Clinton Says She Must Counterattack

[sniffa]

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she must respond in kind to attacks from rival Barack Obama even though she'd rather keep the race for the Democratic presidential nomination focused on their differences on public policy issues.

"I try not to attack first, but I have to defend myself — I do have to counterpunch," Clinton told NBC's "Today Show."

"I took a lot of incoming fire for many, many months and I was happy to absorb it because obviously, you know, I felt that was part of my responsibility. But toward the end of a campaign you have to set the record straight," the New York senator said.

Clinton, Obama and their campaigns have exchanged increasingly hard-hitting jabs in recent days over race, his relationship with a Chicago developer, her vote on the Iraq war, and other issues. Clinton stopped airing a South Carolina radio ad critical of Obama on Thursday and Obama took down his radio response in an attempt to cool the angry public spat.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-qGLDs-gAnZiUXD2NU51ry3j3dwD8UCURUO0

jeez, what a whiny crybaby. is she playing the victim again? :eyes:

[bdamomma]

1. all this infighting is not helping the Democratic party those sucky

repigs will use this on us in November, and who wants to see grandpa John McCain being President. Not me, oh, John step up please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dante_]

6. Politics is better when it is like this. We are not voting for HS Home coming King/Queen

What is wrong with a fight? We can beat the GOP on principle and more, but we need Democrats and others to stop whining when their favorite candidate loses a primary.

Primaries are about infighting.

[Yurovsky]

39. As long as one's dealing in facts, fine...

it's when it comes to out and out lies and applying the GOP's "southern strategy" that I call foul.

As for November, the GOP will spend enough time destroying each other, and the current polls don't give any of them a chance in November (except possibly McCain, but 2 words should be enough to pop his balloon ... "Keating 5").

If we're going to win this thing, I'd like to win it with an actual progressive. Hillary, IMHO, is the LEAST progressive of any of the Dems that ran this year.

[bdamomma]

40. Nothing wrong with voicing ones' opinions but all this gender/race

conflicts and misinterpreting what a person says won't help either.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. when I saw that story, I coughed up my tea.

SHE has to counterattack?

What a load of crap. There they go again, blaming others for what they do first.

[joshcryer]

5. Who brought out Wal-Mart first in the debates?

[goldcanyonaz]

11. Did you see the Rezko segment on CNN last night?

The trains starting to roll into the station.

[Dante_]

22. It will be devastating unless Barack can spin it. We will see how good he is.

He is from Chicago. We will see

[joshcryer]

27. He is being vetted. Let's see how well he does.

[Dante_]

32. Agreed. Shed the package. Fight like this is important.

The Clintons rule. Obama can too...if only he will stop this nonsense that he has a date with destiny. Those days are over. We have grown up as a nation. we do not need saints we need leaders

[Hutzpa]

57. Gosh, you're full of hate,

this is not about Hillary, this is about YOU, the ignoramus who is
republican affiliated and would rather use this to the republican
advantage.

You must be having wet dreams, if you think the rethuglicans can win
in this fashion.


:eyes:

[Dante_]

10. Who struck first blow in SC debate? O-B-A-M-A!!!

Sorry, but Obama knew..Hillary always said she would strike back. Obama is a light weight

[magatte]

44. and Hillary is a conniving egoistical backstabbing, no experience, corporate lawyer

working on her husbands name first lady.

That is just for you light-weight remark.

[Dante_]

3. I would think Obama is the Bob Dole of 2008

"Stop lying about my record"


talk about whine.

[sniffa]

8. he's just trying to keep up with Hillary's pity party.

my god, she has no spine.

[Dante_]

12. Okie Dokie. So you do bar mitzvahs?

Your jokes aren't funny. But you're getting a *B for effort

[bicentennial_baby]

16. check your pm

:*

[Dante_]

21. ? huh? ?

huh?

[bicentennial_baby]

37. i was replying to Sniffa...

he's my husband, and I was telling him to check his messages. :)

[BeyondGeography]

4. Glad she's finally calling BS on Obama's unrelentingly negative smear-based campaign

:freak:

[sam sarrha]

20. Kerry tried to ignore the BullShit and it cost him the election and any respect he had before

[Dante_]

26. Stop misrepresenting things. Kerry wanted to strike back right away.

Kerry's highly paid jerks counseled against it.

bad

[sam sarrha]

35. ...Kerry didnt do anything.. he is responsible, period

[pampango]

23. You seem to know a hard, tough campaiging Obama who will do anything to win.

Many supporters of other candidates here seem to believe just the opposite - that Obama is not a tough enough campaigner to survive against the repub smear machine. If what you say is true, perhaps there is hope for Obama in the GE.

I do hate it when he plays rough with the Clintons, who are well known for their preference for cerebral campaigning on issues and avoiding, at all costs, any hint of hardball politics.

[Dante_]

29. I would love nothing better than to see a hard tough Obama. I hate soft candidates

Obama will get my vote if he wins the primary, but I would fall for him if he would stand up and act like a man and not a packaged weenie with a message of "words"

Change will happen with whoever wins.

