(CNN) - She's been the target of countless Republican attack ads, but it now appears Sen. Hillary Clinton is the GOP's new best friend.
On the heels of two McCain campaign commercials that feature the New York Democrat's repeated criticisms of Barack Obama during the Democratic presidential primary race, the Republican National Committee released a new ad Monday that asks, "Was she right?"
"Who has the experience to govern our nation," the ad's narrator asks before showing a clip of Hillary Clinton declaring in March, "Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I will bring a lifetime
of experience, and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002."
Those comments were criticized within the Democratic Party at the time, appearing to many that Clinton was endorsing McCain over Obama. The New York senator later said that was not the case.
"Barack Obama, he gives a great speech," the ad's narrator also says. "But now Americans must ask ourselves, 'Should we elect the most inexperienced candidate of our times,' or was she right?”
The ad, financed by the RNC's independent expenditure arm, is expected to run in key battleground states, including in Denver, Colorado - the site of the Democratic convention this week.
The Republicans' now seeming embrace of Hillary Clinton is a stark departure from its days of targeting the New York senator in countless television spots. Evan Tracey of TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG, CNN's consultant on television ad spending, reports since only January 1, 2007, nine thousand ads have aired using Clinton in a negative way on behalf of Republican candidates or issue groups at a cost of $7.2 million.
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WHERE IS OBAMA'S NEW AD?? yOU ARE QUICKLY LOSING CREDIBILITY? fIRST YOUR BOGUS 7.5 mARGIN OF ERROR POLL AND NOW CONSTANT FREE ADVERTISING FOR MCCAIN?
What a joke CNN has become!!
Of course, the GOP think we are so naive and out of touch. We know they were expecting an OBAMA-HILLARY ticket and so now Obama out smart them again, so of course Hillary is their best friend. Well, McCain should ask Hillary to be his running mate and we will see how well the GOP measure up to it's rhetoric.
OBAMA-BIDEN
Can you imagine what McCain would have done if Obama would have chosen her as a running mate? You think the commercial about Biden was bad? If anyone thinks the Rethugs are really sympathizing with Hillary after the way they treated her and Bill for eight years, they are deluding themselves.
We knew this would happen. All during the primaries, as the kitchen sink was thrown out piece by piece, it was apparent the Republicans would pick up those pieces and hurl them again. All I can say is, Thanks, Hillary.
If she's a true leader, Hillary will immediately denounce and reject these ads.
I gotta say... When she is right, she is right!
CNN please post my comments!
The nerve of Obama and his campaing! How dare them not to even consider Hillary for the VP spot… But come to think about it, they are right, she is not vetted to be VP, she is vetted to be our next President.
Obama is a joke and so is his running mate. They will not win in November.
P.U.M.A
If McCain doesn't put Hillary as his VP I'm voting for Obama in revenge!!
THis is so accurate how can you avoid using it?
Game, Set, Match, McCain!
Why isn't CNN reading what she said?
She is talking about the campaign, not being President. "Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I will bring a lifetime of experience, and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002."
Again, read what she is saying, and while McCain and the GOP want to try to spin it and take it out of context, or claim that she meant something else, she is clearly talking about being experience to the campaign, not to the office of POTUS.
Republicans are playing Clinton supporters like puppets. I hope you think of your children when you vote...
This is incredibly sad and it hurts my heart. McCain does not care about veterans, he is not pro-choice, he wants to keep us in this war, knows nothing about the economy and has no new ideas. He is the complete opposite of what Clinton believes in. It is just pure hatred to vote for this clueless man.
And people wonder why he didn't choose her as his running mate?
She was absolutly right. Obama is all rhetoric and ego and not much substance. I am a lifelong democrat who will be sitting at home in November.
She was right, but I'll be voting for Obama anyway. We can't afford another republican in the supreme court! Obama supporters, why don't you quit your vitriolic anti-Clinton comments and listen to your own candidate!
Obama/Biden '08 should have been Clinton/Obama '08
OBAMA IS GOING TO LOSE THE ELECTION BECAUSE OF CLINTON'S DIRTY POLITICS AND CHEAP SHOTS DURING THE PRIMARIES
SAD SAD SAD. THE GOP IS USING EVERYTHING THAT WORKED FOR CLINTON AGAINST OBAMA.
