Okay, here’s the difference that I see - Hillary Clinton has personally compared Barack Obama to George W. Bush, Karl Rove and Ken Starr. Yet, the Clinton camp was quick to put out another question for money with this pitch -
Just one day after Senator Obama promised to begin attacking Hillary, a senior Obama advisor has called her a “monster.”
That’s right — a “monster.”
At the same time, Senator Obama’s aides have begun rehashing the old negative attacks of the 90’s against Hillary.
This is not the politics of hope — it’s the usual attack style politics that we have seen time and time again.
And it must stop.
Please notice that nowhere did he mention that Hillary Clinton was doing the same thing. Nowhere does he mention that Hillary was planning on stopping.
So, what happened? Samantha Powers, a foreign policy adviser, told a Scottish newspaper that “She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything.” What happens in Scotland clearly doesn’t stay in Scotland. Quicker than you can say, “Oh, bugger.” The US newspapers were running with this story. Of course, Hillary Clinton’s crew jumped on the bandwagon. What they don’t mention is that the remark was suppose to be off the record. Does that excuse the reference? No. When you are talking to reporters you have to understand that you need to be careful how you phrase things. This is a given. Ms. Powers is a journalist by trade! She knew better. She has resigned. Her statement was perfect.
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