Obama openly used past unfair attacks on Hillary to advocate for himself

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Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Obama openly used past unfair attacks on Hillary to advocate for himself
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5173756, Obama openly used past unfair attacks on Hillary to advocate for himself
Posted by Tom Rinaldo on Thu Mar-20-08 12:51 PM

Earlier in this contest Obama decided not to come out and strongly defend Hillary Clinton for having been the unfair target of constant vicious attacks from the Republican Hate machine over the last 15 years. He didn't simply ignore the unfair treatment of her, he went further and claimed those right wing attacks on Hillary Clinton were a reason for Democrats to now vote for him instead of her. In at least one debate I heard Obama note while it is unfortunate that Hillary Clinton is so divisive to Americans, to a large extent not due to her own fault, the sad reality is that she now is associated with the politics of division from the 90's, and Americans now want to move beyond that.

Obama essentially called Hillary Clinton damaged goods as a result of the right wing attacks by hacks like Limbaugh on her, and said nominating her now would make it harder for Democrats to win the Presidency with Hillary Clinton as our nominee, suggesting that he was more electable than Hillary because he has not already been victimized by the politics of divisiveness employed by the National Republican Party.

And many posters on DU made the exact same points against Hillary, frequently the same ones who now are outraged that anyone can dare even question whether Obama could become damaged goods in November due to current controversies. The difference is that Barack Obama openly campaigned on the wounds Hillary received at the hands of the right wing media, suggesting we cut our losses and with them Hillary, and turn instead to his fresh new previously unscarred face to lead us..