Clinton: Obama would be 'leap of faith': The Swamp
The Swamp
Posted April 21, 2008 11:33 AM
The Swamp

By Rick Pearson

SCRANTON, Pa.--On the eve of a Pennsylvania primary that will say much about Sen. Hillary Clinton's viability with voters and convention nominating superdelegates, the New York Democrat stepped up her efforts of trying to portray Sen. Barack Obama as someone who shies away from hard decisions.

The Clinton campaign launched a new TV ad that calls the presidency "the toughest job in the world" and notes Harry Truman's famous line, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

"Who do you think has what it takes," a narrator asks.

The commercial is running in tandem with the most recent theme that Clinton has espoused on the campaign stump in seeking decisive win over Obama, the Illinois Democrat who leads in popular votes and elected pledged delegates, heading into the Pennsylvania primary, the largest of the remaining nominating contests in this prolonged Democratic battle.

This morning in Scranton, where Clinton has longstanding family roots associated with her grandparents, the candidate received a homecoming welcome of sorts at the city's downtown Cultural Center as she asked several hundred supporters, "If you were to hire a president, you'd ask a lot of hard questions, wouldn't you?"

"That's what I believe each of us who is running should answer. That's why I've been very specific in this campaign, telling you what I will do and how I will do it and asking you to holding me accountable for producing results for you," she said.

As she had done earlier in the lengthy campaign, Clinton warned voters that they should not "take a leap of faith or have any guesswork" about their choice for president as they did for Bush.

"We cannot take a chance again. We've got to have a president ready on day one to be the commander in chief, get us out of Iraq, repair our relations around the world and be the president who turns our economy around," she said.

"Some people say yes we can, but that doesn't mean we will," she said, mocking Obama's rally theme of "Yes we can."

"I believe we will, if we have the right leadership," she said.


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That is just what this country needs right now, a leap of faith!! So, Senator Obama, get your presidential garb out and ready!! Thank God, they weren't out, they would have gotten covered with all that mud, Senator Clinton has been slinging!! That's losing politics, for you!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE. NOW.


Hillary/Bill is really slashing and burning. This woman is creating a path of no return for herself, making it impossible for her to extend her political career. If she does not win this election it is hard to see how New York voters to return her to the Senate in 5 years after she has shown her butt in the worst possible way.


Voting for Hillary Clinton would not be a leap of faith - you know exactly what you're getting: lies, deceit, nastiness, questionable tactics, and Bill Clinton back in the White House again.

Personally, when I vote tomorrow, I will put my support behind hope, rather than the despair the Clintons will deliver.


Hillary is really beating this "kitchen" theme to death. She's starting to become a little overdone and tough. And I don't think continuing to rub salt into this primary will help.


Yes, it does require a leap of faith to vote for someone whose idea of campaigning is to go negative when she can't win on the issues.

My only regret right now is that I'm not a PA resident - and my hope is that those who are have enough sense not to vote for someone who only has this to offer.


I’m so over this entire primary season. The sad thing is that my only true realization over the last four months is that I really don’t like this woman. To accuse Obama of complaining is just one more of her despicable attempts to pull the rug over the Pennsylvania voters because if they haven’t been paying attention they might not remember that she herself and her campaign have complained about everything from debates, media, Caucasus, etc. the list goes on. She will win in Pennsylvania and probably by a large margin but what is her ultimate goal? Destroy any chance the democrats have in November?


Please Pennsylvania PLEASE end this Clinton drama!! and vote for Obama. We really need focus back on our lives, the job, the gas prices, and war. Enough of this soap opera staring the Clinton family


I am an Obama supporter who is open to any other candidate that has something good to say about themselves. As it seems to me, all the other supporters only have bad things to say about Obama and nothing good to say about their condidate.

If that old rule held true, "if you have nothing good to say, say nothing," Clinton and MaCain supports would say 90% less.

