Clinton Slams Obama in Misleading Last-Day Mailer
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:15pm.
Today I received this Clinton mail piece, which declares in highlighted text that "Barack Obama refused to stand up for union workers" when the Maytag plant in Galesburg, Illinois shut down, and that "a large investor in the company that ran the plant had given nearly $200,000" to Obama's campaigns, clearly implying that Obama deliberately shafted the workers because of the contributions:
For support, the mailer cites this February 2nd story in the Chicago Tribune. What that article says is that union leaders at the Maytag plant are disappointed that Obama didn't personally confront Lester Crown, a director and investor in Maytag, about the plant closing. Crown is a contributor to Obama and his son James is the Illinois finance chairman of the Obama for America campaign. However, the article also states:
1) Obama "did not know Crown sat on Maytag's board until the Tribune noted it last September;" and,2) "[T]he Maytag workers' union never asked [Obama] to intervene with Crown," Obama "would have done so if they had," but "Union officials said they were unaware of the Crowns' ties to Maytag or to Obama."
So Obama is being slammed for not personally confronting Crown before the plant closed, when Obama didn't know, and the union didn't know either, of Crown's connection to Maytag. Does that justify the charge that Obama "refused to stand up for union workers"? Does it support the inference that Crown influenced Obama with his campaign contributions? Or is it a misleading attack.
Clinton whines and attacks ... attacks and whines
It is now clear that the realease of the Canadian NAFTA memo on the eve of a critical election for Hillary Clinton, was part of a conspiracy by some people trying to help her with an undue advantage.
Here's a video of the Canadian Parliament fighting over the issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJJ88HTiX8&feature=user
"No weapon fashioned against Barack Obama shall prosper. And any tongue that shall rise against him in judgment, shall be condemned"
Or....
Undue advantage would imply that it's not true. The fact is that after DENYING any such meeting took place with anyone from the Obama campaign with the Canadian government. One of Obama's top economic advisors met with the Chicago consulate's office. While the advisor denies that he ever indicated that Obama would not ask to re-negotiate NAFTA (just like Clinton) what has gone virtually untouched is the notion that Obama's heart on trade is no different from Clinton's and that his rhetoric in Ohio where he comes off sounding like Sherrod Brown is far more protectionist than he really is.
Please tell me that quote is snark for the Obama cultist meme. Because if not, you need serious help.
I hope the people of Ohio
I hope the people of Ohio firmly let Clinton know what they think of her 'half-truths' - this is SO outrageously deceptive it really isn't funny any more! If this is how Clinton runs her campaign - with such blatant falsehoods - how can we expect to put her in the most revered position in our country?
This is vintage Clinton - spread false statements about her opponent a day before the primary in an effort to not only win at all costs, but to effectively let the American voters know that she thinks they are STUPID!!! I guess she figures at least SOME of the voters will believe it, and vote for HER instead! I say we ALL send her a message - WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH YOUR LIES ANY MORE!!!!
In addition, how do we know that Belinda Stronach is not behind what came out of Canada? Take this into consideration (considering how the Clinton's manipulate people):
"Belinda Stronach appears to be Bill's gal pal in Canada according to google. I'm not sure if she was involved in the story about Clinton's discussion's with Canadian officials too. "
Posted By: Aronson | March 03, 2008 at 02:41 PM
"A picture says 1000 words. This is Belinda Stronach, Canadian MP and Chrysler head's duaghter. http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-news/this-ought-to-spice-things-up-at-... "
Posted By: anita | March 03, 2008 at 02:55 PM
Does Belinda Stronach's connection to Bill Clinton have anything to do with this Canadian story? And, judging from Bill Clinton's history with women, why has the story of their 'friendship' been kept out of the US media?
Hasn't Obama put forth some misleading info?
Didn't Obama distribute some misleading information about Clinton's health care plan, and about her stance on NAFTA?
It is difficult to deal with these things, but unfortunately, in running down links online, I have often ended up here:
http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/
I do not like it, but this is politics.
peggysuz