I have a story in today's paper detailing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's characterization of MoveOn.org during a private fundraiser. Huffington Post broke the story, one week after one of its bloggers first reported on Sen. Barack Obama's "bitter" comments.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Liberal bloggers are in an uproar over the revelation that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bashed MoveOn.org while asking donors for money at a private fundraiser.
Mrs. Clinton said the liberal group — which was formed to help her husband fight off impeachment but now backs the presidential candidacy of her rival, Sen. Barack Obama — had "flooded" party caucuses and tried to "intimidate" her supporters.
Activists wrote on the Internet that Mrs. Clinton has alienated a key part of the Democratic base in advance of Tuesday's make-or-break Pennsylvania primary, though new national polls suggest she is experiencing a rebound among primary voters after trailing Mr. Obama for weeks.
In her remarks to donors in February, Mrs. Clinton falsely said MoveOn had opposed the war in Afghanistan and said she disagrees with the group's foreign-policy stance even though she courted its endorsement.
Read the full story, which includes reaction from Teams Clinton and Obama, here.
Here is audio of Clinton praising MoveOn for its work last year:
— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (9)
Its hard to determine if MoveOn speaks for the Democratic party or George Soros. The key is that Senator Clinton (or it seems Senator Obama) cannot get her story straight which devalues public trust. The trivia that commentators seem to dwell on whether directed at Obama or Clinton helps define that trust. If they can't give the public a straight answer during the primaries what are they going to do if they are elected. Redefine "is"? Been there, done that!!!
Posted by Larry Stone | April 20, 2008 1:24 PM
MY FELLOW �BITTER�, STUPID, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE :-)
If you think like Barack Obama, that WORKING CLASS PEOPLE are just a bunch of �BITTER�!, STUPID, PEASANTS, Cash COWS!, and CANNON FODDER. :-(
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary�s than they had ever been before or since.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..
You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)
Best regards
jacksmith... Working Class :-)
p.s. You Might Be An Idiot! :-)
If you don't know that the huge amounts of money funding the Obama campaign to try and defeat Hillary Clinton is coming in from the insurance, and medical industry, that has been ripping you off, and killing you and your children. And denying you, and your loved ones the life saving medical care you needed. All just so they can make more huge immoral profits for them-selves off of your suffering...
You see, back in 1993 Hillary Clinton had the audacity, and nerve to try and get quality, affordable universal health care for everyone to prevent the suffering and needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of you each year. :-)
Approx. 100,000 of you die each year from medical accidents from a rush to profit by the insurance, and medical industry. Another 120,000 of you die each year from treatable illness that people in other developed countries don�t die from. And I could go on, and on...
Posted by jacksmith | April 20, 2008 4:06 PM
This is yet another situation of Hillary changing her position and challenging anyone who says she did. She will do or say anything to secure this nomination, and I can't understand why more people can't see through her lies.
I personally can't wait to vote Tuesday.
Posted by Susan in PA | April 20, 2008 4:27 PM
MoveOn.org doesn't speak for me.
Anyone they endorse isn't likely to get my vote.
And they threw Hillary under the bus because electing a black president gets you more good race-karma than electing a woman.
NO-bama '08: Two wrongs don't make a Wright.
Posted by J Cline | April 20, 2008 9:08 PM
If Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos attacked Hillary Clinton as they did to Barack Obama, she still would be screaming that the media was out to destroy her bid for presidency. The debate was a pathetic. Hillary Clinton's speeches indicate she is brash and rude. She is a person who feels she deserves to be president, and if she looses out to Barack Obama, she not going to loose graciously.
Posted by Rikgw | April 20, 2008 10:05 PM
Scratch the "might"--if you vote for either of these candidates you are an idiot. How are either of them remotely qualified? They've never run anything in their lives. Hilary's greatest expertise is in covering up bimbo explosions for Bill. Obama can passionately spout feel-good platitudes--until you take away the teleprompter and he self destructs. Both say they want to yank troops from Iraq, but neither would do it, because it would lead to genocide. The fact that the far left would gleefully pin the genocide on Bushitler is of little comfort since history would not be so accommodating.
Posted by kyleb | April 20, 2008 10:35 PM
Will someone please throw the spammer idiot "jacksmith off this website for good. He has posted this ignorant diatribe on virtually every news site that google news supports. The guy is a total Clinton robot.
Posted by Elizabeth | April 21, 2008 3:42 AM
Moveon did oppose the war in Afghanistan.
Posted by LC | April 21, 2008 7:56 AM
Jack Smith ,hello. You don't seem to have much objectivity in your comments. I do like the clintons, however they seem to go far overboard in trying to win. It's a close race w/Obama winning. Thats impressive considering that he has not yet stooped to Mrs. Clintons level of political mud slinging. Besides you seem to think we are getting Bill Clinton if we vote for Hillary. I guess that's it you really want Bill Clinton for another term. lol
Posted by Chris Green | April 21, 2008 8:33 AM