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New RNC ad uses HRC's words vs. Obama

Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:12 PM by Mark Murray
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From NBC's Mark Murray
As we first reported on Friday night, the Republican National Committee is going to be airing a new TV ad in Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. And now we know what the subject is: Hillary Clinton's tough words during the primaries that elevated McCain and diminished Obama by saying that all he brings to the table is an antiwar speech he gave in 2002.

Unlike the McCain camp ads on Hillary and that Hillary supporter now backing McCain, we know for sure this is a significant buy.

In response, Clinton gave these remarks today: “Every one of us could stand up and recite all the reasons why we must elect Barack. The Supreme Court is at stake; our educational system needs the right kind of change. We’ve got to become energy independent; we have to create millions of new green collar jobs. We’ve got so much work to do around the world."

"None of that will happen if John McCain is in the White House.  I just want to make it absolutely clear we cannot afford four more years of George W. Bush’s failed policies in America and that’s what we would get with John McCain."

“Now I understand that the McCain campaign is running ads trying to divide us and let me state what I think about their tactics and these ads: I am Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message."

Script of the RNC ad:
ANNCR: Who has the experience to govern our nation?
Sen. Clinton: “Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign. I will bring a lifetime of experience. And Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002.” (Source: CNN 3/8/08)
ANNCR: Barack Obama. He gives a great speech. But Americans must ask ourselves: should we elect the most inexperienced presidential candidate of our times? Or was she right? The Republican National Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.”

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PLEASE REPORT FACTS ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES AND NOT THIS HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID STUFF.  I NEED TO KNOW WHAT EACH CANDIDATE WILL BRING TO THE TABLE.  YOU ALL ARE GETTING AS BAD AS THE NATIONAL ENQUIRE OR OTHER GOSSIP MAGAZINE.  PLEASE STOP THIS AND REPORT FACTS, IF YOU CAN.
Man, I'm sticking with the Barack/Biden ticket. Apparently so is Hillary Clinton who has been for a while now. No one is for the diminishing POW. By the time this is all over, McScum will start a website, "POWs for Barack". No one knows what McScum stands for other than war war war and drill drill drill. In fact, I believe McCain wants to start wars so troops can experience what he went through as a POW. He wants to get in office to start World War III. It's not even about Bush's failed policies with this guy anymore. I don't trust him. I def. don't want him in office.
My Democrat friends may disagree with me on this one but I like all the media attention even though it's 28% positive and 72% negative for one good reason: IT KEEPS MCCAIN OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT!!!! For all we know (The World for That Matter) is that the fool's a war monger and a diminishing POW that think's he can solve the country's economic problems by offshore drilling. Drill and War, More Drilling and More Wars. You call his two "already failed" policies a platform for Executive Experience. That's what "Hilocrats and Regan Dems" want in a President? Sad Just Sad, Take my advice "Hilocrats and Regan Democrats" Vote Obama, our world will be better off.
Remember "WAR is the Answer" is his foreign Policy and "Offshore Drilling and the Gas Tax Holiday" is his answer to fixing the economy. What else does he stand for? I know, I'll ask Sean Hannity and the other pundits but apparently they don't know either.  
In a radio (?) commercial, one of the Hillary converts says she's switched because of sexism.  Will someone tell me how exactly Obama is guilty of that? Please list those times. I know the press has done it, but why are they angry at Obama?
And don't these women know that by supporting McCain they're supporting the most heinous sexism of all: the inability to choose to have an abortion or even to receive birth control information and thereby the biggest sexist, John McCain, who promises to destroy Roe v Wade?
In a radio (?) commercial, one of the Hillary converts says she's switched because of sexism.  Will someone tell me how exactly Obama is guilty of that? Please list those times. I know the press has done it, but why are they angry at Obama?
And don't these women know that by supporting McCain they're supporting the most heinous sexism of all: the inability to choose to have an abortion or even to receive birth control information and thereby the biggest sexist, John McCain, who promises to destroy Roe v Wade?
In a radio (?) commercial, one of the Hillary converts says she's switched because of sexism.  Will someone tell me how exactly Obama is guilty of that? Please list those times. I know the press has done it, but why are they angry at Obama?
And don't these women know that by supporting McCain they're supporting the most heinous sexism of all: the inability to choose to have an abortion or even to receive birth control information and thereby the biggest sexist, John McCain, who promises to destroy Roe v Wade?
Always stubbornly offering the garbage and questionable accusations with little merit; it seems that the Republicans consistently try to smokescreen and corrupt the truth, to distract and mislead, simply because the truth is actually their Achilles Heal.  When anyone is rational and objective and protects against being emotionally pulled in by appeals to biases, prejudices and distractions, it becomes obvious that the Republicans are avoiding the real issues.  What is real is do we want more of the same – more of the Bush-Cheney (McCain) concentration on benefit only for Special Interests and a select few, who return support, contributions and later kickback compensation, and then provides only apathy, the costs and subterfuge (lies) to the average American – or do we want change – change to honest, transparent, fair, equitable and responsible government that represents all of the people?  The Republicans have tried hard to sell people that their focus on immediate gratification for the wealthy and powerful is legitimate and desirable ‘conservatism’ and that programs that benefit the whole country, the economy, the majority of people, even those that pick the people up and make them less dependent, represent ‘liberalism’.  This country can’t long survive continuing on the current path and our children and grandchildren don’t deserve to be stuck with the consequences or the costs.  The Democrats by no means are without fault but the real chance for change is what we desperately need!
obama and the DNC should go through Mccain ves George Bush debates of 8years ago and respond in ad.They should not let it slide by.
I have to admit it...but Hillary was right!!!  Obama is inexperienced...there is no way to sugar-coat it.

