I'm surprised it took her this long to use it.
Posted on 04/23/2008 9:50:32 PM PDT by The_Republican
What was so shocking, terrible and unfair about flashing Osama bin Laden's ugly mug on a political advertisement? Hillary Clinton's TV spot was the first Democratic ad to make pictorial reference to the al-Qaida terrorist. It was about time.
How much the ad helped Clinton achieve her impressive victory in the Pennsylvania primary is hard to tell. It was a vague message touting her ability to deal with emergencies and cited a variety of them -- the 1929 stock market crash, the Cuban missile crisis and Hurricane Katrina, as well as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
What's clear is that the ad itself wasn't as effective a pitch for Clinton as was the indignant response of Barack Obama's surrogates. An Obama spokesman condemned the spot as "the politics of fear."
If Obama's supporters want to argue that their candidate can better handle these challenges than Clinton, then fine, they should do so. But for some unfathomable reason, they insist on drumming Osama bin Laden out of polite Democratic conversation, such as there is any these days.
The day after Pennsylvania, The New York Times ran a nutty editorial, "The Low Road to Victory," that bashed Clinton for waving "the bloody shirt of 9-11." Oh, is referring to the event that obliterated the World Trade Center -- still a blank in Lower Manhattan -- an irrational demagogic appeal to old grievances? (One suspects that the Times regrets its endorsement of Clinton in the New York primary, especially since she became unfashionable in fancy circles.)
An enduring fear of terrorism may help explain a remarkable SurveyUSA poll that shows Obama virtually tied with McCain in Massachusetts. In super-liberal Massachusetts! The same poll has Clinton leading McCain in that state by a comfortable 55 percent to 42 percent.
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WOW!
The GOP needs Obama to win the Democrat nomination.
He won’t carry his zip code in November.
Unbelievable, since the Clintons are more responsible then anyone else for the failures that allowed 9-11.
They really do think Americans are stupid and gullible don’t they?
Sadly, too many of them are.
GO Obama go! Heehee. But not until 3 or 4 more months of chaos.
The kids in school are being taught that Jimmy Carter was a good president. What does that tell you?
yes, I’m pretty sure you’re right on this, especially in light of recent revelations about BHO. The question of why HRC’s ads keep bombing, as well as her campaign statements, is answered simply - BHO is still the media’s Little Darling, the DNC has invested in him so heavily that it may be past the point of no return, so HRC can’t come off favorably anytime she calls Obama on the carpet about the questionable/scary aspects of his personal/character. This whole thing is really frightening, because it seems (at least for right now, that BHO is the new Teflon Don who’s untouchable.
I'm surprised it took her this long to use it.
um, only in government schools - in private schools, they are being taught that he is a god.
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