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American Updated Political Dictionary - hyp·o·crite (h?p'?-kr?t') n.
1. Bill Clinton
2. A person given to hipocrisy (see 1.)
The absolutely astonishing thing that he says stuff like this with a straight face - and the media continues to allow him to slide instead of going bonkers on him.
"I've got before me a list of 80 attacks on Hillary that are quite personal by Sen. Obama and his campaign going back six months that I've had pulled," he said, speaking to CNN contributor Roland Martin on WVON-AM's "The Roland S. Martin Show" based in Chicago, Illinois.
On the program, Martin played a recording of comments Sunday by Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson that appeared to criticize Obama's admitted past drug use.
Johnson later said he was referring to Obama's community organizing efforts.
"When you listen to that tone and the inflection, he was not talking about community organizing. It seemed to be very clear what he was implying," Martin said.
The former president said Johnson needs to be "taken at his word," adding that "nobody knew" what he would say and "it wasn't part of any planned strategy."
"This, to me, is another example of [the Obama campaign] wanting a double standard," he said.
Clinton went on to say comments from Obama's campaign in the aftermath of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination were "a lot worse" than what Johnson said.
Obama's campaign implied that some of Hillary Clinton's foreign policy decisions helped exacerbate problems in Pakistan.
The ex-president said his wife's way of handling attacks showed a clear difference from Obama. "She didn't complain about it," he said. "She just said, 'I disagree' and went on."
The senator from New York did respond then, saying she regretted that Obama's campaign "would be politicizing this tragedy, and especially at a time when we do need to figure out a way forward."
It really is pathological. (They have a video segment at the link with Martin discussing what is happening between the two campaigns and he is reading the situation the same way I am. It is the Clinton camp trying to provoke this.) One thing I do see going on here is that the media - while still afraid to call Clinton out on his bull - is beginning to act like it may be time to turn on him. Because they have got to be sick of covering for this man at this point.
By Mockin'bird, Monday, 14 January , 2008 @ 4:23 pm
Yep, hair trigger of the media, right there.
His wife, Mrs. Bill Clinton, says she’s all about “change”, however, if one understands Clinto-Marxist, the word is really “chains”. For instance, Chains our money, chains our healthcare, chains our firearms and, finally, chains our freedoms.
By NortonPete, Monday, 14 January , 2008 @ 4:57 pm
Chains, that’s funny, now that is all I will hear when they say “change”.
Back in the 90’s when Bill was President, I recall a dinner conversation with a fellow who was an avid golfer. He kept railing about how much Bill cheated at golf. Not being a golfer myself, I didn’t realize the significance of being a cheat while playing golf, I do now. Seems he couldn’t play a single round without cheating.
By N. O'Brain, Monday, 14 January , 2008 @ 6:33 pm
“I’ve got before me a list of 80 attacks on Hillary that are quite personal by Sen. Obama and his campaign going back six months”
Say, isn’t that what got Joe McCarthy in trouble?
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Monday, 14 January , 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Fifty years of pandering to ethnic and gender group politics are finally coming home to roost with the Democrats.
Break out the popcorn.