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Clinton Camp

12 Mar 2008 12:25 pm

As Barack Obama recieves testimonials from generals and admirals today in Chicago, the Clinton campaign dons its best fedora and asks:

Will you stand by your definitive commitment to removing all combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months, or will you, as your former advisor said, not rely on "some plan" you "crafted as a presidential candidate or as a US Senator?”

Do you regret that you have never held any substantive hearings on Afghanistan or any other subject, since you became chairman of the subcommittee on European Affairs in January 2007?

Do you agree with General McPeak that you are more qualified to be commander in chief because you don't “go on television and have crying fits?” Are you prepared to remove General McPeak from your campaign for what is viewed by many as a sexist comment?

Are you still willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of an Obama administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea? Are there any circumstances in which you would not conduct such meetings?

As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it's legitimate for people to be concerned that you have traveled to only one NATO country, on a brief stopover trip in 2005, and have never traveled to Latin America?

Earlier in the campaign you were asked how you would respond to a terrorist attack on two cities in the United States. You talked about the need for an effective emergency response but were initially unclear about the need for a military response. What do you think that says about your readiness to be Commander-in-Chief?

You publicly broadcast your willingness to attack Pakistan unilaterally, a statement which caused unrest in that country. Recognizing that we need to combat terrorism wherever it exists, do you wish you would have made your comments in a way that didn't cause unrest?

Comments (30)

Wow. Just, wow. I really, really don't have anything against the Clinton campaign, but this release is inventing entirely new sides of the mouth to talk out of.

Whine, whine, whine.

Desperate, desperate, desperate.

Bitter, bitter, bitter.

Lose, Loser, Lost.

P.

Wow. This just drips with desperation and anger. I'm reminded of an eighth-grade breakup letter, from some creepy guy who remembered everything his girlfriend had ever said.

Do you realize how admirably I treated you? Did you really mean it when you said you would love me forever? I remember when you said that you didn't like guys who played basketball. But now you are dating Josh Robert. How do you explain that?

Do you agree with Emily Johnson when she says that I'm the hottest guy in the school? If so, why did you dump me? Am I not smart enough?

Jesus, this memo combined with the Sinbad revelation of yesterday has officially tipped the scales of this election from odd and disconcerting to a complete farce.

Yeah, Obama caused the unrest in Pakistan... it had nothing to do with Musharraf.

How astute, that Clinton.

This doesn't seem like a very effective rebuttal. It plays to cliches but doesn't engage in an argument on the merits. To take one example: Obama is exactly right to respond to a terrorist attack with an effective emergency response first. What does the Clinton campaign want? That we bomb a foreign country that we're not even sure was involved before we've finished removing bodies from the rubble? The thing is, I now believe the Clinton would bomb a foreign country if they thought it would keep them in power. Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq anyone?

Party elders, save us.


Do Hillary's people really care so little about the Democratic Party that they are willing to wreck it for their own advancement? It would appear so.


"do you wish you would have made your comments in a way that didn't cause unrest?"

Hey everyone!

Let's take this lead and compile a list of everything Hillbilly and surrogates said that the same should be asked.

Let's start with: "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88"

or how about:

"I did not have sex with that woman."

or

...McCain more qualified than Obama...

Whoa. I guess this is the CiC test she is always talking about. This so much high school, with Obama as the cool guy (but a National Honors student -who says you can't be cool and smart?) And Hillary is the nerdy,n tattle-tale who can't understand why her fellow students like him more. "I'm smarter than than guy, I deserve being class president. Vote for me.

I think the next debate should be on Commander In Chief issues.

Bleck

Where's the 'check yes or no' box at the bottom?

everytime you think the Clinton campaign realizes how brazen they come off- they top it!

the level of chutzbah from the Clinton capigning is staggering

They want to control the dialogue, the press, the national conversation

If this is a precursor to how Hillary Clinton thinks the WH should run - that should give evn her most ardent supporters pause

The best strategy is for OBAMA to ignore her and these absurd missives --
the problem with that is the MSM trying to paint him as "not strong" enough to deal with her

Maybe the MSM needs to recast this as Obama is not "dumb enough" to sink to the level the Clinton campaign is sinking to

Enough already

SOMEONE STEP UP AND TELL HILLARY TO BOW OUT
Even with Pennsylvania - she cannot and will not win

What she is doing and will continue to do is destroy the democratic party and any chances they have for a Nov victory

Is this what Hillary Clinton wants?
She is more interested with her own "inevitability" than the good of her party of the country

Think about it

Lucy van Pelt called and she wants her homework back.

Thank you, billysumday, for a great laugh! Had to reach for a kleenex.

The Clinton response is passive-agressive.

Not a good quality for commanding something.

seriously, Tracy Flick wrote this memo right? Please tell me Tracy Flick wrote this memo and that this is not the work of her campaign.

The Clinton response is passive-agressive.

Are you surprised? Look at her management style. Look at the way she's run her campaign.

