As hekelobos diaries, Hillary Clinton just said John McCain is more ready to be president than Barack Obama.
I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know that Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.
Hillary Clinton's statement is highly ironic. In 2002, she cited her own experience in the White House, watching Bill Clinton, as a key reason why she voted for the Iraq war.
Update: Politico.com's Ben Smith is on the case, saying: "you can see it showing up in a McCain campaign ad as well."
Hillary Clinton's embrace of McCain is outrageous.
Yes, this is the same John McCain who is the biggest cheerleader for the war in Iraq and is the architect of the surge.
This is the same John McCain who admits he doesn't know know a thing about economics and proves it with his tired-old right wing rhetoric.
This is the same John McCain who gladly embraces an anti-Catholic pastor in the pursuit of votes from evangelical extremists.
And Hillary Clinton thinks John McCain is better suited to the presidency than Barack Obama.
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Update 2: In a comment, dharmafarmer posted this video which shows you how a real Democrat talks about John McCain.
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Hillary Clinton's own experience does not justify her attack.
The single best evidence for this? In 2002, she said the reason why she voted for the Iraq war was her experience in the White House.
This is probably the hardest decision I've ever had to make. Any vote that might lead to war should be hard.
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My decision is influenced by my eight years on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, in the White House, watching my husband deal with serious challenges to our nation.
Experience, indeed.
Judgment, indeed.
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Moreover, Hillary Clinton's comment is an incredible act of Democratic disloyalty.
Can you imagine the outrage if Barack Obama said he preferred John McCain to Hillary Clinton?
For weeks now Hillary Clinton and John McCain have been tag teaming Barack Obama, a strategy devised by Mark Penn, her chief strategist.
The same Mark Penn whose lobbying shop is headed by Charlie Black, John McCain's top adviser.
Hillary Clinton cannot win this nomination without using superdelegates to overturn the judgment of voters. Moreover, it's extremely unlikely that superdelegates will decide to do that, notwithstanding the Clinton campaign's suggestion that the she should win the nomination because of the "fact" that she wins more support from white Democrats.
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Hillary Clinton is a huge underdog to win the nomination and her current arguments are unlikely to help her prospects.
John McCain, on the other hand, benefits by having a Democrat echo his attacks on Barack Obama.
So why is Hillary Clinton attacking Barack Obama using John McCain's favorite memes?
Does she care at all about the Democratic Party? Or is she just out for herself?
This is the question. And Hillary Clinton is in the process of answering it.