IF OBAMA LOSES. HILLIARY WILL LOSE ANY CHANCE OF RUNNING IN 2012, 2016 OR 2020
wow! Now I know that CNN is in the tank for McCain. You put this up, along with every other McCain attack ad, but who didnt but the new Obama ad up which goes after McCain HARD on the economy and his closeness with Bush and his policies. Thank you CNN for making it crystal clear that you want McCain to win.
THE RNC is Playing the HILLARY Supporters like they are fools.
Bill and Hillary Clinton need to go away they are destroying the Democratic party.
Thjanks for the everlasting wound Hillary and Bill...the egotistic, entitled blow that keeps on giving. We all have the Clintons to thank for bring the DNC to the ground....some legacy
CNN, you have stooped lower than low. You weren't happy until you bashed Hillary and praised Obama to the point that she gave up her campaign. Now, you turn against Obama and are running John McCain's campaign ads on your "news" reports. All you are doing is giving him free advertising. You are despicable, and so is your competitor. This is why I took my journalism degree and started working on the one media outlet that still holds some dignity...textbooks. You make me ill.
The same wing of the RNC that condoned and fronted for the Swift Boaters that lied their way to fame at John Kerry's expense also did McCain in in South Carolina in 2000.
I have a new project for them on a subject they like to attack.
Run an ad to ask McCain what his credentials were for getting into flight school. And part two, when does the wife release her tax statements?
It's about credibility with these guys, so here's your chance to use actual facts; you won't have to dream up anything, fellas!!!!!!
No suprise there.
Clinton new she should have pulled out of the race earlier and that she was just giving the Republicans plenty to use against Obama by the smear campaign she ran, and lost because of the negitive attacks.
Is someone could cost this country an election and give it to Johhny McBush it would be Hillary.
She stayed in to long and for her own greed.
I'm all teary-eyed listening to that crap. Are the Republicans so desperate as to use Hillary in their ads? Pathetic.
Which is more likely: that the Republican Party has a new-found respect and admiration for the Clintons (they impeached Bill and practically accused Hillary of murdering Vince Foster, among other things), or that the GOP is relying on an ancient stereotype (that they no doubt believe) that women are irrational, too emptional, and not politically sophisticated enough to realize that they are being manipulated by the party that has no history of supporting issues important to women ot the average American.
These followers are being played like a fiddle for the benefit of rich white men; remember, the GOP all but accused Hillary Clinton of murder.
America must ask ourselves: "How many time will we repeat the same mistake?"
Didn't any of the Democratic candidates think about how their primary campaign trail rethoric would come back to haunt the Democratic party?
Reagan was right: "Speak no ill...."
I want Obama to win, but what a bunch of idiots the other Democratic candidatres were in their harsh, harsh criticism earlier this year.
Opps, there goes another Democratic nose cut off by spite.
I love watching the Republicans at work with their ads. They"ve like surgeons performing a delicate operation while the Democrats come forth with ads equating themselves like hospital interns. This is why the Republicans are always so formidable, its their marketing skills. It makes no difference who their candidate is, they can dress them up to look beautiful no matter how ugly they are. Kudos to the Republicans again.
Obviously, McCain has absolutely nothing to offer the American people. Bush has destroyed the republican party to the point that they can't offer anything positive to this election.
They are down to begging for Clinton supporters.
They make me laugh!!
Obama/Biden 2008...Bring on November!!!!
The most inexperienced candidate of our time was Bush – and if you disagree look around you. Bush ruined the Nation and the Republicans want to say Obama is inexperienced. I would make a better President than Bush, not because of my experience, but because like Obama I have sound, reasoned judgement and can't be easily bought. I voted for McCain in the 2000 primaries because back then he was a "Maverick". Now he is just a "tool". Look it up – he has "flip-flopped" on EVERY position he held previously. This year, I was a Clinton supporter, but will NEVER forgive her or her supporters if we end up with a Republican in the White House because of their spite.
Instead of giving McCain free ad time with this, why don't you run the joint statement released in the last hour by the Obama/Clinton camps which state things are NOT as the media portrays it and they want UNITY? You are continuing to try and stir up controversies. Report on the news, don't try and make it.
