Obama Campaign Says Clinton’s Strategy is to “Win at all Costs”
The Obama campaign released a new ad today, airing nationally on CNN and MSNBC - pretty innocuous except that it will hit airwaves in Florida (as well as 49 other states). Because Democrats signed a pledge sponsored by the DNC promising they would not campaign in the Sunshine State after Florida pushed its primary up against the DNC’s wishes. The state was stripped of delegates and Democrats vowed not to campaign there.The Clinton campaign picked up on the Obama ad and pounced, saying on a conference call this was a violation of the pledge and that Clinton would now consider campaigning in Florida in retaliation.
“Both national cable networks told us it would be impossible for us to run advertising nationally that excluded only Florida. For that reason we consulted with the South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler who told us unequivocally she did not consider this to be in violation of pledge made to the early states,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in response.
The Obama campaign then arranged its own conference call with campaign manager, David Plouffe, who said he believes the Clinton campaign has been looking for a way to break their own pledge not to compete in Florida. This seemingly small window was their opportunity and is part of a pattern of “playing outside the lines” on the part of the Clinton campaign. As evidence, Plouffe cited previous incidents in Nevada, when Clinton precinct captains allegedly tried to shut caucus sites early, and Iowa, where the Clinton campaign didn’t approve of Obama encouraging out of state students to caucus. This type of behavior, Plouffe said, shows that Clinton is willing to “win at all costs.”
The Obama campaign will not campaign in Florida - even if Clinton does. This campaign is about delegates, and Florida has none.
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Read: Obama doesn’t care about you, Florida. You could vote for him to be king and he would urinate all over you.
That’s a man who clearly wants to change the political landscape from disenfranchisement and snobbery to accessible politics for all.
What a joke Obama is.
democrats, especially Bill and Hillary Clinton are working in the direction which would ultimately benefit Republicans during the general election.
unless they stop this slash and burn, divide and conquer tactic, they would end up being fodders for McCain or Giuliani
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VOTE - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT ! ! ! ! ! !
HILLARY CLINTON - America’s True Presidential Leader ! ! ! ! ! !
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HILLARY is experienced and she is ready to do the Presidential duties on day one.
HILLARY is well educated and she will get the job done.
HILLARY is a very hard worker and she will work for change for America.
HILLARY will do great things for America - she is committed to America.
HILLARY is a doer for all people.
HILLARY respects the American flag, she will salute the American flag, and she respects the national anthem as well.
HILLARY is America’s True Change Machine and she is ready to get the Wheels of Change rolling for America as President.
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YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!
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MESSAGE to BILL CLINTON:
~~~~~~~Please STUMP for Hillary Clinton until you drop!!!!!!!
AMERICA NEEDS - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!
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I must say it is refreshing to see that someone is finally speaking the truth about the Clintons, Mr. and Mrs., and it comes from a fellow Dem. Really great!
Both are liars. Bill is a bold, in your face, admitted liar caught on film before a live US audience. Remember the oval office? “I did not have sex with that woman”
I agree with Mr. Obama that they will try to win at all costs. They will lie, steal and kill to get their way and am sure they have already done all of the above to get where they are today.
In the end the truth of all they have done to ruin this country will be told. And they will go down, eventually. People like them always do.
Thank you Mr. Obama for your truthfulness.
The Clintons look like desperate bullies. A former U.S. President running around the country revising history and his whinny wife raising her shrilly voice on TV, throwing fits and rolling her eyes like a spoiled schoolgirl. It’s pitiful to watch senior citizens behaving like children.
I am glad Barack Obama is exposing the Clintons for the lies and distortions they are trying to put out there. This kind of behavior is unethical and unprincipaled and should be unacceptable by the American populace. After all, we teach our children to play fair — not to lie, steal and cheat!
It seems to me that if the Clinton campaign want to be equal on this with Obama’s campaign then they are equally entitled to by the same kind of ad time from those networks that Obama’s camp got the ok for. However, for them to do anything additional to that would be breaking the rules. So Clinton’s - play inside the rules - buy your ad time - do the same - run a national ad - but if you want to retain ANY shred of integrity you have left - don’t go further than that.
Word of warning too - there seems to be a tone emerging in some of the comments left on articles that are about white people in the south hating blacks and never electing a black president - like nasty racial stuff.
Now I”m sure this kind of stuff does exist - but if we see a proliferation of this then I would highly suspect that it is another tactic from the Clinton campaign or supporters to shake the people’’s belief in the ability for America to unify and to give the impression that Obama is not electable.
