Obama To Hillary: You Can't Pick And Choose From Bill's Record

[babylonsister]

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Obama To Hillary: You Can't Pick And Choose From Bill's Record
By Eric Kleefeld - February 24, 2008, 8:36PM


Barack Obama rebutted today the charge that it is unfair for him to attack Hillary Clinton over her husband's NAFTA policy in the 1990s. At a press conference in Ohio, Obama said that since Hillary has used "35 years of experience, including eight years in the White House" as a premise for her candidacy, she can't claim just the good parts of Bill's administration as her own, and declare other issues off limits.

"The notion that you can selectively pick what you take credit for and then run away from what isn't politically convenient, that doesn't make sense," Obama said. "If she suggested she had nothing to do with economic policy in the Clinton White House, then it would not be fair for me to bring it up but as you know, that's not the claim that she is making."

[niyad]

1. why not? seems like just about everybody else does.

[babylonsister]

3. Huh? Does not compute. nt

[niceypoo]

2. But Obama and his supporters can....

...in keeping with the ongoing blanket party on the Clintons.

[hendo]

4. if its her experience

If Hillary claims her experience as first lady to be her political experience then there is nothing wrong with holding it against her. If she were to be more realistic and say that she didn't really get much experience from being the first lady then Obama would not have a case against her.