That HIllary won't speak out against the repuke racist campaign against Obama in NC

[cali]

tells everyone exactly what they need to know about her character- or rather her lack thereof. And if the repukes were doing that kind of crap against Hillary and Obama's campaign said no comment, I'd feel the same way about Obama.

One more revealing moment showing something very ugly about her. I don't need to know anything more. I don't care anymore that she's gutsy or has a fighting spirit or did the right thing on this or that issue or vote. Her temperment and character make her a very poor choice for President.

[redqueen]

1. And to add insult to injury... she's abandoning the downticket Dems

who are also being smeared with the ad.

[cali]

6. it's more than that for me, redqueen

it's beyond party loyalty. it's about basic decency and taking a stand against hate. By not denouncing it, she's absolutely embracing it.

[cliffordu]

9. It is about basic decency, isn't it?

Thanks.

[redqueen]

Good point.

*sigh*

[TahitiNut]

13. She's not just "embracing it" ... she's FUELING it.

They might as well be a 527 in her camp ... they're INDISTINGUISHABLE from her.

[RazBerryBeret]

21. because it benefits her

it's her MO.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Cliton simply doesn't support Democrats, she has nothing to offer Democrats...

... She merely uses the party as a vehicle to her own power.

Obama however has bonafide coattails downticket - both in direct campaigning, and by enlarging the Democratic electorate itself.

[redqueen]

35. "enlarging the Democratic electorate itself"

Those are the key words... and I sure hope the SDs have taken note.

[flpoljunkie]

36. And, to add to it, Bill is campaigning exclusively in white, rural areas. One might ask why.

[Vattel]

37. gee, call me crazy,

but maybe it's because he thinks he can get more votes for Hillary by focusing his efforts on those areas.

[virtualobserver]

2. she'll fight for herself every day

[anonymous171]

3. Obama needs to go on the attack. Seriously, she needs to be put on the defensive.

[RiverStone]

7. Sadly, I agree

Enough of this shit.

[Lord Helmet]

4. weird that the Repub candidate shows more class than Hillary

[BlooInBloo]

5. Too busy taking notes.

[Shakespeare]

8. Yup.

She's more than happy to let the nasty racist smears go on. Hell, it save her $$$ so she doesn't have to do it herself. x(

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. I wonder how the Hillbots would react

If the GOP were running ads featuring Gloria Steinem mocking John McCain being a POW, or Marcia Pappas from NY NOW talking about the press "gang banging" Clinton. I'm not personally offended by what Steinem said, especially in the context of the point she was making about gender, and I'm only slightly bothered by Pappas' statement. But those are pretty controversial things to mainstream America. Imagine them in a ad shown in the NC market. Obama would probably denounce them as sexist and irrelevant to the issues. Notice how he's never brought up outrageous comments made by Clinton's surrogates, while her campaign has a field day with his.

[Andy823]

12. This should be

Brought to the attention of the SD's that have not committed yet, and I am sure that somebody in Obama's camp is thinking the same thing, or already done so. This goes to prove that Hillary is not interested in the party winning in November, but only in her own selfish desire to trash Obama no matter what it takes. I still think her goal is to make sure Obama can't win so she can run again in 2012.

[marlakay]

19. I am wondering what they said to her

at her private closed door meeting with uncommitted supers in the house and senate yesterday. I think its unfair she got to attack them all at once. God I would give anything to know what she said and they said. I bet she begged them not to come out for obama at least till after may 6th. or maybe longer.

[Andy823]

28. I would like to know also

But I doubt we ever will.

[DJ13]

14. Why would she speak out against Republicans when she's depending on them?

She has completely gone over to the dark side, nothing that she does now surprises me.

The only surprise is the number of Democrats willing to follow her as she becomes another Republican.

[democrank]

15. Win at all cost..

That`s the Clinton standard.

[PBS Poll-435]

16. Wouldn't speaking about an obvious and transparent smear give it visibility?

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[redqueen]

22. Considering the fact that she's given visibility to it herself...

that excuse sorta falls apart pretty much immediately.

[PBS Poll-435]

26. How?

(I might be ignorant on this one :-))

[redqueen]

31. She said she would have walked out...

you can choose your pastor... all that crap.

[PBS Poll-435]

32. Oh.. I thought it was something recent.

[cali]

29. no. it's already hugely visable.

I'm sorry. You're a great supporter of Clinton's but this is just not defensible.

[TahitiNut]

17. There's no daylight between the Clinton campaign and the NC GOP. None.

How much clearer could it be??

[ellacott]

18. I thought she was showing some class by not commenting on the Rev. Wright incident

She was just waiting for the right time to attack. I think she's doing the same thing now, trying to figure out how to use this to her advantage.

She'll probably point to this ad as an example of what the GOP will do to Obama so you may as well vote for her.

[City Lights]

20. Hillary is out for herself.

It should be obvious to anyone paying attention.

[Lucinda]

23. YEAH! She should do what Obama did when Jesse Jackson III was calling them racists in SC!!!

Oh.
Wait.
He didn't do anything to stop it.

Never mind.

[Vattel]

39. To be fair to Obama,

he ultimately renounced his campaign's smear-tasctics in South Carolina, and he claims that he put a stop to it. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt in South Carolina. As a Hillary supporter, I've seen enough of the "Let's interpret X in the most unsympathetic way possible."

By the way, I like to think that you use "wlucinda" because you are lucinda williams, my favorite singer. If you are, then I agree with anything you say.

[Lucinda]

40. LOL

:hi: I am definitely Lucinda...and my last name does start with a W.

As for Obama, I don't give him the benefit of the doubt in SC. He could have stopped it immediately, but chose not to. Politics 101.

[lapfog_1]

24. Hillary is not a Democrat. - n/t

[tblue37]

25. It's like her "as far as I know" qualification about whether he is a Muslim. n/t

[Vattel]

38. haven't heard that anti-Clinton smear in a while n/t

[DemGa]

27. The effects of the right-wing attacks on Hillary Clinton

were a primary argument from Obama concerning his own electability: She was tarnished, "polarizing - divisive."

Obama himself overtly CAPITALIZED ON RIGHT-WING ATTACKS. And now you think Hillary should rush to his aid?? Oh dear God. So you think Hillary should come out and call the repukes racist for running an ad featuring Obama's mentor? That ad may be dirty, yes, but you need some proof of racism to make that charge - with credibility.

So even looking beyond Obama's shameless use of right-wing attacks for personal gain (treachery), Hillary, would look very silly saving Obama from what she "thought" the repukes meant.

[cali]

33. completely pathetic rationalizing of the indefensible

this isn't about rushing to his aid. how sad that you can't see that. there have been numerous articles about the ad being racist. Hilly is just being hilly. I'm glad this will further screw her with the SDs.

[Irishonly]

30. It's Disgusting

Every democrat should be condemning the ad. It's a sad state of affairs when McCain spoke out against it but other democrats didn't.

[Bonobo]

34. "I'm fired up for the Lady~!"