McCain & Clinton double teaming on Obama - Hillary encourages media to attack Obama, but not McCain!

[FrenchieCat]

Watching the CNN (Clinton News Network) and the MSNBC today, I find that whether it is talking about Farrakhan, Obama's church being investigated by the IRS due to questions as to whether Obama speaking at the convention of the United Church of Christ, it appears that Clinton's goading the media to attack Obama on "whatever" is working.

Add the Cunningham quotes of Barack Hussein Obama, and you have a trifeca on Obama attacks by the media.

I haven't yet heard Obama encouraging the media to attack Hillary.

[quinnox]

1. I can't believe it

Its true, Obama is finally getting some negative press today. Its a miracle!

[FrenchieCat]

4. Before, they were only reporting on the "Cult", Obama not having

any accomplishments.

I'm still waiting for the media to discuss what Hillary's 35 years of experience actually entail...and to enlightened us about the fact that she had no security clearance nor sat in on any national security meetings....and so what is this "foreign" policy and Negotiating she continues to refer to. Nor is the media follow up on her refusal to release both her tax returns or her schedule as first lady in the white house.

[earthlover]

28. I found it preposterous her stupid reply during the debate was not challenged viz tax returns....

She said she was rather busy campaigning so the copies will come, but later....

Think about it. I know her tax returns are no doubt more complicated than most of ours. No doubt she has them prepared for her. But wait...hold the presses....her returns have already been made and filed. It isn't as if she has to prepare them from scratch. All she or her campaign has to do...is go the the XEROX machine she made famous....and make some XEROXES of her returns. Probably take half an hour at most.

So....now that it is established that she knows what a XEROX machine is, what is her excuse for not taking less than an hour (or having someone in her campaign do it for her) and XEROXING the returns for distribution?

I'll make a deal with you Hillary. You just give me ONE copy. I will XEROX all the additional copies that are necessary at my expense! To save you all that precious time....

BULLSHIT!!!!

[FrenchieCat]

30. But the media is not talking about that........

But somehow, Obama's the one getting a pass.

[FrenchieCat]

10. Also, before...what they did was run with the ol'

Clinton strategy of "segmenting" the voter pool based on race and sex. That's not something Obama requested........

It didn't work, when White people kept voting for Obama in larger and larger numbers. So now, it's on to whatever else may work. :(

“The Hispanic voter—and I want to say this very carefully—has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates.” —Clinton pollster Sergio Bendixen
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/01/12/clinton-pollster-latinos-too-racist-to-vote-for-obama

Clinton at Root of Racist Stereotyping - Hispanics vs Blackswashingtonpost.com — Where did this come from? "Hispanics traditionally do not like Blacks." Since when? This is a racist, divisive falsehood that the Clinton Campaign has created and nurtured as a 'historical statement' in an attempt to pit the political arena against Obama. First mentioned by a Hillary pollster and then affirmed by Clinton herself. There is no proof.
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Clinton_at_Root_of_Racist_Stereotyping_Hispanics_vs_Blacks

A few weeks ago, Sergio Bendixen, a Clinton pollster and Hispanic expert, publicly articulated what campaign officials appear to have been whispering for months. In an interview with Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker, Bendixen explained that "the Hispanic voter - and I want to say this very carefully - has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates."

The spin worked. For the last several weeks, it's been on the airwaves (Tucker Carlson, "Hardball," NPR), generally tossed off as if it were conventional wisdom. And it has shown up in sources as far afield as Agence France-Presse and the London Daily Telegraph, which wrote about a "voting bloc traditionally reluctant to support black candidates."

The spin also helped shape the analysis of the Jan. 19 Nevada caucus, in which Clinton won the support of Hispanic voters by a margin of better than 2 to 1. Forget the possibility that Nevada's Hispanic voters may have actually preferred Clinton or, at the very least, had a fondness for her husband; pundits embraced the idea that Hispanic voters simply didn't like the fact that her opponent was black.

But was Bendixen's blanket statement true?

Far from it, and the evidence is overwhelming enough to make you wonder why in the world the Clinton campaign would want to portray Hispanic voters as too unrelentingly racist to vote for Barack Obama.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=713782

[TwilightGardener]

2. Sigh. Just go away, lady. Just go away.

[BootinUp]

3. The benefits of being the front-runner?

maybe? :hi: Frenchie.

[FrenchieCat]

5. No. The benefits of having an opponent whining that 12 months of

calling Hillary the presumptive nominee was simply not enough positive press....that she needs good press forevermore, even after losing 11 in a row. :hi:

[BootinUp]

6. I'l have to read that again

after the scotch wears off.


