Man In Clinton's 'Bitter' Ad Isn't Registered To Vote

[jenmito]

"Barack Obama can take some solace out of Hillary Clinton's new television ad in Pennsylvania. At least one of her supporters featured in the spot hammering Obama for his small town comments isn't registered to vote in Pennsylvania."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/16/man-in-clintons-bitter-ad_n_96939.html

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

1. Sigh. Poor Hilarity Clinton.

EDIT: "Poot" is very different from "Poor".

[jenmito]

5. I saw that...

which is why I didn't comment yet. :D

[BlooInBloo]

11. (blush)

[jenmito]

15. It was funny.

:)

[BlooInBloo]

23. I guess that's what they call a "gaffe".

[jenmito]

29. Yes. THAT'S a gaffe, or a "mis-speak" (in the form of typing), unlike

making up a whole story about something that never happened.

[Tellurian]

8. Yes, he's a new resident...So what of it? He shouldn't voice his opinion?

[BlooInBloo]

12. No, oh-outraged-one. lol. No-one says he shouldn't voice his opinion....

... You continue with your outrage, and your fear and uncertainty. The rest of us will just laugh. Join us when you're ready - but at your convenience.

[MyNameGoesHere]

40. Wow you got all that from what seemed

a "average" response post? Well from a supporter of the candidate that espouses unity, change and we are all Americans, it is expected. Please keep supporting your candidate he needs you.

[ashrob123]

14. You must admit this looks shady

Especially given that the campaign staff knew that he wasn't from the state and had just moved there. Why not find someone else who would say something similar? Could it be that they couldn't find anyone else? I mean really, what is the point in doing a supposed "man on the street" interview with Clinton volunteers?

Lies and deceit from Clinton. Must be Wednesday.

[Vattel]

70. lie?

what was the lie?

[Exilednight]

17. He can voice his opinion by voting...........

It's like the old saying goes, if you don't vote you shouldn't complain - for when you do you look like a fool.

[Lucky 13]

19. PROBABLY should be registered to vote if you are going to be in an TV AD supporting a candidate.

Otherwise it looks like you are bringing in folks from out of state to influence the vote.

Just another mistake from the Clinton camp. Not surprised.

[PVnRT]

27. As long as he's not pretending to be an outraged PA voter, yes

[Nedsdag]

31. Tellurian, if Obama had done it, you'd be screaming it from the high heavens.

Get over yourself!

[mckeown1128]

33. He voiced his opinion... when he voted in New Jersey in Feb. nt

[Tellurian]

46. This is the second thread on the same topic, just rephrased with anothr thread starter..

Wow, how sneaky can you get.. Again, caught with your fingers in the cookie jar. You people have NO Shame!

"At least one of her supporters featured in the spot hammering Obama for his small town comments isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania.
Clyde Thomas, who sports a goatee in the ad and says, “the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said,” is actually registered in New Jersey. He voted there for Clinton Feb. 5. He only recently moved to Bethlehem, Pa.

Thomas said he was born in Scranton, but has lived his entire life in Somerville, N.J. He is a 46-year-old unemployed environmental engineer."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5528040

[Indenturedebtor]

47. Hahahaha

This is the second thread on the same topic, just rephrased with anothr thread starter..
Posted by Tellurian
Wow, how sneaky can you get.. Again, caught with your fingers in the cookie jar. You people have NO Shame!

"At least one of her supporters featured in the spot hammering Obama for his small town comments isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania.
Clyde Thomas, who sports a goatee in the ad and says, “the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said,” is actually registered in New Jersey. He voted there for Clinton Feb. 5. He only recently moved to Bethlehem, Pa.

Thomas said he was born in Scranton, but has lived his entire life in Somerville, N.J. He is a 46-year-old unemployed environmental engineer."


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Not only is not from PA, he's not exactly blue collar... Environmental Engineer no less. Sounds like a liberal elitist to me! :rofl: Too rich. Almost as funny as HRC's war hero stories and Annie Oakley impersonation.

FAIL! :rofl:

[Tellurian]

48. You won't be laughing when BO loses the Nom to Hillary..

laughing so hard you'll be a charter member of the Boo-Hoo Club!

[Waya]

2. Why does that not surprise me?

Was wondering if the people in that add are even living in or from PA - and how much were they paid to spout this rubbish........

[jenmito]

4. The Clinton camp probably went around looking for "average-looking" Pennsylvanians.

They probably just paid these people to say what they TOLD them to say.