Hillary and Barack need to come out with a joint ad repudiating this manipulative and demeaning message. Speaking on camera together they should call Republicans on this Rovian tactic of trying to drive this wedge between disappointed Hillary supporters and the Democratic party and Barack Obama.
And this is why Hillary does not have a chance in 2012. The democrats own defeat.
Can the RNC do anything about their actual candidate or is it all negative from here on out? I don't like that kind of campaign...it's tacky and irresponsible and shows nothing for McCain...
Obama/Biden '08
Thanks Hillary.
Where are all the Dem ads rebutting this stuff? Letting the Republicans get away with these distortions and outright lies is costing the Dems dearly. The Dems need to hit back and hit back hard. They say nice guys finish last and that's just what the Dems are going to do if they don't get some backbone quick.
At the very least, she spoke the truth, the same truth biden spoke during the primary.
She was telling the truth about Obama but no one wanted to listen.
This convention must be very bitter for Hillary and Bill. Hillary is so much more qualified than Obama, won more popular votes than Obama, and has more ardent supporters than Obama. Yet Pelosi, Reid and Dean decided that it was better to go with a radical leftist than a pragmatic centrist.
Clinton was only speaking the truth.
Today I am going to switch my party affiliation to be an independent and will vote for McCain. This is the best way to make my voice be heard to the arrogant DNC leaders.
Coem on Hillary, let's see some of the fighter in you. Go get McCain!
Why does CNN seem to be so obsessed with the Clintons? I mean this convention is supposed to be about Obama and the future of America. Why is so much coverage been given to the Clintons and whatever drama can be drummed up. Look, if i want drama, I'll go watch a soap opera! Stick to the issues, I am tired of hearing about someone who is no longer in the race!
With all due respect, how silly is this? If Hillary had been the nominee, RNC would've made the her the worst person on this planet! Worst than anyone we can possibly imagine. But then again, people fall for this. Just so funny.
Bush is the biggest political failure of my lifetime. (I'm 52)
she is exactly right, obama is an empty suit, nothing but talk and great plans, just like an extremist ultra left wing liberal radical loving ayers, wright, show him the door to the south side of chicago where he belongs with the other problems he has not solved.
whatever it takes, as long as Obama loses in november
Why are Obama supporters threatening to not vote for Hillary in 2012? We don't care who you vote for in 2012, we want Hillary to win in 2008.
Hillary 08!!
Hope the new GOP poster girl she is happy. If these ads and the bitterness of her supporters cause Obama and the Demoscrats the whitehouse the wrath will fall on her. Say so long to Senate seat and hello obsecurity. You and Carville have big mouths about everything else why not the GOP using you in their ads?
Hillary had better get out there and support Obama with everything she has, because if Obama loses, her political career is over. She is being positioned as the scapegoat for an Obama loss.
Just more republican slime from the slime masters,remember RNC and consider the sorce. It was the RNC that gave us "w" and Rove and Cheeny and "condi" and Rumsfield(where is he?) Delay and a host of other scumites..Obama 08,go Obama,,,from a former republican...
The Clinton's are going to sabotage the Democratic Party and McCain is going to be elected President unless the Clinton's get their act together and stop being childish.
his line one of the many reasons that Hill could not be seriously considered for VP.
Hillary is an intelligent woman, and she is right Obama is this century's William Jennings Bryan, lots of sizzle but little steak. He's done nothing for the state of Illinois and has done nothing of substance to become the democratic presidential nominee. Buyer's remorse for many shall not be long in coming.
If your view of the candidates is swayed by media ads and pandering to voters then you're as stupid as those who voted for Bush.
It's not about Hillary being bitter, Obama not being the right choice for the DNC. it's about getting our economey in better shape – when McCain says you have to be making over 5 million to be considered rich then you're very, very confused!
Vote republican if that's what you believe, but not if it's out of spite for who you think should be on the DNC ticket.
Wake up you idiots.
Didn't see THAT one coming, did we?
John McCain will have to look far and wide to find a Republican that's never criticized him on video, so good luck with that, Johnboy-
And we've already rejected Clinton's message, so what else ya got?
If one is to be held to having told the truth, then what Senator Clinton said back then has to be accepted as a proper viewpoint and commentary from someone who sold herself as being knowledgeable and the right candidate for president. As Senator Obama has had little to no experience or "training" since that time, Senator Clinton's words should hold true even today.
