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Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:03 PM Feb 2016

Obama: Clinton Will Say Anything, Do Nothing

Last edited Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:12 PM - Edit history (1)

"She championed NAFTA -- even though it has cost South Carolina thousands of jobs. And worst of all, it was Hillary Clinton who voted for George Bush's war in Iraq," an announcer says in the new radio spot.

"She'll say anything, and change nothing. It's time to turn the page,"


Has she changed since he said this?


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/01/obama-hillary-w.html


Thanks Go Vols for this audio of the ad: http://origin.factcheck.org/Images/image/2008/Articles/January/2008.01.24PeasinPod/obamaradioadresponse.mp3

Edit- I removed the offending Newsmax link. The question still remains, has she changed since the comments by Obama.

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Obama: Clinton Will Say Anything, Do Nothing (Original Post) Gregorian Feb 2016 OP
kick kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #1
Ted Cruz...is that you???? nt Jitter65 Feb 2016 #46
No SCantiGOP Feb 2016 #78
Jesus Christ Newsmax really? giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #2
Is this to your satisfaction? Gregorian Feb 2016 #3
Lulz. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #9
And this ... earthside Feb 2016 #17
Deja vu passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #71
Yes. I like this one better, but it's the message I like the most. Duval Feb 2016 #50
Deflect, deflect, deflect. But how about the AD? John Poet Feb 2016 #11
Yet he made her SOS. Weird how that happens. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #15
"those shouldn't hold weight for anyone" demwing Feb 2016 #32
Bc attack ads are nothing but shit slinging. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #33
So Obama was full of shit - Is that what you're saying? demwing Feb 2016 #34
Lolol, don't put words in my mouth ffs. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #37
Just because Hillary cant be trusted to say what she means demwing Feb 2016 #48
Oh please your pretzel logic is very revealing. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #52
You're gifted, follow along demwing Feb 2016 #58
Jajajaja, take it however you please. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #64
How's that working for you? passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #76
What's to fucking hear??? giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #77
If you remove the ear plugs, you might find out. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #79
Hell yeah my eyes were rolling. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #80
You are pretty easy to read passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #84
He only made her SoS to keep the party from frracturing Armstead Feb 2016 #41
I don't think Obama would give the job to her if she wasn't qualified. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #42
I think he thought she'd be adequate...But had it not been for the primary fallout... Armstead Feb 2016 #43
Why did he strip State of its most important responsibilities then restore them after she left? ieoeja Feb 2016 #69
Hmmm, but he left Lybia under her? giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #74
Pretty certain he did not. I don't know for sure. ieoeja Feb 2016 #82
So, you are pulling this all out of your ass? giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #91
The Special Envoy and AfPak/Iraq ambassadors is a real thing. Stevens is speculative. ieoeja Feb 2016 #94
Yes he would. 840high Feb 2016 #70
Jajaja, we are all well aware of your views on President Obama. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #75
Haha - so you don't 840high Feb 2016 #81
I think it was also something along the lines of greiner3 Feb 2016 #86
Of course he made her Secretary of State, it was so he could control her. A Simple Game Feb 2016 #59
It was an ABC link though ....read the transript INdemo Feb 2016 #30
Apparently this is allowed now. (Go figure.) NurseJackie Feb 2016 #36
This place might as well change it's name to Libertarians Are Us. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #40
Newsmax article from 2008? obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #4
Are you going to avoid the point of the article, or shoot the messanger? Gregorian Feb 2016 #6
They can't address the point. John Poet Feb 2016 #14
Don't bother alerting. It would be a waste of time. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #38
That Obama ... trash talking poor Hillary. n/t earthside Feb 2016 #88
Yeah shenmue Feb 2016 #45
Unrec. for source. n/t demmiblue Feb 2016 #5
The source didn't put those words in Obama's mouth. Gregorian Feb 2016 #7
So you have to resort to a Newsmax article from the 2008 election book_worm Feb 2016 #8
Uh-huh shenmue Feb 2016 #47
Two sources, one from abcnews. Duval Feb 2016 #56
Well, it's like this: politicians say lots of stuff. randome Feb 2016 #10
Hey, you're supposed to complain about the Newsmax! Gregorian Feb 2016 #12
You should re-post this minus the NewsMax link. It's fun to watch them attack the messenger.. AzDar Feb 2016 #13
De Nile overflowed its banks a long time ago. hifiguy Feb 2016 #35
Sanders surrogate called Obama "n-word-izzed" and Sanders strongly associated him with his campaign uponit7771 Feb 2016 #16
Of COURSE it does. This is what Obama said ABOUT Hillary... has *nothing* to do with surrogates... AzDar Feb 2016 #18
Oh, this is from 2008... cause nothing has happened in the 7 years after... :rolleyes: uponit7771 Feb 2016 #19
This was said during a campaign.. one_voice Feb 2016 #21
+1, their positions on HRC and PBOs relationship aren't getting into the silly area uponit7771 Feb 2016 #23
Because it was said during a campaign, are you saying it's not TRUE? That the President is a LIAR? AzDar Feb 2016 #25
I'm pretty sure I didn't say that. one_voice Feb 2016 #29
Well... Good, I guess? Bottom line: this is what Barack said about Hillary ... AzDar Feb 2016 #31
Thanks, AzDar. Was going to do that. nt Duval Feb 2016 #55
West is upgraded to "surrogate"? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #22
Not only that he was stumping for Sanders in IA... Link inside uponit7771 Feb 2016 #24
thx for this link! ellennelle Feb 2016 #60
I don't know if the Sander's campaign has called him a surrogate, passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #83
Here's the actual ad: Dr. Strange Feb 2016 #20
Ouch. AzDar Feb 2016 #27
Obama fought her more vigorously than Bernie. Bernie is just too nice a guy. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #90
Gee, I'm guessing he'll never give her a job... brooklynite Feb 2016 #26
Keep your friends close... AzDar Feb 2016 #28
LOL! n/t Herman4747 Feb 2016 #61
+1 Go Vols Feb 2016 #92
And I'll bet he's sorry he did nichomachus Feb 2016 #39
A patronage job to placate her Armstead Feb 2016 #49
I guess, in your desire to tear down Clinton, you have to tear down the President... brooklynite Feb 2016 #53
i have a question ellennelle Feb 2016 #63
shooting the messenger ellennelle Feb 2016 #44
Please post a list of unacceptable sources Ino Feb 2016 #54
sorry ellennelle Feb 2016 #62
Thank you for your helpful suggestions. Ino Feb 2016 #68
well done. good advice. navarth Feb 2016 #85
The source is unrelated to the content in this situation. Gregorian Feb 2016 #72
link Go Vols Feb 2016 #93
Hillary Describing Candidate Barack Obama, 2008... gordyfl Feb 2016 #51
same old, same old. grasswire Feb 2016 #65
Thank You For Sharing These Truths - Clinton Has Not Changed Her Stripes cantbeserious Feb 2016 #57
>linking to newsmax forjusticethunders Feb 2016 #66
Kickin' for the truth! Faux pas Feb 2016 #67
me2 840high Feb 2016 #73
Yea Cryptoad Feb 2016 #87
To think that Sanders is probably mounting less of an attack... JackRiddler Feb 2016 #89

