Reply #14: In The Context And In Relation To Strategy, I'm Perfectly Fine With It.

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It has been exaggerated to the nth degree and I'm amazed at how much more weight people are giving it than it deserve, but at the end of the day it was a strategical statement and not one I find all that bad.

Right now her purpose is to win the nomination. To do so she has to show differences between her and Obama. Using the wet behind the ears tactic is something totally be expected. Using McCain to make the point even clearer was just a strategical move and a harmless one. At this point in the primary, it has no effect on the GE at all. Right now it's about the two of them, not them vs McCain. We can't forget that context. So using things against your opponent, even if it means minimally boosting up a future opponent, is perfectly fine. Because one of two things will occur:

1. She wins the nomination and the whole point is moot, and her strategy effective.

2. She loses, and Obama goes against McCain. McCain attempts to use such comments, but gets smacked down because obviously they didn't work the first time around, and he can just turn them around on John. Once the GE starts, then it's a whole different ballgame. If Obama is the victor, he will have many bragging rights to bring with him and all he has to do is laugh lightheartedly at any inference McCain would use towards that comment. So many here are trying to make it like this comment could be used so heavily against him in the GE and like it is such bad ammunition blah blah. But that isn't even close to reality. In reality, Obama could wipe that away in a heartbeat and if anything, it sets McCain up to be a fool, and can be ammunition FOR Obama, since he could easily embarrass John by responding correctly. No risk in the GE at all because of these comments. If anything, Obama can use them to his ADVANTAGE.

Think outside the box people, for real. This is just a relatively benign strategical statement when in the midst of a primary battle, that will have NO impact in the GE. Try and keep your heads on, ya know?