Clinton Back To Firing 'Words' At Obama
(CBS)
HARRISBURG, PA -- After a day of being ridiculed by Barack Obama for hints at making him the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton plans to take several swipes at him in a prepared speech this afternoon.
In excerpts released to the press this morning, one reads, “Senator Obama promises to withdraw from Iraq within 16 months. But his top foreign policy adviser said he's not really going to rely on that plan. I guess that plan is just words, too.”
Yesterday, Clinton remained mum in criticism of Obama at her campaign stops in Scranton. She referenced him once with a small jab about his plan for healthcare on Monday, but chose instead to highlight her family history and familiarity with Pennsylvania coal-mining country.
But today, it’s back to biting at Obama, with heavy reference on the “just words” line Obama used without attribution from his campaign chair and Massachusetts governor, Deval Patrick.
“On the campaign trail, Senator Obama talks about clean energy,” reads another excerpt. “But in the Senate, he voted for Dick Cheney’s energy bill loaded with new tax breaks for oil companies. When he faced a tough choice, his support for a clean energy future turned out to be just words.”
The Obama campaign responded by saying Clinton is no champion of clean energy, either. “Proving once again that she will say and do anything to win this election, Senator Clinton today has unleashed a kitchen sink of distorted and discredited attacks that she knows aren't true,” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. “Barack Obama isn't about to be lectured on words from someone who's actions spoke much louder when she voted against renewable fuels and higher CAFÉ standards until she started running for President, championed NAFTA as good for America until she started running for President, and supported George Bush's disastrous war in Iraq until she started running for President.”
Clinton will spend most of her week in Pennsylvania. Last night she promised a crowd at a Scranton rally that she’d return for this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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See all 25 CommentsThis complicity is given voice by the words of Pennsylvania Governor Rendell, an ardent Clinton supporter, whom stated that many voters in his state would not vote for a black person. His statement, in essence, suggests that that Pennsylvania is a racist state and cannot get by the color of skin. Now Ferraro%u2019s reckless statements are made. Conspiracy theorists would be hard pressed not to find complicity in order to generate needed votes in the Pennsylvania primary.
This controversy is an insult to every person and state that has voted for Obama. Its message is saying that whites, whom have voted for Obama, have done so out of guilt, and not because of his message. How very tragic and insulting.
If this sort of negative campaigning continues, the Democratic Party will need to wait another four years to capture the Whit House. Talk about a missed opportunity!
I hope the good people of Pennsylvania don%u2019t buy the divide-and-rule retail get down and get dirty politics of the Clintons. In Pennsylvania they are trying to lower the caliber of discourse on the National agenda into a fist fight over a list of promises. They excel at this, because promises are cheap and most people are not going to ask a simple question: why should we trust you this time around?
Why should we trust you this time around when you setback the cause of universal health care the last time you were in office for two terms (if you are going to claim them as experience)?
Why should we trust you this time around, when you broke the kneecap of blue collar workers with NAFTA and GATT the last time you were in power?
Why should we trust you this time around when you voted for no-child-left-behind as a Senator?
Why should we trust you this time around on National security when you voted for the Iraq war and excused your vote on an every changing list of excuses?
Why should we trust you this time around on National security, even as late as last year you voted for the Kyle-Liberman amendment to give George Bush the same pass on Iran as in Iraq?
"I do not wish to rain on her parade," (This isn''t rain, but more like Victoria Falls.) Lord Trimble added, "though Hillary Clinton accompanied her husband and was in Ireland at the same time, she never attended any meetings, nor did much of anything to help bring about the peace settlement. She was there, however, for a photo opportunity."
Wolfson was pressed on this question, and said:
"Senator Clinton will not choose any candidate who has not at the time of choosing passed the national security threshold. But we have a long way to go until Denver"
Am I the only one who feels insulted by these people?
Have we not had enough of this couple?
Do you want four more years of these people?
Also, it''s not that Sen. Obama SAYS he''s the front-runner...it''s that ALL the relevant statistics (delegates attained, number of contests won and total votes received)...ALL verify that Sen. Obama is the clear front-runner. Now, with Mississippi soon to be added to his ever-increasing string of wins...let''s not forget that Sen. Obama has.......momentum!
she should own a laudry and wash Monica Lewinskey''s cloths...
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