Beet
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« on: August 26, 2008, 03:49:59 PM » |
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First of all Bill Clinton is 100% correct.
Second of all this isn't an attempt to undermine Obama. Bill Clinton explicitly said that the analogy did not apply to Obama.
Thirdly they could not have affected Obama's campaign even if they were applied to Obama. The comments were made to a group of foreign dignitaries who have no vote in the U.S. Presidential election. How Bill influences these dignitaries' views does not impact on the American vote totals.
Fourthly it is the media, in this case the Hill, that is damaging Obama. The Hill, which is speaking to an American (not foreign) audience, is assuming that Bill is saying that he does not think Obama can deliver. This assumption hurts Obama, because it robs Obama of Bill's credible endorsement.
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