Reply #23: Let's grade these

[theboss]

04/22/08 Obama campaign mailer falsely accuses Hillary of supporting a factory closure in Pennsylvania.
?

04/19/08 Obama campaign says Hillary continues 'to employ the say-and-do-anything tactics of the past.'
True

04/19/08 Obama campaign conference call says Hillary 'squandered the moral authority of the United States and our ability to lead the free peoples of the world.'
Opinion

04/19/08 Obama campaign ad asks 'what's she not telling you about her health care plan?'
Politics.

04/19/08 Obama says Hillary's campaign will 'throw whatever they want at Barack, whether it's true, whether it's false, whether it's exaggerated, whether it's relevant.
True

04/18/08 Obama campaign email says Hillary is 'taking every opportunity to make personal and discredited attacks.'
True

04/18/08 Obama says Hillary is part of 'the same old Washington game.'
Boring.

04/13/08 Obama says Hillary 'knows better. She knows better, shame on her. Shame on her. She knows better!'
Not really a statement of fact.

04/10/08 Obama says he is 'confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton.'
Should he say otherwise? He is running for president, you know.

04/08/08 Obama accuses Hillary of being 'a candidate who has said one thing but one another this entire campaign.'
Vague but probably true.

03/29/08 Obama accuses Clintons of 'real nasty, sort of anything goes, whatever it takes kind of politics.'
True

03/27/08 Obama says Hillary 'doesn't have the sense that things need to change in Washington.'
Likely true.

03/26/08 Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod: 'The Republican Party would very much like to run against Hillary Clinton.'
True.

03/26/08 Obama campaign memo questions Hillary's 'willingness to adhere to the truth.'
I'm bored.

03/21/08 Obama Campaign held a conference call 'to Discuss Clinton Campaign's Pattern of Misleading Voters.'
This is repetitive.

03/21/08 Obama Campaign says Hillary would 'cause real issues if she were to be our nominee'
True

03/21/08 Obama Campaign says Hillary has 'character issues here that will cause us real problems in the fall.'
True dat.

03/21/08 Obama Campaign says Hillary 'has consistently in this campaign engaged in political calculation to mislead voters.'
Yep

03/20/08 Obama campaign says Hillary's support of a revote is 'evidence that Clinton is willing to do absolutely anything to get elected.'
Yep

03/20/08 Obama campaign says Hillary's support of a revote is 'evidence that Clinton is willing to do absolutely anything to get elected.'
God, is that true.

03/20/08 Obama campaign memo says Hillary has 'a legacy of misleading voters.'
True

03/12/08 Obama accuses Hillary of twisting 'the words of an adviser who's not even speaking in an official capacity.'
Is this about Wright? I'm confused.

03/12/08 Obama campaign says Hillary was willing to 'wink and nod at offensive statements.'
True.

03/12/08 Obama says 'Senator Clinton represents the same way of doing business.'
True to some degree.

03/11/08 Obama says Hillary 'is trying to bamboozle you.'
Whatever.

03/11/08 Obama campaign suggests that Hillary's 'claims of foreign policy experience are exaggerated.
True

03/11/08 Obama spokesperson Axelrod said Clinton campaign follows an 'insidious pattern' when it comes to race.
True.

03/10/08 Obama said Hillary was 'saying one thing and doing another' on NAFTA.
True.

03/08/08 Obama campaign: Clinton camp should 'stop telling the American people things that they know aren't true.'
True.

03/06/08 Obama campaign manager says Hillary is one of the 'most secretive politicians in America today.'
True.

03/05/08 Obama campaign manager says 'The Clintons are the gold standard of negative tactical campaigning.'
True.

03/05/08 Obama surrogate accuses Hillary of 'derogatory comments.'
Oooooh....nasty. Please.

03/05/08 Obama questions whether Hillary was 'negotiating treaties or agreements' or 'handling crises' when she visited foreign countries.
Fair question. Absolutely fair.

03/05/08 Obama spokesperson falsely accuses Hillary of misleading people about whether Obama is 'a devout Christian.'
Her answer was bs.

03/05/08 Obama surrogate accuses Clinton campaign of trying 'to exploit race, exploit sex, exploit fear for political expediency.'
True.

03/05/08 Obama spokesperson alludes to Hillary's 'law firms and real estate deals.'
Probably unfair. But it's politics.

02/18/08 Obama says that Clinton politics offer 'more of the same divisions and distractions.'
Christ, is that ever true.

02/15/08 Obama accuses Hillary of 'being part of business-as-usual in Washington.'
Again, more like business as usual in the DNC, but true.

02/13/08 Obama surrogate suggests that Hillary 'demonizes people.'
Definitely true. Has always been so for the Clintons.

02/11/08 Obama surrogate refers to President Clinton as 'Slick Willy.'
He shouldn't have done that.

02/07/08 Obama says there is 'a whole dump truck' of dirt that Republicans could use on Hillary.
Christ, is that true.

02/04/08 Obama calls Hillary's behavior 'more troubling than legislative gamesmanship.'
Unclear.

01/31/08 Obama says sometimes 'he can't tell' if he's running against Hillary or President Clinton.
True.

01/30/08 Obama campaign sends negative mailer to Connecticut contains misleading attacks against Hillary on Iraq.
Unclear.

01/29/08 Obama mailer claims Hillary will put 'Washington thinking and Washington interests first.'
Probably unfuar.

01/28/08 Obama says sometimes 'he can't tell' if he's running against Hillary or President Clinton.
Definitely true at that point in time.

01/27/08 Obama likens Hillary to 'the status quo, fighting back with everything it's got.'
I think it's closer to the old guard Clintonites grasping for power, but generally true.

01/26/08 HEADLINE: Clinton calls for calm as Obama attacks continue.
Not even sure what this means.

01/25/08 Obama campaign Truth Squad member says Hillary and Bill Clinton are 'all about deceit.'
True to a large degree

01/23/08 Obama Radio Ad says 'Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected.
True