Who's whining now? Clinton team: Obama's a copycat

[babylonsister]

:rofl: Whining over an appearance on Colbert? That must be part of that kitchen sink thingy. :P


Clinton team: Obama's a copycat
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Posted April 21, 2008 10:39 AM
The Swamp

by Glenn Thrush



PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton was clearly having a blast during her drop-in appearance with Stephen Colbert here last Thursday, but her campaign's mood soured when aides learned Barack Obama would be appearing on the same show via satellite.

"I can't believe it -- he's such a copycat," fumed a person close to Clinton, telling Newsday that the candidate herself said was surprised by Obama's Colbert Nation invasion.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton says his boss was simply taking the show up on its repeated requests that he appear - and that the producers had suggested the Thursday time slot. (Colbert's spokeswoman didn't return calls for comment.) "I'm not surprised the Clinton campaign attacking us for going on the Colbert Report -- since their campaign is 100% negative," Burton said. "But I do have to say this is about the lamest attack they've come up with so far."

The Colbert clash captures the growing bitterness between two exhausted campaigns on the eve of the latest do-or-die contest. But it also reflects a deeper resentment among Clinton insiders over what they believe is Obama's penchant for pilfering their ideas, the political equivalent of the popular kid rising to the top of the class by cribbing the nerdy valedictorian's notes.

"Senator Obama has clearly followed us on an entire range of issues," says Clinton's policy chief Neera Tanden. "It raises a fundamental question. If Senator Obama can't propose his own major policies during the campaign, how is he going to do it as president?"

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[GarbagemanLB]

1. Oh my god. How pathetic her campaign is! LOL

[havocmom]

7. Pathetic enough to steal "GO-bama" and try get somewhere with: "go-momma"

then whine about copycats. Why on earth would campaign staffers NOT understand that if their horse gets to trot out and preen, the other horse in the race will be afforded the same option?

Their failures at critical thought continue to astound.

[Eurobabe]

2. Hey Hillary, get off the playground, the adults will be in charge

from tomorrow forward.

[Hamlette]

3. Please tell me this is from The Onion n/t

[babylonsister]

9. It's so funny/ironic it could be! nt

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

4. And the worst part is, she had to go on FIRST!

BOO HOO

[BlueIdaho]

5. And her supporters think

she should be "the leader of the free world?"

[DarienComp]

6. "This is about the lamest attack they've come up with so far."

Thank you, Bill Burton.

[futureliveshere]

8. What about "Yes We Will" which sounds an aweful lot like "Yes We Can"???

[QueenOfCalifornia]

10. Meow