Obama Responds to Clinton on Mailers, McCain and Nader

Obama’s integrity is fully intact, having backed up ALL of the information on his fliers. Plus he was very calm and collected while under attack. This is what is required of a Commander and Chief. On NAFTA, Newsday admitted to using the phrase that the flier quoted. It was later corrected by Newsday, but the Obama campaign had nothing to do with the original Newsday article, it only quted it. Besides Clinton DID support NAFTA strongly. What was evident today in Hillary Clinton, was behavior VERY unbecoming a possible President of the United States. Presidents take positions on issues NOT tantrums!

oh it was really a tantrum with a big ego attached.

Every single word of Obama’s mailer has now been fact checked and confirmed as 100% accurate by every major news outlet in America.
Yet Hillary continues to feign overblown emotion and stir up a false conflict. The Hillary campaign has put out negative attack after negative attack after negative attack this campaign. She has no credibility in this matter.

If he has this thing tied up ten why the attack?

Interesting how blatantly biased the media is when they cover these stories.
The Obama machine uses dirty smear tactics and the media’s claims “Hillary is Furious” if it had been the other way around the headline would have said “Hillary attacks Obama with Smear Tactics”.
In other words we’re biased because we can be,
we’re afraid of being accused of racism for attacking Obama so we don’t and our blatant misogynistic tactics on Clinton are acceptable-
because after all she’s just a woman.

One minor dimension of these little spats engineered by the Clinton campaign… Hillary looks like she’s going to blow a fuse and Obama looks completely calm.
Who do you want with their finger on the button? These guys have to be able to handle tense situations, and we don’t want a president who loses their cool over a totally minor issue.

Shame on you Barack. Today confirmed my vote, and the affirmative vote of my Texas relatives. Year President Hillary and boo to the sleeze and do thing Obama. Your a showman Barack with no credible record to back you up.

Recalling the ‘weak woman’ tactics we saw the night before new Hampshire, please counter this foolishness and call it what it is. Clinton is not above using the sympathy of flaccid minded electorate that can buy her lala ‘I am weak I am woman, give me a chance’ routine.
In this race Obama is the feminist, have no doubt. he is the one meeting women eye to eye, and he would not talk down to Hilary although that crying and pouring coffee routine was a bit much for even the calloused stomached of us to take.
Counter them Mr President.

Shame on you Barack. Today confirmed my vote, and the affirmative vote of my Texas relatives. Yea President Hillary and boo to Barack the sleeze and do thing Obama. Your a showman Barack with no credible record to back you up. How dare you even run for any political office.

NAFTA killed our jobs in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and all over the US.
To vote for Hillary is the same as agreeing to NAFTA. It has ruin our economy and taken our manufacturing jobs.
She only said she would suspend NAFTA. Yea, maybe after the election is over she’ll forget it. Her and her husband profited from it.
Obama is the only one that said he will renegotiate NAFTA and give company tax breaks when they bring jobs back to our community and state.
Wake up people. Clinton’s want NAFTA!

Hillary is jealous that Obama is winning.
He is winning ’cause he is smarter than her, poise than her, presidential than her, inspirational than her, cooler than her, charismatic than her, sensible than her, better policies than her, draws more crowd than her……
oh boy! is she jealous or what!

The Hillary’s supporters who STILL deny the facts on the flyers are those who have NEVER read her book. The FACTS about NAFTA is there. She WROTE them herself. It’s a problem NOW because of Ohio. Why don’t YOU voters stop this laziness and do some research? Wait. That’s right—- Hillary knows you’re too lazy to find out the truth about her. It’s QUITE easy to feed you lies.
It’s AMAZING how hysterical she becomes over TRUTH.

obama accused Hillary of half truths on his record, so now Hillary is doing the same and you are all upset she is outraged, you are all hypocrits.

THE NOTION, obama needs a new phrase, this one is going to nauseating for 4 years,

Obama needs to correct his mailers….He DOES NOT have universal healthcare. Every independent source not just Hillary claims he leaves out 10 to 15 million people maybe as many as 22 million….
I’m sorry he doesn’t like people pointing that out but he continues to defraud the American people.
Enjoy your rally be moved to tears and then read his mailers and research the truth. Ckaining you have universal healthcare in the face of the truth is a LIE.

The American Nurses Association—an organization of professional RNs and advanced practice nurses has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Obama couldn’t be bothered to appear for an interview.

