Memorable Obama Campaign attack Moments - Let's Recap!

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Thu May-08-08 04:09 PM
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Memorable Obama Campaign attack Moments - Let's Recap!

Edited on Thu May-08-08 04:18 PM by DemGa

Just a short compilation - but you'll no doubt see many of the talking points used here - enjoy! Yes, it always runs downhill!

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.'

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.'

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

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.

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

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

04/13/08 Obama says Hillary 'knows better. She knows better, shame on her. Shame on her. She knows better!'

04/10/08 Obama says he is 'confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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.'

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

03/12/08 Obama accuses Hillary of twisting 'the words of an adviser who's not even speaking in an official capacity.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

03/05/08 Obama spokesperson alludes to Hillary's 'law firms and real estate deals.'

02/18/08 Obama says that Clinton politics offer 'more of the same divisions and distractions.'

02/15/08 Obama accuses Hillary of 'being part of business-as-usual in Washington.'

02/13/08 Obama surrogate suggests that Hillary 'demonizes people.'

02/11/08 Obama surrogate refers to President Clinton as 'Slick Willy.'

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

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

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

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

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

01/28/08 Obama says sometimes 'he can't tell' if he's running against Hillary or President Clinton.

01/27/08 Obama likens Hillary to 'the status quo, fighting back with everything it's got.'

01/26/08 HEADLINE: Clinton calls for calm as Obama attacks continue.

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

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

Edit: shortened the list - too damn long.

and much more.... http://www.attacktimeline.com/