Can HRC do anything correctly ?

New ad

Well - we all know the new ad that HRC is running in PA. Apparently one of the people is not even a registered PA voter - lived in NJ (and voted in the NJ primary) but only recently moved to PA - promises to be a PA voter by the time the elections come about !!

Story is at

http://blogs.mcall.com/...

Supporter in Clinton attack ad not registered in Pa.

goes on to say

Barack Obama can take some solace out of Hillary Clinton’s new television ad in Pennsylvania. At least one of her supporters featured in the spot hammering Obama for his small town comments isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania.

Clyde Thomas, who sports a goatee in the ad and says, "the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said," is actually registered in New Jersey. He voted there for Clinton Feb. 5. He only recently moved to Bethlehem, Pa.

"It shouldn’t be a big deal. I explained it to the campaign," Thomas said in an interview. "I see Pennsylvanians for what they are. I grew up with the values of Pennsylvanians."

He added: "I am from a perspective of someone coming into Pennsylvania new like Barack Obama is, and seeing how great they are and how they welcome me."

Thomas said he was born in Scranton, but has lived his entire life in Somerville, N.J. He is a 46-year-old unemployed environmental engineer, having gotten his degree from the University of Scranton.

He said he has been volunteering for the campaign in recent weeks, handing out literature and making phone calls. He said the campaign approached him about appearing in the ad, which was filmed in Bethlehem, a city of about 72,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania where Bethlehem Steel once stood tall.

"They gave me no script," he said.

Asked about the fact that Thomas isn’t registered in Pennsylvania, Clinton campaign spokesman Mark Nevins said: "Clyde has deep roots in Pennsylvania and is moving back to the state after having voted in New Jersey in their primary for Hillary Clinton."

Thomas said he plans to register to vote in Pennsylvania ahead of the November election.

•  They're all snipers

  Hillary Clinton in "Storm Over Tuzla"

  Brought to you by Crown Royal. Always delightful - especially with a beer chaser.

  Crown Royal - where the elite meet to greet the man on the street.

  by pinback on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:37:28 AM PDT

•  This is a non-story

  Sorry, but talk about nit-picking.

  by Hark on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:37:59 AM PDT

  •  Maybe. But if the NJ voter was on the other...

    ...foot, Hills would be foaming at the mouth, shaking her finger and screaming "shame on you."

    by Melody Townsel on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:39:18 AM PDT

    •  you have a point

      by Hark on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:45:50 AM PDT

  •  its not

    it goes to show that she cant run a campaign.  This is just another example of people who just dont know how to do their job correctly.

    by dark daze on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:42:26 AM PDT

    •  Agree.

      Why didn't the Clinton campaign do the work and interview regular people on the street until they came up with the handful that had the opinion they were trying to show?  

      Phony.  

      On the first viewing of the ad - wife and I looked at each other and went at the same time ---- Phoooooooooooney!

      by ZappoDave on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:46:05 AM PDT

      •  yes- it's all about the false

        by memofromturner on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:51:49 AM PDT

  •  It's not just about the dishonesty of the ad

    It's that even after Snipergate and Hospitalgate, the Ready On Day One gal's campaign is still either: A) too disorganized to do the vetting that could have avoided this latest embarrassment, or B) too stupid to realize that this isn't 1992 anymore, there's a thing called the Internet, and this kind of mendacity will be inevitably exposed and ridiculed.

    by Joe Beese on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:54:52 AM PDT

  •  Well, she won California, Texas (primary), Ohio,

    New York, and she may win Pennsylvania with Obama out spending her 2 or 3 to 1 (in Pa.).   I think you gloat too early, but it's a typical level of maturity I suppose.  

    Meanwhile, many Obama supporters are working their buts off in pennsylvanai trying to win.

    by TomP on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:02:15 AM PDT

    •  And Obama won in the other states

      Plus, he didn't have to inject five million dollars into his campaign or accept money from lobbyists who, according to Hillary, represent the voices of the average American.

      by percival constantine on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:05:43 AM PDT

      •  LOL!!

        Who cares?  My point was that the diary asked whether she could do anything right?  I pointed out that she won many states.  

        You provided no answer except to attack Clinton.  Liek I said, you can attack Clinton all day.  I don't support her.  

        Typical silliness.  Obam will lose the general election unless his supporters grow up a bit.

        by TomP on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:49:13 AM PDT

•  Interesting, but....

  This may be interesting, but it is not really a factor.

  by parkeradison on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:43:46 AM PDT

  •  Right.

    We all ready knew that the Clinton/McCain/Penn Campaign Machine is filled with disingenuous surrogates and candidates.

    It could be a factor, if major media picks it up.  It's a lot more of a factor than Bittergates was, with the proper play.

    by sheddhead on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:52:29 AM PDT

•  More poor staff work

  This is another example of how poorly her campaign has been run. They should have ensured that every person in that ad was registered to vote in Pennsylvania's primary.

  Her management of her campaign (and her earlier foray into universal health care)is an indication of how incompetent  a Hillary administration would be.

  by BlueSue on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:44:47 AM PDT

•  Ben Smith

  ..is the one that brought this up , to give him credit

  by nerdngeek on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:59:45 AM PDT

•  Good question

  I'm really surprised Hillary's incompetence hasn't been more of an issue....from the disastrous Health Care task force to all of the huge blunders of her campaign which started out as the OVERWHELMING favorite for the nomination...

  by peaceandprogress on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:04:04 AM PDT