Show the video of his remarks. Not terribly smooth and people have detected beads of perspiration.
Something feels different these last two days. Is he realizing that he’s not a sure thing after all?

I have never seen anyone as Ignorant as Hillary supporters. Old, young, men, women…they are all so ignorant. Check every blog they are all over the blogs spewing hatred and ignorance. Ever wonder why Hillary kept losing?

twin, I saw the same thing in his press conference. The heat is on, the truth is coming out. He is like any other politician. Something is brewing. Hey I just want the truth.

Wow, Obama must be climbing in the internal OHIO POLLS to have Mrs. Clinton screaming like a banshee!
I do think the timing is suspect. She has to have had these fliers for days and today she decides to come out screaming. SUSPECT???? I think so!
Some days, I’m convience she’s bi polar.
At the debate, her ending was mellow and soft spoken and she loved Barack Obama. And today, like I said, screamin’ like a banshee.
I’m thinking an internal poll has her up
in arms!

I have never felt it necessary to post on one of these blogs until tonight. Mostly I have read them with amusement. Having waffled or been on the fence so to speak between Senator’s Obama and Clinton, tonight my mind has been made up and I must speak. Hillary, the shame is on you! We have watched you attack Obama and tell half truths, all the while he remained dignified and did not bash back at you. Now tonight, I am very surprised to see that he has, but I have to say it is about time!!! Right back at you, but now you cry foul! At least he can substantiate and back up his claims, which is more than I can say for you! Hopefully Obama will make it on the ballot in the November elections so that I don’t have to vote Republican. The more I see of you, the more I know you would not make a good Commander in Chief. You are too moody, emotional and bitchy.

If there is any “dirt” about Obama or Michelle do you really think the Clintons would not have found it? They interviewed his kindergarten teacher, for goodness sake!! — Also, his mailers were ‘attacks’ only in that they pointed out TRUE FACTS that she doesn’t like having publicized (her previous support for NAFTA and the reality of what a health care ‘mandate’ means). Compare these to the mailers she sent 1-2 days before the NH primary LYING about his stand on pro-choice (saying that he failed to support legislation in Ill. when in fact he cast ‘present’ votes at the **request** of Ill. Planned Parenthood to protect moderate legislators) and his Social Security proposal (which would require additional contributions only from those making more than $102,000 a year, not the ‘hard working middle class’ and senior citizens as the mailer says) She lies – he holds his temper and keeps campaigning. He tells the truth – she has a public meltdown. Go figure. I know which one I would rather have for President.

Hillary’s outburst is unbecoming of a person who aspires to be the next president of America.
What Obama has claimed in his mailers are true. If they are not, then come out with a convincing rebuttal. Instead, scraming “Shame on you, Obama” is not the right response. Rather, it appears as a last gasp of desperation when all else has failed.
Obama, on the other hand, is not buying into her tantrum. Instead, he stands his ground. Why shouldn’t he? Screaming won’t change the truth. The truth is Hillary’s universal health care proposal mandates everyone to subscribe to it and has a penalty clause for those who fail to do so. In fact she has been trumpeting this as a singular difference to those proposed by Obama and others. She even went so far as to lie that Obama’s plan will leave out 15 million Americans from coverage.
On NAFTA, there is no denying it was Bill’s baby and she has hailed it as one of her husband’s achievements. Now before the people of Ohio who have paid a heavy price to her husband’s folly, she is singing a different tune. This smacks of her stand on the Iraq war. She thought it would be a winner like the first Gulf War, and wanted to be on the winning side, so she supported it. When that culculation went wrong and the war became unpopular, she switched sides for political expediency.
Hillary should stop play acting. The Carl Rove-style character assassination of your opponent is not going to endear you to the American voters. Your call to the Democratic Party peers to rope in Obama is rightfully going to fall on deaf ears. They can see this as your act of desperation when all else has failed. Come clean, Hillary. Do the right and honourable thing and bow out before being humiliated by the voters of Texas and Ohio.

Hillary will not bow out. She, and her perjuried husband, both feel that they can still bully democrats that fear the reprucussions if she does win this nomination. There are many books at the local library about Hillary and her actions through the years. The womanh has flip flopped so many times on so many issues that I’m surprised that anyone could still support her. Face it folks, 30 years of Clintons and Bush’s and look at where we are as a nation. 8 with George 1, 8 with Billy the perv, 8 with George 2 and now we are suppose to want 8 more with Hillary and Billy the perv again????

