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May 16, 2008 12:13 PM

Clinton Ad Casts Pundits As Out of Touch

By
Ryan Corsaro
Topics
Hillary Clinton
(CBS)


From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:


LOS ANGELES -- Hillary Clinton released a new ad in Oregon today that casts political pundits as out of touch with what voters in that state care about.

The ad, entitled "What's Right," suggests that voters should ignore "pundits in Washington" and shows video of ABC News's George Stephanopoulos, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and Tim Russert.

"In Washington, they talk about who's up and who's down," the ad's announcer says. "In Oregon, we care about what's right and what's wrong."

The ad goes on to list Clinton's proposals to end No Child Left Behind, create a universal healthcare system, and says she opposed a Bush energy bill to control liquefied gas sites on Oregon's coast.

The ad highlights a frustration the Clinton campaign is suffering from as they try to continue to gain support through the six primaries running up to June 3rd – the date through which she has vowed to stay in the race. The Clinton campaign has become increasingly aggravated with members of the media who deduce that she has little chance of regaining her lead in the delegate count and pulling ahead of Senator Obama.

After last week's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert declared that Barack Obama would ultimately win his party's nomination based on the results in those states, saying "we now know who the Democratic nominee will be." Clinton lost North Carolina and only won Indiana by a small margin.

After a night of speaking with fundraisers and asking for financial support in Los Angeles, Clinton travels to Eugene, Junction City, Salem, and Portland, Oregon, today to hold public campaign events. She will participate in a televised town hall meeting this evening with a local Portland television station in advance of Tuesday's primary, where 52 delegates are up for grabs.

Tomorrow she will hold events in Kentucky, which also goes to the polls Tuesday, and has 51 delegates.

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by truthyness May 18, 2008 10:41 AM EDT
NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE DNC

Action speaks louder than words. I was on another

web site last night and the Hillary supporters were

talking about REGISTERING AS REPUBLICANS AND NOT

COMING BACK TO THE PARTY UNTIL HILLARY GETS THE

NOMINATION.

This way it would be harder for the DNC to just

brush us off by saying we''''ll eventually all rally

around Obama......No Way, Nobama!!

I''m going tomorrow and register as a Republican. If

you''re not already registered as a Democrat, you can

first register as a Democrat and a day or two later,

register as a Republican. It will show up as a lost

member on the Democratic Membership Roll by the

end of the week.

Sounds like a plan to me!!
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by truthyness May 18, 2008 9:21 AM EDT
I''t would be UN-Demoratic to not count the votes in Michigan and Florida.

It would be UN-Democratic to not seat their Delegates.

It would be UN-Democratic to not give Hillary Clinton the Delegates proportionate to the votes that she won.

It would be an insult to our intelligence to suggest a 50/50 split or anything less than the delegates Hillary Clinton was given by the vote of the people.

We are well aware that Barack Obama went out of his way to remove his name from the Michigan ballet in an attempt to nullify our votes.

We are well aware that Obama contacted his campaign workers in Michigan and had them urge voters to mark the "none of the above" box on the ballet. He asked them to hold rallys and make radio announcements in an attempt to steal votes from Hillary Clinton.

We are aware that thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters did not even vote in response to being told their vote would not count.

We are well aware that it was Obama himself who denied Michigan and Florida the chance to have a re-vote.

Don''''t make us the Democratic Party that decided the American Flag would go back to having only 48 stars.
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by truthyness May 18, 2008 4:29 AM EDT
I can prove that the Republicans are making fools out of the Blacks.

The stuff that Obama admitted to in the two books he

wrote is enough to lose him the election. But has

anyone heard anything about either of these writings

by a major National Television Station????

NO! Because they are setting on it until Hillary is

out of the picture and Obama will lose the Presidency

by the largest margine yet. And anyone who can''''t

see that and continues to believe otherwise after

reading those two books are being FOOLISH!!!!
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by truthyness May 18, 2008 12:01 AM EDT
The Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef said: %u201CWe like Mr. Obama and we hope that he will win the election. ...
Atlantic Online
May 12,2008
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 8:42 PM EDT
Obama, Odinga & Kenyan Jihad
Our October Surprise
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 8:40 PM EDT
Obama, Odinga & Kenyan Jihad
Our October Surprise
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 8:40 PM EDT
Obama, Odinga & Kenyan Jihad
Our October Surprise
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 8:40 PM EDT
Obama, Odinga & Kenyan Jihad
Our October Surprise
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 6:57 PM EDT
They''re not out of touch Hillary, they''re just plain liars.
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by truthyness May 17, 2008 6:56 PM EDT
They''re not out of touch Hillary.

They''re just plain liars.
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