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Clinton steps up attacks on Obama
Daily Inquirer ^ | First Posted 03:19am (Mla time) 01/07/2008

Posted on 01/06/2008 12:20:55 PM PST by DBCJR

Clinton launched a searing attack on surging rival Barack Obama after the thumping win in Iowa that bolstered the idea that America is receptive to electing its first black president. ...

Polls have indicated the vast majority of Americans say they would support a black candidate .

A Gallup survey conducted in early 2007 found only 6 percent of men and 5 percent of women said they would not vote for a black presidential candidate -- a seismic political shift from 50 years ago, when more than half of those surveyed felt that way.

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Clinton, aspiring to be the first female US president, used a debate, three days before the New Hampshire primary, to suggest that Obama had dumped previous positions on key issues for political gain.

Polls showed Obama had obliterated Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire.

“He could have a pretty good debate with himself,” Clinton said, trying to pin the ‘flip-flop’ tag on Obama, ...

Obama hit back at Clinton and accused her of misrepresenting his policies.

“What I think is important that we don’t do is try to distort each other’s records as election day approaches here in New Hampshire,” .

New polls showed the effect of Obama’s Iowa momentum.

In a CNN/WMUR survey, Obama and Clinton were locked up on 33 percent of likely primary voters. Obama was up four points from a similar poll in late December and Clinton was down one.

Another poll, by the Concord Monitor newspaper, had Obama with a slender one-point lead

Republicans also took aim at Obama... Noting Obama’s appeal as an agent for change, Giuliani questioned his level of experience and said his policy proposals would lead to higher taxes and a premature US withdrawal from Iraq.

...Huckabee, ... was alone in defending Obama.

...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsinfo.inquirer.net ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; giuliani; hillary; huckabee; nh2008; obama
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To: DBCJR
Clinton, aspiring to be the first female US president,

Sheeee female?
or
What? Bubba wearing blue dress?

21 posted on 01/06/2008 12:57:41 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (ffffFReeeePeee!)
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To: DBCJR

the evil witch is mad! good. she will cook her own goose. everyone will see what a wicked vicious witch she is.


22 posted on 01/06/2008 12:59:20 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Other than that, she's really a nice person.)
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To: upchuck

Somehow, I had always imagined that the first American of African descent elected to the US Presidency would have been a Republican, which would have brought the issue of the Civil War to a full circle and closed.

Maybe not....


23 posted on 01/06/2008 12:59:39 PM PST by alloysteel (The enormity of the truth is incredible. You could not make this stuff up.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

more she yaps, more barf effect


24 posted on 01/06/2008 1:00:15 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (ffffFReeeePeee!)
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To: DBCJR
Sarcasm doesn't become her.

“He could have a pretty good debate with himself,” Clinton said

Actually either does sincerity. Guess she's just an unbecoming person.

25 posted on 01/06/2008 1:05:46 PM PST by DManA
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To: DBCJR
“What I think is important that we don’t do is try to distort each other’s records as election day approaches here in New Hampshire,” .

All this time, I thought New Hampshire was holding a Primary, not the election. Who knew??

FMCDH(BITS)

26 posted on 01/06/2008 1:10:29 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: kalee
a member of the African-Americans For Hillary group said: “I'm very concerned that you can’t state [Obama’s] middle name . . . and his past life.”

Hillary,child of the 60's, is going to attack him over drugs? All he has to do is claim ", I didn't inhale."

I suspect most liberals admire his muslim credentials, he'll be able to relate to his fellows .

27 posted on 01/06/2008 1:39:48 PM PST by tsomer
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To: DBCJR
Huckabee, ... was alone in defending Obama.

Worth repeating.

28 posted on 01/06/2008 1:48:34 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: tsomer

What about her husband’s “nose like a vacuum cleaner?”

I think most people would overlook any youthful drug use by Obama. For crying out loud, Gary Aldrich stated that a huge number of Clinton’s staff couldn’t obtain security clearances due to recent drug use.


29 posted on 01/06/2008 2:08:19 PM PST by CASchack
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To: DBCJR
Obama hit back at Clinton and accused her of misrepresenting his policies.

What policies. All he has is talking points with no substance. What do they expect from an empty headed liberal nitwit with a liberal educational brainwashing.

30 posted on 01/06/2008 2:13:36 PM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: DBCJR
Did anyone notice how Hillbillary’s voice went into shrill overdrive when the issue of change came up in the New Hampshire debates? I ask, how can anyone allow this thing to occupy the White House? If that was the voice of restraint during a Nationally viewed debate, can you imagine how restrained it will be once behind the closed doors of the executive office? Why, the first month will call for a repaint of the Oval Office as her unrestrained high octave shrieks cause paint failure. This is basically a mean person.

How could we allow a such really mean person like Hillbillary with the reins of power on the phone with the leaders of the world? It just won’t work.

31 posted on 01/06/2008 2:27:23 PM PST by jonrick46
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To: DBCJR
Image hosted by Photobucket.com Vote for Monica's Boyfriend's WIFE!!! the BEAST/08
32 posted on 01/06/2008 2:36:12 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: upchuck
JC Watts comes to mind.

Would have LOVED JC Watts to run for President! Where did he go? Did he get disgusted by the Republican elitists?

33 posted on 01/06/2008 2:36:18 PM PST by madison10
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To: savedbygrace

So what’s your point?


34 posted on 01/06/2008 3:14:19 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: sodpoodle

You nailed that to the wall!


35 posted on 01/06/2008 3:30:04 PM PST by TigersEye (Crusty is as Crusty does.)
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To: tsomer
Hillary,child of the 60's, is going to attack him over drugs? All he has to do is claim ", I didn't inhale."

She already attacked him on that about a month ago. His reply was, to paraphrase; "I did inhale. I thought that was the point."

36 posted on 01/06/2008 3:39:02 PM PST by TigersEye (Crusty is as Crusty does.)
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To: Cobra64

LOL. As if you don’t know.


37 posted on 01/06/2008 3:41:31 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

Not really. Huckster’s comments could be used two ways.


38 posted on 01/06/2008 3:43:56 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Cobra64

What’s the other way?


39 posted on 01/06/2008 3:51:28 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: TigersEye

TY

A rare lucid thought that found a brain cell;)


40 posted on 01/06/2008 4:10:31 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
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