If she chooses to deny those words or "spin" then as only campaign rhetoric, then we're dealing with someone who can't be believed on any given day or topic.
America needs people who stand by their words even if they bite them later.
Obama supporters are so dumb!!! They selected a candidate based on their campaign strategy other then their policies. This is the same reason Bush won because he ran a good campaign. These are the same exact people that voted for Bush too.
How stupid could you be?
I fooled myself for voting Repubs in last two elections and got myself into this mess…..
I AM NOT A FOOL ANYMORE… Vote Democrats…..
CNN post this. I know you are paid by GOP and are becoming FOX-News Part II.
This is exactly why Hillary Clinton supporters need to open their eyes and shut their mouths. Hillary ran a negative campaign throughout her entire primary nomination bid, is lauded by Republicans. and the best that her camp can muster up is: Obama is an inexperienced Muslim. Well, I for one, rather a non old boy, Koran reading truth telling, Constitution believing, freedom preserving BHO han the dynamic duo of presumptive, self indulgent HRC and General Geritol McCain-Bush. This ad just goes to show how tight these old time politicians are...Hillary is a smart woman and knew she was providing fodder for the Republicans if she didn't get her way.
The Republicans thought they could cause disunity among the Dems by this ad; they our wrong because Hillary – their target that could cause disunity – has realised that no one is greater than the Party and that she could not be manupulated as thought by the 'mean' thinking of the Republicans. What is at stake for Hillary here is greater than the whole Republicans put together
Okay, let's get something clear here - why are people expecting the loser to give the winner advice? Hillary Clinton lost because of her inapt staff - they had no strategy or money after Super Tuesday. How is it that Mr. Obama has to be accommodating to the Clintons - they have had their time in the White House (TWO terms) - let's give someone else a chance. The title of President is not an entitlement - you have to earn it - and Mrs. Clinton did not earn it - she had no control of her staff and did not even know she had run out of money. And remember all of you Clinton supporters - Mr. Obama has 18+-million supporters as well, and we will not forget that if you deny him this nomination because of your ignorance and/or racism (yes I said it)!
As everyone with a brain has learned the Clintons are intent on destroying Obama's campaign and his success. Too much effort is being made to appease the Clintons who are still angry over their loss in the primaries. And now HRC has become pure campaign fodder for McBush. These two sore losers will attempt to steal Obama's thunder at the convention but they will not succeed. This is pure ego at its worst and the country will suffer because of it! HRC and her die-hard supporters need to be silenced once and for all. Enough with the accommodations to these dirty politicians like McBush and the Clintons. Shut the Clintons up once and for all and let's move on! There are enough DNC members who can silence them! Do it NOW!
Hillary,
I think you and your husband are TOAST...you worried about YOUR legacy??? WHAT LEGACY??? That of a turncoat !!! There are millions who agree that you both care only for yourselves...we will have VERY long memories if you EVER run again...You have shown your TRUE color...RED!!!
if Hillary was right then she would be the nominee. We talk about the 18 million people who voted for Hillary but 18 million wasn't enough to beat the Freshman African American Senator from Illinois.
What it comes down to was connecting with the voters and Hillary nor McCain can do that. The average Joe is trying to pay the mortgage and have enough gas to get to work and get the children to school. Hillary hasn't bought gas in almost 20 years.
The only person touching people is Obama with his speeches and just his story, HE embodies the America that Yes We can get past racism, Yes We can work together to build a solid future. Yes We can look terrorism in the eye and overcome it, yes we can make America the Great nation it's always strived to be and Yes WE CAN do it the unconventional way.
WE don't have to use yesterday's politics to do a work that has to be done today. Obama is about Hope, the American underdog who will become a champion. The Community Organizer who will become President!!
As long as we Americans listen to the issues all the Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity's of the world will not impact the Obama/Biden ticket. We just have to realize who is orchestrating all of these attacks. I am also very disappointed that Senator Clinton provided the RNC with so much material during the primaries. She ran a very negative campaign.
Was she right ? When Hillary said that McBush is the third term of Bush ? That McBush has no grasp of the economy? That McBush is a dangerous War Monger? Yes, She was right on the money.
