Clinton, Obama Launch Negative Ads

Sen. Hillary Clinton is "scrambling" to stave off a defeat in Wisconsin, AP reports, and has launched her first negative TV ad hitting Obama for not debating her in the state.

The ad "begun Wednesday asks why Obama hasn't joined her in accepting an invitation to debate at Marquette University. 'Maybe he'd prefer to give speeches than have to answer questions,' the narrator says before claiming that only her health care plan covers everyone and only her economic plan freezes mortgage foreclosures." Watch it:

The Politico is reporting a new edge to Hillary's rhetoric:

"There is a big difference," she said. "I am in the solutions business, my opponent is in the promises business."

"We need real results, not more rhetoric. We need to get back in the solutions business. That's why I have a plan that will cover every American with health insurance, stop these foreclosures and put people back to work," she said, adding that she and edwards agreed on need for moratorium on foreclosures, while Obama doesn't.

"It's not the questions, it's the answers, and the answers get right to the heart of who is ready on day one to be the president and commander in chief of the United States."

"I have solutions to these economic challenges. The question today is does Sen. Obama? Because a plan that fails to provide universal healthcare, fails to address the housing crisis and fails to immediately start creating good paying jobs in America again, will not turn the economy around and provide the real relief that our people need," she said.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama has released a mailer in Ohio hitting Clinton on NAFTA. But the literature uses a quote that has been widely criticized as bogus.

It's not a direct quote from Clinton, but a paraphrase from a September 2006 article in Newsday -- "Clinton thinks NAFTA has been a boon to the economy, but voted against the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, saying it would drive jobs offshore." No evidence has surfaced that Clinton ever claimed that NAFTA was a "boon."

Comments

[MichaelO]

I hope he never has to talk to other foreign leaders...since he doesn't like debating, he could just tell them "I'm spending more time with the American people". Makes me warm, fuzzy, and it feels like things crawl up my inner thigh when he talks dirty like that. More change, more hope, more moments to seize. He'll win and the future will be bright and shiny... or he'll win and screw it all up.

Frankly, given the state of the world Bush is leaving, I'm surprised so many people want to get this man in there so he can fail. Would've happened to Hillary too and at least there would be a way to let the venom out easily. If he lets the country down... oh, that's right, he's perfect. Don't attack him, lest you be branded with the Scarlet "R" letter.

Yes you can!, but you don't have to debate any issues for those still a bit apprehensive about your candidacy. Keep talking, don't worry about answering questions. It kept Bush going.

[iPolitics]

They've already has 18 debates with 2 more scheduled. Anybody who actually watched MSNBC or CNN or Fox during the evening should already know who they support by now. Most of the population who doesn't couldn't careless if there is another.

[naturesway]

>>>>>>Most of the population who doesn't couldn't careless if there is another.>>>>>
That, sadly, is true.

[classof77]

They have only had one head-to-head debate. So with two more scheduled, that will make three.

As for "most of the population who doesn't couldn't careless [sic] if there is another," on what data do you base this information?

I watch debates because it provides a forum where I can see candidates formulating ad hoc answers to policy questions. Debate performance reveals a lot about a political candidate. I find it interesting that Obama has done very well recently--we haven't seen him say anything except give pre-scripted teleprompter speeches since the CNN debate before Super Tuesday.

[armadillious2002]

She reminds me of my hysterical X wife. They say hormone therapy helped her a lot.

[mikonyc]

YOU are exactly why this country remains the misogynist hot bed that it is......please, move to a third world country where your woman can wear her burkha!

[naturesway]

Please, let's hear all about that.

[neworleanslady68]

This is sexist and wrong and not cool.

[baghdadjoe]

MORE CLINTON CORRUPTION: Clinton Campaign Sold Donor List to Bill Clinton Financier

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18958566

Hillary Clinton's campaign apparently sold or rented its donor list to one of the largest brokerage firms for mailing lists in the country, InfoUSA, as reported by NPR.