Because we can”t confirm who leaves such messages - we can”t put it past being a manipulation. Just be aware of that.
Remember - the dirty trick book is in full play here - can’t trust a darn thing.
I wish the clinton campaign would stop using her campain supporter from monitoring these comments and then distorting the facts..Must be getting paid well
Obama wins endorsement of largest South Carolina newspaper
South Carolina’s largest newspaper, The State, endorsed Barack Obama for president today as “the Democrat most likely to unify America.”
“We…have a good idea what a Clinton presidency would look like,” the paper’s editorial board wrote in its endorsement.
“The restoration of the Clintons to the White House would trigger a new wave of all-out political warfare. That is not all Bill and Hillary’s fault - but it exists, whomever you blame, and cannot be ignored.”
“Sen. Obama’s campaign is an argument for a more unifying style of leadership,” the endorsement noted. “In a time of great partisanship, he is careful to talk about winning over independents and even Republicans. He is harsh on the failures of the current administration - and most of that critique well-deserved. But he doesn’t use his considerable rhetorical gifts to demonize Republicans. He’s not neglecting his core values; he defends his progressive vision with vigorous integrity. But for him, American unity - transcending party - is a core value in itself.”
CLEAN SLATE …
BARACK OBAMA …
‘08!!!
I think those who accuse Hilary of crying crocodile tears are wrong. What baffles me is why her supporters consider her crying words, “I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don’t want to see us fall backwards…” to be so moving. Where is the patriotic sacrifice which these choked-up words declare? Where is the political humility to which these moving words even allude? If we agree for a moment that there were no patriotic sacrifice and no political humility, then it is not hard to see why Hilary was truly crying. I think she could sense that the crown of the Clinton dynasty was slipping away–the crown she knows in her heart she alone deserves. I think the revolutionary philosopher, Karl Marx, got it wrong when he said religion is the opiate of the people. I think political dynasties are the true opiate of the people. This is ironic considering her surrogates’ less-than-subtle references to Obama’s teenage drug use. Perhaps one should pause to ponder an opiate that afflicts–not just one person–but our entire nation.
Ok people, one more time:
This is our nation:
“..life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
These are our dynasties:
Bush–Clinton–Clinton–Bush–Bush
This is our nation “on” dynasties:
“Read my lips: no new taxes.” (Bush)
“I did not inhale.” (Clinton)
“I did not have sex with that woman.” (Clinton)
“Iraq has…weapons of mass destruction.” (Bush)
“This economy is strong and solid.” (Bush)
Any questions?
OH MY GOSH. HILLARY CLINTON AND HER LECHEROUS HUSBAND HAD COMPLETE SECURITY INFO ON ANY PERSON WORKING NEAR HIM OR IN WHITE HOUSE OR IN ANYPLACE THEY/HE TRAVELED OR STAYED. HE PICKED SILLY WOMEN “WHO HAD ‘HISTORIES’ AND/OR NO CREDIBILITY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST HIM. THE CLINTONS WERE WILLING TO DESTROY A SILLY 21 YEAR OLD RAWTHER THAN TELL THE TRUTH UNDER OATH. CALLED THE TACKY PAULA–”TRAILOR TRASH”; WHO STOLE THE SOAPS AND TOWELS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND AIRFORCE ONE. WE ALL KNOW POLITICIANS ARE CROOKS, BUT THE CLINTONS ARE SMALL-TIME CROOKS==THEY ARE THE BULLY, WHITE TRASH. MEN COMMIT CHEAT, ANY POWERFUL MAN (DOCTORS, LAWYERS, HENRY KISSINGER FOR GOSH SAKES) ALL ATTRACT FOOLISH , SL_TTY WOMEN, BUT ONE WOULD HOPE THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. COULD KEEP HIS ZIPPER UP FOR ONE TERM OR AT THE VERY LEAST. . . TO NOT BE SO CRUEL AS HE SHOWED HIMSELF TO BE. HILLARY IS WORSE THAN HE IS.
PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR THEM IN WASHINGTON D.C. THOUGHT THEY WERE WITHOUT “CLASS.” CRUEL, OPPORTUNISTS, BULLYS, ARROGANT, DISHONEST, AND THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY COMMON “SPIN DOCTORS.” FOR SHAME.
