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| Hillary runs ad calling Obama "out of touch" |
| 2008-04-15 |
| Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) began airing a 30-second ad on Pennsylvania television on Monday needling Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for controversial remarks he made at a San Francisco fundraising reception. The ad uses ordinary voters in man-on-the-street style to argue that the remarks, delivered privately but publicized on Friday, show Obama is “out of touch.” The ad is called “Pennsylvania” and began airing a week to the day before the crucial Keystone State primary. The ad only uses a portion of Obama’s comment about small-town Pennsylvanians and Midwesterners, which was posted by The Huffington Post: “[I]t's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Here’s the script of Clinton’s new ad: Clinton: “I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message.” Announcer: “Barack Obama said that people in small towns ‘cling to guns or religion … as a way to explain their frustrations.’” Woman 1: “I was very insulted by Barack Obama.” Man 1: “It just shows how out of touch Barack Obama is.” Woman 2: “I'm not clinging to my faith out of frustration and bitterness. I find that my faith is very uplifting.” Man 2: “The good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said.” Woman 1: “Hillary does understand the citizens of Pennsylvania better.” Woman 3: “Hillary Clinton has been fighting for people like us her whole life.” "I'm John McCain and I approve of most of this message too." |
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| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-15 22:34 |
| #1 "Have you gone beserk? Can't you see that man is a ni?" -- Governor William J. Le Petomane |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-15 16:03 |