Obama hits back on Gas Tax gimmick in New Ad

Here is his response:  

I like it.  I wish he would hit Hillary much harder on this issue.  But I guess their sense is that the subtle hit will do the trick.  I hope it does.  The voters already don't trust Hillary and are likely to believe that she's selling some snake oil.  All you really have to do is say she's lying and most people will believe it.  Indiana voters are more friendly to Obama than than in OH and PA.  Come on Indiana!!!

What do you think?  

So let's make this an action diary.  Please phonebank!!!!  Obama has a goal of 1 million voters by May 6th.  Right now we're at 324,000.  We've got to get moving.  Calling these voters can make the difference in Indiana and North Carolina.  

Also tonight is the last day to make a donation count for April.  Let's get to work for our future.  Leave no stone unturned this week.  Work hard and we'll reap the benefits next week.  

Travel to Indiana

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•  Tips/recs

  by Hope08 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:02:37 PM PDT

  •  Hillary to Break Up OPEC

    This is some real news I hadn't seen anywhere

    http://news.yahoo.com/...

    She vowed to break the monopoly of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), cartel which produces 40 percent of the world's oil.

    "I am tired of OPEC setting the price and determining how much supply there is, by any definition that is a monopoly," Clinton said.

    "We are going to use every tool at our disposal as a nation to try to break that up."

    Is using Nukes on Iran one option...

    by Steven R on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:11:26 PM PDT

    •  Energy crisis all over again

      That'll go over well with everyone

      by SunWolf78 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:12:47 PM PDT

    •  What a pander bear. She's has no moral compass

      by Hope08 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:13:31 PM PDT

      •  Panda Bear Alert

        as noted in earlier diary here

        If the media tonight actually covers these boneheaded moves by her... Bullshit Gas Tax Proposal, Riding in a fake Pick up truck with 6 SUV's behind her, Never pumping or even driving, and now Busting up OPEC... well, I guess no one would be surprised.  This is hillary afterall.

        by Billary Redux on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:19:03 PM PDT

        •  No self-respecting panda

          would vote for Hillary.  Please don't malign the endangered bear!

          by Pandababy on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:52:21 PM PDT

          •  Yes. I think a great deal of Panda bears and

            am insulted that they would be associated with Hillary Clinton.  Panda's = Good   HRC = Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

            ;-)

            by phrogge prince on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:29:25 PM PDT

            •  The black and white peace-loving philosophers

              would never think in terms like 'security (nuclear) umbrella' or 'massive retaliation', and not one of them would have voted for the war in Iraq.

              Nice of you to "think a great deal of Panda bears".  They are my favorites.

              by Pandababy on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:48:28 PM PDT

              •  My fondness for Panda's was born some

                60+ years ago.  Everybody had a teddy bear, but I had a panda. It's been a lifetime love affair. :-) (I have, however, stopped sleeping with them. They rest in the top of a closet, and everytime I check on them, it seems like a little bit more of the fuzz has been picked off. That's a mystery I can't explain.)

                by phrogge prince on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:53:56 PM PDT

      •  Well, on health care mandates ...

        ... I believe she is right.  As an actuary, that is what is reassuring to me about her.  So is her (original) co-sponsorship of Barack Obama's (and Chris Dodd's) resolution last Congress opposing any form of photo ID voting requirement.

        I still ended up voting for Obama, however.  His opposition to this gas tax holiday only confirms the risk I took was for the better.

        by jim bow on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:21:00 PM PDT

        •  The one thing we know about Hillary is

          that she had a mandate in 1992, and she BLEW IT. Not only she blew the healthcare opportunity, she and BillC delivered the control of House and Senate to the Rethugs.

          It happened on their watch.

          by MAORCA on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:40:27 PM PDT

        •  The minute I heard about her mandate

          I thought: uh oh, there she goes again...

          by mrchumchum on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:52:24 PM PDT

        •  She is dead wrong

          Kennedy has already said the idea of an individual mandate is dead on arrival in the Senate.  The bill the Congress prepares for the next President's signature will not include a mandate.  A mandate is not perfectly enforceable and will NOT get us to 100% coverage.  There are much more effective and compassionate ways to extend health insurance than to threaten people with huge fines if they don't sign up.

