DO NOT BLAME Hillary For the RNC's latest Ad!

[berni_mccoy]

I believe I am accurate when I say that Obama would wholeheartedly not blame Clinton for the RNC's latest attack ad. Sure her statements hurt, but Obama has ALREADY defended against this attack, and it was one of Clinton's most mild attacks, defeated early on in the primary.

What this Ad is designed to do is to keep us divided. That is all. They are seeking to strike in a time of weakness to reaffirm a point that Clinton supporters have had all along and to anger Obama supporters against Clinton.

The time for blaming Clinton for any of Obama's issues is over. I say this as one of the most aggressive and vocal Obama defenders on this board. Don't take the bait. Obama will respond and destroy the attacks made by this Ad. Look toward Unity and solidifying the party.

The Republicans are far more divided this year than we believe we are. Our wounds will heal. Theirs are just about to be exposed.

That is all.

On edit: here's the link to the Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DECDKOFnw

It is a very weak argument and this ad is meant more to divide us than it is to portray Obama as inexperienced.

[slinkerwink]

1. What's done is done, and what matters most is about how we react to those Republicans

I don't care anymore about prior political attacks being used in RNC ads.

[PoliticalAmazon]

23. As long as we have to deal with Hillary's treason, I'm going to criticize her for it....

I hope this ad gets run in NY 24/7. I'm sure the good citizens of NY can find a legitimate reason to remove her from office.

[papau]

29. OK - and I will recall Obama's David playing the race card - but not on DU

[PoliticalAmazon]

32. Hillary's lucky that Obama didn't make a big deal of her bigot-pandering....

Hillary did enough to insult African-Americans that it may negatively impact the Democratic Party for years. Obama, by taking the high road, limited the damage.

I would imagine that New Yorkers could easily find a legitimate reason to remove her from office. That would free up the Democratic Party from the burden of having a bigot-pandering traitor as a Senator.

[DesertFlower]

2. i haven't seen the ad.

i'm hoping bob barr will be the republicans ralph nader.

[Lerkfish]

3. sorry, haven't seen the ad: what's in it?

[baldguy]

4. A replay of Hillary's greatest hits.

[helderheid]

5. her "endorsement" of McCain over Obama.

[Lerkfish]

7. ahhhh. funny that, then. I was called a "hillaryhater" for suggesting it could make

a republican ad.

whaddya know?

[beezlebum]

14. yes- funny that

yarg.

...i'm so reminded of W*s ppl saying we we who despised before it caught on were "bush-hater," as though the disgust was baseless.

:argh: maybe i need a break till the potential drop out day.

[AtomicKitten]

6. No, she is definitely to blame for her below-the-belt attacks on Barack and

we collectively as a party will suffer the consequences.

[Lerkfish]

8. amen. it was wrong then and its still wrong, even if she concedes. It was a poor choice

period.

[AZBlue]

17. Have to agree - these are her words and it was her choice to say them.

[PoliticalAmazon]

25. ITA. We will deal with the repercussions of Hillary's Bush/Rove tactics for months....

and I will continue to criticize her during that time.

She needs to be permanently removed from the political scene.

[PFunk]

9. Why not!?! She, and Bill gave them the ammo (and lots ot it) that the RNC used to make it

Expect to see lots more in the fall using that same ammo from her now failed primary fight.

[berni_mccoy]

10. Because the argument is weak and they are only trying to divide us.

[Exilednight]

33. The argument is true. She said, and they used it. I predicted this would happen over two .........

months ago and Hillary supporters laughed at me. If Obama loses this election to low information voters who believe this crap, like Kerry did by being swiftboat believers, the Clintons' will have lost all credibility.

Nobody forgot the swfitboaters for costing Kerry the election, and no one will forget Hillary if she costs Obama the election.

[Swamp Rat]

11. k&r

Time to move on.

[berni_mccoy]

12. LOL! That's an awesome graphic!

[Beacool]

13. I agree

Besides, they also quote Bill and Edwards.

Last night some program showed a clip of Carter saying that Obama was still too inexperienced. I'm not sure if the interview was from last year.

[lojasmo]

15. If there was no material, there would be no ad.

She is responsible for the material, they are responsible for the ad.

[SoCalDem]

16. WORDS MATTER

She knew it..He knew it.. Everyone knew it BEFORE a single campaign event happened.

He held to his promise..she did not..

So, while "blame" may not be the operative word, there are plenty of instances when she (and her staffers) could have taken the high road..and didn't..

This is not the "olden days", when a candidate could "pop-off" in some little podunk town, and only those people would ever know what they said.. This is the time where EVERY WORD..EVERY GRIMACE..EVERY WINK-WINK-NOD-NOD is recorded and dumped onto the web..

I know she will never apologize, but I hope she thinks about some of the things that were said , and feels a little pang of karma..:)

[depakid]

18. The Republicans were going to use this line of attack anyway

and my guess is that it must make the far right's head explode to even consider that they might agree with Hillary- whose been the object of their derision for 15 years now!

LOL.

Bottom line- it's not an effective ad.

[Youphemism]

19. Reply: Are you willing to vote for a party that doesn't know Commander-in-Chief is hyphenated? /nt

Reply: Are you willing to vote for a party that doesn't know Commander-in-Chief is hyphenated?

[knixphan]

20. stand tall and look OVER the Clintons.

Promised land, y'all.

[calmblueocean]

21. As a sidenote: Why do Republicans ONLY call the President "Commander-in-Chief"?

I'm serious.

Whenever Republicans starting talking about the race for the highest office, the word "president" drops out of their conversation, and you start hearing them say "commander-in-chief-commander-in-chief-commander-in-chief" like a mantra.

Watch for it next time. It's creepy!

[EFerrari]

24. It is creepy. They're suggesting we're not citizens but serving

under the President somehow.

[EFerrari]

22. Why is everyone posting direct commands today?

Is this Imperious Thursday or something? :silly:

[hfojvt]

26. You should be doing it too.

Skinner should have sent you the memo. It is Imperious Thursday. Thunder away with the commands!!

[EFerrari]

27. Lol!

:)

[mudesi]

28. Well SHE did the dividing!

Sorry, but this OP is ridiculous?

Don't blame her? She is wholly responsible!

[papau]

30. NONSENSE - Obama started with the "she never did anything" & then played the race card

[SoFlaJet]

31. 6/11/08 12:00PM

and see ya