Monday, January 14, 2008
Getting nasty
I knew it would get really really nasty eventually - especially if Obama was doing well - but it's happening even sooner than I expected. In this article, details are given of the most recent back and forth and I have to say I'm impressed with Obama's willingness to voice his reaction so straightforwardly and without equivocation. The fact that he is black gives him an ability to counter lies about race more clearly than most. Billary can pull the wool over some people's eyes some of the time but not over everyone's eyes all of the time. In case anyone still doesn't realize it, Billary are the masters of equivocating, prevaricating and simple distortions of truth and reality. I wish anyone who chooses to stand in their way all the luck in the world and hope he has very thick skin and doesn't get easily upset.
Here's what Obama said in reaction to Billary's white anger at what she said Obama said:
If Obama gets through the campaign and succeeds in winning the nomination without getting so scarred or killed that he doesn't even want it any more, then there will be no doubt at all about his ability to handle Russian or Middle East problems. They'd be pieces of cake with icing and whipped cream, by comparison.
Here's what Obama said in reaction to Billary's white anger at what she said Obama said:
I didn’t make the statement [she says I made]. I haven’t remarked on it and she, I think, offended some folks who felt that somehow diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act. She is free to explain that, but the notion that somehow this is our doing is ludicrous. I have to point out that instead of telling the American people about her positive vision for America, Senator Clinton spent an hour talking about me and my record in a way that was flat-out wrong.And I really hope this gets lots of air play:
I have to say that she started this campaign saying that she wanted to make history and lately she has been spending a lot of time rewriting it. I know that in Washington it is acceptable to say or do anything it takes to get elected, but I really don’t think that is the kind of politics that is good for our party, and I don’t think it is good for our country and I think that the American people will reject it in this election.I think that if Obama weathers the Billary onslaught, which will get appalling. Billary will lie, distort, bring loyalists out of closets or even coffins. She wants to be president more than most of us want to wake up in the morning.
If Obama gets through the campaign and succeeds in winning the nomination without getting so scarred or killed that he doesn't even want it any more, then there will be no doubt at all about his ability to handle Russian or Middle East problems. They'd be pieces of cake with icing and whipped cream, by comparison.
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