Obama’s Shot Over a Shot
Monday, April 14th, 2008done
Senator Barack Obama took a shot of a different kind at rival Hillary Clinton at a speech at a national manufacturing conference in Pittsburgh — mocking the New York Senator for drinking a shot of whiskey and a beer in front of television crews this weekend.
“Around election time, candidates, they just can’t do enough. They’ll promise you anything, give you a long list of proposals,” he said. “They’ll even come around, with TV crews in tow, and throw back a shot and a beer.”
“But if those same candidates are taking millions of dollars in contributions from the PACs and the lobbyists, ask yourself, who are they going to be toasting once the election is over?”
Obama neglected to mention his own TV drinking moment at Sharky’s Cafe in Latrobe, PA during his Pennsylvania bus tour — but it wasn’t forgotten by Clinton spokesman Phil Singer, who writes “with all due respect, this is the same politician who spent six days posing for cliched camera shots that included bowling gutterballs, walking around a sports bar, feeding a baby cow, and buying a ham at the Philly market.”
“Sen. Obama’s speeches won’t hide his condescending views of Americans living in small towns,” said Singer.