To everyone here who made the mistake of registering at Clinton's website, I am truly sorry.

[mikonyc]

oh poor guy, i know how honest and squeeky clean obama is....cocaine and all

[baghdadjoe]

Sorry, but I think just about everybody under the age of 60 has experimented with drugs at some point.

[savertime]

oh yeah, like Bill Clinton and George Bush?

[williamg]

Yeah, I noticed that earlier. Just what we need to end the Bush corruption - more Clinton corruption.

[NoMoreHawks]

WAAAAH... OBAMA is being unfair....

WAAAAH... I'm not pimping out my daughter, I'm just sending her wherever I feel like to court young impressionable super delegates....

WAAAAH... I don't have anymore money and Obama won't help me get free press coverage with debates...

WAAAAH... if states didn't vote for me they and their voters don't matter...

WAAAAH.... Bill didn't win any of these states either so they don't matter to me....

Why did Dems ever think this HYSTERICAL BASKET CASE was worthy of the presidency?

Her TOTAL lack of DIGNITY is DISGUSTING!!!

[mikonyc]

actually your total lack of a candidate is disgusting......Hillary is better on every issue than obama, except that is pulling in crowds to drool over his voice at the microphone! pathetic poor souls all of you....you have no identity and need an idol to feel you are connected to the world

[NoMoreHawks]

Your comment is in violation of Section 322 of the Eternal Vigilance Act. Please report to your designated Freedom Center for retraining within one hour. Failure to comply will result in a Code Orange Response focused on your current location.

[CaptainVideo]

Hillary: Ready to get it wrong from day one.

[SteveCox]

Half of these people on here think they can txt msg their votes in!

[kentay305]

hawk you hit it right on the head... took the words right out of my mouth... well fingers lol..

hillary wheels are falling off and shes in trouble... she needs ALL 3 STATES, penn, ohio, and texas to win... he only needs one and keep getting the smaller states like hes doing for the past week... she will be looking to open up michigan and fl for delegates... a turtle on its back indeed lol

[CaptainVideo]

Hillary's stategy is when she is losing the game she tries to change the rules of the game in her favor.

[NoMoreHawks]

Carville.....tell Hillary to pack it up and move 'em out.....it's Obama time baby!

[HurryUp1212009]

She's DESPARATE

She's DONE!

Let's see if she and her grotesque husband are willing to destroy the Democratic Party to maintain her ego-trip past the tipping point.

Hopefully, Obama will wipe her out in Texas and Ohio and Pennsylvania, so she can't BS her way into the nomination via corrupt SuperDelegates.

If she and Billy steal the nomination from Obama in the smoke-filled rooms, I will NEVER vote for a Democrat again, as long as I live!!!

[mikonyc]

No, she is a fighter and will never be DONE! Don't think you little words will move Hillary, she will fight for the poor and for the less fortunate, so Hurry Up and switch to the winning team! HILLARY 08!

[naturesway]

This battle is far from over. You haven't been paying attention in civics class.
Good luck on the "Hope" thing for the big states up and coming.
Hillary won the biggest states NY and Calif by big margins. Expect the same in TX , OH ,& PA

[Querent]

Big surprise. You will never vote for a Democrat. It's obvious from your rhetoric that you're a Repig.

[ColdEyes]

I support Obama, but this juvenile and sometimes vicious attitude towards Hillary is uncalled for, especially from fellow democrats. Maybe some are republican trolls masquerading as Obama fans?

[horacekent]

HILLARY CLINTON: see video below

WHACK!!!!!!!!! (Virginia)

thankyou sir,.....may i have another one?

WHACK!!!!!!!!! (District of Columbia)

thankyou sir,.....may i have another one?

WHACK!!!!!!!!! (Maryland)

Billary has a big,..red,.. sore bottom today!!

Uuchy- Ouchy!!

