The Clintons’ Patronizing Strategy

Jonathan,

You are being completely disingenuous. In the radio ad the announcer makes absolutely no statement on Barrack's quote, it simply runs the quote and allows the voter to decide. It then lists some of the ideas the republicans promoted during the 10-15 year time frame stated by Barrack.

You continue to conflate the Reagan quote and the idea quote. They are two completely and separate statements. Why do you continue to mistake this fact? And why have you never addressed the rest of Barrack's interview in which he says we are now in a generational conflict where the issues addressed in the 60's were repudiated by voters in the 80s. How exactly would you interpret his statement? Civil rights, women's rights, medicare and medicaid all came about in the 60's.

When you make stuff up and refuse to use full quotes you are obviously showing a predisposition to advance a rather dubious story line.

Also, when will some reporter start covering the vile comments of the Barrack supporters on many sites? Or Barrack's refusal to state he will support the Democratic nominee? That is quite a big story.

I am a senior citizen and have seen all the "dirty politics" of the past years. Obama has brought hope that we could have an issue oriented campaign and I became one of his supporters. I am deeply disappointed in the "politics as usual" of the Clintons (both of them) and if they succeed in getting the nomination I won't vote for Hillary. I will go to another party-even Republican if I must. Tell us what you will do Hillary-don't spend your time running down the Obama-I'd like to hear the plans from all three candidates and then make a choice. The Clintons have turned me off.

If Bill and Hillary supposedly think the American public is so dumb, then how come it is they -- and *only* they -- who are discussing actual policy in this campaign. All we're getting from the candidate who supposedly is backed by the "highly educated" are platitudes and greeting card slogans. And a press consisting of reporters too lazy to do their homework, who dismiss Clinton's policy talk as "wonky."

I'm so sickened by the Clintons at this point -- I???m having the same reaction to them as I've been having to Bush for a while ??? immediately switching channels once their faces surface or the newscasters parrot the latest from their mouths. I now understand why Republicans hate them so bitterly, why the country became so polarized, and why the US ultimately put Bush with a stupid but honest image into office after Clinton???s administration. None of this had made sense to me before. As a party loyalist, I had just, well, tuned out and dismissed what my Republican friends said about the Clintons as just being partisan, but seeing their behavior now with open eyes and ears as just a candidate to be evaluated within my own party -- I must say I'm repulsed. I had no idea they were such slime. I remember the prayer group that Hillary had belonged to during Bill's cheating years, and the sympathy of course I felt, but I now wonder, was that an act, too? How can anyone with a shred of conscience behave the way that she and her husband are behaving? God save America.

What is sad is that the Clintons have forced Obama to use his time and money correcting their statements. They are smart, or should I say cunning, to pick at little pieces of things and twist them just enough to make him look bad, but they can say "Oh, we thought you meant....." Hillary gets to campaign and cry and smile and talk about issues while Hit Man Bill gets to do the dirty work and keep Obama busy. Hillary will propose health care for everyone with wonderful benefits and no cost. Congress of course will not be able to do that and she will blame them and say SHE tried to do it. She knows what is not reasonable but can promise it because she can turn that around also. Obama is being truthful and reasonable and genuinely intends to do what he says and has the ability to get Congress' cooperation to do it. Hillary just plays games and thinks it is "the fun part."

From www.judicialwatch.org today:

Hillary's health care reform documents (or some of them) have been released. There is much to read, but the paragraph below is a quote from the summary:

???These documents paint a disturbing picture of how Hillary Clinton and the Clinton administration approached health care reform ??? secrecy, smears, and the misuse of government computers to track private and political information on citizens,??? said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. ???There are millions more documents that the Library has yet to release. The Clintons continue to play games and pretend they have nothing to do with this delay. The Clintons should get out of the way and authorize the release of these records now.???

I can tell you that myself, some friends and family have gotten turned off by the Clinton's behaviour to do anything to win and will not vote for her if she gets the Democratic nomimnee. Their behavior and distortions like at Meet the Press in which Hilalry said: "Sen. Obama's chief strategist accuses me of playing a role in Benazir Bhutto's assassination.'' When in actuality David Axelrod never made such an accusation. He said former Prime Minister Bhutto's death will ''call into issue the judgment'' of ''taking the eye off the ball and making the wrong judgment in going into Iraq.'' and their recent attempt in voter suppresion in Nevada has shown a lot of people another side to them we did not know existed and it does not look pretty. In their quest for power at all costs, they have split the party -- there is a deep divide.

They seem more like Karl-Rove Republicans than Democrats it is a shame to see their moral demise!

I'm and independent leaning towards the Democrats - as much because of Republican incompetence as anything - and I've been on the fence between Obama and Clinton. The experience vs. vision argument is key to that decision. While I'm not sure if Obama would turn into another Carter or Bush, I'm a lot more willing to give him a chance if all the greatness of the Clinton's can come up with is the nonsense their peddling now. It's really embarrassing and as strong an argument to "turn the page" as any.