"DALLAS - Facing a close and critical battle in Texas for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton stepped up her criticism of rival Barack Obama yesterday, saying the Illinois senator does not have the national security credentials to take on likely GOP nominee John McCain in the general election.
Clinton said, often dropping her g's as she addressed boisterous rallies in Fort Worth and Dallas:
"My opponent gets a little unhappy when I talk about national security. He says that talkin' about the realities of the job of being commander in chief, like these 3 a.m. phone calls that come out of the blue, is somehow fear-mongering. I gotta tell you, I don't think people in Texas scare all that easily."
What an insulting bitch she is!!
Sorry, ladies, but we don't shy away from the unvarnished truth here at Rock the Truth!
The New York senator - who Friday began airing an ad in Texas showing peacefully sleeping children and asking voters whom they would want answering the White House phone during a late-night crisis - accused Obama of refusing to engage with her on national security issues:
"If Senator Obama doesn't want to debate me about national security, how is he going to debate Senator McCain?"
How does getting us into a war based on unholy lies make you credible on security?
I've always wondered that.
Earlier, Clinton was even more pointed in her criticism of her opponent, who has made his early opposition to the Iraq war a defining difference between the two Democratic contenders.
Clinton told reporters on her plane en route to Fort Worth from San Antonio:
"I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say. He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."
Yeah, except YOUR LIFETIME EXPERIENCE and JUDGMENT has turned out to be SHIIIIITTTTT, beee-ach!!!!!!
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Clinton's vote to authorize the Iraq war showed a lack of judgment:
"Senator Clinton is right when she says she's been tested on national security, but it's a test she has resoundingly failed (Boston Globe March 2, 2008)."
Yup!!
"Democrat Barack Obama, on his first visit to Rhode Island as a presidential candidate, sought Saturday to portray Hillary Rodham Clinton as a candidate who shifted positions for political expediency:
"Real change isn't voting for George Bush's war in Iraq and then telling the American people it was actually a vote for more diplomacy when you start running for president. The title of the bill was `A Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq.' I knew what it was, Lincoln Chafee knew what it was."
Chafee is a former Republican Rhode Island senator who was an outspoken opponent of the war.
That line drew big cheers from the crowd....
Polls show Clinton with a lead in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island primary offers 21 Democratic delegates — compared with 141 for Ohio, 193 for Texas and 15 for Vermont."
This first part was cut, but in my local:
".... Energy, she argued, will hold the key Tuesday night:
"We want you to know exactly what to do on Tuesday night. We're going to give you all the information you need. We will equip you to know what to do and how to do it."
Yeah, and Obama has it, you don't!!!
Rigged machines in the works?
Now where the link picks up:
.... Clinton told cheering backers:
"We've got to do (is) the Texas two-step. We're going to take our country back."
What's that, a steal of a primary?
.... Speaking with reporters, Clinton said she'll continue to hammer on the distinctions she's drawn with Obama on national security.
She's WORSE than the Republicans!!
Doing their dirty work for them!
Clinton said presidential candidates must assure voters they understand security issues, particularly in a campaign against John McCain, a former prisoner of war:
"It's a defining issue and it's one that the voters of Texas and America deserve to think about. I think it would be really a disservice to voters not to raise national security in this campaign in a way that focuses the attention of voters. Everybody knows that John McCain will make this election about national security, that's a given."
Yeah, so you gotta help him, "DemocraP?"
Not that we have to let the election be about just that, either!