If you want my vote, stripped out of Obama's hands, tell me why your candidate is better. NOT HOW MINE IS WORSE.

Till then...OBAMA 08


As a McCain supporter, I encourage everyone to vote for Barack Obama. If he thinks the democratic primary is tough, the general election will have him sniveling in a corner with his knees pressed against his chest rocking back and forth...

This is for the presidency of US, not Harvard Law Review Editor... Take no prisoners, take issue with everything, no holds barred.

Enjoy!

Obama in 08!


Ah, out come the Obamabots with their hating and divisiveness. Very effective folks, if you think that by alienating the huge base of support Hillary has is going to help Obama win. Real cute to give Hillary the middle finger - bet it made you all feel so good. Oh, yeah, you think it'll all be forgotten about after the primaries. Get real!

Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania - they're all filled with Hillary supporters that have been so turned off by Obama, his vicious supporters, and their tactics that they will go for McCain in November. And that is game, set, and match.


What really is there to say. Hillary is like a bully attempting to agitate the good kid on the playground. Unfortunately all the other kids watching are pushing her on. For her to claim that she is one of us is to say that we too step on others to get to the top.


I'm for Hillary. We need someone who has some experience in the office of President. Remember Jimmy Carter? Lots of promises but was completely ineffective as President. The successful candidate must understand Washington, have deep experience and run on a platform that defines change, not just trumpets it.


Hillary Clinton is the best candidate for President. She has the vision to get our country back on track. She has the experience to get it done and she has determination to not back done when the going gets tough.
Go Hillary!


The reason Rush Republicans are rooting for Hillary is that they know she is unelectable. Hillary takes top honors for being the most divisive politician in America. Hillary also heads Judicial Watch's list of the 2007 Most Corrupt Politician.


"Real cute to give Hillary the middle finger - bet it made you all feel so good"

Did you actually watch the video? He did not give the 'middle finger.' But then again, HRC hopes you would rather simply accept what she says without question...so much easier that way.


"We need someone who has some experience in the office of President."

Please tell us exactly what experience she has in the office of the President...


Sam...

I'm glad you're a Hillary backer... but don't try to link Barack to Jimmy Carter. Carter's problem was not that he wasn't experienced or understand Washington. He was a micro-manager who struggled to delegate.

The person we need as our next President is someone who shows the capacity to make difficult, but reasoned decisions, is willing to talk to our enemies, and who can build a strong cabinet who will tackle the issues of medical insurance, the economy, the mortgage crisis, and Iraq. You think its Hillary, I think its Barack. But I also think that either one would do much better than McCain, who has said he is for continued tax cuts for the very rich, and a presence in Iraq basically forever.


What Democrats NEED to know is,if the Super delegates choose Sen. Clinton will Sen. Obama run as an Independent and,if not,will Clinton? If either one runs Independent the undeniable result is victory for McCain, Karl Rove style by splitting the Democratic Party. Will someone in a position to do it (Media,Campaigners,etc..) PLEASE ask Clinton and Obama to pledge,for the good of our nation, that the loser will NOT run Independent..... WE NEED TO find out NOW!


this line of reasoning is hilarious. because the overwhelming majority of americans have absolutely no clue about how their government actually works, how can the public possibly know who "has what it takes" - most of them haven't the foggiest idea of what "it" is!

our president is chosen based on a set of criteria that have very little relevance to how they will actually perform in office. in that respect, every president is a leap of faith.

i can't think of any other situation in which the people charged with choosing the leader are so utterly clueless as to what makes for a good leader. take the average mccain, clinton, or obama supporter and start asking them detailed questions about the job description of the president, and you'll get a blank stare. these are the people we trust to elect our leader. hilarious.


Why is Ohio and Florida for Hillary? She agreed that their votes shouldn't count because the STATE LEGISLATURES moved the primaries too early. Only after she won did she renig on that agreement! What will she renig on IF she becomes president? For people in FL & OH, if you want to blame someone blame your STATE LEGISLATURES not Obama.


