The "Swiftboat " myth and the Clinton attack machine.

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Clinton Renews Attacks
February 15, 2008
US News and World Report: "Hillary Clinton's strategists have come up with a new batch of attack strategies to use against Barack Obama in their battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. As reported earlier this week, Clinton plans to go negative to slow her rival's momentum, and now it's becoming clear how that will be done." [2/14/08]

New York Times: "Mrs. Clinton set out anew to prove that the fight for the Democratic nomination was far from over. Campaigning in Ohio, she pursued a new strategy of biting attack lines against Mr. Obama, while adopting a newly populist tone as she courted blue-collar voters." [2/15/08]

AP: "Clinton Outlines Plan To Crack Down On Corporations; Attacks Obama." [2/15/08]

La Crosse Tribune: "Clinton Slams Obama For Not Agreeing To Debate In Wisconsin." [2/15/08]

New York Times: "Clinton And McCain Jab At Obama, Who Offers Details Of His Jobs Program" [2/14/08]

CNN: "Clinton Sharpens Attacks On Obama" [CNN, 2/14/08]

Concord Monitor: "Clinton Attack Still Riles Some" [2/4/08]

Guardian Unlimited: "Clinton Goes On Attack As Obama Closes Gap" [2/3/08]

New York Times: "Clinton's Campaign Sees Value In Keeping Former President In Attack Mode" [1/25/08]

Greenville News: Ex-Democratic Official Criticizes Clintons' Attacks On Obama [1/23/08]

First Read: "Clinton Justifies War Vote, Hits Obama" [1/13/08]

Politico: "Hillary Clinton attacks Barack Obama" [1/13/08]

The State: "Clinton camp hits Obama -- Attacks 'painful' for black voters. Many in state offended by criticism of Obama, remarks about King" [1/12/08]
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After Iowa Loss, Clinton Ramps Up Attacks
January 06, 2008

AP: "Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging, Politeness Lost Along With Iowa Caucuses" [AP, 1/6/08]

Los Angeles Times: "Clinton lets arrows fly at Obama"..."Staggered by her third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, the New York senator was the aggressor throughout a 90-minute session" [LA Times, 1/6/08]

Washington Post: "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tried repeatedly to knock Sen. Barack Obama off his footing during a high-stakes debate here on Saturday night" [Washington Post, 1/6/08]

AP: "Clinton criticizes Obama in NH mailer" [AP, 1/5/08]

Newsday: "Clinton sharpens attack on Obama" [Newsday, 1/5/08]

Reuters: "Obama under attack ahead of New Hampshire debates" [Reuters, 1/5/08]

Newsday: "After weeks of playing nice in Iowa, the Clinton camp sharpened their elbows when the campaign went wheels-down in New Hampshire, readying TV ads targeting Obama that were expected to focus on health care and his legislative record." [Newsday, 1/4/08]

Washington Post: “But she and her aides also signaled their intention to now ratchet up the race, aggressively countering Obama in the five days ahead. […] She is also now planning to draw even sharper distinctions between herself and Obama on the question of change, after watching voters who wanted a new direction select her main rival for the nomination on Thursday night.” [Washington Post, 1/4/08]

TIME, "Clinton Loss Means Change of Tactics": Added another [Clinton] adviser: "You're going to see some very sharp media now." That suggests the next round of Clinton ads will go beyond the previous gentle references to Obama's lack of experience and Clinton plans to exploit every whiff of inconsistency.[Time, 1/4/08]
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Clinton Comparing Her Opponents to George Bush
December 21, 2007

TODAY

"It is tempting any time things seem quieter for a minute on the international front to think that we don't need a president who is up to speed on foreign affairs and military matters...Well, that's the kind of logic that got us George Bush in the first place." --Senator Clinton, attacking her Democratic rivals. [AP, 12/20/07]

FIVE MONTHS AGO

"If you want to talk about tactical political maneuvering, it's about one Democrat comparing another Democrat to George Bush. That's the worst kind of tactical political maneuvering." Clinton Spokesman Howard Wolfson [AP, 12/20/07]
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...Again
December 20, 2007

New York Daily News: "Hillary Clinton Thursday hurled the dirtiest four-letter Democratic epithet to describe arch-rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards: Bush." [New York Daily News, 12/21/07]

Boston Globe: "Touring Iowa this week, [Hillary Clinton] has criticized Barack Obama only implicitly as she focused on showing a softer picture of herself as a loyal friend and tireless public servant, tearful old friends and grateful constituents by her side. At the same time, her surrogates and supporters have been increasingly busy sharpening their knives for Obama." [Boston Globe, 12/21/07]

Los Angeles Times: Clinton toeing the line of campaign negativity[Los Angeles Times, 12/20/07]

Talking Points Memo: Hillary: Logic Behind Vote For Obama Or Edwards Is Same As Logic Behind Vote For Bush [Talking Points Memo, 12/20/07]

NBC: New Clinton ad Jabs Obama, Edwards [First Read, 12/20/07]

Huffington Post: "With the January 3 Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Hillary Clinton is now being forced to publicly disguise hardball opposition research and other bare-knuckled combat tactics." [Huffington Post, 12/16/07]

How far back do you want me to go? Even Obama sees where the attacks come from:

Obama Gets Personal:

"I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she’s feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal."
-- Barack Obama

Don't you actually have to have served in the Military to be on a 'swift-boat'?

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Submitted by sniffles5 on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 5:04pm.

From the website you stole the copyrighted article from:

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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 9:17pm.

Did you miss the little link on the bottom of the page princess? And did you notice every statement was attributed to the author? And did you also notice that you just cut and pasted the very "copyright" warning you propose to honor? That's like the DVD pirate who copies the FBI warning! Ha! Talk about idiotic and ironic!

Perhaps you would be better served explaining this:

Sniffles05 The Plagiarizer in Chief
Sniffles05:Jeffc calls for your explanation and apology.


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Submitted by sniffles5 on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:28am.

Two things:

1. The fact that you posted a link after you stole the entire article doesn't absolve you from the theft of intellectual property.

2. I copied one paragaph from the "Terms of Service" from the website you robbed and properly quoted and referenced it. If there are any members of your immediate household who did NOT ride the short bus to school, have them explain the doctrine of "Fair Use" to you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use is a good place to start) and then come back here and admit you were wrong once again.

Idiotic? Ironic? Wrong again my factually challenged friend!


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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 8:45am.

I will freely admit that you have MUCH more experience with plagiarism than anyone else on this site so ... you got me....you got the 'tater'.

What I should have done was removed the names of those who made the statements and when they appeared so it looked like this:

Sniffles05 The Plagiarizer in Chief
Sniffles05:Jeffc calls for your explanation and apology.


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Submitted by Cyclist on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 5:20pm.

I would suspect we're all guilty of that infraction from one time or another.
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Submitted by yardman5508 on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 5:27pm.

that is why I get all my news from the Citizen blog and why I am glad I never learned to c & p...Keep the faith.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.


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Submitted by Cyclist on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 5:31pm.

Let me know when you want to learn how.
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