          Obama has health care right!  As usual, Hillary has it WRONG!

          by Helenann on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:41:17 PM PDT

          •  On mandates

            I like the Edwards idea of each year requiring everyone on their tax forms to show proof of health insurance in order to receive the health insurance tax credit, and if no proof of insurance is shown, then the government automatically enrolls the taxpayer in a certain federal or state employee plan, which the insurer has to accept.  That's much better than a fine as a penalty.

            by jim bow on Thu May 01, 2008 at 06:44:18 AM PDT

      •  That's OK, McCain is against protecting Panders

        His official stance on animal protection must extent to pander Bear extinction.

        by MT in Austin on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:38:19 PM PDT

      •  No morals. No compass. eom

        by Chi on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:44:06 PM PDT

      •  It would, finally, explain

        how she's tolerated Bill all these years.

        by bwintx on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:00:29 PM PDT

      •  if you think that's bad

        shoulda seen the truth on PBS - according to a non partisan economist, the saving is less than $2! so Obama is wrong. Obama needed to say that if the gas tax is suspened so goes road and bridge repair and those infrastructure, so goes the construction jobs with that great gas tax. That's what moved me, even though all along i knew HRC is a lying sack of -

        by ladygreenslippers on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:45:25 PM PDT

    •  re

      Keep her away from ALL FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS!

      by cookiesandmilk on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:13:35 PM PDT

    •  OPEC's response:

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...oh, please...stop...it hurts...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

      by Aqualad08 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:14:02 PM PDT

      •  Especially the Saudis who gave Bill

        10 millions.  Wink, wink...

        Yeah, right, Hillary, we believe you!

        by Hope08 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:17:56 PM PDT

        •  Use the George Castanza algorithm:

          just do the opposite. We've perfected it with the Republicans these last eight years, and it seems to be working fine with Hillary so far.  Examples:

          "Obama told Canada he was lying about NAFTA =
              "I told Canada I was lying about NAFTA"

          "The ceremony had to be canceled" =
           "The ceremony took place normally."

          "I feel bad this factory was closed" =
            "I supported closing this factory."

          "The voters will decide this" =
            "The SD will decide this."

          "It's all about delegates, not states" =
            "It's all about the big states, not the delegates."

          "I support this war." = "I am against this war."

          Just grind any statement through the Castanzerator and out pops the real meaning.

          by geomoo on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:13:57 PM PDT

          •  VERY FUNNY! I love George.

            by kate mckinnon on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:38:59 PM PDT

      •  What on earth does she think she's gonna do?

        Discover a Ghawar hiding under the White House lawn?

        She has lost all sense of comprehension.

        by Grass on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:34:47 PM PDT

        •  she will nuke iran, venezuala, mecca,

          and anybody else that needs to be obliterated.

          by soros on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:19:01 PM PDT

          •  Sounds like a plan

            what's the point in having thousands of nukes if you're not going to use them?

            by Grass on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:45:42 PM PDT

          •  radioactive oil...

            even better for cleaning engines!

            by mayan on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:48:29 PM PDT

            •  It will both

              lubricate and self-heat

              by banjolele on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:00:09 PM PDT

            •  Damn. You beat me to the radioactive oil joke.

              by geomoo on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:07:13 PM PDT

            •  And you wouldn't have any trouble finding

              your car on a darkened parking lot:  it would be glowing. :-)

              by phrogge prince on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:30:54 PM PDT

            •  ya , that reminds me of a nuke documentary

              american engineers were trying to figure out how to tap deep reservoirs of natural gas in Arkansas (maybe a different state, been a while?)  in the 60's.    Use nukes to fracture the earths crust and the gas would flow upwards.. sounds like a reasonable plan :-)  Unfortunately it was all radioactive..  

