Attacks pick up again
After a few days of relative calm on the barricades after the South Caroline primary, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's campaigns seem to be ramping up their attacks again.
Speaking in Denver today, Obama had enough to say about his rival for an impressive run-on sentence.
"It is time for new leadership that understands the way to win a debate with John McCain or any Republican who is nominated is not by nominating someone who agreed with him on voting for the war in Iraq or who agreed with him in voting to give George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran," Obama said, "who agrees with him in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like, who actually differed with him by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions when the politics of the moment changed."
And a little while ago, Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, hit back at Obama on a conference call with reporters.
Referring to Obama's attacks, Penn said: "They are false, they are personal, they are unwarranted. America needs a president who will hear the voices of our people...not one who would turn their back on them."
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mr penn
you sound so desperate. the change in climate has stated and the us sees the underhandedness and crookedness of your campaign. it is truly a choice between the mean-spirited and divisive campaign of the clintons against the broad democratic support of the bright unifier. just because suddenly hillary has decided to put on the hat of above the fray candidate we have not forgotten the dishonesty and mean spirited way hillary tried to destroy obama. the joy i have is that your attempts did not weaken barack it just made him stronger and more appreciated. the choice is clear: the future or the past. the tital wave of change is moving thru the country and god willing will sweep Sen. Obama into the white house and a different way of governing. Not red states and blue states but the united states, not rich and poor but all and not 50 plus one politics but the greatness of a country that may disagree but agrees that we are all americans and have a stake in decisions made in washington. Mr. penn (big-time lobbyist) you have picked the wrong horse and no matter what you guys do you will only push the creme of Sen. Obama to the surface.
Obama made some good distinctions with Hillary here, demonstrating her habit of voting out of political convenience on difficult issues. Not that Obama never does, but he does it less.
In the latest twist to this ever-changing race, it seems to me that McCain's emergence as the GOP front-runner, even presumptive nominee, should clearly help Obama. If the Republicans are prepared to embrace a candidate who is not the establishment pick, why wouldn't the Democrats in a change election? And McCain's powerful appeal to moderate Democrats and Independents makes it all the more important for the Democrats to pick someone who can appeal to moderate Republicans and Independents. The Clintons simply don't do that - especially after the ugly spectacle of their tactics in the last few weeks. That's surely behind Obama's latest rhetorical emphasis.
Even with the war hobbling him, even with the massive advantage of the opposition party in this year of recession and occupation, I'd say McCain could beat the Clintons. With Obama, it's a whole different dynamic - and the narrative of the man in his 40s against the man in his 70s surely helps Obama. The Democrats aren't stupid, are they? The logic of their heads as well as their hearts now favors the senator from Illinois.
Obama has been attacking Clinton all along, but when Hillary responds her haters acts like she is the bad one. To me this shows how immature he is, always whining. Obama is forty-six years old, and we hardly know anything about him, except for his speeches in which there are many borrowed lines from MLK, RFK, and Malcolm X. After George Bush lots of people are looking for hope and change, so they are being led along by the oratory of Obama like the pied piper. If he is elected and he doesn't deliver, like his hope partner "Deval Patrick" the same people who put him up will tear him down.
It is a time to open a new direction in the history of the United State. The country would be in a new path again by nominating a young Fresh Senator from Illinois.
Thanks
Peter Mawic
A student from Kentucky.
So its the Democrats who are at fault? What about the scurrilous Christian right wing Repbulicans? They really need to take the word 'Christian" out. They act like Nazi s. Ever attend a precinct meeting with them? The men all look alike and they get in front of your nose and scream at you if you have the nerve to disagree with them. I am a born and bred Republican who has lost her party! I am not a Christian right wing Repbulican. I believe in litte government--free enterprise-and personal privacy. That Nazi group believes in making the government larger, controlling enterprise and taking away personal privacy. Thier president-not mine-has started to dismantle the Constitution-what happens when the next Nazi president gets in?