OBAMA, DON’T YOU DARE KOW-TOW TO THESE TERRIBLE, THESE AWFUL PEOPLE. YOU ARE MORE BRILLIANT THAN BOTH TOGETHER. YOU HAVE THE ELOQUENCE OF J.F.K. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LIVE WITH THE DIGNITY, THE INTEGRITY, THE BRILLIANCE YOU HAVE REVEALED SO FAR. THIS IS A BIG, COMPLEX WORLD WITH BIG COMPLEX PROBLEMS. IF IT MATTERS, I AM WHITE , WITH FRECKLES, BLUE EYES, BLONDE HAIR. . . EPISCOPALIAN ALA C.S. LEWIS & REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, BUT THINK IT IS STUNNING IF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CANNOT SPOT THE MAN, LIKE COLIN POWELL, WHOSE TIME HAS COME. IT IS TIME TO HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT. IT IS FINE TO HAVE A WOMAN, BUT NOT AN EXPLOITER OF WOMEN LIKE HILLARY. VERBOUSITY IS FLAW. NO ONE WILL READ THIS. CALL PEGGY NOONAN. OBAMA FOR PRES. VICE PRES. FRED THOMPSON–BLOW THEIR MINDS. GOD BLESS OBAMA.
The Clinton’s will try to win the same way George Bush did - ANY WAY THEY CAN!!!!
GO BARACK OBAMA! You are the hope. The Dream.
OBAMA IS WHAT WE NEED HE IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET
Blondshag, you’re either a brilliant satirist or the dumbest blond on the block. hillary is an egomaniacal freak, a narcissistist of the highest order. she’s also totally corrupt (see JuficialWatch.org). it’s people like you, dumb to the core, that make her presence even possible. she’s not experienced. she’s the Jr. senator from NY (using that office almost exclusively as a way to run for president) and the SPOUSE of a former US president. She’s not “experienced.” She’s also a socialist, a purveyor of class warfare, and an incendiary and divisive figure. Blondshag, LMMFAO…..
Hillary should just back out, she is not creditable she can’t be trusted. She is hurting the democrate party. Obama tell’s it like it is, he is realistict and down to earth. He really knows what the world is like
and most all of just how corrupted washington is. If there is any chance to restore america - Obama is the man.
Obama all the way.
Obama is the liar, anti-American, racist, elistist ass - anyone who votes for him isn’t a true American. How can he have so called “associates” with Wright, Sharpton, Jackson, Farakhan, Resko etc etc and unite America. How can that his wife that trashes American be our first lady. I am out knocking on doors and have over 600 voters signatures here is SC that will not vote for him if he gets the democratic nomination. We will either write in Hillary or vote for McCain. We will cling to our Bibles as we do it, some may cling to their guns. So Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and the rest of those democratic jerks that are trying to shove Obama down our throats can take that to the bank…I will continue till December, I have friends doing the same in VA and they have over 1000 signatures so far. DNC next time there will be more independent voters that you will ever be able to count. I have cousins all across the nation as well as fellow nurses, I will work with every breath to keep you and your snobby wife out of the White House including voting REPUBLICAN - John McCain has more honor that you will ever have. I don’t agree with his politics but at least he is a true American. Maybe you and Michelle should take your REV, Sharpton, LF, JJ, RESKO, AYERS, AND ALL OF THOSE RACIST ANTI_AMERICAN JERKS AND GO LIVE WITH OBAMA ODINGA, BY THE WAY TAKE OPRAH WITH YOU.
AT LEAST JFK was at true AMERICAN VET who WAS A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN MAN.
I AM FROM SC AND ALREADY HAVE OVER 600 SIGNATURES THAT WON’T BACK OBAMA AS OUR DEMOCRATIC CANIDATE - WE WILL BE JUST LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH - THE NUMBER CONTINUE TO GROW. MY COUSIN HAS OVER 1000 IN VIRGINA, MY CO-WORKERS ARE WORKING GA, NC, FL, TN, ETC, ETC. THE FUNNY PART IS THAT THESE DEMOCRATS ARE EAGER TO DO SO. BARRACK AND MICHELLE SHOULD GO TO AFRICA AND LIVE WITH ODINGA AND THE PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE THEY DO. SC IS A REPUBLICAN STATE SO IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, NC, SC, VA, WILL GO REPUBLICAN SO WHO CARES ABOUT THIS STUPID NEWPAPER, JUST TRYING TO SEE PAPERS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE IN THE STATE. I WOULD RATHER VOTE FOR JERRY SPRINGER THAT THAT JERK