              by soros on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:47:53 PM PDT

    •  re

      She's going to take a Tuzlan sniper team into OPEC HQ and totally obliterate the place....

      by cookiesandmilk on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:16:43 PM PDT

    •  35 years of experience and she's

      an ignoramus.  Or thinks she's running for president of the world.

      by Marie on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:18:26 PM PDT

      •  Megalomania makes fools

        of the best of men-and women.

        by beltane on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:21:30 PM PDT

      •  35 years of experience and would fail Econ 101

        by pointsoflight on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:51:15 PM PDT

    •  Is that before or after.....

      she has us guzzling more foreign oil during the "gas tax holiday"?  

      You know, the tax we'll end (regardless of the jobs it costs for infrastructure and safety, and after OPEC and the refineries and the oil companies raise prices to counteract the effects), so that McCain and Repubs can call it a "tax increase" when it's reinstated?  

      I never thought she was stupid.  Now, in addition to no moral compass and a mean streak, she's also stupid.  

      Hey absolute worst case scenario:  because of the Obama/Wright divorce yesterday, he's totally rehabilitated for 2012.  Because either McCain or Hillary are going to be complete disasters as president and be lucky to serve out one term.

      by 57andFemale on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:18:48 PM PDT

    •  After that can she make Somalia

      pass the "Genocide is Bad" law.  

      I think its stuck in committee somewhere.  (And by "stuck" I mean "the committee members can't sign it because their arms have been cut off" and by "committee members" I mean "lawless bands of gangs that murder indiscrimantly and use rape as a weapon")

      Thanks Hill... you're the bestest!

      by Wisper on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:29:20 PM PDT

      •  Maybe she can take a glance at this

        global warming glitch we might possibly be facing, you know? The one where if we do nothing we all die?

        by Grass on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:37:14 PM PDT

    •  Well hell,

      I didn't know the President had the authority to break up OPEC. Cool. I'll bet she fixes Global Warming by making it illegal for ice caps to melt.

      by NMDad on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:31:52 PM PDT

      •  Obviously, you have some outdated notion of the

        Presidency which might have been valid pre-Bush, but no longer applies. The concept of a "Unitary Executive" has taken hold and Hillary plans to extend her power globally.

        Hillary is no Margaret Thatcher - she's Queen Elizabeth I, and she will RULE THE WORLD!

        by rontun on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:00:52 PM PDT

        •  Even Elizabeth I

          wasn't this out of touch with reality...

          by banjolele on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:01:23 PM PDT

    •  Tough Hillary is going to solve all problems

      in da whole world. The scary thing is that she may even believe in her own nonsense.

      Some facts:

      1. 40% is not a monopoly.

      2. There ain't no bloody way to force anybody to sell more oil (short of invasion...). Not even Magic Hillary can increase world supply.

      3. There IS no bloody price fixation. The price goes up because the Chinese have the cash to pay more than $100 a barrel. Is Hillary going to nuke the Chinese into decreasing their demand?

      It's embarrassing to listen to this kind of empty tough-talk nonsense from a would-be leader of the US. From the same page as the fantasies about nuclear umbrellas in the Middle East as if THAT would increase international security.

      by Mbuto on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:32:29 PM PDT

      •  Re

        Is Hillary going to nuke the Chinese into decreasing their demand?

        What a great plan, to nuke the people manufacturing most of our current consumer goods! I'm sure that won't have any negative effects at all.

        by Sparhawk on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:11:09 PM PDT

        •  Hey,

          it's also going to make manufacturing jobs viable again! It's a winning plan in any sense. Bring me the launch codes and the target coordinates already!

          by Mbuto on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:19:08 PM PDT

      •  Price fix

        There IS no bloody price fixation.

        Um, actually one of OPEC's ministers basically said the price wasn't being set based on supply and demand. If there's not a "fix" going on, there's speculative buying (also heard on NPR's Marketplace yesterday) by investors. It's not all about the Chinese and the Indians.

        by mediaprof on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:17:18 PM PDT

        •  I hear you,

          but let me pose at least one speculative question:

          Do you think investors would be buying up oil if they thought there was a huge hidden supply of oil?