[Vattel]

67. speculation n/t

[jenmito]

74. "Probably." n/t

[GoneOffShore]

3. Oops

Hillary, over here -


:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[MADem]

6. Wow, that's indicative of some fairly far-reaching oppo. Line by line, name by name.

Quite a "machine."

Of course, the guy DID vote, in NJ, where he lived before he moved to PA.

[jenmito]

20. He claimed to "know" Pennsylvanians-"The good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what

Barack Obama said." :rofl:

[MADem]

24. I have a relative by marriage who came from NJ, but was PA Dutch through and through.

You DO realize that many people who reside in NJ are more focused on PA for working, shopping, socializing, and so forth, and might actually know 'the good people of PA' because they interact with them regularly?

Or maybe you don't realize that the two states are contiguous?

Since you're laughing so hard....maybe you don't....

It's like suggesting that someone from Cambridge doesn't know Boston at all...

[jenmito]

28. WOW-what an attempt to spin this! First of all, I lived in NJ the first 34 years of my life...

I went to college in Trenton and went into Philly several times. I do NOT "know" how the people in PA feel.

Nice try. :rofl:

[MADem]

50. Tell it to my deer hunting in-law. WOW--you "went into Philly" several times!!

Lucky fucking you.

You didn't read what I wrote, and then attempted to paper your halfassed experience over what I said, and thus make it "universal" in some fashion.

Smooth move, not quite-- keep straining. Pathetic.

Nice try, indeed.

[jenmito]

51. Um, you implied I don't realize that the two states are contiguous. You're way off.

You're ALSO way off trying to excuse the actor in the ad as a "real Pennsylvanian."

Nice try-not.

[MADem]

52. No. I didn't IMPLY anything. I straight out said that YOUR experience is nothing more

than your shitty experience, and not instructive of anything. You can't paper your "Ewwww, I lived in TRENTON and ....uh, uh...went to PHILLY a few times" as anything other than your shitty little experience.

It's apropos of nothing more than your little life.

Lousy try. Your experience is yours. And it's rather provincial, too.

[jenmito]

55. YOUR words:

"You DO realize that many people who reside in NJ are more focused on PA for working, shopping, socializing, and so forth, and might actually know 'the good people of PA' because they interact with them regularly?

Or maybe you don't realize that the two states are contiguous?

Since you're laughing so hard....maybe you don't...."

Like your relative's experience is at all relevant to the fact Hillary's commercial has phony "blue-collar Pennsylvanians." :rofl:

[MADem]

56. Another "concrete" type.

Sorry if you can't take the larger meaning in a rhetorical question. It's reflective of your ability to take larger points or see bigger issues.

And that's not a terribly GOOD thing, either. Just in case you were confused about that.

It's rather like a disability, almost--one for which no social services are available.

And you're stuck on that little rolling man, too, aren't ya? Poor you.

[jenmito]

57. Yeah, right. You're the one trying to deflect from the fact that the "average joe" in this ad is

NOT what he portrays himself to be!

[MADem]

58. He didn't make a secret of it. It's your crew that is trying to play the GOTCHA game.

But go on and spin, and spend time getting all jacked up about it.

It's what you do.

[jenmito]

59. Did he say in the ad that he voted in NJ?

:rofl:

[MADem]

60. The ad wasn't about that, now, was it?

He was upfront about it BEFORE it was filmed.

But hey, keep getting excited. It's amusing to see how little it takes.

[jenmito]

61. It sure was implied (unless you shut off your common sense)!

He was? Which major media outlet did he offer this info. to before it aired?

[MADem]

63. As fixated as a border collie, aren't you?

Not quite so clever, though.

Read the articles on the subject. He didn't give an interview to any major media outlets, ya tool, he told the campaign ahead of the filming.

But whatever. You keep woofing away.

[jenmito]

64. You call me a "tool" when I give you credit for having common sense? Classy,

just like your candidate. Telling the CAMPAIGN is not the same as "not making a secret of it." Truth be told-you're an idiot!

[MADem]

65. You're a border collie. NT

[jenmito]

66. And I'm STILL smarter than you!

:hi: WOOF!

[MADem]

68. Think that if it keeps you warm at night.

What a sad life you must live.

[jenmito]

69. Sorry, but

my husband keeps me warm at night. Not thinking about how dumb you are. :rofl:

[MADem]

71. .

[MADem]

72. Thinking about how dumb I am, 'rofl'--how charming of you!

Typical Obama supporter.

[jenmito]

76. You thinking that ME thinking about how dumb you are keeps me warm at night...

And I'M the "tool"? :hi:

[MADem]

77. Keep it up. NT

[jenmito]

79. WOOF!

[MADem]

80. ...

