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Hillary Slaps Obama for Praising McCain
Newsmax.com ^ | 4-21-2008 | Newsmax

Posted on 04/21/2008 11:25:13 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much

The latest Democratic soap opera in Pennsylvania erupted this week when Sen. Barack Obama seemed to praise Republican Sen. John McCain.

At a campaign stop in Reading, Pa., Obama said “either Democrat would be better than John McCain. … And all three of us would be better than George Bush.”

Speaking at a rally in Johnstown, Pa., with Congressman John Murtha, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton struck back.

“Senator Obama said today that John McCain would be better for the country than George Bush,” Clinton said. “Now, Senator McCain is a real American patriot who has served our country with distinction, but Senator McCain would follow the same failed policies that have been so wrong for our country the last seven years.”

“We need a nominee who will take on John McCain, not cheer on John McCain. And I will be that nominee,” Clinton said.

The McCain campaign was pleased. Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman, told Fox News: “The remark underscores that John McCain has the strength to change America and move this nation forward. Barack Obama is a new face who represents old ideas.”

This is not the first time Hillary sought to gain ground on Obama for praising a Republican.

Back in January, Obama told a Nevada newspaper:

"I don't want to present myself as some sort of singular figure. I think part of what's different are the times ... I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating. I think people, he just tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing."

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To: Democrats hate too much

What was her reaction to Obama planning to meet with Middle-Eastern leaders who are sympathetic, to outright supportive of terrorism? Has she addressed that? If not, she certainly has her priorities in line. /s


21 posted on 04/21/2008 2:07:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It doesn't matter he isn't conservative. Now it doesn't matter if it's not Constitutional.)
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To: Democrats hate too much
Skit zo rella (Hildabeast) strikes again.

The mutual admiration society = McCain/Obamy/Hildabeast (sometimes) makes me shudder !!!

22 posted on 04/21/2008 2:39:15 PM PDT by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: cake_crumb

I agree, except substitute “November” for “tomorrow.”


23 posted on 04/21/2008 2:52:27 PM PDT by lainie ("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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To: Democrats hate too much

“Please let this be a calculated attack that actually gets me some votes. PLEASE don’t backfire on me this time...”


24 posted on 04/21/2008 5:42:13 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Bobkk47
"So it’s OK for her to praise McCain but it’s not OK for Obama?"

In the homes of those without principles, hypocrisy is a frequent visitor.

25 posted on 04/21/2008 6:58:17 PM PDT by LZ_Bayonet (There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
John McCain: "They're going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars per year, and they have the audacity to hope you don't mind."

Hillary laughed at that one.
Google

26 posted on 04/21/2008 7:50:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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To: Democrats hate too much

Lots of fun.

3 leftists calling each other names like poopyface.

They are so cute at that age.


27 posted on 04/21/2008 8:22:07 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Democrats hate too much

So both Clinton and Obama admit that McCain would be a better President than they would. I agree.


28 posted on 04/21/2008 9:18:47 PM PDT by Accygirl (My Savior already came to the Earth.. His name was Jesus, not Obama)
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To: Democrats hate too much

You know the fun part? In the general, when Obama starts asking “Are you better off than you were eight years ago” McCain will just fire back, “what’s it matter, you already said I’ll be better than Bush. If they aren’t better off, I’ll be an improvement. If they are better off, they be a LOT better off when I’m done!”


29 posted on 04/21/2008 10:37:52 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: Slapshot68

Hey, say what you want about Hillary, but at least she’s smarter than Gloria Steinham.


30 posted on 04/21/2008 10:38:44 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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Hillary Slaps Obama for Praising McCain

And McCain slaps any Republican who criticizes Clinton or Obama.

The most bizarre election in American history continues.

31 posted on 04/21/2008 10:43:49 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("You cannot defend life if you give up the means of that defense." - Alan Keyes)
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Denmark’s View

“We in Denmark cannot figure out why you are even bothering to hold an election.

On one side, you have a b!tch who is a lawyer, married to a lawyer . . . and a lawyer who is married to a b!tch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married to a good looking woman with big t!t$ who owns a beer distributorship.

Is there a contest here?”

32 posted on 04/22/2008 3:35:47 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: infantrywhooah
waiting with baited breath for her head to just explode one day in a fit of rage. I would pay two weeks pay for a front row seat for that show.

I kinda picture it as Hillary Goes Britney: Locking Obama's children in a bathroom at the convention, led from the floor in handcuffs, strapped down on a gurney in an EMS van, Katie Couric live from a hovering helicopter and paparazzi chasing her ambulance all the way to the Psych Hospital..

33 posted on 04/22/2008 3:45:01 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Democrats hate too much

All three are globalists. I’m sure they slap each other’s backs behind closed doors all the time.


34 posted on 04/22/2008 5:32:25 AM PDT by Creek Injun
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To: Democrats hate too much

Looks like the love affair between Hillary and John is over.


35 posted on 04/22/2008 5:51:27 AM PDT by rintense
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To: Vaquero

Now THAT is funny!


36 posted on 04/22/2008 9:29:50 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (Procrastinate NOW!)
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To: Democrats hate too much
And all three of us would be better than George Bush

Was Obama drinking?
37 posted on 04/22/2008 11:06:06 AM PDT by Uncle Ivan (I'm still with Fred)
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To: Vaquero
“We in Denmark cannot figure out why you are even bothering to hold an election.

Many of us here in the USA feel the same way. That's why we chose to have a dog-and-pony show instead of an election this year.

38 posted on 04/22/2008 11:12:14 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: rintense
Looks like the love affair between Hillary and John is over.

Hillary will stab anyone in the back without blinking. Good example of why everyone jumped ship. LOL

39 posted on 04/22/2008 1:37:59 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: wastedyears
******There’s that ‘Change’ thing again.******

Reminds me of 2004 when Kerry had a plan—nobody ever found out what his plan was. Kind of like Obama and his “Change” whatever that is.

40 posted on 04/22/2008 2:26:22 PM PDT by GOPologist ("All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely--Lord Acton, 1887)
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