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Is Barack Obama in Danger of Being Outmanned?
Real Clear Politics ^ | May 1st, 2008 | Steven Stark

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillarybigballs; hillaryman; obamaoutmanned

1 posted on 04/30/2008 9:31:54 PM PDT by The_Republican
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To: The_Republican

Well...he IS a wimp.


2 posted on 04/30/2008 9:39:58 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Operation Chaos has resumed...)
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To: The_Republican
Barack the girly man Obama
Sissy boy Obama
Oprah Obama
Barrack the first black and the first woman prez
Estrogen boy

Just trying them out - research you know!

3 posted on 04/30/2008 9:41:46 PM PDT by DaveyB (Ignorance is part of the human condition - atheism makes it permanent!)
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To: The_Republican

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.


4 posted on 04/30/2008 9:43:51 PM PDT by MartinStyles
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To: The_Republican


5 posted on 04/30/2008 9:48:18 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: DaveyB
More research

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

6 posted on 04/30/2008 9:53:40 PM PDT by DaveyB (Ignorance is part of the human condition - atheism makes it permanent!)
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To: The_Republican
... he bowled that disastrous, gutter-ball-plagued 37

If Hillary bowls a 180, I'm going to vote for her. Yessiree.

7 posted on 04/30/2008 10:18:49 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Wipe the national hard drive and reinstall the Constitution.)
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Well he does certainly look like he might be in trouble for acquiring the nomination.


8 posted on 04/30/2008 10:29:17 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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Though I think he will still be able to get enough delegates.


9 posted on 04/30/2008 10:30:19 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: DaveyB

BHO the Pink Cowboy. The clips from his “workout” with UNC BB’s were pretty wimpy, he looked like a pansey not a Player!


10 posted on 05/01/2008 4:51:35 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: iopscusa
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?

11 posted on 05/01/2008 5:00:00 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: The_Republican

I guess Hillary is trying to prove she’s got a bigger pair the B. Hussain

Sad fact is, she probably does.


12 posted on 05/01/2008 5:28:39 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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