Backfire
Yet another Clinton campaign backfire. Her version of the "Daisy" ad helped bring about an unintentionally humorous moment during a campaign phone conference with reporters. Well, the press was amused, anyway. The Clinton campaign is likely not laughing at this one. Especially since the story is out about what happened.
It was, in this reporter's opinion, the most interesting moment in today's Clinton campaign phoner with reporters. Responding to the release of HRC's new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms that only she has the experience to deal with a major world crisis, and, relatedly, to keep your children safe, Slate's John Dickerson asked the obvious question:
"What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary's career where she's been tested by crisis?" he said.
Silence on the call. You could've knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein, Clinton's national security director, to find a cogent answer. And what they came up with was weak — that she's been endorsed by many high ranking members of the uniformed military.
You really have to go over and listen to it. It's hysterical listening to them try to come up with something, anything to answer with. What they did spout comes across as a mad scramble with them fumbling to dredge up something that sounds intelligent. And failing.
By Mwalimu Daudi, March 1, 2008 @ 9:24 am
Reminds me of the Messiah’s attempts to portray the fact that he spent time overseas as a child as some kind of vast foreign policy experience.
Americans who do not look at Hilly the Hun and the Messiah and are not completely terrified are not paying attention.
By NortonPete, March 1, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
Body language, or vocal body language, fake coughs and fake clearing of ones voice, is all over this tape.
"On extensively, military matters", cough, harrumph….
"Broad support from military", (is that support for broads?), throat clearing, hack.
This is laughable. thanks for the yoke.
By Sam, March 1, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
The press treats Hillary like she is a Republican these days. I wonder if the hard questions will start being asked of Mr. Obama as well, or has he become the media darling that must be protected at all costs?
By feeblemind, March 1, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
I have been amazed that HRC’s advisers’ repeatedly cast stones from her glass house. You can tell they are used to a friendly media that won’t call them on it. As Sam says, she is getting treated like a Republican.