[Vattel]

73. don't insult border collies n/t

[rocktivity]

7. Someone called Stephanie Miller today and said that someone in the commerical

works for the Clinton campaign and lives in New Jersey...

:eyes:
rocknation

[jenmito]

16. Well, that's even WORSE!

But no more surprising...

[EFerrari]

18. I knew it. And the same guy was one of the "protesters".

He looks like a great big freeper.

[redqueen]

9. Can she sue her campaign staff?

DAMN!

[AllentownJake]

10. Better yet!

The Morning Call is a large PA paper that reaches all the small towns in the North Eastern part of the state lol.

[AllentownJake]

13. I hope he says something about this in the debate

"You don't even use real PA residents in your ads when you attack me" should be the gist of the line.

[jenmito]

21. It would be funny if he said that...

and gave a great big smile afterwards.

[Vattel]

75. He's not that stupid

[Scurrilous]

22. LOL

:thumbsup:

[pompano]

25. Wait until he asks....

camp Hillary for a paycheck?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Kinda reminds me of the folks that dress up like the Statue of Liberty and walk around in front of tax preparers offices every 4-14 waving at everyone?

[crankychatter]

26. Actor's guild... one from New Jersey... the other doesn't even VOTE

I love the internet

[jenmito]

30. Oh-so those are two different people in the ad?!

Thanks for the info! :hi:

[crankychatter]

32. no no no stop, come back

I had the wrong ad in mind, while reading these posts...

it's NOT info... just reacting to two different threads... presuming they COULD well be true...

do NOT quote me, ok?

[jenmito]

35. Oh, ok...

No problem! :hi:

[Hepburn]

34. Bwhaaaaaahahahahahahahaha....

...she bites herself in the ass again!

K&R...:hi: Hi, Jen!

[jenmito]

37. I knew you'd like that...

Thanks. Yup-and she probably will again, too!

Hey, Hepburn! :hi:

[reflection]

36. The worst part of this is,

when I saw this phrase:

Clyde Thomas, who sports a goatee in the ad

I thought for a brief moment it said "goatse". I need to stay off the internet. :P

[Arrowhead2k1]

38. lol

It was obvious to me that these were supporters pulled from her campaign rally's and had rehearsed their lines. It's good to see one getting exposed though. Let's find out just who these other "average Pennsylvanians" are.

[jenmito]

39. Yeah...it's characterized as a "man on the street" ad...

what bull. :rofl:

[Writer]

41. Report: Obama's Operation Research Effective in Dismantling Appropriate Criticism.

It wasn't Dan Rather's report that was untrue, it was the copied memo. Remember?

Republican tactics? Here you go.

[jenmito]

42. "Appropriate criticism"? It's an opinion (supposedly). Not at ALL comparable to Dan Rather

and the report about Bush's lack of service!!! Nice try! :rofl:

[Writer]

44. The tactics are the same though, absolutely. Stifle criticism by destroying the messenger. n/t

[jenmito]

45. ...

:rofl: They were supposed to be REAL Pennsylvanians giving THEIR opinions! Instead, they were actors/people paid by Hillary to say those things/Hillary partisans.

[Vattel]

78. evidence? n/t

[meow mix]

43. lol hahah

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MagickMuffin]

49. How long as he lived in PA?.?.? Did he vote in NJ because he didn't think PA would matter?.?.?

He said he has been volunteering for the campaign in recent weeks, handing out literature and making phone calls. He said the campaign approached him about appearing in the ad, which was filmed in Bethlehem, a city of about 72,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania where Bethlehem Steel once stood tall.

“They gave me no script,” he said.

Asked about the fact that Thomas isn’t registered in Pennsylvania, Clinton campaign spokesman Mark Nevins said: “Clyde has deep roots in Pennsylvania and is moving back to the state after having voted in New Jersey in their primary for Hillary Clinton.”

“It shouldn’t be a big deal. I explained it to the campaign,” Thomas said in an interview. “I see Pennsylvanians for what they are. I grew up with the values of Pennsylvanians.”

He added: “I am from a perspective of someone coming into Pennsylvania new like Barack Obama is, and seeing how great they are and how they welcome me.” :shrug:

What a :dunce:

[jenmito]

53. I saw on this board that it was about 3 weeks. n/t

[kwenu]

54. I thought we all assumed they were paid actors anyway?

[jenmito]

62. It was a "man on the street" ad. Matthews said tonight he could tell they were real.

:eyes: