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Bill: Hillary = RFK, Obama = Gene McCarthy
February 04, 2008 3:41 PM
These historical analogies are getting out of hand.
In January, former president Bill Clinton said his wife is tougher than Nelson Mandela and Yitzhak Rabin.
Then Hillary tried to pivot from Obama's MLK self-comparison to argue Obama = MLK, Hillary = LBJ.
Last week Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., implied that Hillary = Harry S Truman, Obama = John F. Kennedy.
Today, former president Bill Clinton implied that Hillary = RFK, Obama = Gene McCarthy.
"When I was the age of a lot of the young people in this audience, in 1968," Bill Clinton said in California earlier today, per ABC News' Sarah Amos. "I supported Robert Kennedy for president. And a lot of people said, a lot of people on the other side, they say, 'Oh, but the other guy was against the Vietnam war longer, and he's better, and we like him better, he gives us a better feeling.' And I said, 'Robert Kennedy cares about people like the people I grew up with. He cares about people without regard to race. He cares about people nobody is fighting for.'"
And Barack Obama is Abraham Lincoln!
And Barack Obama is Sidney Poitier!
And every Republican is Ronald Reagan!!
- jpt
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Romney = Eddie Haskell
Posted by: The Commander Guy | Feb 4, 2008 4:55:32 PM
Bill Clinton = Roger Clinton
Posted by: DKNY | Feb 4, 2008 4:51:34 PM
Obama voted against landmines.
Hillary voted FOR landmines.
Posted by: JB | Feb 4, 2008 4:38:35 PM
For those who believe the Obama change lie. What does he really mean. Obama giving illegal alliens drivers license is one lie. But the truth is the Federal goverment has nothing to do with issuing drivers license its the states who issue licenses. Another Obama lie told to latinos to get votes.
Posted by: davie crocker | Feb 4, 2008 4:31:37 PM
I would like a candidate that tell people what he would do if elected and what he has done in the past. Also explain why he has changed on ideas if he has indeed changed some of his opinions now from what he use to think in the past. Nothing about the other guy just himself. All candidates should do this and than let the people deciede.
Posted by: Daniel SAnchez | Feb 4, 2008 4:30:18 PM
Willard Romney = Hillary Clinton.
MITT!
Is he a Blue State Liberal Republican who governed Massachusetts from his liberal convictions; or he is HARDCORE conservative Republican? Who is he now? Is he a liberal Masquerading as a conservative; or is he a conservative that said/did whatever it took to get elected as MA Governor?
Hillary
Is she a hardcore liberal that tried to mandate HillaryCare; or is she Hillary the HAWK that backed GWB to the hilt on the Bush doctrine for Iraq and Iran? It's easy to bash GWB today when his poll numbers are low and people want change. Who is she now? What will she be next week, next month, next year?
Both tell you exactly what you want to hear.
VOTE HUCK for change.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | Feb 4, 2008 4:27:28 PM
Clinton = The past
Obama = The FUTURE!
Posted by: Leah DiMarco | Feb 4, 2008 4:10:04 PM
The Commander Guy | Feb 4, 2008
You got the Hilary Romney Clinton comparison exactly right! They BOTH have zero principle!
And while it may be understandable that a female is more easily spooked, Romney's lack of integrity for a male is most troubling. Neither are leadership material for a nation.
Posted by: Gobama | Feb 4, 2008 4:08:09 PM
Hillary = Jimmy Carter
Obama is the one.
Posted by: Boyddollar | Feb 4, 2008 4:04:27 PM
The Kennedy's are all living off the legacy of their murdered father. Kennedy in all acctuality was not a good president. None of the surviving Kennedys are any good either.
Posted by: j0hn edwa | Feb 4, 2008 3:50:14 PM
Hillary = Romney.
They'll each say whatever the polls tell them to say.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | Feb 4, 2008 3:45:54 PM
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