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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6179
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:37 pm: | 
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Thank God there are still some real Black Women SOMEWHERE in this world!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Mrs. Obama swings back at Clintons
Primary Saturday; Candidate's wife slams tactics of 'win at all costs'
Sheldon Alberts, Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, January 25, 2008
Max Whittaker/Reuters
KINGSTREE, S.C. - It began as a spitting match between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton over honesty and integrity.
But the war of words between the two leading Democratic presidential candidates exploded into a full-blown family feud yesterday as Mr. Obama's wife, Michelle, accused Bill and Hillary Clinton of waging a "win-at-all-costs" smear campaign against her husband before South Carolina's presidential primary on Saturday.
"We knew getting into this race that Barack would be competing with Senator Clinton and President Clinton at the same time," Ms. Obama said in a fundraising e-mail to supporters.
"What we didn't expect, at least not from our fellow Democrats, are the win-at-all-costs tactics we've seen recently. We didn't expect misleading accusations that willfully distort Barack's record."
Her broadside came as Mr. Obama warned African-Americans not to be "hoodwinked" by thousands of anonymous e-mails sent recently to South Carolina voters alleging he is a Muslim who refuses to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
"Don't let them bamboozle you with these dirty tricks," the Illinois Senator told a mostly black audience of 1,000 people at a campaign rally here.
"Don't let people make you afraid. Don't let people feed your doubts."
The tenor of the Democratic presidential campaign has been deteriorating steadily since the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 8, when Mr. Clinton called Mr. Obama's opposition to the war in Iraq a "fairy tale" and there were heated exchanges over Martin Luther King's civil rights legacy.
Now, the contest has turned nasty. In a debate Monday in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Ms. Clinton alleged Mr. Obama had accepted money from a "slum landlord" now facing fraud charges in Chicago.
"We're in a very heated campaign, and people are coming out and saying all kinds of things," she told The Associated Press. "Talking about people's records? Talking about what they do in the campaign? That's fair game. That's what we do in America."
The Obama campaign struck back yesterday.
In radio ads airing across the state, Mr. Obama says the former first lady will "say anything" to get elected president.
At a news conference after his rally in Kingstree, he defended the ad, saying the Clinton campaign had distorted his recent comment that the Republicans were the "party of ideas" in the 1990s.
"When you run an ad making assertions that everybody who has looked at says are wrong ... then that would indicate you are not that concerned about accuracy or the truth," he said.
The Clintons have been campaigning in South Carolina as a tag team, with the former president supplementing his wife's schedule with three rallies a day of his own.
This week, Mr. Clinton accused Mr. Obama of "feeding" the media stories intended to stoke racial issues in the state, where a majority of Democratic voters are black.
A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released yesterday showed Mr. Obama leading with 39%, with Ms. Clinton second with 24%. But his lead has slipped in recent days, prompting speculation the Clintons' criticisms have had some effect.
The increasing negativity of the campaign has alarmed longtime Democratic activists and lawmakers, who fear the acrimony will harm the party in the general election this fall.
Senator Ted Kennedy and Representative Rahm Emanuel, two senior Democrats who have remained neutral, were reportedly so concerned they asked Mr. Clinton to stop attacking Mr. Obama.
"I never underestimated them," Mr. Obama said yesterday of the Clintons.
"The Clinton operation is a tough, well-honed political machine, built up over the course of 20 years. And, we have always been the underdogs in this campaign."
While he is battling with the Clintons, he is also fighting a rearguard action against unknown opponents. This week, he established a "truth squad" to combat anonymous e-mails questioning his religion and patriotism.
"I'll bet that some folks have heard the e-mails sent out that I am a Muslim. Now, I have been a member of the same church, a Christian church, praying to Jesus Christ -- 20 years, the same church," he said in Kingstree.
"They say, 'Oh, he doesn't pledge allegiance to the flag.' I have been pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America since I was three years old, since I could talk."
Mr. Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ in Chicago. His campaign has been distributing pamphlets titled "Committed Christian" and show him speaking at a church pulpit, with a white cross displayed prominently in the background.
Copyright © 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.
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Cynique
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Post Number: 11301
Registered: 01-2004
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An article for those who get their panties in a bunch about Bill Clinton supporting his spouse. At least Obama doesn't have to contend with a backlash when his wife displays her loyalty.  |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 6183
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:54 pm: |
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You didn't even know who Peggy Noonan is.
You know who came up with the phrase, "Evil Empire"?
All your time on this planet has clearly been wasted. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 11305
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:03 pm: |
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 Just can't take it when people don't kowtow to the point of view of people who espouse your views, can you. crissy? My point is valid whether you can swallow it or not. When are you going to start thinking for yourself instead of posting all of the articles that think for you??  |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 6185
Registered: 03-2004
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Only an idiot speaks when she can get people to say it better and with far more detail--a lesson you might do well to learn.
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Cynique
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Post Number: 11308
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:23 pm: |
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If you weren't an idiot you could speak for yourself, crissy. You could articulate your own opinions and express your own ideas. How hard is that? You waste what little sense you have on trying to diss those who don't agree with what your mouthpieces say, dum-dum. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6188
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:26 pm: |
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Michelle Obama is a REAL black woman--thank God quislings like you and Tonya are in the minority. |
Cynique
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Post Number: 11309
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:32 pm: |
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If you were a real black man this would carry some weight, crissy. As it is, you are a pathetic wimp who deflates at the mere thought of any woman not kissing your fat ass by espouses your ambiguous opinions and irrational rants. You are also a big bore. |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 6191
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:48 pm: |
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BEWARE SOUTH CAROLINA. Clintons CHEAT in elections. They BLOCKED voters in over 200 locations from getting into the caucuses by closing the locations half and hour early (against the law). And they may have tampered with the voting machines in New Hampshire. Remember New Hampshire, where all polls indicated Barack Obama had a very strong lead over Clinton before the election?? (His lead was double digits, way beyond the "margin for error" in polling). Dennis Kucinich has requested a recount in New Hampshire because the hand counted votes favored Obama (just as polls had predicted) and the machine counted votes favored Clinton (enough so that she "won" the election). A big disparity between hand counted and machine counted votes is VERY SUSPICIOUS. IN ADDITION, the particular voting machines used in the N.H. primary have had "problems" in the past. Clinton HAD to win the N.H. election or her campaign would have really been in big trouble, and that would have made Hillary very, very, very upset. Put 2 and 2 together here, folks, and what do you get?? Lying, unethical, unprincipled, CHEATING Clintons, that's what !!
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 11315
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 02:12 pm: |
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Down boy! Sit. Stay. |
Nels
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Post Number: 1014
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 09:37 pm: |
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Chris --
"BEWARE SOUTH CAROLINA"
A good assessment. |
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