"I try not to attack first" says Hillary Clinton

[LittleClarkie]

Nah, she let's her surrogates do that for her.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/25/clinton-says-she-must-cou_n_83276.html

Clinton Says She Must Counterattack

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she must respond in kind to attacks from rival Barack Obama even though she'd rather keep the race for the Democratic presidential nomination focused on their differences on public policy issues.

"I try not to attack first, but I have to defend myself -- I do have to counterpunch," Clinton told NBC's "Today Show."

"I took a lot of incoming fire for many, many months and I was happy to absorb it because obviously, you know, I felt that was part of my responsibility. But toward the end of a campaign you have to set the record straight," the New York senator said.

Clinton, Obama and their campaigns have exchanged increasingly hard-hitting jabs in recent days over race, his relationship with a Chicago developer, her vote on the Iraq war, and other issues. Clinton stopped airing a South Carolina radio ad critical of Obama on Thursday and Obama took down his radio response in an attempt to cool the angry public spat.

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[zanne]

1. ROFLMAO! nt

[Coexist]

2. so... what.... first she warms them up with a joke??

ba - da- bum.

[Fredda Weinberg]

3. It's called a political campaign. n/t

[Alexander]

4. Standard old-school politics trick: Have others attack while you are "above the fray".

For a number of reasons, Hillary isn't that good at appearing "above the fray".

Hence voters are skeptical.

[enough already]

5. The woman has no conscience n/t

[rox63]

6. Yeah. right...

:rofl: :spray:

[iconocrastic]

7. Such is the life of a pathological liar

[Joe the Revelator]

8. But wait, this is the fun part!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

9. lol. Nice one Hil

[Cant trust em]

10. Puh-fucking-lease, n/t

[MissDeeds]

11. Playing the victim, Hill?

It ain't working.

[Big Blue Marble]

14. Don't you get it?

Whenever the Clintons are backed into a corner, they always always always play the victim card.

Because it always always always works for them.

[MissDeeds]

18. True

but I think people are catching on. Let's hope.

[mtnsnake]

12. Hillary is right. Obama started all the shit & now he doesn't like getting punished by her for it

Boo hoo for poor wittle Obama.

[Iwasthere]

13. BULLSHIT!!!

Hardly anyone is buying it Hillary.

[iconocrastic]

15. "I try not to attack first, ... " but somehow I do it anyway. The Devil made me do it.

Honest.

[xultar]

16. WRONG!!!

[Diane R]

17. Isn't this a sign of psychopathy? Projecting one's own actions onto others?