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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: The Clintons' role in the Obama victory |
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Ha ha. I haven't forgotten! Colbert King discusses the role the Clintons played in this election.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton. Obama could not have asked more of the Clintons. Despite her bitter defeat in the race for the party's presidential nomination, they went all-out for Obama, urging disappointed supporters to get behind the Democratic ticket. The Clintons should be thanked for that. But there's another reason to thank them.
Obama wouldn't be set to become the nation's 44th president were it not for the toughening-up he got from the Clintons in the primaries. Everything was thrown at Obama: his inexperience and questionable associations, his so-called oratorical skills vs. a lack of substance, his supposed unreadiness to become commander in chief -- charges that were also used by John McCain in the general election race.
By the time Obama locked horns with the GOP attack machine, he was battle-tested. For that, he owes the Clintons a special thank-you. |
Yes, the battle with the Clintons did not hurt Obama. Despite what many felt, the protracted primary got every skeleton out of the closet. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Agreed. She must be chewing her bath mat at night in frustration.  |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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So true...plus people really got to know Obama during that time...he was in the newspapers (with Hiliary) all of the time.
The Republicans was a bizarre toss-up that seemed to change every couple weeks, meaning most people really didn't get to know their candidates as well. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| The Republicans was a bizarre toss-up that seemed to change every couple weeks, meaning most people really didn't get to know their candidates as well. |
so true... seems like only yesterday when I'd heard asked "Sarah who?" |
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