Hillary Pulls Negative Radio Ad In South Carolina
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Billary, Hillary, South Carolina
Apparently the smear wasn’t worth the heat. Or it wasn’t polling well. Either way, you know they didn’t pull it because Hillary felt bad about smearing Barack. This is all out war now, and regardless of this one pull back it doesn’t look like it’ll be letting up any time soon.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Under fire for airing misleading attacks on Sen. Barack Obama, the Clinton campaign has pulled a radio ad that quoted the Illinois senator calling Republicans “the party of ideas” and suggesting he thought those ideas superior to Democratic ones. But the Obama campaign has already counter-punched, launching a new radio spot saying Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will “say anything” to get elected.The Clinton campaign did not immediately explain why it had pulled its radio spot, which had triggered a furious response from the Obama campaign and touched off a wave of criticism from Democrats who said the Clinton campaign has grown excessively aggressive in recent days.
In recent days? More like in recent weeks. Ever since Bill has become a second candidate, the attacks on Obama have gotten even more intense, leading up to this latest piece of garbage.
What’s sad is I really do think they Clintons are destroying any remaining credibility they had with swing voters and moderate Dems. Now everybody in the press and blogosphere have plenty of ammo to credibly call them willful liars. What a waste.
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January 24th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Donklephant trumpeted, all elephant-like:
“they Clintons are destroying any remaining credibility they had with swing voters and moderate Dems.”
REALITY: “they Clintons” are simply hated by 99.99% of Donklephant’s readers.
I recommend changing the name Donklephant to the more-appropriate name “Elephant”…
Anyone second that?
January 24th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
So people are only just now realizing what the Clintons are made of? Hillary has the gall to talk about the economy. She has no concept of how to help the economy.
Weasel Award 2005: Sen. Hillary R. Clinton - The Information Technology Professionals Association of America (ITPAA), an advocacy group based in Wilmington, Delaware representing professionals in the high-tech field has handed out its first Weasel Award of 2005 to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D - NY). The organization, representing over 1,200 IT professionals nationwide, presents this award to business and political leaders that it believes betrays the trust of the American people.
Scott Kirwin, founder of the organization, states, “We are tired of Democrats pretending they care about the problems facing average Americans. Senator Clinton’s actions prove they clearly do not.”
January 24th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I don’t second that at all.
Calling a liar a liar is perfectly appropriate.
I’m a Democrat.
January 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
They’ll gladly destroy their own credibility if they can bring Obama down with them. Hillary still comes out on top, since she started as front runner. Obama hasn’t been able to push his message of hope and change because of all the negative back-and-forth, and that’s exactly what the Clintons want.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I’m a Dem as well, and the Clintons’ antics disgust me. It’s been pretty much a “gimmee” since Hillary went into the Senate that she was going to make a bid for president at some point. Bill’s presidency was Gen X’s “Camelot”- they were a perfect couple and he could do no wrong. Dem’s have been hoping for a Hillary presidential run for years, and now was the perfect time, as the country is ready shake off the bad hangover that is the Bush admin. But now suddenly, some young upstart, a virtual unknown, has decided that *he* should have a shot at the brass ring. He’s put a wrinkle into their perfect little fantasy of a return to power, and he must be taken down.
Nevermind that it’s been almost eight years, and I still hear references to the “Clinton co-presidency”. How bad do you think it would get if Hillary really was elected? I forsee a government ground down to an even slower crawl, as Repubs balk at having to do anything with what they see coming from a former prez who snuck around term limits through the back door. Very unhealthy, especially considering the current state of affairs.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Ya’ll are just out-of-the-mainstream, anti-Clinton radicals. In a nutshell, people like you don’t matter. Here’s your reality check:
http://tinyurl.com/2d22kc
Mason Dixon poll:
FAV UNFAV NEUTRAL
Obama 63% 15% 22%
Clinton 57% 14% 29%
Edwards 54% 16% 28%
How about Bill Clinton? A whopping 75% favorable rating. [...]