|
Edited on Sun May-25-08 12:24 AM by Drunken Irishman
I know Obama has more class than Hillary Clinton. Not because of her remarks, I think they were unfortunate, but because of the aftermath. Obama very well could have pounced -- just as he could have during the whole Bosnia sniper flap -- and ran with it. Instead, he wrote it off as a poor choice of words and effectively ended the issue. It's too bad, though, Clinton could not have taken the same road last month when the media was in full assault mode over an unfortunately poorly worded remark by Barack Obama. Instead, Clinton pounced and used that as her anti-Obama message, suggesting he was the elitist and he was the one who was out of touch. It was display of shrewd political divisiveness.
And yet today we are being told by Clinton supporters to play nice, or they're going to abandon Obama and back either McCain, or sit the election out entirely this November. Isn't that interesting, since they were perfectly content with their candidate distorting Obama's message and now when Obama has the chance to do the same to her, he decides against it and takes the high road. Then they say it's Obama who isn't playing nice and doesn't want their vote, even though he's taken a pass on two of Clinton's biggest gaffes this campaign season.
So those Clinton supporters tell us they won't vote for Obama because he's been the Big Bully this entire campaign season and they point to this issue as proof and yet it's Obama himself who decided to take a step back, clarify her remarks and basically puts the issue to rest by saying he understood what she meant and understood why she misspoke -- as most candidates do from time to time. Now imagine if Clinton had that type of response shortly after Obama's bitter comments were made public. Unfortunately, though, she decided to use them as a central piece to her campaign, even though she knew exactly what Obama meant.
|