          I think there simply are two unavoidable and fundamental trends in play: Demand will increase, and peak oil will be hit sooner or later, if not already. Hillary nuking half of Opec as well as China into submission is NOT going to solve this problem.

          by Mbuto on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:24:29 PM PDT

          •  Not if OPEC increased output

            OPEC could ramp up their output, but they won't. Also, there's another part of this equation that doesn't get mentioned often enough - refining capacity. U.S. refineries are aging and not running at anywhere near capacity. Somewhere, I actually think the refiners like being a bottleneck in the process.

            The speculative buying wouldn't happen if the U.S. economy wasn't in the toilet, which has nothing to do with supply. Actually, there's the exact same supply as there was less than a year ago when oil was $70. Demand hasn't increased dramatically enough to account for the dramatic increase since January.

            BTW, the marketplace report also mentioned that we really don't know how much supply and demand there is for oil, so we guess.

            And I agree with you that Hillary's not helping matters.

            by mediaprof on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:45:16 PM PDT

            •  Thanks,

              this is all very interesting to learn about!

              There's one little anecdote I think may be very interesting also. It basically says that Bush asked the Saudis to increase production, they refused, and Bush concluded that they probably COULDN'T increase production (peak oil and all). If a Bush today can't "dictate" the oil production of the Saudis, what could a Hillary or McCain possibly do tomorrow? Threaten obliteration?

              by Mbuto on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:57:26 PM PDT

            •  The US refineries are aging,

              after how many years of record profits by their companies?

              That is trickle down economics in a nutshell.

              by Ginny in CO on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:46:54 PM PDT

    •  The thought of her in the Oval Office

      scares the living crap out of me more and more.

      by Jennifer Clare on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:41:39 PM PDT

    •  WHAT AN IDIOT!

      by ye ye ye on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:52:42 PM PDT

    •  Um...

      How is she planning on doing that, exactly?  These are sovereign nations making a trade pact.  God, she is just a fucking NeoCon with a better benefits package.

      by RichM on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:42:49 PM PDT

    •  This is so typical Hillary Clinton.

      Rather than think about the solution to a problem--what solution?  Hillary Clinton always seems to have a nebulously defined sense of the times.  Here's something people are angry about, here's the scapegoat.  Like George W. Bush.  Sure, she kicks him around the yard, but she never proposes anything that would change the way Dubya buddies Tom Delay et al do business in Washington.

      Oil prices are a problem, and Americans sense that that oil companies are not only corrupt but the real puppeteers in Washington.

      So--voila!--let's make rhetorical assaults on OPEC, and threaten to break up their cartel.

      Rather than reality--an oil crisis, the declining slope of the history of oil production and usage, where price would inevitably skyrocket--let's bury our heads in the sand and rather than make expensive gasoline more efficient, we'll artificially jack down the price.

      Because that would have no consequence on a nation's foundering finances or the world economy, when we already have cheaper gasoline than many peoples.

      See the dilemnas here?

      by Nulwee on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:19:19 PM PDT

    •  Jesus effing Christ

      I cannot take any more of this World Empire attitude.  It's no different from Bush, Reagan, the neocons and the PNAC crowd.  Lord deliver us from Hillary!

      by oscarsmom on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:00:07 PM PDT

      •  AND ANOTHER THING

        What happened to the idea about reducing our dependence on foreign oil period??  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to spend money on our own people for a change instead of the fatcat military we need to defend our "interests" abroad?  AAAAAAaaaack!

        End of rant.

        by oscarsmom on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:02:01 PM PDT

    •  Oh my god.....

      What hammer does she think that he have to accomplish this?

      She is now writing checks that her ass can't cash. The sad thing is that many in the "working class" will hear this stuff and eat it up all day long.

      by PLU Tim on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:08:25 PM PDT

    •  yeah right

      never happen in 19000 of my lifetimes.

