Awesome: Hillary mocks Obama; Update: “We are a nation at war”
posted at 8:28 pm on February 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Coming soon to a John McCain campaign commercial near you. Her point here is entirely fair, incidentally; near as I can tell, Obama’s master plan for uprooting the special interest kudzu in D.C. is to unleash his personal awesomeness and watch it wither in submission, like one of those fainting women at his rallies. Can’t wait. As for our gal, between this and yesterday’s “shame on you” finger-wag, I’m thinking that little passion play at the end of the debate last week about how everything’s going to be okay wasn’t so much a farewell as her way of telling America not to fret too much about Bambi when she takes off the gloves and starts swinging. He’ll be juuuuust fine. Tuesday night, baby. Bare knuckle.
I keep looking for that clip of Ed Harris trying to revive Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio near the end of “The Abyss” but I can’t find it on YouTube. Anyone know if it’s online? “Fight! Fiiiiight!”
Update: Heh. Fiiiiiiiight!
Update: Oh, the nutroots howling that’ll greet this tomorrow. By leftist lights, any criticism of a liberal from the right intimating that he’s a lightweight on matters of war is “fearmongering.” They expect it from the GOP; from Hillary, they’ll consider it unforgivable.
On the Barack Obama Phenomenon
I think that there is a certain phenomenon associated with this candidacy, and I am really struck by that because it is very much about him and his personality and his presentation. And that’s perfectly legitimate in politics, or any other walk of life, but I think it dangers or oversimplifies the complexity of the problems we face, the challenges of navigating our country through some difficult uncharted waters. We are a nation at war. That seems to be forgotten.
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Maybe Ann Coulter is working for her.
lowandslow on February 24, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Sometimes it is fun to watch her.
rplat on February 24, 2008 at 8:33 PM
This is going to start getting good now. It’s going to take on a WWF-mentality. Hopefully Hill starts bringing folding chairs to the debates. With all the sycophants swooning over Obama, it’s excellent seeing a Dem turn on one of it’s own.
Cold Steel on February 24, 2008 at 8:34 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RSRm0l_escg
I dunno if you can grab it and cut it so that just the Fiiiiight is there XD That’s the whole scene.
apollyonbob on February 24, 2008 at 8:35 PM
HAHAHA.
Theworldisnotenough on February 24, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I’m thinking you nailed it, AP. What she gave as the ‘closing statement’ was actually the Rope-a-Dope. Just a sucker punch, of sorts.
petefrt on February 24, 2008 at 8:36 PM
As Milli Vanilli might say:
Girl you know its true
(gu…gu…gu…gu…girl)
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, you are THROUGH
revolution on February 24, 2008 at 8:37 PM
obligatory:
Sorry folks, but if this sarcasm doesn’t stick at least a little bit then we’re screwed. Obama is just asking for it.
ninjapirate on February 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I like this version better :D
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_cc00XMTkwNDM2Njg=.html
Ugly on February 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Hey rplat,
Why don’t you wait until the Robitussin wears off before you post comments here.
revolution on February 24, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Is she making fun of the size of Barack’s magic wand?
profitsbeard on February 24, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Queen Bee or maybe a “Stealer” fan.
mred on February 24, 2008 at 8:45 PM
She is crashing and burning.
She already tried the cozy agreeable way and that failed so she is falling back on shear attack.
TheSitRep on February 24, 2008 at 8:48 PM
That was awesome.
I think Hillary seriously regrets her current party affiliation right now.
joewm315 on February 24, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Rhode Island? Ok. Fine. But shouldn’t she have saved this for Akron or Houston?
Limerick on February 24, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I’ve never seen a video more appropriate. Maybe you should send it to the campaign! It may be ust what she needs!
Pam on February 24, 2008 at 8:56 PM
So reminiscent of the last two weeks of the ‘92 general election. Next, Hillary will call the media ‘bozos’ for not covering Obama seriously.
This time, however, we’re a loooong way from November.
thirtypundit on February 24, 2008 at 9:04 PM
First, she “attacked” the Messiah (really she was just defending herself against his attack). Now she’s mocking him. The MSM is really going to let her have it now!
jgapinoy on February 24, 2008 at 9:04 PM
“Even my cat Socks knows more about foreign policy than that bozo!”
jgapinoy on February 24, 2008 at 9:06 PM
She’s right, you won’t just wave a magic wand and make the special interests disappear. I say we let her wave Bill around like flypaper.
Dusty on February 24, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Yeah, you’re right. I think she is aiming this at Texans… seems like this would play well there. It’s a reality-based community.
“We are a nation at war.” I love it. It’s disingenuous as heck coming from her, but necessary.
joewm315 on February 24, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Ref the update….
Damn…..Limerick finally got one right! She went right. Guess that means no concession. She knows the kooks will be jumping outta the weeds now. This just became a civil war.