Clinton was such a good senator that I was confident that she would be a good president. But I'm starting to think that having her eye on the prize of the presidency was what kept her dangerous tendencies in the cupboard. Then she became "inevitable" and they all started reemerging, leading to one of the worst major campaigns of modern history.

Loyalty over competence, hmm, that sounds awfully familiar.

She needs mental help. Now, I read at CBS, she is inciting the Latino Community to get involved in the Florida redo debate! Can you spell D-I-V-I-S-I-V-E.

Most of the Latinos in FL are Cuban. And most Cubans tend to vote Republican. Besides, her superdelegates are the people holding up a revote...

I see this and I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It is so utterly ridiculous. But I fear it will play to the people she wants to persuade to vote for her. "Tracy Flick" is exactly right. The only bad thing is that Tracy eventually ended up winning the campaign, despite her dirty tricks.

How could any superdelegate possibly see this and think anything other than "WTF?"

I truly can't wait to hear Keith Olbermann's "special comment" about the Clinton campaign tonight. I hope he doesn't pull any punches.

Obama's "one or two brigages" a month pledge is pure, unadulterated horse manure. It'll never happen, and it's unwise in general to spell out to the entire world (including our enemies) the precise pace and speed with which we'll be conducting our troop drawdown.

I hope Hillary continues to hit him hard on this issue, because it exposes his absurd level of naivete and lack of experience on defense and foreign policy matters.

Serious candidates don't do publicity stunts.

As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it's legitimate for people to be concerned that you have traveled to only one NATO country, on a brief stopover trip in 2005, and have never traveled to Latin America?

As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it's legitimate for people to be concerned that Sinbad ("America's Greatest Living Comedic Treasure") utterly and devastatingly undermined your claims of foreign policy experience?

Amy, 2:20 p.m., EDT: It is so utterly ridiculous. But I fear it will play to the people she wants to persuade to vote for her.

Maximom, 2:25 p.m., EDT: I hope Hillary continues to hit him hard on this issue, because it exposes his absurd level of naivete and lack of experience on defense and foreign policy matters.

Game, set, match: Amy.

Hillary comes across as a post menopausal, passive-aggressive, whacked out, megalomaniac. I think Bill drove her over the edge several years ago.

Maximom isn't far behind.

Hillary and crew never fail to outdo themselves
on a daily basis. How so many of you liberal
dumbos keep supporting her maniacal push for
the presidency escapes me. If your pet bit you,
crapped on you, and pissed on your leg whenever
it felt like it, would you continue to cuddle
and feed it, adore it and protect it? Hell no!
Methinks it's time for Hill's distemper booster
inoculation...she hasn't had one since the days
of the VRWC.

Thank you, Marc, for publicizing these very important questions, without comment. I think they speak for themselves, don't you?

Hey, I'm post-menopausal, mood swings are part of my life and am definitely given to bipolar moments. But, trust me, when in public I know how to conduct myself and trying to destroy the Democratic Party from within not part and parcel of my lust for survival ...

I tend to think that the whole Hillary out of control schtick is just more of her code routine taking place in front of our eyes. Vote for me -- I'm out of control just like once or twice a day.

I do believe she reveals herself most completely in those moments of steely eye resolve -- She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Call me Mini Mom, I guess.

Honestly, is this the best women have to offer on the political scene these days? I don't think so.

HRC is something out of Star Trek. Something that needs to be vanquished.

As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it's legitimate for people to be concerned that Sinbad ("America's Greatest Living Comedic Treasure") utterly and devastatingly undermined your claims of foreign policy experience?

Right. I know I definitely get my premium foreign policy analysis from a washed up second rate comic.

"Right. I know I definitely get my premium foreign policy analysis from a washed up second rate comic."

Second rate comic or not, Mrs. Clinton is the one that took Sinbad on her high level/dangerous "diplomatic" mission to Bosnia so Hillary agrees with you on this point! I guess that is why you support her. Although I hear it may have been S. Crow and not Sinbad that provided the real top shelf foreign policy analysis on that particular trip. So you may want to get your "premium foreign policy analysis" from Sheryl and not Sinbad. Although when it comes to foriegn policy expertise, you really can't go wrong with either, can you?

Cheesehead, I heard that it was definitely Dr. Crow who made the critical foreign policy decision as whether to eat at that place or the next one. Or maybe it was Chelsea -- I think she was there too.

How would everyone know, from these comments, that Barack Obama is the guy who has promised he can bring America a new brand of politics?

These are questions about his policies. He gives good speeches, but he won't ever defend the details.

Meanwhile, the response from his supporters? They just can't stop with the petty, personal attacks. This is why some of us don't think Obama is much of a leader outside of his own little personal cult of followers.

Jan: Obama "gives good speeches, but he won't ever defend the details."

But this Clinton memo attacks Obama for giving too much detail, on when he might drop bombs on Pakistani soil, on how he'd get us out of Iraq, on whether he'd meet with specific foreign leader.

Like Hillary, you want to have it both ways, and back again.