And you dared wanted to be on Obama's ticket. I must confess women have always doomed men. From Adam and Eve, to Samson and Delilah, Kings and Princes to Presidents and Governors. Some American women are ripe and ready to devastate this country by voting McCain. Oh Lord what manner of creation you have made in women. Thank you for it but can you re-create some of the crazy ones in them so they have human brains and not chicken brains.
"Who has the experience to govern our nation," the ad's narrator asks before showing a clip of Hillary Clinton declaring in March, "Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I will bring a lifetime
of experience, and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002."
She betrayed the democratic party right there. It has always been about herself. Shame on those people who think she should have been given a shot at VP slot. The Republican party would have used all her negative statements against her and Obama.
By the way, if the 18 million voters really stand by Hillary, why won't each of them give her just $1 to get her out of debt? I guess they love their $ more
I am a life time Republican but I cannot stomach more of the same! I'm voting for OBAMA!!!!!
Obama's loss in November will NOT be Hillary's fault. You Obama idiots need to understand that many of us who are not voting for him are not doing this because we love Hillary (I don't!), but because we really don't like and don't trust Obama. I would not vote for him even if Hillary had never entered the race!
Bush has hijacked the Republican Party because of his out-of-control spending and his manipulation of the Iraq intelligence to go to war.
We need someone with integrity like John McCain to get us out of this mess with victory and hope. I'm no fan of Clinton, but at least she told it like it was.
McCain 08
This is a hot mess! Why is Obama relying on the Clintons to provide party unity? He is the one running for president. He could have wrapped up his run by selecting Hillary as his VP. No, he just couldn't live with a woman as his choice. Unfortunately, this will cost him the race.
I think Obama was wrong for not picking Hillary for his VP now I will not vote for him and a lot of my friends will not eather. I hope he is happy now
To Clinton supporters voting against Obama..
Do you enjoy being played like a violen by Republicans that do not share your stance on issues, gives tax breaks to wealthy, cozies up to big business.
Clinton and Obama shared a lot of similiar views and do not share the policies of McCain/Bush.
Vote with you mind not your heart! Don' t let the Republicans USE Hillary, who you treasure so dear.
Clinton proves once again that she is not to be trusted with our Nation. She can't even back Obama even though he has already won the nomination. Imagine who she would go after if she held the office? Imagine if someone pisses her off! She won't stop and help unite. She will only keep it going until she thinks she has won. The sad point is that she will never win with this attitude and lack of love for us, the citizens of the United States of America.
This is just the first of many reasons/words why Clinton could not have been selected as VP.
I guess this is the beginning of the end of Hillary Clinton's political career.
If McCain wins, we have the spiteful Hillary Clinton supporters to thank.
You can bet on it.
Ronald Reagan was inexperienced and completely naive, but yet the heritage foundation, and all the right wing talking heads think he saved our country.
So by their logic, our next savior will be...
I thought throughout the democratic nomination process thatSen. Clinton was doing more to endorse and support Sen. McCain that she was to support her own party. She and Bill consistently made devisive remarks about Sen. Obama that gave Sen. McCain more than enough sound bites to carry him through to Nov. She and Bill should be ashamed, and not be allowed to speak at the convention.
The republican party is full of crooks. McCains approves their personal attack advertisements. I don't approve McCain. He will lose.
if I were staffed with the Clinton's to create a response to the McCain negative ad machine I would issue no response until Hillary speaks at the convention near the end of her speech would be a swift end to uncertainty who to support, a call to McCain to stop using her image and during the next commercial break air ad to support Obama...too much like right
Lovin every minute of it!!! Obama snubbed Hillary and her revenge is the fact that Obama won't get elected, and then SHE can run against McCain herself in 2012. NEVER count a Clinton out.....McCain 08, Hillary '12!!! Jennie, Amherst MA
Usually I question Clinton supporters for their position on voting for McCain but I have come to the conclusion that the "fringe element" that actually feels slighted and will vote republican out of spite is very, very small. Most posters who expound this odd plan are just republicans stirring the pot. Ignore them and continue to move forward to replace the forces who have torn this country apart, raped our economy and turned our great nation into the new "evil empire."
A McCain administration means four to eight more years of economic downturn, a repeal of Roe vs. Wade, contraception restrictions, the return of the draft with eventual war with other nations and a ballooning debt to fund those conflicts. What supporter of Senator Clinton's ideals would ever support that just out of spite?
