Obama: "We already have a President who plays the politics of fear, and we don't need another."

[Adelante]

Obama Camp On New Hillary Ad: "We Already Have A President Who Plays The Politics Of Fear"

By Greg Sargent - April 21, 2008, 12:52PM

Here, from Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton, is the Obama camp's official response to the new Hillary ad flashing Bin Laden imagery:

"When Senator Clinton voted with President Bush to authorize the war in Iraq, she made a tragically bad decision that diverted our military from the terrorists who attacked us, and allowed Osama bin Laden to escape and regenerate his terrorist network. It's ironic that she would borrow the President's tactics in her own campaign and invoke bin Laden to score political points. We already have a President who plays the politics of fear, and we don't need another."

It's one of the Obama camp's most explicit efforts yet to directly accuse Hillary of Rovian fear-mongering tactics.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/obama_camp_on_new_hillary_ad_w.php

[ClayZ]

1. Yeah! K and R

[DearAbby]

2. Great response!

He's right! This is the person who should be President, people.

[AspenRose]

3. That was fast

eom

[Hope And Change]

4. K & R!

:kick:

[stellanoir]

5. It's 3 am. . .

and the OBL on top of your television is about to

:nuke:

[Ken Burch]

54. "funny that OBL being there..."

[Zachstar]

6. Good to see this!

I hope they also air an ad!

It is good to see they are starting on it now! After the Primary we need to be talking about it EVERY day until May 6th or she apologizes.

This is not going away clinton! Like 3AM you have harmed your Campaign in the long run!

[chill_wind]

7. Whhooot! Short and sweet! K&R. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Right on, Mr. O

Absolutey dead-on target.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Purely her choice to become one with republicans to scare people.

[redqueen]

10. I expect nothing less from his campaign.

:)

[MoJoWorkin]

11. Smackdown!

I hope, a quick response ad with Obama saying just that.

I know there is little time left for PA, but she needs to be crushed for this.

[anonymous171]

12. GOBAMA!

:kick:

[IndianaJones]

13. hell, we have a President that panders to homophobes too. guess we need another one of those. nt.

[anonymous171]

15. Don't tell Hillary's newfound base in PA about her stance on gay rights.

:hide:

[IndianaJones]

16. I'm surprised no Obama gospel concert...to exploit that. nt.

[dionysus]

19. can't you go troll FR for some new material? your repetoire is stale...

[redqueen]

25. Did Hillary denounce her husband for running an anti-gay ad on Christian fundie radio stations?

Back in 1996?

Or is that okay... cause it was a long time ago?

[IndianaJones]

28. how am I able to see your posts? nt.

[redqueen]

29. Doesn't help much if you can't answer them!

:P

[IndianaJones]

31. arguing with you would be like arguing with a lowly office admin. bye. nt.

[redqueen]

32. Ooooooooooh burn!

Classy!

[IndianaJones]

33. whoops...I just saw your sig line. Sorry. nt.

[redqueen]

36. So.... you still got nothin to say about Bill's appeal to anti-gay bigots?

:shrug:

[IndianaJones]

37. sure...but that discussion would be with a non-kool aid drinker. nt.

[redqueen]

40. Do it for the lurkers!

[stevenleser]

57. Always fun to see a one sided conversation with IGNORED! LOL

I always can tell that I made a good choice to give them the old *plonk* heave ho...

[rhett o rick]

52. Have you ever noticed that the "other side" doesn't give intellegent arguments, but resort

to either talking points or insults. Don't waste you effort.

[redqueen]

63. Yeah...

sometimes it's fun though.

:evilgrin:

[rhett o rick]

65. lol. Like wrestling a pig in mud. Sometimes it is fun. nm

[Occam Bandage]

34. Dismiss someone's argument because they work for a living? Damn, that's low.

I mean, wow. "I don't have to answer your arguments. I only talk to other people of my standing. Run along now, little ragamuffin."

[IndianaJones]

35. how is that working? nt.

[rhett o rick]

51. Are you quoting from Dr. Phil? I am impressed. nm

[cui bono]

53. LOL!

:)

[cliffordu]

14. K&R!!!!!!

:kick:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. Obama needs to continually rub her nose in it - re Iraq war vote

[Adelante]

20. I completely agree, bambino

That's the winning card.

