Obama Goes After Hillary Voters
(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:
CINCINNATI -- Barack Obama wooed Hillary Clinton’s key constituency today: women over the age of 50. He hosted a roundtable on retirement security, where five women spoke of their struggles.
One undecided voter, Colleen Hunninghoff, told Obama that she understands why young voters are jumping on the “Obama bandwagon,” but wants to know what the real differences are between him and Clinton.
“We’ve been doing well amongst more experienced voters as well,” Obama chuckled, going on to explain that he is more capable of unifying the people and ending the “political bickering” in Washington. “I’m a Democrat but there are people out there who are Republicans and we’ve got to be able to cross the aisle in order to get things done,” he said.
He also accused Hillary Clinton of taking money from special interests and not taking the issue of lobbyists seriously.
“I think I take it a lot more serious than Senator Clinton does,” Obama said. “She doesn’t mind taking money from those sources and I don’t see that as central to the changes that are needed.”
Obama said his critics suggest that his supporters are delusional and are being duped into believing in hope.
“The basic argument is that if you talk about hope, and if you are engaging the American people in thinking hopefully, that somehow you are duping them, that you are playing a trick on them. That all of you here are infatuated with these pretty words but you don’t have a real good sense of how the world works, you’re not hard headed, you’re not tough minded, that you’re romantics, that somehow being hopeful means that you are just passive and sitting back waiting for good things to just happen to you,” he said. “But hope is looking at things clear eyed, and saying despite the hardship, I’m going try to do something.”
Yeah! Thats the ticket!
Not.
Just like she was trying to say she''s really proud of her country, no, she was really meaning, and obama saying no, Michelle really meant . . . oh and he really meant to give Devall Patrick credit for the entire paragraph in his speech . . . gee!
PLEASE WAKE UP America!
America is a democracy for a reason, our president does not serve the role as our country''s SAVIOR, moral compass, or pastor. They are simply a tool to assist in the running of our government. If you people want a savior, go to church. It infuriates me that the Obamanites insist on forcing their Obama religion on the rest of us through the elected office of President. They don''t care about running effective government. If they did, Hillary would have already secured the nomination. I just hope people start waking up out of their Obama-trances before its too late.
Why would I be impressed with a woman who defended and stayed with a man who publicly humiliated her? Why would I be especially inclined to vote for a woman who is running for President on the basis of her husband''s reputation and, in fact, counts his experience as her experience?
Barack Obama''s Senate record is much more impressive than Ms. Clinton''s. He also has accomplishments in the Illinois legislature to his credit, and he helped the poor in the inner city at a time when he could have been making a lot of money as a corporate attorney, which is the route Ms. Clinton took for a while.
I trust Obama''s judgment, his ability to lead, and definitely his ability to manage the economy (look at his campaign!) much better than I trust Ms. Clinton in any of those areas. In my opinion, my ability to make a well-informed, rational decision makes me a much more liberated woman than if I voted for Ms. Clinton on the basis of her gender.
She''s done. How can you trust someone like that.
Ok, everyone. So the photo is meaningless. So what if Obama''s Grandmather is a Muslim, she''s just a step Grandmother [hey, wait a minute, I am a step mother]. And his middle name is Hussein, but don''t mention that either. Hush , hush , shh , shhh. Let''s not talk about Obama''s early education where he didn''t learn to cross his heart for Our Pledge or Allegiance.
The publication of the Pledge, and its wide redistribution to schools in pamphlet form lead to a recitation by millions of school children, starting a tradition that continues today. The original text is: "I pledge of allegiance to my flag and the Republic for which it stands - One nation indivisible - with liberty and justice for all."
Obama brushed it aside by saying everyone at a football game would be guilty of the same thing...but, wait a minute, don''t we hold our President up to a higher standard?
I want to see the pictures. And I want Obama to be open and proud about his early education as a Muslim. There is nothing wrong with it but he is being too candid.
Tina FEY says it best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh0pTFQNi9g
At any rate, although I am an Obama supporter, I will still be ok if Hillary wins. Both would be able to beat McCain easily. This country is tired of basing its votes purely on the abortion battle. It never changes anything. And the people and things that really need the attention and care of our government are shoved aside because the republican candidate is pro-life. Well, you know what? I am pro-life too, but I will not base my vote soley on that stance. Not this time.
Not good Obama. NOT AT ALL GOOD.
I found this story about a case where Hillary used her knowledge of child abuse to get a man off of rape charges to be very sad and disturbing. Of course, it was her job as a lawyer to provide a competent defense, but it seems like she may have crossed a line by aggressively attacking the 12 year old girl%u2019s character.
http://www.newsday.com/new
s/nationworld/ny-usark2455899 97feb24,0,2670956.story
She seems to have carried that tactic with her when she actively participated in smear campaigns against the credibility of the victims of her husband%u2019s harassment, even after he was caught lying under oath in a court of law. Making women terrified to report sexual harassment out of fear of being publicly humiliated and having their careers destroyed is a terrible role model for women, as is attacking the character of 12 year old rape victims.
Tenacity can be a desirable trait in a leader, but ruthlessness, a trait that Hillary conflates with tenacity and cultivates in abundance, is not."
Posted by g english
Thank you g english. Hillary is a very very very scary woman!
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by kenbomc
February 25, 2008 9:41 PM PST
- Obama''s doing a great job as usual. Nice article Maria. CBS has certainly stepped in the right direction hiring cute, talented reporters like yourself.
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