earthside

(6,960 posts)
17. And this ...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:28 PM
Feb 2016


And here is Obama highlighting Hillary's flip-flops and "say anything" behavior in 2008:




And just saw this weird Hillary ramble ... I'd forgotten about it.
Not just the Kennedy assassination stuff, but her rejecting what the Hillarians today are calling for: a quick end to the nomination contest.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
71. Deja vu
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:10 PM
Feb 2016

Clinton is using the exact same words to try to deflect the exact same questions this round as she did in 2008. She either thinks it worked then (look who is President now) or she does not learn from her own mistakes. I think it's the latter, because she doesn't learn from her mistakes in foreign policy.

That first clip is very eye-opening.

which feeds into a pattern by the Clintons of misrepresenting comments he made in an editorial board meeting in Reno, Nev., about Republicans.


She did this with Obama and continues to do it today with Bernie. She has no shame or integrity. Maybe it's because she knows she can't fight fair...it's all she's got.
 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
15. Yet he made her SOS. Weird how that happens.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:22 PM
Feb 2016

It was an attack ad from during the primaries, those shouldn't hold weight for anyone.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
48. Just because Hillary cant be trusted to say what she means
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:24 PM
Feb 2016

It doesn't mean that Obama shares that fault. Shame on you.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
58. You're gifted, follow along
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:36 PM
Feb 2016

Basic syllogism...

Major premise:
Attack ads are shit slinging and not to be believed

Minor Premise:
Obama ran--and approved--an attack ad against Hillary

conclusion:
Therefore, Obama was shit slinging and not to be believed

If you don't like the logic, blame Aristotle, not me.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
79. If you remove the ear plugs, you might find out.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:21 PM
Feb 2016

the jajajaja comment is pretty telling. I can even see the eyes rolling while you are doing it.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
41. He only made her SoS to keep the party from frracturing
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:16 PM
Feb 2016

You really think it was her qualifications compared to all the otehr possible contenders for that role?

