Oh, Hillary. This weekend marked the first time Obama pulled ahead outside the margin of error in Iowa. It also marks the first time Hillary Clinton has gone on the offensive:
When a reporter asked whether she is suggesting Obama has “issues of character,” the New York senator said, “I’m going to let voters make that decision but it’s beginning to look a lot like that. It really is.”
Which issues, one might ask? Has to do with his Senate PAC (oh, and here’s a hint: most every senator has one).
On Sunday, the campaign ratcheted up the pressure by pointing to news reports that a political action committee run by Obama has contributed tens of thousands of dollars this year to local and congressional campaigns in early nominating states.
…Obama’s campaign said that 57 percent of his PAC’s money this year went to candidates in non-early states, and it cited a news report saying a Clinton family foundation donated $100,000 this year to a South Carolina library. South Carolina has an early primary.
She really needs to stop with the You Too fallacy. It just bites her in the ass. As it did later that same day, with this truly awesome press release from her campaign:
In Boston this evening, Senator Obama said: “I’m not running to fulfill some long held plans or because I think it’s open to me.” In Iowa earlier today, he said: Senator Obama said: “I have not been planning to run for President for however number of years some of the other candidates have been planning for.”
How do they know this isn’t true? What could be in their awesome oppo-research file? There are five items: One un-cited quote from U.S. News and World Report; one quote from a former classmate who says Obama was bound for “politics” (without stating a specific seat); one quote from Obama’s now-brother-in-law, asking what Obama’s intentions were to Michelle; and one third grade and one kindergarten essay entitled “When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be President.”
Now, if you’d taken the first three, you could be left with an impression that he may be hoodwinking us, that he really is ambitious for the presidency and has been for at least as long as Hillary Clinton. But including his grade school homework? That nullifies everything that came before it, makes you look desperate, and, frankly, is retarded.
While Obama graciously rolled his eyes (seriously), John Edwards had the superslam:
I want to confess to all of you right now in third grade I wanted to be two things: I wanted to be a cowboy and I wanted to be Superman.
OMG HE DIDN’T SAY HE WANTED TO WORK IN A COAL MINE FLIPFLOPFLIPFLOP.
In fact, this new attack has caused so much hurt — in the way of stomaches aching from the laughter and people passing out gasping for breath from the hilarity — that the Clinton campaign came out and said they were “just kidding” and totally didn’t mean it. Which, by the way, the media was not buying, if you follow that link.
I wish I had said this, because it’s so damn spot on but it was actually Goon farraday:
Personally I think it’s great that we can get Senator Obama’s papers from first
grade and we can’t get Senator Clinton’s from being First Lady.
Owned.