Hillary will not have to bow out. The whole political landscape will soon change.

Oh wow ginny. Are you woman?

“The Obama machine uses dirty smear tactics and the media’s claims “Hillary is Furious”!!
Everytime I watch Obama speak or debate, I find him apperaing QUARRELSOME, whinning, cry-baby-like. When someone asks him to talk about real “issues”, he seems upset. It seems, he is trying very hard to hide that “he is reallly afraid inside”.

I would rather that the next president of the United States not be ranting and raving from some podium somewhere over a hot-topic issue. Certainly, there will be hot-topic issues in the future for the president to speak about wouldn’t you think? I agree with a lot of the previous posts that facts are facts. This public outburst was strategic in its design, but carelessly conducted. Don’t let your intelligence be so insulted by a person who feels that by squeaking out a tear here and there and a providing an outburst of feigned anger can sway your opinion and vote! Unfortunately, this is probably just the beginning of the tantrums yet to come considering our next president will most likely be Senator Obama. And she said she would be fine! This is fine?

JKan – I guess different people see things differently. None of the adjectives you wrote sound to me like Obama. They do sound quite a bit like his opponent.
Again, different people see things differently.

Hillary’s act is a tactical one.Her camp decided to go negative again, because she is now behind in the polls in Ohio and in Texas. So the tactical setup is to blame him first of negative campaining, so that we are able to justify our attacks.Hillary is a might-greedy person.She will do anthing to win.So the question is, can we trust her.It is very difficult for me, after her act today, to believe in her uprightness and trutfullness.Hillary stayed to long in Wastington. Her attacks on Barack expose the characteristics of the dirty,nasty and divisive politics of Washington, we all are sooo tired of

your vote, thank you for providing something of substance to the argument instead of the irrational ramblings of blind followers who just believe what they are told. i, too, had seen those articles, and had observed that obama’s policy positions on pretty much everything were positions previously espoused by others and now claimed as his own. but blind followers just point to his website, his speeches, his propaganda releases, etc., and accept what they are told as true – and refuse to believe otherwise even when confronted with uncontrovertible evidence. it would be nice if facts mattered in this election, but it appears that they don’t. anyway, thanks for fighting the good fight.

The bursts of emotion out of Hillary are just the same ploy she used in New Hampshire and again later in the campaign (in SC I think?) to sway the female vote. I can’t take it seriously anymore.
I really do think Hillary is a great candidate for the Democrats, but she needs to just stop being a political drone and just be a real, normal person. It’s not that the media is biased against her, it’s just that she’s not a very likable person, at least publicly. For now, my vote will go to Obama unless the REAL Hillary Clinton stands up…

Goodness forbid Obama and Clinton actually debate ISSUES (healthcare, NAFTA) rather than make personal attacks. I can’t believe this is being turned into some dirty attack. It’s a PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN people, not a 5-year old Little League game where you can’t criticize the players.

Shame on you Hillary for not using those words to Bill, your husband. Why didnt you get in an tantrum when he was in the oval office doing what he was doing to that young girl. To say the least Hillary seems to demand a double standards here. I am shocked to see Hillary using that kind of language towards a fellow Democrat. Wake up people. enough disgrace for all of us. We have the power to stop this scrap NOW.

NAFTA? Why don’t you ask Obama about the U.S./ Peru Trade agreement? It’s an extension of and flawed model of NAFTA.
Obama publicly supported it (so did
Clinton) and didn’t show to vote on it
(so did Clinton). He attacks NAFTA for costing jobs but yet when given the
chance to prevent the expansion of
NAFTA to another country, where was he?Based on what he’s said he would have
supported it had he shown. He’ll say
this act has protections in it for
workers and the environment but there’s
no teeth in it. Nothing in it ensures
the U.S. and Peru will enforce it, and
we know how much Obama says he trusts the Bush administration to enforce anything. So how does he explain that? In front of labor and farm audiences he’s about change and promises to fight the corporations but in front of his
corporate donors (Exelon, UBS, JP Morgan
& Chase and so on) he’s their ally.
Like the scolding of Exelon (his
largest corporate contributor) when
their nuclear plant had leaks and the
good bill he wrote all to appease the
residents of Illinois and I say this
because he later rewrote and watered down the bill (which didn’t pass the
Senate) to accomodate Exelon and nuclear
regulators. He’s absolutely no different
than Clinton. At least she doesn’t deny
her record whereas he slips and slides
around his record, with the help of the
media and his supporters who clearly haven’t done their homework on his
record. If Clinton should account for
her votes or lack of, then so should
Obama. Hope and Change? Only in your dreams. But I forgot, he is an
inspirational speaker. If you were
really concerned about NAFTA, PACS, and
corporate influence you wouldv’e voted
Edwards.