Hillary is the sorest loser of ALL TIME
If only the unhappy, frustrated (probably for many reasons) and not
particularly highly educated women who are so desperately
clinging to the Clintons would only understand, that the Clintons are
all over. All over.
What do you think the new generation of young voters think about
their self-destructive, tasteless and corny behaviour?
Obviously McCain is enjoying it. Then again, he has not got much
to enjoy for very long.
David,
I asked myself and am not committing the same error I did in last 2 elections.
I apologize for it.
No more Republicans.
You know, this happens in every election. I'm sure there's plenty that the other Reps said about McPain. Very usual tactic. Won't have any lasting traction.
Almost all of McCains attack ads have been based on Hillary's work during the primaries. She wouldn't quit when she needed to and handed over a full blown play book for the GOP. She and Bill lied to the electorate in unrealistic expectations and whipping up a frenzy that now definatley won't go away.
Unfortunatley, I don't belive Obama will win with Biden on the Ticket. Saddened by his selection. He let recent pressure and events drive his decision, which means he is not a bold as his visions. I will vote for him as a stauch supporter, but my enthusiasm was definately dampened with his selection.
It is not foreign affairs people are concerned with... it is the economy . And for all his pouting, Bill will speak really well on the economy. The public is tired of Foreign Affairs.
Hillary would have done that to Bill, if she were running against him and thought it would bring her votes. She shifted her "constituency" every time she hit a new town- "NOW, I get it"....puleeze
Republicans taking the page from the imperial countries like UK how they ruled India – divide and conquer. That is exactly the theme of republicans a low tactic which will fail this time. Hillary voters are way more smarter to allow this division. McCain knows he cannot win with issues so he has to go after such low tactics...even republican voters are ashamed of the way McCain is acting. Where is the morality.
Who cares about what the Clintons say-they should go and suck it off period?
There 're two choices in this election neither you vote for McBush or you vote for change. Hillary's backers the choice is yours stop whinning.
The Republican party will win this election.
This is a dirty tactic to attract angry Clinton supporters. The democratic party is imploding right before our eyes and McCain is taking advantage of its vulnerability. Typically, when parties are split, the other one wins.
Wow really gops are so scared, Watch out their turn is coming ahahahah
Why does CNN have to keep serving up this kind of trashy reporting. Some of your reporters just gush over McCain and need to have a muzzle placed on them if they cannot do fair and accurate reporting. Reading CNN lately is like looking at the Enquirer on the rack while standing in the grocery line.
Quite bluntly, I am astonished and dismayed that ANYONE who supports Senator Clinton, her causes, and her ideas can support John McCain for president. She is pro-choice; he is pro-life, having said he will use overturning Roe as a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. She opposes offshore drilling and drilling in ANWR; he has moved to a position favoring both. She does not support continuing the Bush tax cuts; he does.Their positions on same-sex partnerships, the occupation of Iraq, and alternative energy resources are all markedly different. In ALL of these areas, she lines up much more closely with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
The next president will likely get to pick replacements for two of the more liberal members of the Supreme Court (Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens) and possibly a third (Steven Breyer is 70 years old). McCain will further pack the court with Scalia-esque votes. The court would be far more conservative than the country at large for, quite literally, decades.
If anyone who supported Senator Clinton supports McCain over Senator Obama, he or she is engaging in the worst kind of personality politics. The issues are the key.
When will the Clintons understand that it is not about them. They are history, and they need to move on. Nothing short of speaking on Thursday night will make her happy. Get over it, you lost. I keep thinking about what you did to Gore over the years. He is my hero because he is truly a southern gentleman. You can't bully your way through life and always come out on top. I really wanted Gore to be our nominee, but we need a democrat in the Whiste House, and that has to be Obama. Hillary get out of his way.
I would love to see a democrat and republic on the same ticket. I'm tired of a politically divided nation. Let's work together as a united nation on all issues! How great would that be!
Seh is absolutly right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good let these idiots vote for McBUsh . Then they can't complain when he screws them even more than Bush 1 or 2 .Their only hurting themselves .mc Bush will make us a real 3rd world country .American's will be running to Mexico for jobs.
