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2008-04-25 Home Front: Politix

Team Obama: "No fair! No fair! You're being mean to us!"

Jim Geraghty, National Review

That North Carolina GOP ad? More than 172,000 views since Tuesday, with who knows how many who have now seen it replayed on cable news networks.

Also revealing is, as Instapundit's reader noted, the response: Jeremiah Wright is ipso facto racially divisive and thus out of bounds for a political ad. So is showing Osama bin Laden, the Obama camp insists in response to a Hillary Clinton ad. So is quoting Obama's statement at the San Francisco fundraiser about "bitter" small town Americans "clinging" and whatnot.

Stephanopolous asking Obama about Bill Ayers? Out of bounds. Asking him about why he doesn't wear a flag pin? Not fair, not permitted, and making the whole debate "something akin to a federal crime" in the eyes of the New Yorker.

Asking more than eight questions about Tony Rezko? That's just being unreasonable.

I can't believe that Obama and his fans in the press have led me to near-total agreement with the new campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton, Geoff Garin:

Let me get this straight.

On the one hand, it's perfectly decent for Obama to argue that only he has the virtue to bring change to Washington and that Clinton lacks the character and the commitment to do so. On the other hand, we are somehow hitting below the belt when we say that Clinton is the candidate best able to withstand the pressures of the presidency and do what's right for the American people, while leaving the decisions about Obama's preparedness to the voters.

Who made up those rules? And who would ever think they are fair?

Posted by Mike 2008-04-25 12:41|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Welcome to the big time, jerkoff.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-25 13:14|| 2008-04-25 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 i have a really cool picture of Obamabamaringdong NOT saluring the flag that would be a welcome addition to the photo galley. i can't get it to copy here. how will i ever be abel to share????

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-25 14:53|| 2008-04-25 14:53|| Front Page Top

#3 As they say in Chicago-Politics aint tiddlywinks.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-25 17:33|| 2008-04-25 17:33|| Front Page Top

#4 To those who will not be named.
Here at Rantberg we trash Bush. We trash McCain. We trash Hillary. In accordance with equal opportunity, we'll also trash Obama as appropriate. It's nothing personal, its business, they're just politicians.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-25 18:05|| 2008-04-25 18:05|| Front Page Top

#5 BO is a machine politician straight out of Chicago : the machine says "Jump" and the people say "How high?". He has never faced a true committed opponent and is now learning that politics in most of the US is a contact sport. If he had worked through the system in Texas, he would know that by now and would not be so inflicted with foot-in-mouth disease.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2008-04-25 19:30|| 2008-04-25 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 if he had worked through the system anywhere else, he'd still be a City Councilman

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-25 19:35|| 2008-04-25 19:35|| Front Page Top

#7 If he had worked through the system anywhere else, he would still be the trash collector. I've seen high school drop-outs with more real world knowledge that this idiot.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-25 20:52|| 2008-04-25 20:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Bama is there because of his color. Nothing else. As the novelty has faded, so has Bama. I'm really, really hoping the Dems nominate him because if they do, they're looking at a McGovern '72-type butt-kicking.

I'm absolutely amazed that the Dems can be so mind-bogglingly stupid. That said, it's not without precedent. It was their unwillingness to dump BJ Clinton after Monica (when real, nonideological pols like Tip O'Neill wouldn't have hesitated 30 seconds) that gave America 8 years of Bush instead of Gore.

The current crop of Dems not only wants to win, they want to do so while publicly embarrassing their opponents because they hate them so badly. That bitter, vicious hatred cost them in 2000 and I suspect it's going to cost them again this year.

Posted by Chinegum McGurque5166 2008-04-25 21:22|| 2008-04-25 21:22|| Front Page Top

#9 CM5166...yeah....heh heh

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-25 21:24|| 2008-04-25 21:24|| Front Page Top

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