Looks like Mitt Romney isn't the only one being pegged as a flip-flopper this election season.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee just came out with this ad linking Sen. Hillary Clinton to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, saying the women are like "peas in a pod" and accusing them of flip-flopping on immigration issues.
Also worth noting, this ad plays into John Edwards' meme that having Clinton on the ticket could hurt Democrats in the south and west.
Back in 2005, the Republican Governors Association released an ad comparing Democratic candidate Tim Kaine in Virginia to Sen. John Kerry with alternating images of their faces (and urging a vote for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore). Kaine won that race, but Republicans kept up the comparison between Virginia Democrats, Kerry and — you guessed it — Clinton. In 2006, that was a standard stump line for then-Sen. George Allen, saying those national Democrats were jut too liberal for Virginia. Jim Webb defeated Allen, after Clinton — and Sen. Barack Obama, by the way — campaigned for him.
If Clinton is the nominee this fall, expect a lot of comparisons between local and state candidates across the country and the New York Democrat.
--Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
What are you gettin' at, Ms. Bellantoni -- that Allen would've lost his bid for re-election even with the use of such offensive ads?
...You're no different than the rest of the liberal, bottom-feeding vultures of the Clinton mold
Posted by Austin | December 3, 2007 4:54 PM
Maybe my previous comments were a bit harsh, and I apologize if I offended you, but I'm sick and tired of liberal bloggers taunting/smearing Allen's good name and integrity...He lost; made a big mistake; but hopefully, now, has bigger plans.
Posted by Austin | December 3, 2007 4:58 PM
It is possible that Senator Clinton is the best candidate. However, even though many may like the policies that Senator Clinton proposes, they should also consider her record, just as Senator Clinton insists.
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The last Clinton Administration, when faced with the fact that protection rackets where assaulting, torturing and murdering people with poison and radiation, chose to avoid its responsibilities to incarcerate the criminals and to protect the citizenry.
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Instead, they made a deal with the criminal gang stalker protection rackets to leave them alone and to consequently abandon the citizenry.
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Do we want a President who sells out the citizenry for votes?
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Do we want a President who sends a "crime does pay" message to society?
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Would you vote for a President who signed nonaggression deals with the KKKlan or the Nazi party? Gangs that torture with poison and radiation are much like the KKKlan and Nazi Party.
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We do not need a sellout President. We need a principled leader President.
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If you are one of the few who do not know what the above refers to, do a web search for "gang stalking" to see the tip of the dirtberg. Please do it before you decide to reply to my post. Here let me make it easy for you: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22gang+stalking%22.
Posted by avraam jack | December 3, 2007 5:25 PM
The issue for the people here is not necessarily Clinton or Landrieu or Kerry or Kaine or Kilgore. The issue is getting a straight answer from the politicians that they can base a voting decision on. Yes the issues are complex, but if they try to be everything to everyone, noone will be satisfied. If a candidate presents the logic leading to the decision, the voter can follow the logic and determine if this is the type of decision we want in the White House. Waiting for the polls, triangulating, compartmentalization, bracketing the issue or just plain talking around it is not conducive to negotiating with the likes of Putin, Ahmenidajad, Jintao or Chavez even if you have a superb staff and the Congress in your back pocket. Global politics like global economics are becoming regionalized and any contact points require definitive decisions, waffling will cause further recession of U.S. influence, NOT consensus.
Posted by Larry Stone | December 4, 2007 1:41 AM