Posted on 12/12/2007 12:25:37 PM PST by MaestroLC
DOVER, N.H. -- Billy Shaheen, the co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, raised the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's past admissions of drug use in discussing the relative electability of the Democrats seeking the presidential nomination today.
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Shaheen, a lawyer and influential state power broker, mentioned as an example Obama's use of cocaine and marijuana as a young man, which Obama has been open about in his memoir and on the trail.
"The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight ... and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use," said Shaheen, the husband of former N.H. governor Jeanne Shaheen, who is planning to run for the Senate next year. Billy Shaheen contrasted Obama's openness about his past drug use -- which Obama mentioned again at a recent campaign appearance in New Hampshire -- with the approach taken by George W. Bush in 1999 and 2000, when he ruled out questions about his behavior when he was "young and irresponsible."
Shaheen said Obama's candor on the subject would "open the door" to further questions. "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" Shaheen said. "There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome."
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Did he pass the acid test?
Oh, for heaven’s sake. I heard rumors that the amount of coke Bill snorted on a regular basis was enough to take down an elephant. Give me a break!
The Clinton Defense continues to be everybody does it.
Yep
AND
“I don’t remember”
“I don’t recall”
“Depends on the meaning of the word (fill in the blank)”
“I didn’t know about it until I read it in the paper”
“The VRWC did it, said it, published it........”
etc., etc., ad nauseum
How many of his "peers" are asking to be president?
Now, they're wrecking that state too!!
Someone should tell the Hildabeest mouthpiece the GOP will attack Obama on his inexperience, his lack of a coherent strategy for the war on terror, his desire to increase taxes and his viewpoints on immigration.
We will leave the politics of personal destruction to Shrillery and the rest of the Clinton machine - after all, they hold the patent.
And her brother in law can tell you her husband has "a nose like a vacuum cleaner".
So why hasn't she helped him kick his habit?
For a Democratic candidate, drug use is a badge of honor.
Was Hilary on LSD when she made those option trades?
by: jim
Ask Obama: “Did you ever move drugs through Mena Arkansas?”.
by: seidy68
Slick Willie’s wife should and will be asked if she believes any of the many accusations by the many women against slick willie...
by: vendador
Have you seen pictures of her from high school and college? Is it any wonder she stayed “pure”?
he only questions asked of Klinton are the ones she approves of ahead of time ..
“I am sure that Hillary never inhaled either!”
No, she just sucked....and still does.
Wow! They’re imploding!
Here’s what I’m seeing on a personal level:
I work with several hardcore libs and they have turned DRAMATICALLY away from Hillary in recent weeks and towards Obama.
What they are saying is that they have realized that their early support for Hillary was actually support for Bubba.
Their contempt for her truly surprises me.
I want to emphasize that these are recent developments.
Lies, deceit, leaks and dirty tricks. Welcome to the 2009 White House of Hillary Milhous Clinton.
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