Clinton campaign raises fairness issues
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In an Op-Ed in today’s Washington Post, Geoff Garin, a strategist for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, complains of a double standard in the media’s regarding the treatment of Barack Obama’s tactics and those ofÂÂ Clinton.
At the heart of Garin’s article was the reaction to the ad Clinton ran just before the Pennsylvania primary that dealt with the challenges faced by the next president and showed, among other images, a picture ofÂÂ Osama bin Laden
“On the one hand, it’s perfectly decent for Obama to argue that only he has the virtue to bring change to Washington and that Clinton lacks the character and the commitment to do so,” Garin wrote. “On the other hand, we are somehow hitting below the belt when we say that Clinton is the candidate best able to withstand the pressures of the presidency and do what’s right for the American people, while leaving the decisions about Obama’s preparedness to the voters.
“Who made up those rules? And who would ever think they are fair?”
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If Orson Welles was still alive, he could do a commercial saying “Hillary serves no whine before its time.”
But Obama really has been getting the kid-glove treatment from much of the media. And he can’t take a punch, either. He acts like “how dare” anyone challenge his credentials and associations. But if the media did their jobs instead of covering for him, Obama’s weaknesses would have been exposed long ago, not just lately.
McCain should just shut up too. He is looking like the jerk he often can be by butting into what is North Carolina’s own political business, not his. And then, he contradicts himself.
you guys don’t remember how swiftboating works
the republican strategists can turn out a 60 second
spot on the following topics..all negative
obama and wright , obama and ayers, obama and bitter
for example
“barack obama spent 20 years in the church whose
minister said that the US govt was responsible for
the Aids Virus, that we deserved 9/11…and that
Louis Farakahn deserved an award
“on of obama’s suporters and campaign contributors
was a former weather underground member who said
“we didn;t bomb enough buildings”
“Barack Obama said that people who like to hunt and go
to church were bitter and clung to their guns and god
in frustration..
”:and his wife Michelle said the US was just plain mean
and that until her husband ran for president she had never
been proud of her country
BARACK OBAMA…WRONG FOR AMERICA….
WRONG FOR PRESIDENT
“Barack Obama spent 20 years with the Reverend
Wright who said the US was responsible for
the Aids Virus, that We deserved 9/11…and that
Louis Farakahn deserved an award…..
“One of Obama’s friend and campaign contributor
was a former weather underground member who said
“we didn’t bomb enough buildings”
“Barack Obama said that it was the bitter people
who like to hunt and go to church were ….
“And when his said the US was just plain mean and
she had never been really proud of her country
Barack Obama said nothing……
BARACK OBAMA…The WRONG Man
For the American President……
The above are just examples of what is in store for
senator Obama should he be the nominee…many people
in this country who do not follow politics will be
introduced to his candidacy in a negative way
by 527 groups who are not part of any organized
campaign…the material is devastating and provides
an example of why Clinton is actually a better candidate
but the democrats will not nominate her because
their primary system does not account for who has
won the largest number of voters in the larger
electoral college states…
Correct. As long as it is factual it is fair. Which is why McCain should cease and desist his bitching about the North Carolina Republican Party’s TV ad about Obama and Wright. That is not McCain’s call to make. He is a loose cannon, and if anyone can screw up a good thing, he can.
Sometime today, in a blog site interview, McCain said (paraphrase) he is not surprised Hamas wants Obama to be elected. That is a true statement, because a Hamas leader did endorse Obama. But McCain earlier mouthed off about North Carolina linking Obama and Wright. They ARE linked. McCain needs a month-long case of laryngitis.
A thousand points of light, redux. Reminds me of the long ago Harvard president who wanted to abolish football at the school when he was told that the offense attacks the weakest part of the defense. He thought it ungentlemanly.
What’s even worse about McCain is that Obama has no personal tie to Hamas (although Wright does), but Obama does have very personal ties to Wright. So McCain criticizes Obama about Hamas, but hollers at North Carolina for an ad about Obama and Wright. Makes no sense.
after this weekend’s reverend wright fiasco..praising
the minister Farakahn…claiming once again the US
gov’t is responsible for the aids epidemic…saying
once again that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were retribution
for the purported US terroism committed abroad,,and saying
also that blacks learn differently than whites making him
more of a racist than the authors of the “bell curve”
Obama is out out out…and I am not talking about the
democratic nomination…there is absolutely no way
for this guy to be the president..aint going to happen
Both Wright and Obama had excused Wright by claiming the media had used Wright’s rantings “out of context” and edited. No, they didn’t.
But today, the Obama supporters in the media are spinning like tops, calling Obama “courageous” for dumping Wright. How absurd is that? He should have dumped him long ago.