He talks about lofty goals while his henchmen do the dirty work? So what is new! He has no integrity!
Just ridiculous. No one in the Obama campaign called Clinton any names. The only people who did that were marginal at most in the process.
Well, there was that one who called Hillary a 'monster'.
And she was immediately relieved of her duties, is there something else you wanted?
Nope, just pointing out that the meme that there were 'none' is incorrect.
Lets do this: you point out all the smears in chronological order that Obama or people directly involved in his campaign made and I will repeat what Clinton herself said. Then lets evaluate for level of vilenes for each comment. Let's see who comes out looking like the scumbag that they are.
Lets start: Samantha Power called Clinton a Monster.
Bill Shaheen and Mark Penn suggest the Black candidate may have been a drug dealer in the past.
Which is worse?
You'd have a salient point if I had made the claim that none of Shaheen's or Penn's words were ever spoken.
I didn't.
You don't.
I was refuting this claim : "No one in the Obama campaign called Clinton any names."
Nothing more.
Hillary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNrlSn7nd AA
Try reading RACE MAN by Sean Wilentz of the New Republic as he uncoveres some of the sexism of Jessie Jackson and others speaking for the Obama camp.
No, he let his surrogates and disruptors in the "netroots" do his talking for him.
Hey, it was a strategy and though I disagree with it, it worked for him in the short term. But instead of recovering, his campaign continues to stumble along when it comes to Clinton voters, underestimating how much abuse they would take.
Not surprising, given Obama's lack of experience and sharp elbow-style politics. Works ok in Chicago but in a national election its a failure.
A few mea culpas from Obama's surrogates and henchpersons would go very far in helping Obama raise money and win the election.
