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It is truly surreal. (5.00 / 5) (#10)
by inclusiveheart on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:37:53 PM EST
She is considered more of an enemy than John McCain and anyone who tries to point out the additional dammage he could do to this country is accused of using "scare tactics".  The world is upside down again.

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No, actually (none / 0) (#159)
by A DC Wonk on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:33:00 PM EST
according to Clinton -- Obama is more the enemy than McCain.  After all, according to her, only Clinton and McCain have passed the "threshold" of what it takes to be Commander in Chief.

Presumably her supporters believe her, and that, no doubt, contributes to such things as the following:

The new Gallup poll says that 19% of Obama supporters would vote for McCain over Hillary and a whopping 28% of Hillary supporters would abandon Obama for McCain.

Great.  Thanks.  We need more Roberts' and Alito's on the Supreme Court.

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Classic (5.00 / 9) (#168)
by Steve M on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:38:13 PM EST
When Clinton supporters refuse to vote for Obama, it's because Hillary has tricked them into it.  When Obama supporters refuse to vote for Clinton, I suppose it's because they genuinely realize how evil she is, huh?

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not on point (none / 0) (#177)
by A DC Wonk on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:44:38 PM EST
The point is that Obama and Hillary supporters ought to realize that McCain is the real enemy and 10 times worse than either Obama or Hillary.

A few weeks ago, about 20% of each supporters wouldn't support the other.

Now, after Clinton slamming Obama on, specifically, the issue that he's not ready to be Prez, we see that about 30% of Clinton's supporters won't support him.

This self destruction is a travesty

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Really? (5.00 / 4) (#214)
by Steve M on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:13:31 PM EST
It couldn't have anything to do with, say, the Wright issue, which has made Obama more unattractive to a lot of people?  You have some way of knowing that Clinton's attacks on his readiness are the culprit?

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Seems to me she was asking Obama (5.00 / 2) (#209)
by nycstray on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:10:46 PM EST
to step up with his Credentials for CIC. She never said McCain was better, she issued a challenge.

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Woah (none / 0) (#196)
by Claw on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:58:21 PM EST
I condemn this!  I don't like negative campaigning on either side.  I guess I don't support "Obama blogs," but I think Obama supporters get lumped in.  I don't think that's fair.  And Wonk does have a point...the McCain endorsement was burning the village to save it.  I really didn't care for it.  I will condemn Obama if/when he decides to announce that he and McCain are fit to be CIC but Clinton is not.

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What will you do if Obama says both (none / 0) (#201)
by oculus on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:02:37 PM EST
he and McCain are fit to be Commander in Chief?

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If (none / 0) (#216)
by Claw on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:16:06 PM EST
he makes a comment like Hillary's I'll condemn it in no uncertain terms.  I'm guessing you have some Obama quote to throw at me that could be construed as similar to Clinton's.  Let's be clear: Clinton said that she and McCain had passed the commander in chief test but the jury was still out on Obama.  It's a ridiculous thing to say in a primary because it's a clear insinuation that she and McCain are ready, whereas Obama is not.  I don't like ultimatums, particularly when the ultimatum is "vote for me or my republican challenger, but certainly not for the front running democrat."
That said, we're O/T and I brought us here...I don't like the negative campaigning and casting your REPUBLICAN challenger in a more favorable light than the possible dem nominee is, to me, very negative.

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Here's the quote, per (5.00 / 1) (#224)
by oculus on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:31:18 PM EST
Chicago Tribune:

"I think that since we now know Sen. (John) McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it's imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold, . . ."

"I believe that I've done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and you'll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy," she said.



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Here's a quote from (none / 0) (#238)
by Claw on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:59:08 PM EST
Wolfson.  Per the LA Times:
 "We do not believe," he said, "that Sen. Obama has passed that key commander in chief test."

He also spoke about how McCain and Clinton had passed that test.

Now, I'm assuming that the "we" includes Sen. Clinton.  You have yet to provide me with anything remotely close to this kind of praise for the repub nominee from the Obama campaign.


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Link for the McCain endorsement? n/t (none / 0) (#211)
by nycstray on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:11:43 PM EST


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The fact that you already blame us for everything. (none / 0) (#219)
by Maria Garcia on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:18:24 PM EST
...kind of takes the sting out of that rebuke.

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