Right on, " Mike "! You know what Senator Obama's campaign slogan will be, against McBush: " Bring 'em on! " It fooled most of the people for some of the time, maybe it will work again!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE. NOW.


Can't get over the folks who were so damn happy when B Clinton was in the White House; yet now they claim things were bad! The very same people!!
The more we know about Obama is the less we like him. The less moderates like him. The less Libs like him. Cross-over Repugs disenchanted. If this radical, racist, crooked, media-manufactured gets the Dem nod, I will not vote for the presidency, or I will vote McCain. So far left he falls off the map; so Chicago-crooked he literally slimes. And after this election, my dem registration will be just a bad memory......


CTA - did drinking too much of the kool-aid impair your vision? Of course I saw the video. He thought he was slick how he gave the finger. His supporters there knew it, and it's caught on film. But keep on making excuses - makes what you say here so credible.


The Clinton campaign launched a new TV ad that calls the presidency "the toughest job in the world" and notes Harry Truman's famous line, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

"Who do you think has what it takes," a narrator asks.Well that's easy...it would be Bill.....er....uh....I mean Hillary.....No wait.....Hillary and Bill......oh my I'm wrong again....Bill, Hillary and ChelseaAny way you look at it, electing Hillary would definately be a "package" deal. Oh well...you get what you pay for....and you WILL be paying big!


Have the Obamanauts cried "racist" yet? It happens immediately when a discussion occurs. That doesn't bother me, as much as Sen.Obama's dual citizenship with Kenya. How can the President of one country be a citizen of an African country at the same time? Something is wrong with this picture.


Hillary Clinton On Southern Working Class Whites In 1995: Screw Em
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/16/hillary-clinton-on-workin_n_97017.html


She was being polite, she meant to say BLIND FAITH,because BO followers are a fanatical, gullible, bunch! They don't even know what their candidate is about.He can't beat McCain, get it? Keep giving him money, morons. Hillary ALL THE WAY!!


We've tried holding her accountable for the 200,000 jobs she pledged to upstate New York if we voted for her as Senator!

Now where are they, Hillary?

"Oh, she said to Tim Russert, I was being exhuberant and was banking on Al Gore to help me with those and he didn't win the presidency."

How many more of her empty promises are just more "campaign exuberance"?

Can't believe a word out of that woman's mouth. If she's our nominee, I'm voting for McCain.


Yes, it may require a leap of faith to go with Obama, but it would require absolute stupidity to vote for the KNOWN quantity that is the Clintons. I'll the risk of hope. At least I'll be voting in good conscience. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But that's my right and privilege as an American citizen.


OBAMA / KIERKEGAARD 08


OBAMA / SARTRE 08


She's a disgusting hack.


Given the incompetence with which she's run her own campaign, a vote for Hillary would be every bit as much a leap of faith as a vote for Obama. Maybe a bigger one. Nothing that she has done as a first lady or a senator gives us any reason to think she'd be better able to handle the job of president than Obama. She knows that, which is why, on more than one occasion, she has tried to change her record or "overdramatize" her accomplishments. Still, if she's the nominee, I'll take that leap of faith, over a leap into the abyss with John McCain. But I'd rather take it with Obama.


I can't wait to vote tomorrow!

I live in central PA, very near the main Penn State campus. I have volunteered many hours for the Obama campaign, and it has been a great experience.

The general feeling is that Obama will take Centre County - the "Alabama of Pennsylvania" tomorrow. Personally, I am being cautious and hoping it's close, but it's tough to not get caught up in the excitement.

Last night, HRC came to Penn State AND ONLY 1500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!!!!
One thousand, five hundred people. They hung a huge flag to cover the empty seats, as reported in our local paper. This, to me, is hilarious. Obama's rally drew 22000.

Obama supporters in PA should not be discouraged by new poll numbers. Just go vote tomorrow and close the deal!

Obama 2008


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