Thats why Hillary should have the nomination

Hillary 2012!!!!!!!
I am fascinated that John McCain and his campaign cannot say enough good things about Hillary Clinton in pursuit of her supporters, yet I haven't seen one commentator draw the contrast with the John McCain who smiled, chuckled and didn't disown or challenge his Town Hall supporter this Spring who pointedly asked him "How are we going to beat the B*****?
How can those who are fierce Hillary supporters even consider supporting McCain? Republicans have always said, and still say, very nasty things about Hillary.  Also, the fact that she criticized Obama doesn't mean that she would not be criticizing McCain even more if she were now running against him. On most issues Hillary is passionate about, McCain's stance is the total opposite of what she believes: two of them are abortion and health care. Not voting for Obama is voting against Hillary's agenda. Voting for McCain is the equivalent of telling Hillary that they didn't really agree with her agenda. Start to passionately support the Obama-Biden ticket! Vote Obama-Biden!
The definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over again, and expecting different results.

John McCain released two attack ads against Barack Obama this weekend. One of those ads criticized him for choosing Joe Biden as his vice presidential candidate. The other ad criticized Obama for not picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Now, on the surface these ads seem completely different, but

BOTH ADS USE THE SAME LINE OF ATTACK!!

The Biden ad attacks Obama for choosing a running mate that was a very harsh critic. The Clinton ad attacks Obama for not choosing Hillary because she was a very harsh critic.

Congratulations Senator McCain and campaign…you have officially made me stupider again. At this rate I will have no brain cells left come November. WAIT A MINUTE…that must be your plan…kill all of intelligent America’s brain cells by election time so that we will forget why we were going to vote for a candidate courageous and intelligent enough to choose a non-lapdog as his running mate, and vote for a joker like you. Dumb down America. Ingenious, I must say.

I hope for your sake, your vice presidential nominee is not Mitt Romney. I hope for my sake, it is. The irony and sheer and utter stupidity of that choice, in light of these ads, will be so sweet, that when I taste it, I will spit it out because it will be too rich. It will be as if someone pre-packaged hypocrisy and delivered it to my doorstep with instructions that read, “Just add McCain…uh…I mean water.”

So let us recap…Obama is unfit for the presidency because he picked a running mate that will make his opinions known and not simply act as a yes man. He is unfit because his running mate criticized him as being unprepared for the job. Obama is also unfit for the presidency because he did not pick someone who leveled the exact same criticisms against him. Drink it up folks; it doesn’t get any more real than this.

I will take these McCain attack ads as a direct assault on my intellect, and you should too. Otherwise we will elect a president that will bring a third Bush term, and we aren’t insane…

Are we?

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