Letters to the Editor
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I for one can't wait
To have a Democratic president who follows the same fine tradition of blatant fear mongering as our current one.
Myself, I hate the unpredictabilty that comes with electing new people. Personally, I'm looking for a presidential candidate who won't shake things up unnecessarily.
Except for the abortion issue...I really feel it's time to have a president who's slightly pro-choice after eight years of a president who's slightly pro-life.
That's why I'm voting for Hillary.
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SNIFF SNIIIFFFFF
I believes that I smells me some Karl Rove tactics.
And I believes that those are in the Clinton camp.
Hillary's persona is radioactive. She is not unacceptable for this election, but for all into the future.
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don't they call this "Jumping the Shark"?
Haven't even watched the ad yet, but jeez does this smack of desperation. If only this stuff didn't work...
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How far can we go here?
Hillary...
This is the kind of thing we are talking about. You cannot fight Republicans and draw distinctions against Republicans when you act like Republicans.
Somewhere in his black little heart, Rove smiles as he gains another convert to his methodology.
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For Once I agree with Hillary
"if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."
O-08
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Obamanuts, quit being such crybabies
It isn't even negative. For Christ's sake, do we have to be such a nation of victims? Get over it. It is a perfectly legitimate ad. He can't run an ad like this because he has no balls.
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Mild Indeed
This is a non-issue. Anyone who actually takes offense at that commercial is a bit on the nutty side. I'll even endorse the use of Bin Ladin. Of there is one threat in the world I would like front and center it is the 6' 3" diabetic Arab we can't find because we're too busy pouring our resources into the Idiot Child-Emperor's freudian war of choice.
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Really Mr. Benen?
You think an ad that references the greatest national tragedies in the past 60 years is only a 'touch of the fear card'?
I agree that its not offensive but its is definitely the fear card played large.
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We'll See If the Ad Makes a Difference
We can talk hope and change all we want, but it's a scary world out there and we need someone who can hit the ground running on Day One. (Where have I heard that before?) Hillary is better able than either Obama or McCain to do this.
It's all up to the voters of PA now. If Obama effectively clinches the nomination after this vote -- by beating Hillary or keeping her margin very low -- he will have us in his hands. He will have to be able to win in November. I just think it will be extremely hard for him to do that, given the baggage he carries. And we will get 4 more years of Republican rule. He never should have run in the first place.
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The ad
isn't as offensive as it could have been. It acknowledges Osama, instead of simply trading on 9-11, which is what every single Republican politician in America has been doing since it happened.
Who knows? Maybe the next President can actually catch that son of a bitch.
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The Kitchen As Metaphor?
Did the Clinton campaign really want to go there? The image this ad brought to my mind was that infamous interview in 1992, in which Sen. Clinton rhetorically asked whether she should have been baking cookies, instead of going to law school. etc. Apparently now she wants to bake those cookies, and she wants to bake them alone.
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Hillary Hit Jobs
I have no problem with negative ads. I do have problems with Hillary launching Rove-inspired swift boat crap, where she criticizes Obama for the same problems that she has.
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Wahoo, Hillary's Our Girl! What an Accurate, Wonderful Ad!!
Who better to deal with scary old Bin-Laden than Hillary? After all she's got years of experience battling him already (experience by marital osmosis, of course!)
And let's face it. Bin Laden is one of the evildoers. George Bush has been protecting us against evildoers now for a long time. We need someone who can pick right up exactly where George Bush leaves off on Evildoer Duty!! Hillary is ready on day one, even at 3 a.m.!
And as for the war? Who better to deal with it than someone who VOTED FOR IT? Again, she's ready on day one because she helped us get there in the first place! And, don't forget, she's dodged sniper fire, she's been in battle, she's flown combat missions, she went to Nam, she was on the beach at D-Day...oh, wait, sorry, I'm getting a little carried away there with all the excitement over the ad. (Does anyone have an Estroven handy, I'm having a hot flash I'm so excited! - Ah...that's better, thank you!)
And, my, she's clever. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." Women...kitchens...Hillary...Get it? Oh my gosh, could it be any more clever? And she APPROVED this message! Even more cleverness on her part!!
I tell you, if Hillary doesn't get elected, I'm going to be beside myself, and not a pretty couple!!!!
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The only thing she has to fear...
...is Obama's candidacy.
Funny contrast, there, like the "Right Stuff"-style Inspiring Score(tm) to the images of national trouble. A bit of cognitive dissonance in the mix, kind of like the whole HR Clinton candidacy -- "Hillary Clinton: trying to bring change by keeping things the same. She's like the Republicans; only MORE so."
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Geez, people...
Watch the ad before working yourself into a tizzy (although, Steve Benen, your headline leads people into 'Tizzy Territory.')
Bin Laden's appearance in the ad is so brief, you might blink and miss him. Of recent footage, home foreclosures and rising gas prices are much more prominently featured.
The ad is completely fair, and there is surprisingly little fear-mongering involved. My take-away from it? "Hillary Clinton will be a strong leader when the going gets tough--and the going will get tough."
Not, "Hillary Clinton: vote for her or the forces of evil will descend upon you without mercy, eating your babies and slaughtering your puppies."
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@Slackie "She's like the Republicans; only MORE so."
That's actually a really good new tagline idea for Hillary. You should SO send that to Howard Wolfson.
I think it's exactly that sort of idea that could really help win over that all-important white male vote!!!
LOOOOOVE it!!