Hillary’s Hits Keep On Coming
Only they’re getting more subtle. Gone are the days when she’d rip her rivals by name; now we reporters are reduced to interpreting vague references and innuendos.
In Independence, IA, Clinton took what seemed like a swipe at John Edwards and his signature issue of poverty, saying, “People talk about poverty in this campaign. Well, we lifted more people out of poverty during the 1990s than at any time in our history.”
Edwards has been engaged in some more direct back and forth this week with Barack Obama, who seems worried about what the Edwards folks are describing as a surge in their internal polls and in their Iowa crowds. Could it be that Hillary is trying to beat that back a little as well?
And in both stops today there were potential digs at Barack Obama — as Hillary said it’s one thing to give a good speech, but another to deliver actual change. Along with the word “hope,” any dismissive reference to soaring rhetoric or public speaking usually means she’s talking about Sen Obama.
With the upcoming holiday truce, and notoriously mud-hating Iowans soon to caucus, expect future jabs to be just as buried.
Tags: barack obama, hillary clinton, iowa, john edwards
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I see Hillary trying to get back to the White House and think about all the lying, police-state tactics, use of private investigators to gather dirt and wipe out her political opponents, abuse of power, Whitewater, Travelgate, and other scandals of the Clinton White House too numerous to mention. The thought of her at the helm is scary–very scary.
Before you cast your vote, please consider the following about the first Clinton co-presidency:
• The Clintons were more concerned about what they could get from the presidency instead of honoring their responsibilities to this country. At the end of their term they were multi-millionaires. Ever wonder how they got so wealthy?
• Think about how they sold our military secrets, how they exchanged pardons for Puerto Rican votes in New York, freeing some of the worst criminals just so Hillary could have what she thinks she is entitled to. Will our democracy survive another four years of them?
• Hillary loves to play the victim–of Bill, of the Republican vast right-wing conspiracy, of all the Bimbos who sleep with Bill, etc. Can a victim be an effective president?
• Hillary’s long-suffering marriage to Bill, enabling him to have numerous sexual trysts — not just a one-time dalliance with Monica — results in her sense of entitlement. Do we want a president who feels the job is rightfully hers just because she’s suffered through 35 years of marriage to Bill?
• Hillary claims to be tough enough to play with the boys when, in fact, she is unable to leave a cheating husband. How will she stand up to other men who walk all over her?
• Hillary attacks her opponents with lies and innuendo far more than she talks about how she would attempt to cure America’s ills. What is her plan…does she even have one?
• Hillary has no experience. Being married to a president does not make one qualified to be president. As a married woman, I cannot relate to a woman who stays in a sick marriage so she can capitalize on her husband’s success, then pretend she did it on her own. She gives no specifics about her experience. More dodging accountability.
• Fact: She’s held elected office for one Senate term and has introduced no major legislation during that time. Is this the kind of experience we want in the Oval Office?
Hillary is not what she pretends to be. She is spinning her image — the same tactics Bill used on an unsuspecting American people the first time around. We should be smarter than that now. Do we really want them in the White House again?
Cast your vote wisely in 2008.
FACT: When President Clinton left office, 70% of the American people thought the nation was headed in the right direction. His approval ratings this year hover around 70% as well.
Your questions are questions that only Bush Republicans really care about.
And Bush Republicans are the only Americans who think the nation is currently going in the right direction. See the connection? We don’t expect Bush Republicans to be voting for a Clinton.
Speaking of questions that the vast majority of America DOES care about:
Do you ever ask yourself what Dick Cheney meant when he told the world on Aug. 22, 2002 that he knew where Saddam Hussein’s wmd’s were located?
In the 90’s Republicans were in charge of Congress. I was always taught that CONGRESS proposes and passes legislation( financial) I guess Bill signed it. What did Shillary do? ummmm .. NOTHING
CintiKid —
Those exact same Republicans — under a REPUBLICAN President — gave us bigger government, bigger debt, and Bridges to Nowhere.
What happened to their sense of fiscal responsibility under George W. Bush??????
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