"Mr. President, we need a decision whether to take out Osama Bin Laden. Mr. President? Mr. President?"
Posted on 12/04/2007 7:20:55 PM PST by neverdem
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton sharpened her attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama on Monday, criticizing him for failing to vote yes or no on a series of abortion and gun-control measures when he was in the Illinois Senate.
Speaking in Iowa, Clinton singled out nine roll calls in which Obama voted "present." The votes dealt with abortion and gun-control initiatives.
His campaign hits back
"A president can't vote 'present.' A president can't pick and choose which challenges he or she will face," Clinton said.
Obama's campaign shot back at the New York senator, touting his support of abortion rights and a Springfield record that included helping reform the death penalty.
"Barack Obama doesn't need lectures in political courage from someone who followed George Bush to war in Iraq, gave him the benefit of the doubt on Iran, supported NAFTA and opposed ethanol until she decided to run for president," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
'The poor guy' One of Obama's "present" votes was on 1999 legislation that would have required teens 15 and older to be tried as adults for firing weapons on or near school grounds. He was among five African-American senators voting present.
"I'm for getting guns off the streets, but I'm not for treating these juveniles as adults," said state Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago), who voted "present" with Obama.
On the abortion bills, legislators who supported women's rights to the procedure were encouraged to vote "present" on bills that would have required parental notice before minors could obtain abortions and that would have barred what abortion foes call "partial-birth" abortions, a leading abortion-rights advocate said. The goal was to entice moderate Republicans and Democrats to also vote present, helping to defeat the bills.
"The poor guy is getting all this heat for a strategy we, the pro-choice community, did," said Pam Sutherland, president and CEO of the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council.
Springfield Bureau Chief dmckinney@suntimes.com
Barack Obama is na joke and will never be president. I am becoming more assured with each passing day that the next President won’t be a democrat.
***He was among five African-American senators voting present.***
He’s certainly NOT African-American.
"Mr. President, we need a decision whether to take out Osama Bin Laden. Mr. President? Mr. President?"
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=9049
New Democratic Ad Attacks Hillary Clinton for Capitulating to Republicans
he was probably swinging his other club at the time
Hillary is asking Obama;
“Do you have a problem with killing babies?”,
and
“How do you expect to achieve a socialist takeover if individual citizens remain armed?”
US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time
Al Qaeda Confession: Only 200 Foreign Terrorists are left in Iraq.
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Thanks for the ping!
Thanks neverdem.
Just think if Ditka (DA BEARS) would have run for Senate Obama would have lost big.
Vuoto: Hillary uses doublespeak to silence her Democratic rivals
Insight Magazine | Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2007 | Grace Vuoto
Posted on 11/27/2007 9:58:41 PM EST by Aristotelian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1931502/posts
[snip] Prior to the Nevada debate, Hillary’s campaign issued a statement denouncing Edwards and Obama for “going negative.” During the debate in Nevada she declared with a sanctimonious and self-righteous air that it is important that Democrats express “what we stand for.” She stated: “We need to put forth a positive agenda for America.” She also admonished Edwards for “throwing mud” and for launching “personal attacks” when he criticized her. The audience applauded. For the rest of the evening, when either Obama or Edwards attacked her policies, the audience booed them into submission. [end]
I see the “Dont attack me because I am woman” is not working with fellow democrats...
Hillary is in full panic mode. That is why she is attacking so viciously, and so ridiculously. Her people have seen the internals of the polls in Iowa and NH, and the nationwide polls, and they are terror stricken.
You can use the link to review the votes. Try not to eat anything first.
Fearless Prediction Time: Hillary is going to come down with a treatable illness that is going to require her to be off the campaign trail until a few days before Super Tuesday. She will heroically campaign, in an extremely limited fashion, from her hospital bed, until that time. This illness will befall her within the next week, probably on the afternoon of December 7, but certainly before December 15.
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