Obama needs to stop crying like a baby whenever someone attacks him

[Herman Munster]

He's doing the exact same thing Hillary did when the boys attacked her after the first debate. It didn't serve her well. It won't serve Obama well.

[jefferson_dem]

1. LOL! You forgot the little sarcasm thingy.

Good one.

[billbuckhead]

5. But Obama will turn it into an advantage with Oprah hugging him

Don't you wish Oprah would have done this for Al Gore when it would have mattered more?

[Cha]

8. Obama's team has learned

that rapid response is the only way to shut up the jackals.

[Dawgs]

2. You have a link for that stupid comment?

[maximusveritas]

10. Here was what Obama's campaign said

"Hillary Clinton said attacking other Democrats is the 'fun part' of this campaign, and now she's moved from Barack Obama's kindergarten years to his teenage years in an increasingly desperate effort to slow her slide in the polls," said David Plouffe.

"Senator Clinton's campaign is recycling old news that Barack Obama has been candid about in a book he wrote years ago, and he's talked about the lessons he's learned from these mistakes with young people all across the country," Plouffe said. "He plans on winning this campaign by focusing on the issues that actually matter to the American people."

Hardly crying.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. Exactly. His wife must do all the cooking, cause he sure can't stand the heat.

His past drug use, his past illegal behavior is relevant. He needs to suck up and stop crying victim every time something about him comes out.

[jefferson_dem]

7. Is this really DU?

Sometimes...I wonder.

[Evergreen Emerald]

9. how dare you of all people

say that to me.

[Clintonista2]

14. LOL! No kidding.

He's exhibit A when it comes to the question "is this really DU?"

[Laurab]

12. What about Hillary's past drug use?

She was no saint, you know, she was quite the "hippie" - she probably even inhaled. After george bush and his "when i was young and foolish" remark about his own drug use, this should no longer be an issue. And, if it's going to be, Hillary is going to have to own up to her own "illegal" behavior. Sheesh it's 2007.

Obama isn't crying victim - he's doing just fine negating unwarranted attacks, which is one of the most important things for a candidate to do. I never thought Hillary would stoop so low.

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. why is his past off limits? Why is questioning his past

an "unwarranted attack?" Explain that to me.

[Joe the Revelator]

15. Implying that he was a drug dealer is unacceptable and sleazy

and its sad that you won't admit that was out of line.

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. Wait a minute. You are off base.

It was not out of line. This is politics. And he has brought up during his campaign--more than once--his drug use.

It is an issue that a presidential candidate admits to breaking the law and doing drugs. What was the extent of that drug use? HOw old was he? Did he give it to friends? Did he sell it? What were the parameters of the use?

These are all valid questions that have not been answered by Obama.

How is it out of line? Really?

You guys dissect every blink of Clinton's eye and attack her ad naseum, and valid questions about admitted drug use is out of line?

[Laurab]

17. Because it's dirty politics and Hillary shouldn't get a pass

because odds are, she imbibed illegal substances at one time or another. Now I want a reporter to ask her about her "past" as far as drugs go. She's begging for the question - of course I wouldn't expect her to answer honestly. She and Bill probably sat around and "didn't inhale" together.

It's unwarranted coming from a fellow Democrat, and it's not "questioning his past", since it's written in a book for all to see, and Obama is speaking about it. He's honest and open about it - no questions needed. Hillary's move is straight from the Rovian playbook, and it will backfire on her big time.

[Evergreen Emerald]

18. How do we know he was speaking honestly about it?

Perhaps he was minimizing it and attempting to get it out there first to avoid this very issue. He is running for PRESIDENT. Felony behavior, drug use, are all valid questions--especially when he continues to bring them up in his campaign.

Of course it is acceptable fodder.

And any questions about it should just be answered by Obama, or he should say--that is past and I don't want to talk about it.

But to suggest that it is sleazy to bring up these issues, is amazing. Amazing.

[Laurab]

19. UM he brought it up in a book he wrote long before he was in politics

So I don't think he was "minimizing it" et al. You have not once addressed the probability that Hillary has done some of the same things, and should be questioned about it. The concern about "felony behavior" is one of the silliest things I've seen on here, and that's saying a lot.

It is SLEAZY of Hillary to do this, and it WILL backfire, as it should. She is looking more and more as if she's getting tips from Karl Rove, except a not-as-smart Karl Rove.

What is "amazing" is that Hillary supporters think she can do no wrong. I'm actually glad she's doing what she's doing, since it will hurt her, so it doesn't bother me that she's chosen to go dirty. I think that's her true nature, anyway.

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. What is ironic about your post: Rove IS giving tips to OBAMA.

Are you suggesting that if a presidential candidate admits to a felony, it should be off limits?

Why? Why is it silly to question it?

We have been talking about Huckabee's past for days now--1983 statements he made.
We have discussed Clinton's past and for god's sake she has been dissected on DU.

I am amazed that you would think it "silly" to question something that Obama himself keeps bringing up.

[Laurab]

21. I believe there's a statute of limitations

so we're not talking about a felony - well, you are, but the whole idea is ridiculous - and Obama obviously wouldn't bring it up if it were a felony.

We've discussed Hillary's past drug use? I missed that, I guess, although I've read little snippets in some of the books I read. I don't care about Huckabee - he's not a Dem, and I won't be voting for him.

Now Rove is helping Obama? I missed that, too. And I've studied a great deal about him.

Hillary supporters are pretty desperate it seems to me - it was a non-issue, Hillary's camp tried to make it one, it backfired on them, as it should have - Obama didn't cry about it, he did what he should have done.

I'm done with this one - some of Hillary's supporters think she can do no wrong, and that reminds me of someone else's supporters, and it's very scary to me.

Talking about "felonies" is another of the silliest things I've seen on here. This was a pretty amusing thread, sorry I don't have more time to waste on it.

[Beacool]

22. What drug use???? You are projecting.

Hillary never even smoked cigarettes, she was always quite conservative in her private behavior and berated friends who did use drugs. Don't besmirch someone just because another candidate admitted to snorting coke, smoking pot and drinking in excess.

[AlCzervik]

4. can i get anyone else a beer while i'm up?

[Cha]

6. You mean hillary's desperate clawing

at his past that's right out in the open for everyone to see?

Obama is right to point out that only a desperate, stupid, idiot would do that.

[avrdream]

11. Or blaming others for the mistakes of his campaign.

John Edwards is the latest recipient of the Obama tactics.

[Perry Logan]

23. In many ways, Obama's campaign is like "The Children's Crusade." And some bratty kids at that.

[Stop Cornyn]

24. You need to get cali's insight on this topic.