Brent Budowsky: Fatal Atrraction: the problem with Hillary Clinton

[illinoisprogressive]

Hillary Clinton's planned, orchestrated and calculated personal attack on Barack Obama is Exhibit A revealing why she would be the weakest possible Democratic nominee and why so many Democrats and independents feel such extreme distrust of her.

Hillary Clinton is lying about Obama. She knows very well that Barack Obama would not recklessly rush into diplomatic negotiations with any nation.

George Bush has held diplomacy in contempt for his entire presidency. Diplomatic moves will be eight years late when the new President assumes office, hardly rushing into anything.

Hillary Clinton's attack on Obama was personal and the kind of smear tactic reminiscent of George Bush and Richard Nixon. To falsely claim Obama is naive, etc., is not only factually wrong but represents the low road politics that Democrats and Americans loathe about George Bush.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/fatal-attraction-the-pro_b_58233.html

[bigdarryl]

1. DAMN!! what a smack down

[Cha]

2. Same fuckin' thing she did to Kerry and

for that she gets a big fat zero.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. The thing that had me shaking my head

was the emphasis Hillary Clinton's campaign put upon the fact that Ahmadinejad is a holocaust denier and that Obama nonetheless would speak to him. Of course Ahmadinejad is and I strongly disapprove of anyone who denies the holocaust. But if you didn't speak to holocaust deniers, or individuals who wanted the end of Israel, you might find yourself not talking to many individuals in the Middle East. I think that engaging these countries might help to moderate them and eventually force the extremists like Ahmadinejad out of office.

When you speak to Iran, you are not talking to Ahmadinejad. You are talking to the people of Iran, its institutions, and its citizens. Speaking to their representative who happens to have the deplorable position of denying the holocaust doesn't mean you are endorsing that opinion.

I personally think it was a cheap shot, worse than calling Obama naive and perhaps even to trying to suggest, given Obama's middle name and early background, that he might share Ahmadinajad's views or at least not condemn them. You can strongly disapprove a head of State's position but nonetheless speak to him.

[Elidor]

4. Clinton is so determined to appear tough that she will gladly turn herself into

Margaret Thatcher to achieve her aim.

People who desperately want to be perceived as tough are unaware of the weakness their actions imply.

[NoPasaran]

5. Self-dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3410354&mesg_id=3410354
Is HuffPo slacking off churning out the Hate Hillary posts?