The RNC is comprised of a bunch of slimeballs!!! The people that were for Obama will always be for Obama. This reads: HILLARY CLINTON LOST FAIR AND SQUARE. With even a small number of her voters in the Obama camp, he'll still win the election. She should protest these ads, but notice that she's not doing that. The Clintons will go down in history as the GREAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVIDERS. GO HOME CLINTONS!!!
Everyone knew at the time she said it, it would be used against Obama sooner or later. No surprise there. Let's wait and see who McBush picks for the VP spot. Dare he pick Romney ?. If he does the same thing is going to happen to him. Maybe they (Obama's camp) should go ahead and use some of Romneys words that he spoke about McBush during the primaries. It's coming down on the Dems for the moment, but it won't matter in the end. The American people are not going to put up with 4-8 more years of the same. There is a change coming.
Obama/Biden
Tabloid media uses the same level of division as the RNC. Imagine the distasteful ads McCain Republicans would be using if they were running against Hillary.
Most Clinton supporters understand that she will be better suited to lead a higher level position in an Obama and Biden administration (i.e. Supreme Court Justice, cabinet position, etc.).
Obama/Biden '08
i Si se puede !
Seriously? How can people fall for this crab again? How can any democrat ever vote for John McCain? Senior citizens voting for someone who wants to privitize social security. Women voting for someone who voted against equal pay and birth control. Blue-collar workers voting for someone who has and will continue to ship their jobs over seas.
I know Hillary supporters are hurt, but for God's sake listen to reason (and listen to Hillary). The "I'll just wait four years" position is just completely selfish. What about your friends, family and neighbors who can't wait 4 years? There are people losing their jobs and homes every day. REMEMBER THEM?
I want the guy who doesn't have a long history of political compromises, and right now, that's Barry Obama. In four years he'll be an insider who owes everyone a favor, and we'll kick him out. Do you people think we voters are married to these politicians? I dislike them all, Bush and McCain leading the list right now, and only vote for them to keep from having to do this work myself.
Still people will belive judgement meens nothing. Vote McCain he has poor judgement.
Obama/Biden all the way to the White House.
One thing that I do know for sure is that if Senators Obama/Biden happen to lose so will Senator Clinton for years to come. There will be camapigns of Anybody but Hilliary in 2012.
There was only one MAVERICK and that was James Garner!!!
I may have disliked some of the tactics Hillary Clinton used against Barack Obama used during the Primariy season, but I dislike it even more that the McCain campaign is resorting to dirty tricks as well as running a disrespectful campaign.
How any Hillary Clinton supporter vote for John McCain or not support the Democratic Party ticket is beyond me! The mere thought of voting for John McCain and continuing the Bush policies of the last 8 years is horrifying enough.
Bill and Hill have done nothing but cause problems, when is she going to actively, on her own address and lead her supporters? when is she going to actively try to clear her own debt?.... it's just so messy
Paul Begala warned CNN about Hillary supporters not voting for Obama WAY back in the EARLY primaries. January or February and CNN brushed it off….. I believe he said it was 24% of her voters would not vote for him at that time. Not much difference today. And I'll tell you when it started. When he said "You're likeable enough, Hillary." Then progressed and got solidified when he stated so arrogantly, "I'm sure I can get her voters, I'm not so sure she can get mine."
What a resume
The person who should have Obama campaign running scared…..
Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Great Lady
Having no amunition on economy, war expenditures and now even their foreign affairs experience and judgement is weaker, the Republicans have to go into smears.
I Think people need to take these ads with a grain of salt. Understand, the RNC is running them and could less about poor Hillary's feelings or political stances. Their main objective is to minimize Barack's political chances and they wil stoop to any means to achieve that.
I am no fan of Barack Obama or John McCain. I actually supported Hillary and still feel she is the best candididate. However, John McCain is steadily proving to me he is not a man of his word. His claim to run a "clean" campaign can be thrown out the window. McCain has pulled his sleeves back and is politically wailing away. Quite frankly, I find his ads void of Presidential quality.
Just imagine if Hillary was the VP. It will be a nightmare for Democrats. Hillary ran a very bad campaign. I am happy Obama chose Biden.
Hillary Clinton needs to take the back seat where she belongs and that applies to Billy Boy too. We could care less what they have to say about our country. They had their chance and failed the american people. They opinions are not worth a cent. Let's get the show on the road and get a fresh new start and throw the grabage away.
