Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Long, Long Road To Denver

OBAMA: Well, I'm not familiar with the quote. So, here -- what I -- and I suspect that that wasn't the entire sentence, so that may not have been the -- I don't know what the context was in which was stated. What I've said consistently is that the American people need straight talk in their elected officials, and that's what we're going to try to provide in this campaign.


This quality of Obama's--pretending to be above the fray while in fact conducting a bare-knuckled political campaign--has understandably infuriated Hillary Clinton and her supporters. The Clinton campaign did a teleconference with reporters yesterday, too, which included a number of attacks on Obama:

Senator Obama talks about voter participation while he actively disenfranchises millions of Americans. He calls for high-minded debates while practicing low-down politics. He promises a different kind of campaign, while attacking Senator Clinton's character.
And don't forget that none of this is actually happening. Because, you know, it's only Republicans that do it. Puleeze.