Obama is not a saint and I don't mix religion and politics

<*smile>

[babylonsister]

7. Who's whining now? If she didn't start the mudslinging in the first

place, this wouldn't be an issue. Get over it, Hillary. You clean up your act and see how fast you can concentrate on policy issues. :eyes: :nopity:

[Dante_]

15. What? And the Dem nominee will do what when the GOP sleaze machine lets loose?

Primaries are about fighting. Oh-bama comes from Chicago. He is not clean and he started the crap in the SC debate

[babylonsister]

25. I can't imagine the GOP being any sleazier than the Clintons have been. nt

[Dante_]

30. Then you lack imagination. Sorry, but it's true.

<*grin>

[BarackBucks]

9. "I have to counterattack using race"

"I just have to!"

[sniffa]

14. pfft

:rofl:

[Dante_]

race? where did the Clinton's use race? I thought we were beyond cries of racism at every point

sad

[DrFunkenstein]

13. In All Fairness, Obama Called Her a Drug Dealer From a Madrassa

I'm glad she responded by pointing out policy differences.

[TwilightGardener]

18. ...

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[Dante_]

19. keep trying to link Clinton with Bush or the GOP. Way to go.

pfft!

[Adelante]

31. LOL!!

Oh, Dr, you got me with that one :rofl:

[DrFunkenstein]

41. Did I Mention How Proud He Is That Hillary's Middle Name is Hussein?

It really makes Obama and Bob Kerrey feel all warm and fuzzy.

[sniffa]

42. I'm still stunned Obama brought up her cocaine use.

shame.

[Cha]

56. Only that he thought it was a little young

to be using in kindergarten.

[sniffa]

58. It was.

Shocking that she was doing that while writing essays that she wanted to be President. You'd think she'd have more foresight than that.

[Cha]

59. It helped her creative

process.

[Ganja Ninja]

17. If only these people had been this feisty when it came to

standing up to Bushler. For 7 years they been bending over and smiling while he has his way with them and now they decide they have to attack and counterattack.

[Dante_]

33. yawn...

Reality bites. Bush has a very good political team. He beat the press and the Dem party and the felt and he made being against the continued war in Iraq a test of patriotism.

Bush beat us...twice. Who cares how..he won and he got to lead/rule.

Wake up. Vote a Dem into the White House in 2008.

[Evergreen Emerald]

24. Dang she is one fighter, isn't she?

She was attacked by Obama--who sounded a bit of a whiner when he attacked, and she came right back at him.

You go, Clinton.

[Dante_]

34. She fought back in his own way. He started it in SC. He lost.

Hillay is a leader who I could follow almost anywhere. She has what it takes.

[flordehinojos]

28. right on hillary, don't you let him whittle you down to dust. in fact , you, like dust, rise, and

rise again, counterpunch and all!

[sniffa]

36. Too bad she's just whining.

What's she gonna do in the GE? Cry?

[Evergreen Emerald]

38. when Obama does it--he is justified, when Clinton does it--she whines.

double standard

[flordehinojos]

45. it seems to me the obamas are the ones doing the whinning.

"o, she is playing the race card," (just by the fact that the obamas brought it up, they and their surrogates are the ones playing the race card).

"o, she is the one attacking me..." o, really?

come on !

[AtomicKitten]

43. "I try not to attack first ....." Of course not, that's what rabid surrogates are for.

The Clintons are banking on Americans being retarded.

[VotesForWomen]

46. please, obama's done nothing but attack and whine. she's right. nt

[sniffa]

50. Hillary's done nothing but whine, complain and cry.

And that's after she attacked. :puke:

[Bluerthanblue]

47. "he made me do it"...

I'm getting so tired of the childishness.

No Hillary- you DON'T have to respond "in kind"- If she doesn't know this- I hope she never takes the office of president.

We need a leader who LEADS not one who does something they KNOW is wrong, and then tries to excuse themself by pointing to their opponent and saying "they made me do it".

peace~

[flordehinojos]

48. is she responding in kind?

i think she is trying to set the record straight ... and isn't obama the one who whines about anything he wants to and blames hillary for whatever he does to throw flame and bait at her?

[Bluerthanblue]

49. the article says:

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she must respond in kind to attacks from rival Barack Obama even though she'd rather keep the race for the Democratic presidential nomination focused on their differences on public policy issues.

"I try not to attack first, but I have to defend myself — I do have to counterpunch," Clinton told NBC's "Today Show."
(this whole statement is ludicrious: )
"I took a lot of incoming fire for many, many months and I was happy to absorb it because obviously, you know, I felt that was part of my responsibility. But toward the end of a campaign you have to set the record straight," the New York senator said.

She may actually believe this... but she's not fooling anyone who is paying attention.


peace~

[Radical Activist]

52. Just like the talk radio crowd.

They think its OK to do anything as long as a Democrat has done it before.

[Radical Activist]

51. LOL Funniest line of the entire campaign.

Does she really expect people to taker her seriously?

[Cha]

53. OH fuck off hilary..and go drink some more whine

with your lyin' limburger cheese.

[Alexander]

54. I'm playing the world's tiniest violin for Senator Clinton.

:nopity:

[BringBigDogBack]

55. The campaign she is running is disgusting,

bordering on being outright repulsive.

[sniffa]

61. Agreed

But if she gets the nomination, what are you gonna do, vote republican?

;)

[Cha]

60. bilary strikes again. If anyone believes the

shit she puts out they deserve them.