Hope? Change? Where’s the political courage to take on all that he intends to take on? 6-7 votes where he couldn’t
tell a green button from a red one, but
“Oops, I voted this but meant to vote
that”. He voted 140-150 times “present”,
it’s OK to do that in Illinois, but
it’s an out for a politician who doesn’t
want to take the political flak forthe vote he wouldv’e supposedly made.
On votes like reproductive rights
either you’re for it or you’re not, “present” is supported by agencies like Planned Parenthood to give politicians political coverage on
controversial votes and yet still
block the opposing votes. Is it OK
to vote “present”, yes- but don’t talk
about political courage in that case.
Obama publicly comes out against Iraq
before he can vote in the Senate and
then once he gets in where he can vote
he votes identical to Clinton (with the
exception of one vote where he was
pro-Bush) in unconditionally supporting
a war he did not support nor believe
in. Political Courage? No way. Had he
been consistent with his belief that
this war was wrong to enter into and
voted to not fund that war his
Presidential aspirations wouldv’e been
down the tubes. Did he take on one of
his largest corporate contributors,
Exelon, when there were leaks in their
nuclear power plant? Yes, he scolded
them publicly and wrote a good bill
and then turned around and watered
down the bill to accomodate his
nuclear power producer contributor,
Exelon. Political courage? No way.
He attacks Clinton for NAFTA then
publicly supports the NAFTA extension
Peru/U.S. Trade Agreement (along with
Clinton). There’s a theme in his record and it certainly doesn’t point to the political courage needed to bring on the kind of change he promises. You can go on and on about Clinton’s record but you better start looking closely at Obama’s because you can guarantee the Republicans will be able to do what Clinton has seemed incapable of doing in her campaign, and that’s calling attention to the charade. Obama has had a free pass from the media so far but when Clinton isn’t around to kick Obama’s pass will expire. Time
won’t be on his side in a general
election.

Junior- where are you getting your information? You obviously aren’t even checking out the mainstream pro-Obama media (the same media that thought
Paris Hilton’s DUI was newsworthy) let alone digging further into what any of the candidates voting records/ experience or positions are. Clinton did
visit the family of the officer who died
or her “death officer” as you refer to,
cancelled a rally that was scheduled and
has spoken of it in a couple speeches
since. And where was Obama on the U.S./Peru trade agreement? If he didn’t believe in and support the war in Iraq why did he vote identical to Clinton to unconditionally fund the war he didn’t support and believe in once he actually got into a position where he could vote? Are you even aware Obama has big corporate contributors such as Exelon?
which could explain why he referred to
nuclear power as “green” or contributors like UBS and JP Morgan
Chase ? which could explain why he was OK with credit card interest rates higher than 30% (Clinton and Edwards voted against it, he didn’t). Hope, change and inspirational- yeah, right.

“I’m the upstart, I’m the challanger, I’m the insurgent”??
Hmm! Interesting choice of words there ..

She is acting like a spoiled brat who us not getting her way. Wa,Wa,Wa.

Mariann Pepitone – you seem to frequently bring up your accusations directed toward Obama as proven fact. I don’t see much difference between you and Republicans who used to say with absolute certainty that Hillary Clinton was a lesbian scientologist.
More than likely both attempts at personal destruction reflect nothing more than the childish playground rants that seem to thrive among those who frequently use the internet for political discussion.

