our mutually beneficial relationship with Bin Laden"

:puke: :nuke:

[RiverStone]

11. Perfect response!

If this is not evidence of Rove's playbook in her back pocket, I don't know what else we could use as a better example.

[mod mom]

12. What will it take for her supporters to see she is utilizing rovian tactics? DESPICABLE

[BattyDem]

14. She played the "Bin Laden" card.

There it is ... she's no different than Bush. If you don't give her what she wants, she'll use fear to manipulate you into giving her what she wants.

How can any Democrat support her after this? THIS is the kind of thing we have all been furious about for the last 7 years! :grr:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. Ugh. Beneath contempt. nt

[Justitia]

16. Osama bin Laden????? WTF???? These people are REPUBLICANS (aka scum). -eom

[AtomicKitten]

17. For crissakes, and she has the nerve to call herself a Democrat. Oy.

[Diamond Dog]

18. I only hope that, when she loses the nomination, some primaries her for her Senate seat. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

Oh, she's begging for a primary challenge alright.

Hey, welcome to DU.

:hi:

[msmcghee]

19. Whoever wins the GE will have to come out ahead on this question.

If a poll were taken today McCain probably beats Clinton and Clinton probably beats Obama on that issue. Perhaps running the ad in PA is because Dems in PA are somewhat like the average American - political parties aside. That makes it a smart thing to do. If she wins PA using that ad - the super delegates batter pay attention - because McCain will be riding that horse to the finish line if our candidate lets him climb onto it.

[cali]

48. I think you're wrong as can be. Barring some catastrophic attack,

this election will hinge on the failed economy. I don't know where you live, but I know many people here are having trouble feeding their families, our food pantries are perilously low, and many folks can't pay their heating bills. More and more Americans are losing their homes and having trouble affording fuel for their cars. It'll be much worse by November. If you simply look at things through a national security lens, I understand why you see things the way you do.

[msmcghee]

60. You could be right.

That means McCain with several years in the senate and on various committees will be offering his experience dealing with such things on a national level against Obama who has almost none. We'll hear the same old conservative vs. liberal economic memes trotted out - where no-one believe much of that anyway. However, voters might recall that during Bill's admin he managed to turn a deficit into a surplus while improving economic conditions for all economic classes - all while fighting tooth and nail against a lunatic Gingrich house that wouldn't give an inch on any issue. But wait, Obama says that never happened and Clinton's economic ideas are worthless.

Here's a question. If it's really about the economy, why are we in the process of driving a stake through the heart of the Dem candidate who has actual credibility and experience on that issue and proposing the candidate who has no credibility or experience on that issue - for sainthood?

[cali]

65. no, actually it means nothing of the sort. The electorate trusts dems

on the economy by a wide margin, and that's even truer in bad times. It's hard to find a presidential election year over the past 3 decades where Americans were so economically worried. Make that freaked out. Furthermore, McCain is famous for not having had much interest at all in domestic policy, and particularly in economic issues, over his Senate career.

Your hyperbole is ridiculous. No one is driving a stake through hillary clinton's heart. That's simply paranoid. Voters are deciding which candidate they want as the nominee. It's called democracy. And I disagree that Clinton has much more experience than Obama. He's been in the Senate for 3 years and he served in the Illinois Senate for 8 years. Hillary has served in the Senate for 7 years, and no being first lady or serving on the Walmart board is hardly legitimate experience.

What are you really so scared of? That Obama won't support the hard liners in Israel that you so admire?

[msmcghee]

68. Just read down the titles in this thread . .

. . and tell me when Dems have ever talked about any Dem candidate in this way. I was not committed to either candidate until you folks started claiming that Hillary and Bill were racists a few months ago. That really turned me off to Obama and I have only been turned off more and more by those same hateful tactics by Obama supporters here on DU since then. Based on many of your past I/P posts it seems to me you like to have someone to hate - and now you've found a target for a while. You are long past the point of objectivity on this and can not even see a small part of what is happening. I have no need to convince you of anything. Reality will do that job in November.

I seldom post in this area because I end up feeling like I'm participating in the destruction of fellow Dems rather than a discussion about who might be the best candidate. Toodles.

[NoFederales]

20. Who.The.Hell.Does. She. Think.She.Is? I so want her to GO AWAY! nt

NoFederales

[Maribelle]

21. Hillary did not approve that AD - - it's a fraud. edit: it's not a fraud.

edit: It appears Obama's followers are ahead of the campaign's site updates.

SORRY!

[MadBadger]

23. Its on MSNBC, The Page, TPM, and the link is to Hillary's youtube page.

[Maribelle]

29. Hillary always puts her new ads here:

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/

[MadBadger]

33. Maybe it hasnt been updated yet, but you are saying her youtube page is a fraud?

[Maribelle]

49. Well, her site has now been updated with the new ad. You guys are fast.

Sorry, indeed.

[slinkerwink]

25. yeah, she did very much approve of that ad.

