John McCain Should Go on Vacation, Hillary Clinton is Doing His Job for Him

[southern_belle]

This weekend {Hillary Clinton} tried to paint herself as a good old boy, the kind of gal you'd want to have a beer with -- not like that "elitist" Barack Obama: "You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught be how to shoot when I was a little girl." After she said this, she took a shot of whiskey. What's next, ads of Obama windsurfing? At 3 a.m.

But before Hillary Oakley runs out and bags her a few more ducks, Andrew Sullivan points out that of the top ten gun-owning states in the country, Obama has won six -- Hillary has won one. Cling to that.

But, of course, this isn't about guns or religion or fear of foreigners. It's about, as David Axelrod says, the (pardon the expression) bitterness and mistrust that stem from voters being "tired of politicians who come around at election time and express their solicitude as part of a tactic and don't follow through on it."

Jumping on the GOP talking points bandwagon, Clinton's new Mark Penn, Geoff Garin said: "These are the kinds of attitudes that have created a gulf between Democrats and lots of small-town and heartland voters that we've been working very, very hard to bridge." Karl Rove, who has devoted his life to making people believe that such a gulf exists, couldn't have scripted it better himself.

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If Clinton's Rovian stoop-to-anything tactics succeed -- not at beating Obama but at making him an easier target for McCain -- the price will be paid by the very small-town Americans she is now pandering to. Americans already banished to economic oblivion by the same cynical tactics she's employing will be rewarded with four more years of downward economic mobility.

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The top ten states by percentage of gun ownership.
Wyoming 59.7%2. {Obama}
Alaska 57.8%3. {Obama}
Montana 57.7%4. {Primary Upcoming}
South Dakota 56.6%5. {Obama}
West Virginia 55.4%6. {Primary Upcoming}
Mississippi 55.3%7. {Obama}
Arkansas 55.3%8. {Clinton}
Idaho 55.3%9. {Obama}
Alabama 51.7%10. {Obama}
North Dakota 50.7% {Primary Upcoming}

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/john-mccain-should-go-on_b_96577.html

[Auntie Bush]

1. Aren't they both trying to defeat Obama?

Oh wait...Clinton is suppose to boost Obama's support...that's what the
Primary is for. What's the matter with Clinton? She's spending all her time and money trying to defeat Obama! What the F kind of Democrat would do such a thing? She must be a fake! Take that D away from her name.

[cbayer]

2. Beautiful statement of the obvious.

You didn't even need the sarcasm thingy.

[nichomachus]

3. McCain is trying to beat Obama and is supporting Hillary

McCain wants desperately to run against Hillary in Nov. In fact, he has ordered his staff to go easy on Hillary and devote their efforts on Obama.

McCain made the tactical decision to downplay Clinton's tale of Bosnia sniper fire, leaving some McCain staffers frustrated and perplexed.

Instead, the critical focus has been on Barack Obama. McCain's official website features 14 press releases taking on Obama since the first of the year, only 3 for the former first lady.

McCain is scared witless of Obama and thinks Hillary would be a pushover.

[Auntie Bush]

4. Gottalink?

Gattalink? Bah! I want my link! Where'd you hear that story? Your Mom read you a bedtime story/fairy tale? :shrug:

[nichomachus]

5. Here's your link

http://www.americablog.com/2008/04/mccain-reportedly-tells-staff-to-leave.html

[Auntie Bush]

6. So now it's OK to repost someone else's bias comments and that make them true.

It's so Rethug like. Lie and repeat, repeat, repeat, wallah...it's true!

In short if you repeat John Aravosis long enough it's true. :puke:

[nichomachus]

7. Unlike Hillary - --

John Aravosis has never lied to me

[mmonk]

8. When he becomes aware of it, he might.

He's still working on Sunni and Shia.