It is easy to look at the results in Texas and Ohio and give Hillary and her campaign all the credit for her victories. To be sure there is no denying that she deserves some of the credit. But at what cost? At the cost of relegating herself to the lowest gutter, and perhaps to the irreparable damage to Barack Obama whose above-the-fray style may not necessarily be a conducive one to the rough and tumble of American politics. Where voters are gullible to negative advertizing even as they claim otherwise. Where negativism unconfronted grows like a cancer in our body politic. Hence Hillary’s all-out attacks, ensconced in desperation, but extremely effective, must be addressed by the Obama campaign to seriously rethink the fatality of their non-response philosophy. All they need to do is not look far back at the sad implosions of the campaigns of Mike Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry all of whom suffered fatal blows under the devastating attacks of the Republican attack machine. Hence Hillary has adopted the methodology of Republican hard-nosed tactics and perfected them to a high-valued weapon against his opponent. The circulation of racially-tinged falsehoods,rumors and outright lies in the internet, as well as inflamatory campaign ada, have been used very effectively by the Clinton campaign to sow doubts about Obama. But as for the crossing over of Republicans to vote for Hillary at the urging of Rush Limbuaugh there is’nt much Obama can do about it. The Republicans are trying to steal an election one more time by orchestrating a sustained and drawn-out contest between Hillary and Obama hoping that when its all sad and done either of these Democratic candidates will be so hopelessly muddied and easy to defeat by their nominee John McCain who would have fortified his position and ready to go.
Tags: Hillary, Obama, racist falsehoods, Rush Limbaugh machinations, Texas and Ohio
March 6, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I think Hillary was put in a position where she had to attack. The media was completely ignoring Barack’s change message without detail. He was getting a free ride and that free ride would have stopped in the real election. All of the stones Hillary is overturning to show the dirt on Barack would happen…she is just showing Democrats his weaknesses so the decision is made with all the facts. I live in Illinois and Barack is untarnished because he stands for nothing. Nothing sticks to him because there is nothing attempted or accomplished.
I am glad she is digging up the dirt, just imagine this stuff coming up in October instead of now.