Trying to silence the opposition....And it's not GW Bush...

[elizm]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/30/hope/index.html

By Tim Grieve
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 13:36 EST
The politics of hope
We got an e-mail today from one of Hillary Clinton's campaign spokesmen. It said that we "might want to check out Hillary Hub this morning," and it provided a link to make it easy for us to do so.

What we found there: a banner that says "The Politics of Hope," video clips of Barack Obama and John Edwards talking about "the politics of hope," and four newspaper and wire service headlines about how Obama and Edwards are going after Clinton.

The implication? Attacking the views of another Democratic candidate means either that you've turned your back on the "politics of hope" or that you never really believed in the idea in the first place.

But don't just take our word for it. As we began to write this post, we received another e-mail message from the Clinton campaign. This one, a memo to "interested parties" from Clinton strategist Mark Penn, accuses Edwards and Obama of having "abandoned" the "politics of hope" by declaring that they're "going to go negative" on the Democratic front-runner.

Here's our memo in response: Stop.

MORE HERE....
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/30/hope/index.html

[Clintonista2]

1. Haha, kind of ironic

Wasn't the Obama campaign the one who got it's supporters to pressure Human Rights Campaign into not criticising him in public? Pot, meet kettle.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I Changed The Title Of A Linked Article

I changed the title of a linked article and the Obama supporters tried to rip me a new asshole...That's not even remotely close to the title...

[msongs]

3. implication? the inference is highly possible as well nt

[Rageneau]

4. All that's going on here, boys and girls, is called "politics."

None of the parties involved in this story are doing anything unethical or immoral. All that any of them are doing is trying to win the Democratic nomination -- IOW, playing the game of politics.


Eventually, the prize will probably go to the person who plays that game best.