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
42. I don't think Obama would give the job to her if she wasn't qualified.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

Give him a bit more credit than that.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
43. I think he thought she'd be adequate...But had it not been for the primary fallout...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:20 PM
Feb 2016

I'm pretty sure he would have picked someone with more qualifications and focus on foreign policy.

I think he followed that old adage "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

 

ieoeja

(9,748 posts)
69. Why did he strip State of its most important responsibilities then restore them after she left?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:03 PM
Feb 2016

Special Envoy to the Middle East as well as ambassadors to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq reported to White House personnel while she ran State. They all report to Kerry today.

Clearly, he either did not think she was qualified or did not trust her. I would go with the latter. White House at least twice had to distance itself from statements she made while at State. And she has been heavily critical of Obama since leaving State.

 

ieoeja

(9,748 posts)
82. Pretty certain he did not. I don't know for sure.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:31 PM
Feb 2016

I don't even think Stevens was a real ambassador.

1. We take Ambassadors *out* of civil wars. We do not put them in.

2. Ambassadors do not have CIA hired guards.

3. Ambassadors do not visit CIA offices.

But, hey, Stevens really was an ambassador and not secretly a CIA operative. {wink, wink}


 

ieoeja

(9,748 posts)
94. The Special Envoy and AfPak/Iraq ambassadors is a real thing. Stevens is speculative.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:28 PM
Feb 2016

As Patreus alluded to in his testimony, the truth about Benghazi remains a secret for national security reasons.





A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
59. Of course he made her Secretary of State, it was so he could control her.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:36 PM
Feb 2016

Probably part of the deal that she wouldn't primary him in '12.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
6. Are you going to avoid the point of the article, or shoot the messanger?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:12 PM
Feb 2016

My point is that Obama said these things. They were true then. The same criticisms apply to Clinton today.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
38. Don't bother alerting. It would be a waste of time.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:14 PM
Feb 2016

This is the "new normal" of what's allowed (but only when trying to trash-talk Hillary).

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
8. So you have to resort to a Newsmax article from the 2008 election
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:14 PM
Feb 2016

funny how he made Hillary Secretary of State.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
10. Well, it's like this: politicians say lots of stuff.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:16 PM
Feb 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.
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Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
12. Hey, you're supposed to complain about the Newsmax!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:21 PM
Feb 2016

It's time to phone bank, knock on doors, and pray the sleepwalkers wake up.

Fighting on this forum is futile. I won't give up, but I'm not optimistic about waking those who vote against their interest. Thanks for a kind reply.

 

AzDar

(14,023 posts)
13. You should re-post this minus the NewsMax link. It's fun to watch them attack the messenger..
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:21 PM
Feb 2016

but when the source is unassailable, it's even more enjoyable to know they are doing this:





 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
35. De Nile overflowed its banks a long time ago.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:13 PM
Feb 2016

I think it has half-covered the Pyramids by now.

uponit7771

(90,348 posts)
16. Sanders surrogate called Obama "n-word-izzed" and Sanders strongly associated him with his campaign
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:23 PM
Feb 2016

... so does it really matter to people who called Obama what after something so vile?

tia

 

AzDar

(14,023 posts)
18. Of COURSE it does. This is what Obama said ABOUT Hillary... has *nothing* to do with surrogates...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
21. This was said during a campaign..
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:33 PM
Feb 2016

that's what happens.

What did Obama do after he was elected?

I personally think it's silly to use things Obama said as a weapon. He made her his SoS. Kinda negates any 'boom' you think you have..

 

AzDar

(14,023 posts)
25. Because it was said during a campaign, are you saying it's not TRUE? That the President is a LIAR?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:42 PM
Feb 2016

Just ridiculous.

It's not my "Boom"... it's President Obama's.




JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,362 posts)
22. West is upgraded to "surrogate"?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:35 PM
Feb 2016

I don't think West is anyone's surrogate, except West's. He's his own loose cannon.

ellennelle

(614 posts)
60. thx for this link!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:37 PM
Feb 2016

call west a loose cannon all you like, peeps, but i don't happen to feel that someone who can be counted on for CONSTANCY in their integrity, character, and demand for moral action is in anyway loose.

a cannon, maybe; as in cannon for character!

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
83. I don't know if the Sander's campaign has called him a surrogate,
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:32 PM
Feb 2016

But the WAPO did. And in the same article that called all his famous supporters who campaigned for him surrogates, they mention Hillary's famous supporters campaigning for here and don't call them surrogates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/24/ben-and-jerry-killer-mike-and-a-few-politicians-to-serve-as-bernie-sanders-surrogates-in-iowa/


What I don't know is if these people all volunteered to campaign for free for Sanders, or did they get paid for it? If they got paid for it, I suspect 'surrogate' might be accurate. If they did it for free, then we (Sander's supporters) are all his surrogates. Wear it proudly!