Clinton has been in negative attack mode on and off for awhile, depending on how threatened she feels. Her behaviour just prior to the NH primaries was similar, but more covert. She sent out a a direct mailing full of untruths about Obama’s position on choice and women’s health issues, and she did it with only two days to go until the vote (i.e., no time for Obama to have a rebuttal).
Live by the sword, die by the sword, Sen. Clinton — direct mail is a real drag, isn’t it? Only Obama’s mailings are based on facts, and yours on fabrications.
Elise in NH

Newsday says today that reporters used the word “boon” as a characterization of Hillary’s position “based on a review of past stories and her public statements” so it sounds like an accurate characterization of her policies. Newsday also admits, it did not make it clear enough that the words were not Hillary’s but the newspapers.

i really don’t see what is negative when you state facts that is backed up
by different news organizations. Everyone knows that Hillary runs on the accomplishments of her husband, so you just can’t separate the good from the bad you run on all of it. It goes both ways with him or her. if statements are facts let it be. I support both candidates whichever one is nominated it will be better than what we have now, so stop whining.

STAND STRONG FOR CHANGE (OBAMA)
OR
FALL HARD FOR THE SAME (Clinton’s)!!!

Ready on day 1, Really? Hillary is weeks behind in setting up campaign offices and ground works. I saw reports on that her campaigns being out hustled and is inefficient. In Pennsylvania she failed to turn in a full slate of delegates before an extended deadline to do so. In the mist of the race she doesn’t know how the delegates in Texas will be awarded. Ready on day 1, she isn’t ready for tomorrow let alone the presidency.
I think this whole dog and pony show was some one telling her to go down in flames.

I cannot understand how people remain in denial of the truth sometimes – and in the case of this issue – how Hillary supporters can shamelessly bring themselves to even speak on this matter.
Hillary supporters, stop lying to yourselves! Can you count how many times, throughout this campaign, Hillary has viciously attacked senator Obama? Just last week in Wisconsin, Hillary had the very same type of mailer sent out to Wisconsin residents… And it was totally surreal to me when I heard this woman say “Since when do Democrats attack each other on health care?” I was literally in shock. Oh my _od, This woman can and will say anything!
The truth is, Hillary is not a sincere person by nature. All of the things she’s been saying in rallies lately that resemble any sincerity are echoes of Senator Obama’s speeches. Listen closely, it’s almost funny!
Then she goes and raises some plagiarism issue, while there are countless of evidence of her using the exact same phrases, if not paragraphs of her husband in her campaign – and even Obama’s. Makes no sense.
At some point I’ve seen Hillary’s campaign use even the same ‘change’ signs Obama has been using, and I’ve heard her speak for change. However, most recently she’s stood against ‘change’ and even saying “change you can Xerox on.”
She seemingly initiates conciliation with Obama one night “I’m so honored to be next to you”; then the next day she wakes up and say “Shame on you, Obama.” Hillary has too may faces, in power she is well positioned to use them.
There are just too many conflicting instances to point out on her behalf. The majority of the American people have seen that about her… I just wish her supporters would stop lying to themselves about who’s falsely attacking!
The Verdict: Hillary simply WANTS to be president and will do anything to get there!
Obama genuinely, though somewhat naively, wants to HELP, if president!

Hey I say lets investigate Senator Obamas real records onwhat he actually voted for and find out the truth about all of his covered up lies… Want to be fair ..??? Do it.. You will learn a lot.. Dont be so misled.. YOU NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH BEFORE YOU VOTE FOR SAINT BARACK OBAMA… You will change your mind about him if you have the courage to face the truth::::: You need to do it for the sake of our Country.

Hillary gets petty and meaner, as she gets desperate. She has run a shoddy campaign, and since there is nothing to lose, she is showing her mean side. She has decided to take the Rovian way, and is becoming nastier by the minute. She mocks, she ridicules, she feigns anger, she is losing. Look at Hillary’s ugly side, and you realize that you do not want to see this for the next four years. According to Andrea Mitchell, her campaign is in shambles. She should not take it out of Senator Obama! Everytime she shows her nasty side, it just reminds the country of her high negative ratings.

mare, please don’t be so naive. Hillary showed up to try to once again get the black vote which she dismissed with her marginalization and insensitive remarks about Dr. King and we certainly can’t forget the insensitive inuendos that Bill spoke, so please if you fall for her okeydoke that’s on you but please don’t try to convince African American people they should do the same. The best person for the job we realioze is Obama, Hillary is a farce, fake and interested in power not the people.

A republican will win the presidency and it will all be thanks to the democrats (again) who can’t get along. And the republicans will laugh once again. Thanks for being putty in the republicans hands fellow democrats. Remember what I said when it happens. And decide if it was worth it when you have a republican president for another four years. You all will never learn!