Clinton's "Values"

In a spate of new advertising, Sen. Hillary Clinton abandons the voice of God approach and offers real people saying real things about the candidate.

Radio ads airing in Iowa feature families touting the virtue of Clinton's "universal" health care plan.

And for the first time, Hillary's mommy, Dorothy, vouches for her daughter's core values in a television ad. A matte in the ad helpfully informs the viewer that Dorothy now lives with her daughter.

DOROTHY RODHAM: What I would like people to know about Hillary is what a good person she is. She never was envious of anybody—she was helpful. And she’s continued that with her adult life with helping other women.

She has empathy for other people’s unfortunate circumstances. I’ve always admired that because it isn’t always true of people.

I think she ought to be elected even if she weren’t my daughter

HILLARY CLINTON: I’m Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

Comments

is this a joke? if this is the best team clinton can do, then they are in real trouble. even serial killers' mothers say nice things about them.

Posted by CG | December 13, 2007 12:21 PM

is this a joke? if this is the best team clinton can do, then they are in real trouble. even serial killers' mothers say nice things about them.

Posted by CG | December 13, 2007 12:22 PM

is this a joke? if this is the best team clinton can do, then they are in real trouble. even serial killers' mothers say nice things about them.

Posted by CG | December 13, 2007 12:22 PM

while I agree with you CG... 3 identical posts within 1 minute might be a tad excessive

Posted by GreenGuy | December 13, 2007 12:31 PM

Yes, but does Clinton's mother sell drugs? The Republicans might bring that up...I'm just saying!

Posted by Democrats Against Hillary | December 13, 2007 12:42 PM

Vote for my Daughter?!?!?

Thats not a biased endorsement at all.

Hillary is getting a little desperate. or is this going to be dismissed as a joke.

Posted by Bruja | December 13, 2007 12:48 PM

greenguy... that is called a server malfunction.

Posted by cg | December 13, 2007 12:54 PM

I like Hillary. That was a bad ad. How about making her a real person? The whole empathy envious thing is just pointless. Some stories about Hillary woulda been better.

Posted by mikeVA | December 13, 2007 12:58 PM

Shame on Hilliary! It is a new low when you hold back your mothers's meds until she makes a commercial.
I wonder if she makes her Mom sign over her S.S. check for the rent?

Posted by remus | December 13, 2007 12:58 PM

cg I was just teasing you/messing around...

I'm in a bit of a bad mood as a deer hit my car last night (I'd say I hit a deer if I drove into it however it ran smack into the drivers side of my car so I like to think it's her fault not mine!)

Posted by GreenGuy | December 13, 2007 1:03 PM

greenguy... i was just annoyed that it posted it 3x.

anyway, sorry about your accident. i am sure that was not a good experience for either side.

i would make an analogy between your car/deer situation and hillary's last six weeks. however, i think yours is an unfortunate accident and hers is just reality coming to light.

Posted by cg | December 13, 2007 1:24 PM

Seasons Greetings. I’m Peggy and I approved this message.

It's been said, if you want to know what a woman's going to look like, look at her mom. Scary, huh? Sorry about the deer collision. I need to put some deer whistles on my vehicle. What I'd like to know about Hillary Clinton, is did she inhale? It's a fact of life that we live in a drug culture, prescription and otherwise. So, if Bill and Obama go on the record, how about Hillary? Or did Bill already suck up the only viable excuse? What's left? I tried it, but I, uh, couldn't get the damn thing lit? I tried it, they tell me I had a great time? Well, it’s been a hearty free lunch, but this is to suggest that something got smoked: http://theseedsof9-11.com

Posted by Peggy McGilligan | December 13, 2007 4:31 PM