Posted on 03/30/2005 12:26:49 PM PST by beyond the sea
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is warning contributors that "the right-wing attack machine" is preparing to "'bloody' me up" with a series of ads reminiscent of last year's Swift Boat campaign against John Kerry.
"You won't be surprised to learn that Republicans have named me their "'#1 target' in 2006," she says in a mass e-mail this week.
"The right-wing attack machine is already warning that they will use the same smear tactics against me that they have used against other Democrats who stand in their way.
"One right-wing strategist boasts that his 'Swift-boat' type ads will 'bloody' me up," she notes.
The impending Republican assault, says Clinton, makes it imperative that she raise as much campaign cash as possible - asap.
She noted that the FEC reporting deadline for the first quarter of the year is tomorrow night, and that Republicans will be watching to gauge "the intensity and depth of our support."
"You and I will never give in to their bullying tactics," Clinton declared. "We need to send them an unmistakable message."
If she's able to fight off Republican attacks, Clinton pledges that in her second term she'll push for the right of felons to vote and resume her crusade for health care reform.
She's setting the stage for her OWN attacks on others who dare get in her way. It's pre-justification: "I HAD to, you've heard about the attacks they were going to unleash on me!" Well, yeah, we did--from YOU.
Shucks, jra, ya done took the words right outta my mouth
I already did eight years in San Clinton.
For the greater good we want you to transfer money from your pocket to Hillary's.
Why stop there, Hillary. Hire them!
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Methinks Hillary states the obvious, the Republicans have plans to "bloody her up" no less than she has plans to bloody up all her Democratic rivals including John Kerry, in fact we can bet that Hill is going to use the Swift Boat stuff to her own advantage and she will have plans to bloody up her Republican rivals if she gets that far....look for Hillary to insist Kerry signs that Standard Form 180, I bet Hillary knows exactly what is in Kerry's military record, Sandy Berger had it stuffed in his right sock....
that's called politics and at least she has the media on her side, we can also be sure they will be digging up dirt for her, the fake but accurate kind, LOL
VAST HEMOGLOBIN CONSPIRACY ALERT!
He he he... we have sleeper cells operating to handle this cirus situation. We'll have her head on a platelet before we're done.
The truth hurts, don't it, sweetie?
The old/liberal/socialist media will protect and promote her.
She could win because 90% of Americans do not know the woman thanks to the sicko media!
Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, SHOOOO!
Darn Right!
Thanks for the injection of the best medicine - laughter. that aughtta get me thru' the day
Hitlery has more skeletons in her closet than Jeffrey Dahmer on a binge, and she does everything she can to keep that closet closed.
It's like shooting a blimp with a bee bee gun from 1 foot away.
How can you possibly miss?
Very smart rhetorical strategy. I see that she's listening to her husband's political advice. Soften the blows she knows is going to come by warning her supporters and thereby hinting that they are the figments of GOP imagination. Remember, her audience will buy that stuff. She might be a more difficult force than we realized.
Lets have a bloody Hillary video contest here on freerepublic
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