OBAMA and his henchmen STOLE the NOMINATION FROM HILLARY.
i hope the delegates come to their senses and change their votes to Clinton on the convention floor. GO HILLARY!!!
Did GW Bush have experience prior to taking office? because you run a state you can run a country? NOT!!!!!
McCain, the most out of touch and senile candidate of our time!
Obama has more character and vision than McCain and will win in November in a landslide.
Clinton supporters, do the nation a favor and vote based on the issues. If you look at the real problems facing our nation and still want to vote for McCain, then you were supporting Clinton for the wrong reasons. If you find your stance is closer to Obama's then vote for him. If you agree with Obama, but can't move past the primary, then stay home.
Democrats did everything in this campaign to destroy the only successful brand in the recent history they had – Clintons. Very smart marketing. So they can't blame anybody else.
Just remember all of you who have commented:
McCain is too old and has been in the game for two long
Biden is just the same as McCain. He as been in the same position for about the same amount of time. He is just as old.
So if you think voting for Obama is change. Why would you pick a vp candidate that has been in the same place as McCain with the politics as usual crowd.
Hillary supporters and undecides should think about voting for a Third party candidate to bring fresh ideas to the field and not the same democrat politics as usual, and not the same republican politics as usual.
Just face it. Hillary Clinton is the STAR, period.
And because she isn't the Dem's nominee, they will lose.
Anonymous, you hit the nail right on the head! They are playing these disgruntled, bitter, emotional Hillary supporters like a fiddle!! The Republicans are sitting back and laughing at these sheep who they have driven to the slaughter!!!! Maybe these people ARE too emotional, irrational, and spiteful! All I can say to these "sheep" is "wake up and smell the coffee......you are being used and laughed at".
I cant wait until MCSAME chose Romney for president, I hope Obama bring out the ads that Romney was talking about MCSAME is bad for the country same old Bush policy
Obama and Biden 08
I hope Hillary comes out and says something about these ads, otherwise her political career may be put at risk for the rest of her life...I really hope she's smart enough to realize it.
IF HILLARY HAD BEEN GIVEN THE NOMINATION,
HOW MUCH MORE VIDEO DO HAVE OF OBAMA BASHING HER???????????????????
Now we know why Hillary wasn't announced as a VP. Her comments are very damaging and undemocratic. She shouldn't be nominated to speak at the convention. She has caused much division and little unity. What a Prideful person. Do she actually think that if Obama looses and McCain somehow won that she will be able to run in 2012 and win? She has polluted her Clinton name is her negative campaign will go down in the hx books as shameful politics.
There are way more supporters of Obama-Biden then either republicans or Hillary voters combined then why does CNN wants to create this division by such articles. Is CNN now the new faux news.
A note to Hillary voters: pls don't fall for this divide and conquer tactics by republicans, we all know Hillary will have a position in govt far better then VP. Think about it since when was a VP position any important in the past.
Hillary was right. Get over it.
This is no suprise. We knew as soon as the words came out of her mouth that the Repuglicans would use them against Obama.
Never again will I vote for a Clinton...................
Bush was the most inexperienced. You have to look at the people he surrounded himself with...CHENEY, WOLFOWITZ, the CORRUPT LAWYERS...
I seem to be on CNN's no-fly list. Don't know why
Senator Clinton should either denounce these ads, or demand the VP slot on McCain's ticket.
Thanks Hillary. You hate losing so much that you would rather hand over the white house for another 4 years to McBush.
If you are really on board to help, you had best do a much better job of endorsing Obama, the real winner of the Democratic primaries. Oh, and you husband too.
Hillary Clinton............another mirror of Joe Liberman......I wonder if they are related. And with a friend like Hillary, Obama truly doesn't need anymore enemies......how the spots on the leopard can be touched....but one can never move them........
Senator Clinton hit the nail on the head! She's right on target........the MOST INEXPERIENCED, UNQUALIFIED CANDIDATE OF OUR TIME!
Oh and thank you CNN for manufacturing drama for your own ratings increase. It's amazing that the GOP can get free ad time but anything Obama puts out in respinse or ads in general never get played. I can no longer support or watch CNN
You'd think people would have realized by now that this is how the media operates with celebrities. Build someone up then knock them down, then do it all over again with some other sucker. It's just Obama's turn.
CNN is no different people.