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
39. And I'll bet he's sorry he did
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:15 PM
Feb 2016

At the end, not only weren't they inviting her to meetings, they weren't even telling her about them. It looks like giving her the job was some sort of quid pro quo to keep The Clinton Gang from trying to undercut him -- which, given their history and lack of morals -- they surely would have done.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
49. A patronage job to placate her
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:24 PM
Feb 2016

You really think Hillary was the best candidate available for SOS?

ellennelle

(614 posts)
63. i have a question
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:50 PM
Feb 2016

why is it when simple facts and evidence about HRC are presented, you guys call that 'tearing her down?

this is such a pattern here - not with you but the generic H-bots - one can hardly avoid noting how much it lacks in real substantive debate.

now, if you have something of substance to say in response, something that refutes the point or suggests the interpretation might be in error, then great! we can debate these things.

but to whine constantly that HRC is being torn down, etc. ~ this is just not worthy of the enterprise of democracy.

now, i'll be willing to bet that your knee-jerk reaction to all this would be, 'the bernie-bots do it all the time'. if so, you've simply made my point.

please stop so we can shift to having civilized discussions.

thank you in advance.

ellennelle

(614 posts)
44. shooting the messenger
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:21 PM
Feb 2016

is not the same thing as scrutinizing the source.

there is no reason on god's green earth to trust anything coming from newsmax.

now, you may well have credible info here, replete with A/V.

if so, may i humbly recommend you go directly to the sources in the future, by-passing newsmax, and avoiding all of us thinking souls who just dismiss this stuff out of hand as likely from a RWN troll.

now, i'd like to believe that epithet does not truly apply to you. but you have to make sure your appearances match your reality.

kind of like not wearing your jammies to your buddy's dinner party. or sweats to the opera.

self-respect gains all kinds of respect from others.

Ino

(3,366 posts)
54. Please post a list of unacceptable sources
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:30 PM
Feb 2016

Put it all in one place for people who don't have time to investigate every source, its owners, and its affiliations.

Please let us know all the sites you don't like, rather than shooting people down post by post, playing "gotcha."

Thank you.

ellennelle

(614 posts)
62. sorry
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:43 PM
Feb 2016

but the likes of newsmax, worldnetdaily, breitbart, etc., should be as self-evident as fox news.

please don't bother checking on my account. this is homework you should do on your own for your own benefit. it's just simple source scrutiny. sort of like making the distinction between the doctor and the pusher telling you the pill in their hand is good for you.

i bothered to post the suggestion so you don't continue to humiliate yourself here. otherwise you'll just be ignored.

i sincerely do not intend this to be mean, but simply informative.

Ino

(3,366 posts)
68. Thank you for your helpful suggestions.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:02 PM
Feb 2016

You are an angel to respond. I will add these sources to the list I am compiling so that I don't offend anyone.

I rely on thinking people like you to help me avoid traps. There are so many of them.

And thank you for warning me about humiliating myself. That would be awful! Do you really think I'm being ignored?

I apologize for asking for help. Thank you for your patience and information.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
72. The source is unrelated to the content in this situation.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:11 PM
Feb 2016

Furthermore, I scoured the internet to find this ad, and it has been scrubbed from the net, for some reason.

This is from a spot by Obama, not a story by either of the links I had posted.

gordyfl

(598 posts)
51. Hillary Describing Candidate Barack Obama, 2008...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:27 PM
Feb 2016

“There’s a big difference between us — speeches versus solutions, talk versus action,” Clinton said, also in the make-or-break month of February 2008. “Speeches don’t put food on the table. Speeches don’t fill up your tank, or fill your prescription, or do anything about that stack of bills that keeps you up at night.”

"The sky will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing." - Hillary Clinton, 2008

 

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)
66. >linking to newsmax
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:56 PM
Feb 2016

if that site said the sky was blue I'd get a signed affidavit from the courts to verify

I mean Obama did say this and Obama did make this argument, but STILL, >newsmax.

It also feeds into the whole "GOP is more scared of Hillary than Bernie" (which they may be, but they also thought Romney was leading Obama in October 2012).

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
87. Yea
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:56 PM
Feb 2016

thats why Obama selected her to be SOS
geez,,,, hollar it you run out of straws to grasp at........

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
89. To think that Sanders is probably mounting less of an attack...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:59 PM
Feb 2016

than Obama! You could just repeat this ad, it would still be spot-on. (Except, if Sanders wins, please don't repeat the part where you then become the champion of NAFTA on Pacific Steroids).

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