Edwards: "Mudslinging" Against Clinton Is "Milquetoast"

The Swamp   |  Mark Silva   |   November 18, 2007 12:30 PM


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Former Sen. John Edwards, who ran for president in 2004 with an unfailingly upbeat campaign and then joined the ticket of his party's nominee, has come back this year with a fighting edge - an edge which Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York has likened to "mudslinging... right out of the Republican playbook.''

"I don't think so,'' Edwards said of the complaint which Clinton lodged about his criticism for her in the debate of the Democrat candidates in Las Vegas last week. "The idea that that this is mudslinging... We're talking about substantive issues of war,'' Edwards said on CBS News' Face the Nation today. "If anybody, including Sen. Clinton, thinks this is mudslinging - this is milquetoast, compared to what we're going to see next fall.''

Read more here.

Read about Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer criticizing the "acrimonious" tone of debate between the Democratic candidates, citing Obama in particular .

Watch the video of Edwards from Face the Nation, on CBS, below:

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- bigfro I'm a Fan of bigfro 10 fans permalink

BIDEN IS THE ONLY SERIOUS CANDIDATE.

EVERYONE KNOWS HE WON THE DEBATE AND YET THE SUNDAY SHOWS doN"T MENTION HIM.

THEY WANT US TO THINK THAT THE ONLY OTHER 2 GUYS WORTH VOTING FOR ARE UNWINNABLE SO HILLARY IS INEVEITABLE.

OBAMA HAD HIS CHANCE. EDWARDS LOST TO BUSH ALREADY. NO ONE WILL RISK THE COUNTRY ON PROVEN FAILURE> I LIKE HIS IDEAS< BUT HE LOST TO CHENEY IN A DEBATE

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:16 AM on 11/19/2007

I would love to see a PRINTED trancript of the debates, minus body language, audience reactions, etc. Also delete the feeble attempts at jokes, insults, etc. Maybe then we could actually find out what these candidates think and believe.
So far all these so-called "debates" are just another twist on the reality tv theme. Or, in the words of the Bard, "It is ... full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:13 AM on 11/19/2007
- CommieKazi I'm a Fan of CommieKazi 6 fans permalink

hell must have frozen, this is first time I've ever agreed with Edwards on anything. Shrillary's wimpishness can't deal with fellow liberals, on issues? when the GOP nominee gets on the same stage, Shrillary will fold like AirAmerica Radio!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:13 AM on 11/19/2007

Edwards was right. Mudslinging was Milquetoast. Now we have Chris Matthews on the Chris Matthews Show on Sunday morning on ABC showing an old Saturday Night Live clip of some jerk imitating Bill Clinton happily contemplating the death of his wife like the First Lady in the movie "Independence Day". Matthews then just sat grinning like an idiot after the clip played. Evidently suggesting that the death of his wife would make Bill Clinton happy is now the low that Matthews has descended to. Undoubtedly all the lunatic little Hilary Haters will find it amusing too. I remember when such a lack of integrity was reserved for Republicans and pundidiots like Matthews. Who knew such hatred was catching?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:35 AM on 11/19/2007
- Horst I'm a Fan of Horst 24 fans permalink

Whatever her qualifications, Mrs. Clinton is an extremely divisive figure. Do you Americans really want another 4 or 8 years of contentious, acrimonious debate?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:17 AM on 11/19/2007
- Macready I'm a Fan of Macready 64 fans permalink

"I don't think so,'' Edwards said of the complaint which Clinton lodged about his criticism for her in the debate of the Democrat candidates in Las Vegas last week. "The idea that that this is mudslinging... We're talking about substantive issues of war,'' Edwards said on CBS News' Face the Nation today."

Good for Edwards . . .

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:03 AM on 11/19/2007
- Dap I'm a Fan of Dap 51 fans permalink
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==

Got Game ???

Hillary Clinton has got game...

And

She is playing it on We, the People!

Look in the mirror see if your forehead is stamped "Hillary's Chump".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:35 AM on 11/19/2007
- USMC1980 I'm a Fan of USMC1980 11 fans permalink

Edwards can say whatever he wants, but the truth is he got slapped around in Vegas by Hillary Clinton, and he knows it. Edwards is throwing mud, because he has nothing else, he is losing badly in Iowa and every other state.

As for next year, Hillary has proven she is more then capable of beating down any GOP challenger and taking whatever they throw at her. But Edwards shouldn't worry is $250.00 haircut about it....he will be long out of the race by then.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:14 AM on 11/19/2007
- bccity I'm a Fan of bccity 3 fans permalink

These are some of the stupidest posts I have read in response to a blog. It makes me wonder why so many people post crap that is clearly an opinion with no basis in fact. Some on here cast false accusations using another’s false accusations as a premise to support their own fantasies.

It is little wonder that we have just undergone seven years of the most destructive politics and failed policies in modern history. The present administration should be impeached for treason and those that support them deserve the misery that we are going to suffer because of their treasonous conduct. Fomenting a policy of attacking a country that posed no threat to the United States and financing it with funds plundered from our treasury at the expense of future generations is criminal.

How anyone posting here can compare any of the Democratic candidates with the Bush administration defies the definition of reason or logic and displays the lower end of the intelligence curve. Many seem to imply that Edwards childish outbursts towards Hillary are both accurate and justified showing the transparency of their bias towards Hillary. Totaling the combined sins of Bill Clintons administrations eight years of prosperity and reason are dwarfed by the felonious behavior of the Bush thugs most of whom have left office in disgrace. .

If you have any confusion regarding Hillary’s positions just go to her web page and you will find a detailed explanation of all of her policies.

Our country is in shambles and Hillary is the most qualified candidate to deal with the mess that many generations will have to deal with.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:21 AM on 11/19/2007
- Forest I'm a Fan of Forest 7 fans permalink

The problem with the Dem candidates is that each one of them has more smarts than all the Republs piled together.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:10 AM on 11/19/2007
- Rubiconski I'm a Fan of Rubiconski 30 fans permalink
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What Molly Ivins said about the little Goldwater girl ...

"I Will Not Support Hillary Clinton for President"

"I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Hillary Clinton for president.

Enough. Enough triangulation, calculation and equivocation. Enough clever straddling, enough not offending anyone This is not a Dick Morris election. Sen. Clinton is apparently incapable of taking a clear stand on the war in Iraq, and that alone is enough to disqualify her. Her failure to speak out on Terri Schiavo, not to mention that gross pandering on flag-burning, are just contemptible little dodges."

God Rest Molly Ivins

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:08 AM on 11/19/2007

Yep, when the conservative smear campaign cranks up it's going to be ugly. These people will stop at nothing to win.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:39 AM on 11/19/2007

Let me get this right.

Edwards gives us the facts on Hillary's various positions and explains why he doesn't agree with her.

And Hillary thinks it makes her look really bad. So she calls the airing of her record as mudslinging.

She should be laughed right off the stage and out of the campaign.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:24 AM on 11/19/2007
- Rubiconski I'm a Fan of Rubiconski 30 fans permalink
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Let's talk about Hillary's career as a corporate lawyer, uproariously defined by a case in which she argued that the rear end of a rat in a can of pork and beans was harmless since the customer did not eat the rat. Here's a link to a NY Times article that includes the following remarkable nugget:

“Besides,” she wrote in her autobiography, describing her client’s position, “the rodent parts which had been sterilized might be considered edible in certain parts of the world.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/weekinreview/28liptak.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:57 AM on 11/19/2007

I agree with Edwards. This is nothing compared to the campaign ahead in the general elections.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:52 AM on 11/19/2007
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