What's going to happen now? Nothing I suspect, same old
political game that Clinton, Inc always plays and Barak is
starting to smart under it. Welcome to Dimm-o-crap
politics Barak, Clinton style.
ABC News
EXCLUSIVE: Barack vs. Bill: Obama Hits Ex-Prez Over 'Troubling' Attacks
Vows to 'Directly Confront Bill Clinton' Over 'Statements That Are Not Factually Accurate'
Jan. 20, 2008—
Sen. Barack Obama says he's ready to confront former President Bill Clinton, calling his advocacy on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign, "troubling."
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts "Good Morning America" today Obama, D-Ill., directly engaged the former democratic president on a series of issues.
"You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling," Obama said during his first morning television interview since coming in second in Nevada. "He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts -- whether it's about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organizing in Las Vegas.
"This has become a habit, and one of the things that we're going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he's making statements that are not factually accurate," Obama added.
Obama apparently was referring to Clinton's comment that it was a "fairy tale" that Obama has consistently opposed the Iraq war from the start, and that Nevada union officials backing Obama were strong-arming members into caucusing for Obama.
Bill Clinton took on Obama's record on Iraq at a Dartmouth College event days before the New Hampshire primary, saying it was wrong Obama was able to trumpet superior judgment on Iraq by claiming he had been against the war from the start.
"Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen," Bill Clinton said.
Bill Clinton was making the case that Obama -- just like Sen. Hillary Clinton -- had voted to fund the war since he's been in office.
Obama said the former president has taken his campaigning on his wife's behalf too far.
"I understand him wanting to promote his wife's candidacy," Obama said. "She's got a record that she can run on. But I think it's important that we try to maintain some -- you know, level of honesty and candor during the course of the campaign. If we don't, then we feed the cynicism that has led so many Americans to be turned off to politics."
Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Howard Wolfson said Obama may just be smarting from his loss to the New York senator in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.
"We understand Sen. Obama is frustrated by his loss in Nevada, but facts are facts," Wolfson said. "Sen. Obama's allies in Nevada engaged in strong-arm tactics and intimidation against our supporters and his record against the war has been inconsistent. President Clinton is a huge asset to our campaign and will continue talking to the American people to press the case for Sen. Clinton.
"Of course Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama are the candidates on the ballot and she is winning because she is giving voice to the Americans who will provide real solutions to the challenges they face in the daily lives," he said.
During the run up to the caucus, Obama received a lot of pressure to denounce a third-party advertising supporting him, but accusing Sen. Clinton of abandoning Hispanic workers.
"The ad that happened in Nevada, we had nothing to do with. I wasn't even in the state of Nevada when it went up for the couple of days right before the caucus," Obama said.
"To the extent that it implied that Sen. Clinton was trying to suppress Hispanic votes, I think that would be absolutely incorrect and unfair. I think that they were concerned about the fact that the Clinton ad -- that Clinton supporters, not the Clinton campaign -- the Clinton supporters had filed a lawsuit in the eleventh hour to try to change the rules of the caucus in the way that they thought would advantage them. And this happened right after the union endorsed me. So understandably, the union was upset," he added.
He did not denounce the ad, but when a similar ad in Iowa aired against him, Obama said third-party ads should not be tolerated.
"What I don't want is a situation in which we are so driven to just win that we are willing to say anything, and over time, you know the American people just get turned off because they don't believe what politicians say," he said.
"My concern is not to try to go for tat on these issues and it's also, you know, not to suggest that there's not going to be some sharp elbows in politics. I understand that there are going to be sharp elbows in a primary and certainly there's going to be some rough 'n tumble in a general election," Obama added.
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Well, Pat Robertson called it weeks ago. He said the Clinton's would break out the race card as subtle as they could and they are, like or not, a very powerful political machine. They are taking a page right out of the Karl Rove play book and using it wisely. I don't like it but it is effective.
I can't argue about that.
Either way the White House will return to the DEMOCRATS.
How is the above post for turning it into a "Republican
Thing". Way to go Joe.
Just stating an opinion. That is what I do.
I'm sure you want to keep it a "Dimmo-crap" thing.
one negative commercial featuring Monica Lewinsky and that blow hard shuts up for good.
I agree that this campaign could and is damaging to the democratic party. In the end you may get a clear winner but the party ultimately loses in the end.
Unite us, don't divide us.
That is no way to beat the republicans. If there is one thing they know how to do is fall in step and vote strong for their candidate. It cost Kerry last time.
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