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Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« on: February 29, 2008, 05:26:35 PM »
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Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back

ABC News' David Wright, Sunlen Miller, Andy Fies, Eloise Harper, Kate Snow & Nitya Venkataraman Report: Closing in on the March 4 contests, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., debuted a campaign ad on Friday with ominous undertones.

"It's 3:00am and your children are asleep," a voice over says in the ad entitled "Children". "There's a phone in the White House, and it's ringing. Something is happening in the world. Your vote will decide who answers that call."

"Whether someone knows the world's leaders, knows the military, someone tested and ready to lead. It's 3am and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?" the ad concludes.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pushed back hard against the new ad, which ABC News' George Stephanopoulos described as "the nuclear option" on Friday's "Good Morning America".

Addressing a group of veterans at an American Legion post in Houston, Obama said: "We've seen these ads before. They're the kind that play on peoples' fears to scare up votes."

The tone of the ad -- which echoes the infamous Daisy Ad from the 1964 Johnson-Goldwater presidential race and the red phone ad former Vice President Walter Mondale ran against Gary Hart in their '84 race for the Democratic nomination -- indicates that the Clinton campaign is pulling out the all the stops leading into the Ohio and Texas primaries.

Mondale's ad, where a red phone rang threateningly in the middle of the night while a voiceover asked voters what kind of leader they wanted to "answer that phone", ultimately worked in his favor: Mondale defeated Hart and secured the party nomination, though he lost in November to Ronald Reagan.

"The question is not about picking up the phone," Obama said.  "The question is: what kind of judgment will you make when you answer? We've had a 'red phone moment'. It was the decision to invade Iraq. And Senator Clinton gave the wrong answer. George Bush gave the wrong answer. John McCain gave the wrong answer."

The Clinton campaign rejected any comparison to the LBJ "Daisy Ad" saying Clinton's ad was a "positive ad" that featured "very soft images" and was not at all like the Johnson ad.

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Interesting to see what she does when she's desparate.  Playing to feeeeewings.   :whatever:
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 05:28:53 PM »
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Interesting to see what she does when she's desparate.  Playing to feeeeewings.   
McCain could run the same ad no matter who his opponent is.
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM »
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 06:54:51 PM »
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:

As little as she knows, Obama is proving daily he knows even less.
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 07:46:40 PM »
I'm going to make a prediction.

By the time the general campaign starts, the Dems and the MSM will be blaming these ads on the Republicans, and blissfully ignore the true genesis of their content.

Think "Willie Horton"
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 07:49:20 PM »
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:


She loathes them.
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 07:58:00 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 29, 2008, 06:54:51 PM
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:

As little as she knows, Obama is proving daily he knows even less.

The 2008 Dem candidates give a whole new meaning to the term "Political Vacuum".    :loser: 's
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2008, 12:38:58 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 29, 2008, 06:54:51 PM
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:

As little as she knows, Obama is proving daily he knows even less.

I was discussing Obama's NAFTA "solutions" with my Canadian husbie... he wasnt at all amused. Canada could get their nose out of joint and decide America doesnt get most favored nation with them in the oil business.

We need Canada.. Obama knows even less about foreign relations than he does about the military.

And has he offered up a name of the 'captain' he spoke with that made charges of 'no ammunition and not enough soldiers' to fight ...? Um, not that I know of yet..
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2008, 12:44:36 AM »
Quote from: Lauri on March 01, 2008, 12:38:58 AM
Quote from: NHSparky on February 29, 2008, 06:54:51 PM
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:

As little as she knows, Obama is proving daily he knows even less.

I was discussing Obama's NAFTA "solutions" with my Canadian husbie... he wasnt at all amused. Canada could get their nose out of joint and decide America doesnt get most favored nation with them in the oil business.

We need Canada.. Obama knows even less about foreign relations than he does about the military.

And has he offered up a name of the 'captain' he spoke with that made charges of 'no ammunition and not enough soldiers' to fight ...? Um, not that I know of yet..
Obama is such an idiot, if it wasn't for the cult of personality, he would be a non-factor.

