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Et Tu, Senator Clinton? Osama bin Laden, Scaife and Attacking MoveOn.org. What Makes You Different Than Karl Rove?

Submitted by mark karlin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 7:16am.

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by Mark Karlin

Editor and Publisher

April 22, 2008

It is almost incomprehensible; it is such a brazen abandonment of progressive principles and such an embrace of Karl Rove tactics.

On the eve before the Pennsylvania primary, Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign takes a page directly from the Karl Rove play book and trots out Osama bin Laden from his cave to scare voters into casting their ballots for her. It worked for Bush, so it will probably work for Senator Clinton. That is what the Senator from New York has become, a fear monger using Osama bin Laden in the same way Rove did for three election cycles.

What's more, while every major mainstream newspaper in Philadelphia endorsed Obama -- including Hillary's "hometown" paper of Scranton -- the Clinton campaign was reduced to touting the endorsement of Richard Mellon Scaife's right-wing vanity newspaper in Pittsburgh. BuzzFlash has written before about the courting of the architect and funder of the pre-impeachment "Arkansas Project" by Bill and Hillary Clinton, but the question remains what price has it cost them to pay the devil his due?

Furthermore, although it caused barely a ripple in the mainstream press, a taperecording emerged over the weekend of Clinton -- Hillary that is -- trashing MoveOn.org and falsely claiming that they opposed the invasion of Afghanistan. She also implied that organizations like MoveOn are extremist and unaccepting of "necessary" wars (such as Iraq we suppose). Moreover, the senator let it be known -- in the remarks to a fund-raising event -- that she was dismissive of the Democratic Party "activists" who were responsible -- she asserted as if activism were something to be scorned -- for her defeats in caucus states.

Those who continue to support the candidacy of Senator Clinton should know that they are getting a candidate not that far away from the Lee Atwater school of politics, except that Atwater and Rove ignited and welcomed the activists in their party, while Clinton keeps stiff arming them with contempt.

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My Gut Tells Me...

Submitted by lapdogs on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:39am.
As a resident of Connecticut, why do I have this deep down, funny feeling in my gut that tells me we are about to see history repeat itself, when the person who thinks she is "Owed This Nomination" gets defeated in the primary - and then deserts to party and becomes her "old self" - - as a Goldwater Republican - - AGAIN!!?? I guess it will be called "Joe Lieberman, Part II". Pass the Rolaids!
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Unsupportive Of Necessary Wars?

Submitted by crackerjack on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 8:59pm.
"What's that supposed to mean." "Stay the course in Iraq and attack Iran with Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and very likely Paraguay soon to follow." "Unless?" "Unless we elect a president who'll end the Iraq War, negotiate with the leaders of Iran plus turning things around here at home." "And then what sort of world?" "It'll be up to us."
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But Clinton won't use Rovian tactics against Republicans

Submitted by kivals on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 8:12am.
Clinton uses Rovian tactics against fellow Democrats, but I would bet my last dollar that she would not use such against McCain. She is deathly afraid of Republicans and secretly admires them, and would never pursue a scorched earth policy in a general election contest. She is the Democratic Party's worst nightmare.
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A Senior Moment?

Submitted by Captain Jessie on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 7:44am.
You would think that Hillary would keep up on women in the world who are notable figures such as Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto was in the midst of making a comeback in Pakistan when she was assassinated in late '07. Certainly, Hillary should have heard Bhutto say that Osama binLaden was dead. Oh well, perhaps it was an early senior moment at 60 1/2 years of age, huh? Move over McCain!
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