Obama Campaign: Clinton Failed Upstate New York
Since Hillary Clinton brought up Nafta yesterday, the Obama campaign took the opportunity today to hold a conference call to, once again, attack her for distorting her record and, in the words of spokesman Robert Gibbs, her “so-called foreign policy experience.”
Gibbs called Clinton’s account of her position on Nafta “just as much as much of a stretch as her story about landing in Bosnia under sniper fire,” and as further evidence, he brought up her record as a New York senator.
He charged that she “failed to fulfill her promise” to bring 200,000 jobs to upstate New York. “Upstate New York actually lost 240,000 additional jobs,” he said, and went on to say that Clinton was instrumental in bringing a company called Tata Consulting Services—which specializes in “helping companies identify jobs that could be outsourced overseas” to Buffalo.
Congressman George Miller of California then came on the call, describing himself as someone who “worked very hard against” Nafta. He said that if Clinton opposed Nafta while her husband was president it was “was certainly a mystery of those of us in the congress at the time.”
“Why did she never speak to those of us who were principles [in working against the passage of Nafta]?” he asked, later adding, “We saw no evidence of that activity or that position.”
This issue has been raised before, both during Clinton's campaign for reelection to the senate, and during the presidential campaign.
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AS OBAMA HAS SAID, TIME AND AGAIN, --- SHE TAKES CREDIT FOR THE BILL CLINTON POLICIES THAT WERE GOOD AND DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE THAT WERE NOT GOOD.
SHE WAS FOR NAFTA BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST AND HAS NOT DECIDED ABOUT IT NOW. HA, HA HA,
Why should she care about upstate? Only about five people voted for her there, I would blow it off too if I were senator.
When asked about this, Senator Clinton said 'when she promised those jobs, she thought Al Gore would be President.' One has to wonder what promises she is making now that she won't accomplish because of a force outside of her control. Could be true of anything I guess.
OBAMA NEED TO STOP ACTTING LIKE A CHILD AND MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THING. STOP KNOCKING HILLARY ABOUT NAFTA AND WHAT HAPPEN WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS PRESIDENT.THIS IS HILLARY TIME NOW NOT BILL AND SHE WILL MAKE A HELL OF A WOMAN PRESIDENT .GO HILLARY, GO HILLARY ,I AM WITH YOU ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END.
As the above comment (Anon 2.22) shows, Hillary Clinton's base is the uneducated. If Obama is "acting like a child" in legitimately questioning his opponent's (ahem!) garnishing of her record, (and backing his challenge up with proof), I assume Anon 2.22 would agree that Clinton is acting like a SPOILT child, who is used to getting everything her own way, and so will lie, manipulate, and whine as much as it takes to do so, when it comes to the nomination!
Just look at her disgraceful and utterly shameless attempts to steal Obama's pledged delegates (with the awfully convenient cover story of going to North Dakota to "thank her supporters", despite the fact that she was annihilated in the caucus there!), while using smear-and-fear tactics in order to warn undecided superdelegates off him. She must have a very smooth belly! I seem to remember her comparing Obama to Karl Rove at one stage over NAFTA. Funny how things can come back to bite you on the arse, eh?
Naturally, having tried to evade the question, she has denied saying that Obama can't win (which, as any good poker player will tell you, was a bluff- just watch her body language when she finally answers), and she didn't even TRY to answer the question put to her in relation to her alleged use of Rev. Wright when trying to weasel her way into superdelegates' affections! She totally side-stepped the question!
Now, in my experience of having listened to politicians for many years, it is normally the case that when they don't want to answer a direct question, it's because they are guilty, and so they want to make it seem as though they actually HAVE answered fully, thus, the issue would be put to bed. That's what Hillary did on this occasion, and she needs to be pressed on it until a clear answer prevails.
Add the latest to her many other tall tales, such as bringing peace to my country (more accurately, she brought tea and biscuits), doing a Harrison Ford duck-and-cover job in Bosnia, whilst also negotiating refugee releases in Macedonia (when they were actually released the day before she got there!), and you have enough for a bedtime story book!
Yet, despite everything I've pointed out, I feel drawn back to my first sentence; Clinton's base is the uneducated. I mean, how could anyone with half a brain even contemplate voting for her?