[ScarletSniper]

32. not

[redqueen]

36. So does that mean you disagree with the ad?

And if it turns out that it IS an official Hillary ad... will that affect you at all?

[MadBadger]

38. It is an official ad. I cant believe Im having this ridiculous argument. I mean just go to the link

The people who put the video up are Hillary's people. I just saw it on MSNBC and its been on TPM, and the PAge.

[redqueen]

40. Oh I believe you...

I just couldn't resist the chance to pin that person down as obviously thinking the ad was so bad that they'd just flat-out deny it was a Hillary ad.

And if they did find it so distasteful as to deny it was an official ad... then what would their reaction be if they found it actually was an official ad?

[Maribelle]

43. Well, they just showed the new ad here and it did not have the Osama stuff in it.

"Who Do You Think Has What It Takes?"

[jenmito]

50. That's because the bin Laden part was BEFORE the part they showed.

[Maribelle]

52. I guess so.

[Maribelle]

41. If it isn't a fraud then I truly apologize.

[XemaSab]

56. Fail.

n/t

[LSK]

61. "I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message"

[DearAbby]

22. So when is Hillary going to run an ad

where Obama's face morphs into Osama's?

[4themind]

24. She likes the kitchen because that's where the sinks are.

Too bad she doesn't seem to be able to throw it very far, and it often lands on her own foot

[Skidmore]

27. Well, Hill, the one that would have picked the correct fight, and

that wouldn't have been you. When you had the chance in real time to speak up and say that Iraq was a wrong call, you didn't. You can't put that toothpaste back in the tube.

I want this woman nowhere near the Oval Office...not in 2008 or 2012 or any other year.

[sabra]

28. was it recylced from the Giuliani campaign?

:eyes:

[Harry Monroe]

30. I'm scared shitless!!!

That Hillary is the only who can protect me!! I'm voting for her now!! That ad opened my eyes and I'm going to vote for her to feel safe!!:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[tabasco]

31. Maybe the one who supports an attack on THE WRONG COUNTRY.

Just a guess.

[City Lights]

34. She disgusts me.

Just like Bush disgusts me.

:puke:

[Vinca]

35. She's been playing the tried and true 9/11 card of late, too.

Bush politics.

[Erin Elizabeth]

37. So....is she saying that Osama bin Laden has what it takes

to run America?

[YOY]

39. "Freedom, Jesus, 9-11, Terra"

Should not come from the mouths of Democrats.

[Armstead]

42. Watching that fucking ad, the answer that sprung to mind was JOHN MCCAIN

[MyNameGoesHere]

45. Sure because Bin laden does not exist.

he is a fairy tale like some candidates elections.

[jenmito]

46. They just showed the ad on MSNBC and they didn't show the bin Laden part! It started AFTER it!

And she DID approve the message, BTW. What's up? Are they covering for her?

[Arkansas Granny]

47. There was more to the ad that Bin Laden's appearance and terror.

Considering that terrorism is still a threat and that terrorism falls under the heading of National Security, it isn't out of line for either candidate to address the issue. You can be sure that they will have to talk about it during the GE campaign.

[jenmito]

51. So then Obama should have him in HIS ad saying Hillary approved of diverting attention from him

to go into Iraq.

[crankychatter]

54. She & ABC repeated the LIE that Iran has a Nuclear Arms Program

and now this?

In context, this ad is reprehensible fearmongering.

"Terrorism is still a problem?"

no shit...that's NOT the issue...

This is what led us into Iraq...

[LSK]

62. yes, shes reminding us about all the things to FEAR in the world

And shes the only one that can save us.

Whatever.

:eyes:

[crankychatter]

53. sweet jesus

what, in the righteous FUCK is she DOING?

[XemaSab]

55. Begs the right-wing question of how aggressively Bill pursued OBL

during his presidency. :hide:

[barack the house]

57. This is icky Sen. Clinton thinks we are Republican voters.

[barack the house]

58. The one it would take is the one with better judgement ready to go after Osama where he is.

[americanstranger]

59. Wow. That's pretty Republican of her.

I cannot believe that this is what her campaign has come to.

- as

[EFerrari]

63. Disgusting. n/t

[Az_lefty]

64. those that respond to these ad's are going to say "McCain"

what a dumb-ass.

[anonymous171]

66. FINALLY THEY USED THAT CLIP!

[anigbrowl]

67. An authoritarian elevation of power over principle

We're electing a president, not acclaiming a superhero. I felt like Iron Man (or Wonder Woman) was supposed to float into the screen and destroy the Bad Guys with techno-superhuman powers. What garbage...looks like it was put together at RNC HQ.

[sniffa]

69. What a shitbag she is

Obama's usually quick with the boomerang. Is there an answer ad yet?

[Generator]

70. Well Obama's started his ads here in Oregon

As someone lukewarm to Obama but far preferring him to Clinton-they are extremely positive, hopeful-and put you near tears. He does have a way.

I am so tired of fear.

[Arugula Latte]

72. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

This is a new low for Hillary ... And that is saying something!