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Clinton Camp Responds to NC GOP Ad (Finally!)
April 25, 2008 4:00 PM
It took hours for the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to weigh in on the North Carolina Republican Party TV ad that calls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "radical" and purports to attempt to harm two Democratic Tarheel State gubernatorial candidates -- Bev Perdue and Richard Moore -- by tying them to Rev. Jeremiah Wright via Obama.
The Clinton camp was in an odd spot, after all. This ad is Exhibit A in her case to superdelegates against Obama, that he will be the victims of such smears, some of them racial. So they wouldn't necessarily want to shut it down.
On the other hand, how could they not comment on an ad so many Democratic voters find offensive? Especially after the RNC and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., decried the ad? (Not to mention the two North Carolina TV stations announcing they would not broadcast it.)
So finally, from spokesman Jay Carson, comes the response to the ad against Purdue and Moore, that seeks to more pointedly hurt Obama.
"Even though they (Perdue and Moore) are supporting Senator Obama they are good Democrats, and this ad is wrong," Carson says, in a statement sent to ABC News' Eloise Harper. "It's exactly the kind of ad Republicans run every cycle to distract us from their failures and the real issues that face our country."
That's curiously worded.
"Even though" they're supporting Obama they're good Democrats? What does that mean?
Have things gotten so bitter between the two camps, do they view each other's supporters so warily, that the Clinton campaign's collective mind doubts whether Obama's supporters are good Democrats?
- jpt
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Has anyone rebutted those rumors about HRC's illicit contacts with a White House intern? They are almost certainly false, but her campaign has yet to comment.
{Snarky, below the belt example of a counterpart to her "As far as I know..." remark.}
Posted by: Indy Pendent | Apr 26, 2008 4:18:30 AM
Definitely oddly worded - reminiscent of Hillary's earlier "...as far as I know" cheap shot. Snarky.
Posted by: Tom J | Apr 26, 2008 3:42:06 AM
Hello Tina,
My question is: "What are you going to do if Israel is attacked by Iran"? Remember what happrned in Lebanon two years ago?
Posted by: anonymous | Apr 26, 2008 3:01:32 AM
I knew it - Hillary's campaign should have stayed out of it. I said yesterday that whatever they said would be taken the wrong way and shoved down their throat. Dee said it right - damned is she does and damned if she doesn't.
Posted by: Bon53 | Apr 26, 2008 2:28:34 AM
Clinton loves herself first, and everything else second.
Posted by: Jeff | Apr 26, 2008 1:45:05 AM
hillary is very bitter
she can not let it go
Posted by: SAM | Apr 26, 2008 12:17:04 AM
Sen Hillary Clinton loves her country and its people first, the party second.
Contrast that with the democratic leaders who are very concerned about the party.
Posted by: politicsIsdirty | Apr 25, 2008 10:57:37 PM
Sen Hillary Clinton loves the country first then her party second.
If the majority of democratic leaders think that we are as stupid and as unpatriotic as they are, they are out of touch.
Posted by: politicsIsdirty | Apr 25, 2008 10:48:13 PM
Progressive Democrat writes, Hillary can take her Republican Lite DLC triangulating supporters and go join the despicable GOP.
You had better hope that doesn't happen. That would be about 50% of the democratic party. I would imagine Mccain could win with about 10%.
Posted by: Tia | Apr 25, 2008 10:01:30 PM
Please don't be such a hypocrite.
What do you want her to say?
You've been treating her so badly anyway. Call her any bad names.
If I were her I would say:" None of my business"
Posted by: crisis08 | Apr 25, 2008 10:00:02 PM
This is between Mccain and Obama. Clinton needs to say nothing.
Posted by: tww | Apr 25, 2008 9:57:10 PM
HoosierSue
If someone is inspiried by Obama who are you to judge and belittle them. Inspiration goes a long way and no one has done that to this country in a very long time.
Posted by: erin | Apr 25, 2008 8:57:24 PM
Hillary is doing Obama a favor by staying in the race. If he were already the nominee, the Republicans would be attacking him alot more.
Posted by: alex | Apr 25, 2008 8:05:57 PM
alison,
I believe the damned bit belongs in the obama campaign.
spiritual mentor and all.
Posted by: jgaw | Apr 25, 2008 8:04:41 PM
cindy in nc, your fellow Indiana voters are right in line with you on this one. We're taking names... and the candidates who support Obama will have no Hillary supporter working for their re-election; in fact, we'll be doing just the opposite. It isn't that our feelings are hurt because they chose to back Obama - it's that they chose to back Obama knowing about Rev. Wright and William Ayers. What are these people thinking? One of our local endorser's reason for backing Obama was, "I heard him give his speech at the '04 Convention and was inspired." This is a grown man whom we've entrusted with a leadership role in our community. Never again if we can help it.
Posted by: HoosierSue | Apr 25, 2008 8:01:05 PM
rockthebleachers -- waving to you from Southern Indiana where we're working our hearts out too through Hoosiers for Hillary!!
She's got great support here - people who love her and Reps who prefer her over Obama. I've heard it all in talking to these Reps... they've got Obama's number and they want to boot him back to whence he came.
How is anyone supporting this guy? I had a lady tell me today she was supporting Obama because her 8-year-old kid told her to... all righty then!
Posted by: HoosierSue | Apr 25, 2008 7:51:33 PM
I will not vote for anyone that endorses Obama.
If they deliberately ignored his associations with Anti-Americans and think Obama has good judgement for staying in that church...then I seriously question their judgement.
They jumped on the Obama bandwagon soaking in all of the adoration. Now they are stuck with him.
North Carolina and America deserve better.
Posted by: cindy in nc | Apr 25, 2008 7:07:29 PM
To answer drectly the question that concludes the original post, the answerfe is yes, the Clinton camp is bitter.
Posted by: dan | Apr 25, 2008 6:45:58 PM
The Democratic Party is destroying itself by unabashedly favoring Obama over Clinton. They think that all of us Hillary supporters will fall in line and vote for that America Hater Obama in Novemeber if they hand him the nomination! They have another thing coming!
We are Democrats but we are proud Americans first!
No Obama! Not Now! Not Ever!
Posted by: Patty- Chicago | Apr 25, 2008 6:42:22 PM
Please stop this ridiculous blather that Hillary Clinton has to help protect Obama from negative republican ads. The media have been doing a great job of that themselves.
Posted by: cappamore | Apr 25, 2008 6:33:13 PM
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