      We can crush them with US investment in alternate energy. CRUSH THEM.

      by glutz78 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:33:02 PM PDT

    •  Hillary can't control production.....

      so the demand side is it....cut the gas tax...no raise it 2 bucks....ooops can't do that. Won't get elected.....gee if I had balls I'd be King Farook.

      by Parisgnome on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:38:58 PM PDT

    •  She can't break up OPEC

      It's not hers, or ours, to break up. Stupid. Totally stupid.

      It's like saying she's going to break up the EU because she doesn't like their trade policies.

      by mmacdDE on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:45:57 PM PDT

    •  If we nuke Iran, their radioactive oil

      will have double the energy.

      by geomoo on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:05:42 PM PDT

    •  Is she serious?

      How, exactly, does the US go about breaking up an oil cartel of foreign nations?  Do we anger our few allies in the region? Do we threaten economic sanctions or military action?

      The reality is that we can do nothing.  The US can huff and pout all it wants, but it has no leverage over OPEC.  We need oil, they have it.  If we try to "break up OPEC," they'll severely cut production and turn our recession into a really severe one.

      The idiocy coming out of the Clinton campaign on gas and oil is shocking for someone who claims to be a policy expert. It's shocking for someone who simply graduated from college.

      Whatever it takes for votes, I guess.

      by dmfox on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:12:44 PM PDT

      •  Hell, It's Appalling . . .

        from someone who only got as far as their sixth grade civics class.

        by pfeffermuse on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:01:03 PM PDT

    •  "every tool at our disposal"

      I'm thinking perhaps JeffLieber's crank-em-up dildo?

      HRC's the tool, frankly.

      by Dem in the heart of Texas on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:47:32 PM PDT

    •  Hillary the Buchanan-style populist.

      Now I've seen everything.

      by Bush Bites on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:42:01 PM PDT

    •  I clicked your link, Steven R

      and I can't find the quoted text.   Can you provide a better link?   The OPEC quote is interesting, but I can't use it if I can't find it...

      by Dem in the heart of Texas on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:08:29 PM PDT

  •  Is this on air? A 1 minute ad? If so, cool.

    by Junglered1 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:21:04 PM PDT

    •  I was wondering the same thing

      He's bought 1 minute spots before, but I haven't heard anything about this being on air. I'm about to start googling.

      by dawnt on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:23:05 PM PDT

      •  It probably is because it has the

        "and I approve this message" on there, normally his Net ads don't. He can afford to run 1 minute ads :oP

        I still like the one about the lobbyists and wish they would put that one on the air.

        by Muzikal203 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:50:43 PM PDT

    •  It's on air in Indy and N. Carolina

      by Steven R on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:23:24 PM PDT

      •  ooh I have to send more money

        I like how he spends it

        by geejay on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:26:26 PM PDT

        •  It's great SEEING your money work

          in our campaign, isn't it?

          by Muzikal203 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:51:01 PM PDT

          •  Yes. Hopefully my tax dollars will

            be spent just as well when President Obama's in charge. =)

            by vertexoflife on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:07:30 PM PDT

      •  Thanks, that's what I was hoping to hear

        Do you happen to have a link to anything that I can send out to ppl confirming this? I've been googling but come up empty handed, and I think this could be a real morale booster.

        by dawnt on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:27:54 PM PDT

        •  Link

          per Time

          http://thepage.time.com/...

          by Steven R on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:30:22 PM PDT

          •  Thanks! n/t

            by dawnt on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:40:09 PM PDT

      •  Finally, he seems to be snapping out of the fog

        his campaign has been in and responding on offense to this issue. He has seemed stuck on defense since last week.
        Time to make the pivot and move on and this is a very strong response to McCain and Clinton again painting them with old Washington politics and making empty promises.

        by smartdemmg on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:27:58 PM PDT

        •  A little disheartened

          maybe it's lack of sleep or the long campaign, but Mrs. Obama is looking very down, the Viera interview and the Indiana Q&A while Barack answered questions....she looked very saddened as another Wright question was asked by a member of the audience.

          by politicalget on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:10:06 PM PDT

  •  Thank you for posting this. nt

    by smartcookienyc on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:46:42 PM PDT

  •  Kick Freakin' Ass!!!

