Hillary's Talking Points For Surrogates On Obama Attack Ad

Talking Points
SEN. OBAMA’S PERSONAL ATTACK AD

* After months of telling Americans he would run a positive campaign, Senator Obama has launched the most negative, personal attack of this cycle.


* In a new ad airing in South Carolina, Senator Obama outrageously asserts that Senator Clinton will “say anything to get elected.”


* This from a candidate and a campaign who have promised voters a politics of hope and unity, and repeatedly denounced the “slash and burn politics of the past.”

--In August, Senator Obama told the Associated Press that “I’ve been respectful of all the candidates. I would challenge anyone to find a statement I’ve made that has been personal.”

--Earlier this year, Senator Obama’s Chief Strategist David Axelrod told Real Clear Politics, “Do we have a strategy to tear people down? We don't.”

--And just two weeks ago, Senator Obama told Newsweek that he would not “knee cap” his opponents.


* While Senator Obama lashes out at Senator Clinton with personal attacks, Hillary travels to South Carolina today to outline her plan to jumpstart the economy and rebuild the middle class.


* Hillary remains focused on what matters most—providing real solutions to America’s challenges and making a difference in people’s lives.