SEE Video supplied by secret agent, Bobby:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gKpKSZGSkuo

Great Luck!
~HK

[SteveCox]

Meet your leader
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[nailohi]

Brutal! But(t), hysterical. My husband and I got our best laugh of the day....

[Lisette]

Hillary does not care about Wisconsin!
She is putting all her efforts in Texas.

Besides Obama doesn't have to debate the looser he is ahead-there is nothing for him to gain-why should he help her?

[mikonyc]

BTW, until yesterday, he was behind, how soon you forget, and HILLARY has been fighting for her life for a long time because of rancid people like you indenty-less self

[neworleanslady68]

No, Lisette, this isn't true. She is going to Wisconsin. I just read that she is about to spend at least 3 days up there.

She didn't come to New Orleans though. I really thought she should have - in light of that little problem we have with the federal levee system and all. I know the candidates have to travel where the votes are, and they ALL have to schedule according to where the polls show them having a chance, but New Orleans seemed like a unique case...all-round good national P.R. for any candidate who showed up...

[skycontrol]

A democratic dooms day scenario… The primaries conclude with Obama clinging to a 50-vote lead. The majority of the overwhelmingly white Super Delegates have been persuaded by the HRC camp to align with them and she is declared the nominee. The Obama camp is outraged and thousands of youths and Africa-Americans take to the streets demanding an end to racism. The world community smugly points out another example of American hypocrisy and TV sets everyone show scenes of rioting and burning buildings. The U.S. stock market and foreign markets plummet.

[HurryUp1212009]

If she steals the nomination that belongs to Obama, she will lose the general election worse than McGovern did - she won't carry a single state.

And I certainly hope Obama doesn't even consider running with her - she's radioactive!

[jcwtts1]

Yeah, the real doomsday scenario is that youth and af ams don't vote in the fall and Hillary wins the nomination and loses to McCain.

[Querent]

Was that a wet dream, skycontrol, or just a pleasurable fantasy?

[sammy333]

With Hillary it is simple:
she voted for the Iraq war
she voted for every expansion of the war
she voted for cluster bombs (2006)
she voted to open an opportunity for the Iran war

and, finally,

she voted for immunity for illegal wiretapping (2008)

(skipped a vote on banning torture, but her friend Mccain was there to vote against the ban).

[findingthetruth]

Did I read THAT correctly?----

"Maybe he'd prefer to give speeches than have to answer questions."


Perhaps Hillary is HOPING that most of America DID NOT see the other 18 debates. Her accusation IS PRECISELY WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING--NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

[horacekent]

HOW DARE YOU!!! How dare you attack Hilliary!

- Dont' you know her husband was President?

- Don't you know she's been planning this run for years?

- Don't you know she's ENTITLED to this nomination?


So who the HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

You should be ASHAMED of yourself!

;-)

Great Luck!
~HK

[VoodooAndValentine]

Heh. I see what you did there.

[cakelady]

Sounds like we are taking the low road again. School room stuff instead of logic. For starter their were many candidates in the beginning so it was hard to really compare each one closely. Now there are two and we want to see just how they differ on many of the compeling issues of today. Is that so unreasonable? We have a lot of problems that we need to have resolved and these kind of comments bring nothing of essence to the table for discussion. We are picking a president, do you not want to be informed as to how they will handle each and every issue that they will be faced with? This is not voting for the class president, we have got to make the right choice on substance not air. How else can you do that if you do not have a debate with the two remaining candidates? I really worry about how much thought some people have put into this election, this is not a game to trash people who disagree with you. Please take this to a higher plain, some of the comments I've seen a childish and juvenile.

[JoelNH]

Copy/Paste much do you?
I've seen this same post word for word on every Anti-Clinton comment posted.

Sorry, but your girl blew it. Too many in this country don't like her, won't buy what she is selling, and are tired of the controversy surrounding the "Clinton" brand.

Time to look forward, not back. Not back to impeachment, NAFTA, Democrats losing congress, etc. etc. etc.

