Posted on 04/30/2008 9:31:53 PM PDT by The_Republican
Though the press and Barack Obama supporters often maintain the opposite, by the rough-and-tumble standards of American politics, Hillary Clinton really hasn't run that tough a campaign against the Illinois senator. She's broadcast very few negative ads. Her critiques, until recently, have focused primarily on Obama's electability. Her husband's attacks on her opponent have mostly backfired, generating far more negative reaction than positive. In fact, most of Obama's problems on the campaign trail have come from stories emanating from the press - the Jeremiah Wright controversy and his own remarks before supporters in San Francisco being two examples. And, of course, Obama keeps losing key primaries, which isn't doing him any favors.
But there is one Clinton line of attack that does have the potential to seriously undermine the Obama effort. She has begun to try to emasculate Obama - portraying him, in so many words, as a wimp.
Look at the recent poses Clinton has adopted: she downs drinks at a bar, wields baseball bats at rallies, and constantly uses the combative metaphors of sports. She demands more debates, while Obama ducks them. Her most successful negative ad (the "3 am" commercial) accuses Obama of not being able to keep us safe, which is, after all, the traditional male role.
In contrast, while Clinton wants to keep fighting, Obama speaks of a politics of peace - both literally in Iraq and at home with an end to partisanship. He's never had any relationship with the military and, when it comes to sports, er, even though he's claimed he could dunk in high school, and he did work out with the University of North Carolina men's hoops team this week, he bowled that disastrous, gutter-ball-plagued 37.
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Well...he IS a wimp.
Just trying them out - research you know!
Notice how the leftst sites and MSM are basically not showing him talk for now?
They know he’s in deep #@#$ and are covering for him. He knows it too, and is hiding.
Barry the fairy
Where's my mama Obama
Obama not quite as pretty as John Edwards
Princes Obama
Barrack Hussein oh d@%mn I broke a nail
Limpy Hussein Obama
Duck man
Mr Michelle Obama
The best woman for the Job BH Obama
If Hillary bowls a 180, I'm going to vote for her. Yessiree.
Well he does certainly look like he might be in trouble for acquiring the nomination.
Though I think he will still be able to get enough delegates.
BHO the Pink Cowboy. The clips from his “workout” with UNC BB’s were pretty wimpy, he looked like a pansey not a Player!
What do you expect when only half of him can jump?
I guess Hillary is trying to prove she’s got a bigger pair the B. Hussain
Sad fact is, she probably does.
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