:)

[FrenchieCat]

7. Ed Rendell on now encouraging Media to attack Obama........

and to leave Clinton alone?

Telling them what to report on.

You'd think that Ed Rendel would promote Hillary instead of seeking the media on another Democrat. :(

[BootinUp]

9. Its a dirty business

politics. Hold on, its just getting started.

[FrenchieCat]

21. It ended when Hillary couldn't win on her worldwide name recognition,

her big dollars, her ties to Bill Clinton and his 62% approval ratings, and her establishment support........added to 1 year of media support of Hillary for President.

[flpoljunkie]

16. Not if you are Ed Rendell. The man has a history, as we are well aware.

[FrenchieCat]

37. Oh yeah....I remember now!

[dempartisan23]

8. hillary and mccain are the same

she seems to hate obama worse than mccain does.

[FrenchieCat]

13. I guess that's what happens when one is desperate beyond

thinking of what's best for the country and for the party.

She'll go down clawing at anything that moves....and if Obama is in the way, so be it...he's going down too, far as she's concerned!

[SoFlaJet]

11. only 6 more days Frenchie

and maybe we can get back to trying tro fight the true enemy and win back the WH-it's bad enough to have to fight republicans but add on another strong democratic wing-of course to all the trolls here-that's perfectly alright and all fair

[FrenchieCat]

15. But her giving the green light to dig up any dirt available on Obama.....

as an order to the media is really low.

I haven't heard Obama asking the media to look into these little Hillary items:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4473288

[rodeodance]

12. paranoid much?

[FrenchieCat]

18. rodeodance, since I like you

I have decided to put you on ignore till after the primaries are done. Hope you can understand that your snarky personal remarks will no longer generate a response from me.

See you then! :hi:

[SoFlaJet]

25. classy thing to say and do

frenchie

[FrenchieCat]

29. That's cause I remember rodeodance from before the primaries started.....

and I don't remember him being the way that he is now. :shrug:

[SayitAintSo]

14. He doesn't need to ... they already are....n/t

[ericgtr]

17. It's all good

No point in getting upset over this, Obama has proven very effective at brushing these things off and turning them around when necessary. He will be a great president and his handling of these situations is just one of the reasons.

[FrenchieCat]

19. I agree.....

but That doesn't mean I approve any Democrat encouraging the already out of control media to attack another Democrat. I believe that stinks, and I will remember this forever.

[ericgtr]

26. Well, have we come to expect anything less from her?

I think we've seen all she has to give and at this point it's just become redundant. The media will continue to blast them because it's all she's putting out but in the end it just makes her look that much worse. I would expect to see this in droves all the way up until next tuesday, after that she's done.

[SoFlaJet]

27. I will never fogive her for this

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226584,00.html

[FrenchieCat]

31. Oooh.....fugly!

:puke: Hillary Clinton Joins Criticism of Kerry as Dems Call for Apology

[workinclasszero]

20. Are you really surprised?

DLC'ers are Rethuglican lite.

[Yael]

22. This should come as no surprise to anyone

It is a dying campaign grasping for its last breath.

[FrenchieCat]

24. Attacking via politics of hate......

is never good.

[AtomicKitten]

23. When she sided with McCain and chided Obama on accepting public financing,

I knew she was not on the side of the Democrats.

[earthlover]

33. She had no business siding with McCain!

She did not have to agree with Obama, but she could have kept her big mouth shut about it. Siding with the Republicans in an election is so stupid it is hard to comprehend.

[AtomicKitten]

34. she has a track record of slamming fellow Democrats gratuitously (Kerry circa 2004)

[FrenchieCat]

38. Like I said earlier.....Fugly!

:mad:

[greguganus]

35. The enemy of her enemy is her friend. n/t

[BenDavid]

32. I am concerned but not overly seeing that it is 8 months plus till

votes are cast but if I were either clinton or obama I would be concerned seeing the polls are so narrow and McCain ahead.

Look at all the crap the republican party has gone through especially in 06 by getting turned out of congress, but here is McCain either tied or ahead of the candidates. Now that should make us all pause......

[FrenchieCat]

36. So you are saying that Victim Hillary, benefactor of establisment, money,

worldwide name rec, and the media pushing her till Iowa should encourage the media to attack our probable nominee?

The only thing that makes me pause is how Hillary believes that she still get our vote, considering how she ran her campaign.

[SeaLyons]

39. Clinton News Network????

I never thought I would see RW tactics used against our own. Sounds like a RW shock jock. Shame on you....