[Trickywoo]

The weirdest part, for me, is that Clinton is channelling Edwards:

"she and edwards agreed on need for moratorium on foreclosures, while Obama doesn't."

Other than the fact that the quotation is practically unintelligible, it seems as if Clinton is pandering for the Edwards endorsement by pointing out what she sees as their similarities.

Ick.

[horacekent]

Edward's endorsement of Clinton = Credibility Seppuku.

Great Luck!
~HK
ps - Tell us about the mills John,.........tell us about the mills.

[TiffShelton]

Yes the mill story never gets old.

[lexicoscott]

horacekent what is your real username? I see you have only been posting now for 2 days and nothing but nasty criticism... who's pay role you on?

You must have another username on this board, why don't you step up and tell us what it is?

[anghiari]

Found this by googling

"Hillary Clinton Thought NAFTA Was A "Boon" To The Economy. According to a Newsday issues rundown, "Clinton thinks NAFTA has been a boon to the economy."

Hillary Clinton Said NAFTA Was A Victory For President Clinton, Would Lead To An Economic Improvement. In 1996, on a trip to Brownsville, Texas, Clinton "touted the president's support for the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would reap widespread benefits in the region." In her memoir, Clinton wrote, "Senator Dole was genuinely interested in health care reform but wanted to run for President in 1996. He couldn't hand incumbent Bill Clinton any more legislative victories, particularly after Bill's successes on the budget, the Brady bill and NAFTA." And according to a Newsday issues rundown in 2006, "Clinton thinks NAFTA has been a boon to the economy"

[lexicoscott]

boon: "A benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed in response to a request."

[williamg]

"NYT THURSDAY: Clinton's advisers acknowledged it would be difficult to catch up in race for pledged delegates even if she succeeded in winning 3 states on which she is most pinning her hopes: Ohio and Texas in March and Pennsylvania in April. Dem party's rules would be decided obstacle in efforts to catch up to Obama before voting phase of nominating process ends later in spring" -Drudge

It will be quite interesting to see what the NYTimes article has to say. One thing is for sure, this will be the first time I have seen some truth come out of her (their) campaign.

[horacekent]

Having just gone 0-8, Hillary's got Barack exactly where she wants him.

She's got him on the run now.

Gonna smoke him out.

Great Luck!
~HK

[SteveCox]

I would go with this ad: 01020501030001161420080212673970f771504d9d650023e7.jpg

I know the repugs will if we don't get some good sense in tx & OH

[DrToketee]

Does anyone here know English? Good God, people, the "boon" quote is an WORD-COINING taken from the use of the word "boon" in a Newsweek interpretation of Hillary's opinion on NAFTA. It is not a direct quote! The Obama ad is therefore correct and not negative; it is a fact-based criticism of her. I sincerely hope our children will become far more educated than this "journalist" after Obama takes office ... sheesh.

[Xiexie]

Of course we know it what the coined from Newsweek's article, but what makes it false is that it presents it in such a way that the reader would assume that Clinton truly believes or has said such.

[wshanks]

Er, she did believe it was a boon at the time. I'd wager she's altered her position since the 90s, but I'm not sure (and I'm too lazy to go rooting for it at the moment).

[JohnKemp]

Dems are better than the comics, no doubt about it.

Guilt-ridden libs trying to affirmative-action an air-headed empty suit into the White House, while leaving America's first Black President & his adoring wife in the dust.

Now if only we could have Obama's buddy, Farrakan, show up in one of his spaceships & whisk them all away.

Damn, too funny.

[Jazz42]

Damn, too funny.
I see nothing funny about your comment. I do see pure ignorance on your part.
(JohnKemp)

[horacekent]

You're Right!

Obama's the best choice for President!

Go Obama!

Great Luck!
~HK

[lexicoscott]

You're Right!

Obama's the best choice for President!

Go Obama!

Great Luck!
~HK

[AdLib]

Sorry the idea of a black man as president upsets you so much. I'll bet your shaking in your hood.