Limerick on February 24, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Shrill and desperate. Poor Hillary. She’s seeing her dream slip away from her, one day at a time.
Seixon on February 24, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Is she taking my advice and moving to the right of Obama?
Her point is a very valid point, though. I wish McCain would do this, too.
SouthernGent on February 24, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Yep she took it SG! It forces the gentleman into the arms of the CodePinkos and Murthas. Now will she maintain the attack? I sure as hell hope so.
Limerick on February 24, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Yeah, except the nutroots actually see her as being “of the Right” these days. She is the “other corporatist|war candidate.”
Strange days…
Hannibal Smith on February 24, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Where’s the clip of Scarlett O’Hara saying “We are at war!”
Lehuster on February 24, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Didn’t Obama say that we were at war at the last debate?
Vizzini on February 24, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Yeah, maybe it’s nice to have Shrillary talk like a conservative but can one really trust anything she says? You know she will say anything if it will help her politically.
That said, I think and feel that Obama is an abomination that can’t be allowed to assume the presidency.
docdave on February 24, 2008 at 9:14 PM
The republicans were smart enough (at least ~90% were) to not vote for their unqualified candidate. Democrats weren’t so unfortunate. It’ll be unfortunate for the country after january too.
lorien1973 on February 24, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Hilary finally learned. Obama is like Mohammed Ali he is a boxer not a slugger and he does his rope a dope strategy to trick you.
But a slugger can beat a boxer if he tangles up wiht him and prevents clinches and hits him hard over and over again.
William Amos on February 24, 2008 at 9:16 PM
No matter what she says, her delivery is still cringeworthy. It is unbearable to listen to her, even when she has a point, while it is pleasing to listen to the O and his mellifluous tones. Guess who wins the nomination.
Trial balloon.
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I’m not say she is suddenly my gal. Not at all. Just say this was the only way to lay down the gauntlet. I wrote her off after Austin, saying she would cave. I’m backtracking now. Looks like she has decided that she has lost and wants to make BHO’s run a whole lot harder for him.
Limerick on February 24, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Limerick i agree, she is doing what she has to do.
zane on February 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM
No pulse,d!mmit.When she is revived,and the way
we’ve been running her campaign,she’s gonna be
p!ssed!
canopfor on February 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM
I think it’s a lost cause, but if it’s all or nothing, how about a little flyer revenge with this photo (and accompanying story).
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Yep, at war as it suits her campaign now, and fear-mongering when it suited her campaign earlier. Ho-hum.
Let the nutroots go bananas! Plenty food for all.
petefrt on February 24, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Oh, man, that was funny. That was a righteous mocking of his highness.
Jaibones on February 24, 2008 at 9:24 PM
She give’s me chills!Scary…..
beachkatie on February 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM
They are both fingernails on a chalkboard. I look at it this way.
Better the devil you know.
B Hussein O is just too creepy, too slick, too NOTHING to lead the free world.
CrimsonFisted on February 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM
“We are a nation at war.” ….with the Republicans, duh…
cthulhu on February 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM
But, but, but…he said rainbows and unicorns…he’ll make that happen won’t he???
ihasurnominashun on February 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM
As much as I dislike that woman I got a kick out of it.
You go, Girl!
peacenprosperity on February 24, 2008 at 9:26 PM
OMG! OMG! She’s breathing!!
TBinSTL on February 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Somewhere Cindy Sheehan is stabbing a hillary bobblehead doll.
William Amos on February 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM
You’re simply the best AP.
On the end of “The Abyss”, Bill would never fight like that for Hillary, never.
On Hillary, I’m not writing her off yet, at least not until March the 5th. One, because I want her to win the nomination, and two, these are the Clintons.
On the war, she happens to be right. She’s also a hypocrite and swings left, or right, as she needs the topic, for whichever audience.
Entelechy on February 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Now I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.
Typhoon on February 24, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Yeah, but to watch her paint the extreme left of her party DayGlowPink, is priceless. They will never let her off the hook, and she knows it. Johnny Mac’s stock just went up about ten points. This calls for a fresh 12 pack.
Limerick on February 24, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Political Fantasy 2008:
McCain’t picks Romney for veep.
Clinton takes out Obama before the convention.
McCain’t has to quit-health, scandal, I don’t care what-he has to quit, and Romney becomes the Republican candidate.
The Republican party rallies around Romney,Dems around Clinton…
Romney wins in a 50 state landslide. It’s my fantasy, but wouldn’t it be great?
Doug on February 24, 2008 at 9:32 PM
“Mybe I’ve just lived alittle long.”
Ya think?
davidk on February 24, 2008 at 9:32 PM
That would be utterly fantastic.
cjs1943 on February 24, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Chavez can send/bring B. Obama one, similar to Fidel’s.
