[Peace-discuss] And who would know better?

[Morton K. Brussel]

This looks like a tactic to prevent Clinton from "winning" there.  --mkb


On Jan 1, 2008, at 5:38 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

>    Barack Obama: Hillary Clinton 'is just like Bush'
>    Source: Telegraph.Co.UK
>
> Barack Obama unleashed a blistering attack on his Democrat rival  
> Hillary Clinton yesterday, branding her "just like George W Bush".
>
> The cutting comparison came as he launched a last-ditch push to win  
> over Democrats in Iowa, who vote on Thursday in their caucuses, the  
> first stage of the presidential nomination process.
>
> Now, his lofty rhetoric about hope and change is laced with sharp,  
> sarcastic jabs at Mrs Clinton and her husband Bill, who have sought  
> to paint him as a naïve lightweight who doesn’t have the stomach  
> for a fight.
>
> At a Des Moines rally that drew in more than 1,000 people despite  
> freezing weather, Mr Obama abandoned his previous timidity and,  
> while not mentioning her by name, aimed barbs straight at the  
> former First Lady. "We can’t afford a politics that’s all about  
> terrorism and ripping people down rather than lifting a country  
> up," he said. "We can’t afford a politics based on fear that leaves  
> politicians to think the only way they can look tough on national  
> security is to vote and act and talk just like George W Bush."
>
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