    His honesty and consistency will win in the end....

    by serrano on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:03:32 PM PDT

•  Can you give some idea what did he say?

  by joy sinha on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:03:22 PM PDT

  •  He said

    You will only save about $25 or $30 and that this is a quick fix designed for politicians to say they are doing something.

    I would like for him to point out that a) the savings may not even be passed to the consumers and b) the tax money goes to maintining our infrastructure and c) that every economist agrees with him.

    But it's a great response, nonetheless.

    by jenontheshore on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:06:52 PM PDT

    •  Agreed.

      Anyone who has ever taken economics 101 knows that the economic incidence -- where the economic burden falls (consumer or producer) -- is independent of the statutory incidence whether the subsidy be given to the oil companies or to the taxpayers.  Either way demand of gas will rise, and so will prices as a result.  This is such silly policy, and Hillary Clinton knows it.  Shame on her.

      by jim bow on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:25:06 PM PDT

      •  The price of gasoline...

        ...is set by supply and demand. Removing the gas tax will just cause the price to rise to compensate, except oil companies get the increase, not the government. It cannot happen any other way.

        by Sparhawk on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:12:39 PM PDT

      •  You might be giving her too much credit

        Either way demand of gas will rise, and so will prices as a result.  This is such silly policy, and Hillary Clinton knows it.

        Hillary isn't that smart. After all, how could she go from the "clear favorite" to "close second" in the nomination race? She's obviously got some gaps in her knowledge if she's let this come to pass.

        It's not that much of a stretch, especially considering her campaign financing woes, that she's more-or-less innumerate.

        by banjolele on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:05:50 PM PDT

    •  limits of a 1 minute ad

      He's said this in other appearances, but I think the 1-minute ad format is limiting how in-depth he can go here.

      by lauramp on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:43:33 PM PDT

      •  Exactly - the longer clip of the speech was

        posted earlier.  It's only about 2 1/2 minutes, but he does manage to include both those points and a few more.  Choosing to emphasise the point that we have to be honest about the fact that a tax holiday does nothing to solve the problem is the best approach for the ad.

        by lineatus on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:58:25 PM PDT

    •  And what good is saving $25

      when I will have to replace my tires more often because they are getting ripped apart driving on poorly maintained roads.

      by perpetualstudent on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:06:56 PM PDT

•  Someone who will tell you the truth

  good theme for him.  No one, not even her supporters, believe HRC tells the truth.

  by silent no more on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:04:58 PM PDT

  •  That's because she lies all the time nt

    by rdxtion on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:07:54 PM PDT

    •  Hey

      As Bill Clinton said in his press conference after the Senate impeachment trial, when it comes to telling the truth, it's your batting average that counts. :)

      I don't believe even Hillary genuinely believes in this policy.  This gas tax thing is analagous to when Bill Clinton in 2004 told John Kerry to support all those state ballot marriage amendments, and Kerry -- to his credit -- refused to do so.

      by jim bow on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:29:03 PM PDT

    •  Don't be blaming poor Hillary. It isn't her fault

      that she wouldn't recognize the truth if it smacked her upside the head.  

      by rontun on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:06:34 PM PDT

  •  He needs to challenge us, ala Kennedy

    to sacrifice for our childrens' future.

    At the same time, the constant theme should be JOBS, JOB, JOBS, and every single ad should tell how a policy will affect JOBS.

    It's the JOBS, stupid!!

    by revgerry on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:26:22 PM PDT

•  Can you embed the video?

  by Michael Lawrence Gallagher on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:05:04 PM PDT

  •  Can't embed brightcove on Kos

    just YouTube.

    by nightsweat on