I'm changing his middle name to Insane so I can use it.

Barack Insane Obama.  If by some bizzare chance he gets elected, that will make him BIO, which is kind of catchy.
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2008, 12:57:42 AM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on March 01, 2008, 12:44:36 AM
Quote from: Lauri on March 01, 2008, 12:38:58 AM
Quote from: NHSparky on February 29, 2008, 06:54:51 PM
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
what, pray tell, does Hilary know about the military?

 :bs:

As little as she knows, Obama is proving daily he knows even less.

I was discussing Obama's NAFTA "solutions" with my Canadian husbie... he wasnt at all amused. Canada could get their nose out of joint and decide America doesnt get most favored nation with them in the oil business.

We need Canada.. Obama knows even less about foreign relations than he does about the military.

And has he offered up a name of the 'captain' he spoke with that made charges of 'no ammunition and not enough soldiers' to fight ...? Um, not that I know of yet..
Obama is such an idiot, if it wasn't for the cult of personality, he would be a non-factor.

I'm changing his middle name to Insane so I can use it.

Barack Insane Obama.  If by some bizzare chance he gets elected, that will make him BIO, which is kind of catchy.


I think "BO" has a certain ring to it ... :-)
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2008, 01:00:27 AM »
and just for extra info... i have heard on several different talk shows that Canada gives us more oil than any other country .. by a large margin.


we need Canada. Obama is screwing up by trying to hurt our relationship with our closest countries. but even he doesnt seem to know it.  :whatever:
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2008, 06:40:17 AM »
"The Battle of the Midgets, Who is Tallest?"

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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2008, 07:02:10 AM »
Word, Tanker.  I feel like when November comes around I'm gonna be voting for who's the smartest kid on the short bus.
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2008, 01:47:14 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 01, 2008, 06:40:17 AM
"The Battle of the Midgets, Who is Tallest?"

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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2008, 01:58:03 PM »

this is the best they've got?  a warmed over anti-goldwater ad?

I am going to completely abandon my argument that the clintons were lethal campaigners/politicians.  I
always suspected at could have been ross perot all along, and they were just a couple of hayseeds from
arkansas that simply lucked into the white house via a series of almost inconceivable flukes of history.

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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2008, 02:14:52 PM »
Quote from: Lauri on March 01, 2008, 01:00:27 AM
and just for extra info... i have heard on several different talk shows that Canada gives us more oil than any other country .. by a large margin.


we need Canada. Obama is screwing up by trying to hurt our relationship with our closest countries. but even he doesnt seem to know it.  :whatever:

We buy more oil from Canada than any other country. 

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbblpd_a.htm
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2008, 02:18:46 PM »

at this point, all clinton is doing is making The BarackStar! reiterate more and more forcefully how
his judgment was correct about the iraq war.  everytime he does it, it makes it harder for him to
back away from it, or even moderate his stance, once the general election comes along.  how do
you oppose victory?  his current argument, that it the war was wrong because it is too expensive,
simply won't hold water.  he is painting himself into a corner.

 
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2008, 04:16:01 PM »
Must be part of his secret program to 'restore our relations' with all them there other countries, along with those unconditional talks with Iran.  Jesus H. Christ, he's an idiot. 
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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2008, 04:20:45 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 01, 2008, 02:14:52 PM
Quote from: Lauri on March 01, 2008, 01:00:27 AM
and just for extra info... i have heard on several different talk shows that Canada gives us more oil than any other country .. by a large margin.


we need Canada. Obama is screwing up by trying to hurt our relationship with our closest countries. but even he doesnt seem to know it.  :whatever:

We buy more oil from Canada than any other country. 

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbblpd_a.htm

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Re: Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2008, 06:05:19 PM »
Oh my...

It seems one of the children's PJ's have the letters N-I-G

*sighs*

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-are-letters-nig-on-childs-pajamas.html

Much ado about nothing I 'spose; but still much fun nonetheless.



"Can't you see that man is a nig--"
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