[anonymous171]

18. kick

:kick:

[me b zola]

21. K&R!

:kick:

[jordi_fanclub]

22. K&R (n/t)

[MBS]

23. Excellent -- right on the mark. n/t

[flpoljunkie]

24. Amen, WesDem! Enough is enough! No more Bushes, no more Clintons!

[Eurobabe]

26. She desperate, she desperate!

:eyes:

[SKKY]

27. I honestly can't think of a better response...

...ties her to Bush and counters her "Who's more ready?" nonsense.

[Cha]

30. I hope people realize and put it together that karl rove

used these tactics to sell his candidate because bush was such a Loser and the last 8 years demonstrably proved that. Do we need another rove sold candidate to find out she's an empty pantsuit?

[Scurrilous]

38. K & R

:thumbsup:

[stillcool]

39. I am so sick her..

pimping this crap, when there is so much reality that scares the living shit out of me.

[Adelante]

41. I never had a thread with 53 Recommends

:wow:

[GarbagemanLB]

44. It is something you can tell your grandkids about someday.

[BenDavid]

42. so b hussein obama is not going to be ready for the next possible

attack from a terrorist group. bin laden was on teh screen for 2 seconds and in line with all the other things that have happened to america. I thought the ad was spot on and made the point that the president has to be ready.. b hussein obama does not meet the qualifications....

[eridani]

48. Attacking countries with no connections to bin Laden are of no help with the problem

Neither is scaring the shit out of the population. Instead of pulling an FDR "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," Clinton is pushing for the equivalent of reintroducing meaningless color-coded terrorist alerts.

[XtraProudDem]

50. Really?

"b hussein obama"

Over 1,000 posts on DU and you're using the "b hussein obama" bullshit?

Really?

I'm supposed to be scared and fear for my safety because his middle name is Hussein?

You can't be serious.

[frylock]

66. don't feed the trolls..

that particular poster is the trolliest of all the trolls who continue to defend hillarudy mccclinton's positions around here. you'll find it's best to not even acknowledge the crap this one flings. welcome to the board!!

[earthlover]

55. the president has to be ready, too bad Hillary was NOT READY!

In the prelude to Iraq Hillary was NOT READY to read the intelligence. Hillary was NOT READY to propose going after Bin Laden where he was instead of distracting our attention into a non-involved country like Iraq where he and Al Queda were NOT! Hillary was NOT READY to prevent Iraq from becoming a battle cry and recruitment tool for Al Queda. Hillary was NOT READY to prevent Al Queda from becoming strong in IRaq where before they had no real presence. In short, Hillary was caught up with all the bullshit coming from Bush that we had to invade Iraq in response to 9/11 because Saddam had all those WMDs. Which of course he didn't, but Hillary was NOT READY to demand answers before launching our country on a disastrous course.

Question is, is Hillary ready to have a rational policy towards Iran? Or will she hype the threats of nuclear weapons that don't exist in a similar way?

Your name game plays right into the fear mongering that the Hillary Slime Campaign that has become.

[Zachstar]

70. Bingo!

[snort]

68. yick!

your ucky. bet you smell bad.

[AtomicKitten]

43. He has to answer her bullshit. I don't think he every wanted to, hell who does?

He's bringing his A game and he's giving her a run for her money regardless of what happens tomorrow.

[WillyT]

45. Yep... K & R !!!

:kick:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

46. such true words, and I hope they permeate

we shouldn't be fooled by those tactics even or especially when
used by a democrat.

[LaStrega]

47. kick and rec n/t

[eridani]

49. "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" as opposed to

"We have nothing to sell but fear itself."

[mcollier]

56. He's got my vote

Its now time to come together and focus on Obama winning in November.

[barack the house]

58. If a person is a true Democrat there clearly is just one choice now.

[Major Hogwash]

59. Clearly.

I agree.

[Tarc]

60. Well said, Senator Obama

That is precisely the reason that I did not vote for you this primary season.

[bdamomma]

61. exactly, do people really want another four years of a bush

clone, that is pure stupidity.

[Norrin Radd]

62. kr

[liberaldem4ever]

64. That is the truth! K&R

:kick:

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

67. Here here.

[TBF]

69. K&R .. which party is she in anyway?

[maximusveritas]

71. Word

Up

[uponit7771]

72. K&R big time!!!

[TragedyandHope]

73. Truer words were never spoken.

Let's take back our country.

[geiger]

74. Explicit, direct and to the point. And true. eom