Entelechy on February 24, 2008 at 9:35 PM
This is so much fun to watch. (side note) Allah, you just ruined the memory of a good movie for me.
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Her mocking of Obama, and especially his subjects, is perfect, in substance and style. It’s also perfect to watch. Were they not so destructive to this country, I’d pay lots of dollars for first row seats in the gladiator show.
Entelechy on February 24, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Obama worked with terrorist.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57231
Indy Conservative on February 24, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Hillarys little speach;and staying with the Hollywood theme.
“Lets just get everybody together.Let’s get unified.”
“The sky will open.The light will come done”
“The celestial choirs will be singing.”
“And everyone will know we should do the right thing,
and the World will be perfect”
Just remember Obama,when she lifts the lid on the Ark of the
Covenant,don’t look,whatever you do don’t look!
canopfor on February 24, 2008 at 9:38 PM
But … but … Juan McCamnesty!
Hillary On John McCain
John McCain is a friend of mine. I deeply admire his service to our country. He’s a good man with the wrong ideas about what needs to be done in Iraq and elsewhere with the economy, with health care.
DannoJyd on February 24, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Better for Obama to be seasoned with this now, for when the GOP and McCain try to use the same attack line against Obama, it will have already played out like a torturous repeat recording. If this line is the only thing that Hillary (and McCain and the GOP) now have against Obama, it’s pretty thin indeed. Folks, prepare yourself for President Obama.
JimmyHuck on February 24, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Her mocking of Obama..
Entelechy on February 24,2008 at 9:38PM.
Entelechy:Excellent plan,I’ll buy the popcorn!
canopfor on February 24, 2008 at 9:41 PM
RESPECT THE MESSIAH!
ScottMcC on February 24, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Caesar said long ago that “homines fere libenter id, quod volunt, credunt.”
“Men generally believe what they want to believe.”
Tzetzes on February 24, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Nope.
One thing we don’t do is elect Presidents while we’re laughing at them.
Once Obama becomes a joke, he’s over.
Typhoon on February 24, 2008 at 9:47 PM
This little thought smacked me.
It would be interesting to hear
what Bill Cosby thinks of Obama,
and Hillarys war with Obama!
canopfor on February 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
She should have one of her flack’s stand up at an Obama rally and ask:
“Senator Obama, did you ever pledge the Shahada as a boy in Indonesia?”
Just the look on his face, before the torrent of soothing and distracting b.s. was spewed, would be worth the price of admission.
(99% of the Messiah’s audience would have no idea what this question implied…”Sha-nana?”… but the meaning would seep out by the next news cycle.)
profitsbeard on February 24, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Messiah?? Could be but more likely an anti-Christ.
docdave on February 24, 2008 at 9:52 PM
RESPECT THE MESSIAH!
ScottMcC on February 24, 2008 at 9:45 PM
lllol!!!!
This little thought smacked me.
It would be interesting to hear
what Bill Cosby thinks of Obama,
and Hillarys war with Obama!
canopfor on February 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Great thought! We just might hear from Bill at just the right moment….
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 9:54 PM
docdave-
I use “Messiah”, also, mockingly, but prefer:
Mahdi.
(May he be well.)
profitsbeard on February 24, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Am I the only one that picks up on her racist subtext?
snaggletoothie on February 24, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Well I’ll tell you the little thought that just struck me…
Careful what you wish for.
What Hillary said there, it needed saying. And it’s been needing saying for a long time. But go on, take a little tour along the Nutroad. They’re having kittens over her besmirching the name of The Chosen One. Some of them are even speculating she may have lost her mind.
But then they weren’t going to vote for her anyway. Reagan Democrats in Ohio, however…and Hispanics in the Rio Grande Valley, them I can see lifting their heads up out of the Obamafog and going, “Wait a minute…”
And if that happens, and if she dispatches Obama, bye, bye, Maverick.
I’ve said all along Obama’s easier to beat than her.
Careful what you wish for.
Typhoon on February 24, 2008 at 9:57 PM
MB4 on February 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM
The O gets an important endorsement from someone who has deciphered his message.
Aha!
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Wasn’t Bill Cosby supporting Kucinich?
SnarkVader on February 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM
I think The High Reverend Huckster is/was the anti-Christ.
Obama? The Cotton Candy Man?
MB4 on February 24, 2008 at 10:01 PM
You go, Mama! I tell you: She just about has me fired up and ready to crossover for her on March 4.
paul006 on February 24, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Black women are not buying Hillay’s Scarlett O’Hara act, not even the “we are at war” one. They have different ‘wars’ in mind.
Unbearable to listen to either, for different reasons. Mellifluous nothing, is still nothing.
MB4 is right - most Americans are out shopping. They’re also uninformed and naive in serious matters, until it’ll be too late.
I like this mocking, the more I reflect - perfect ads for later. The most ironic part is how Hillary and Barak will kiss and make up later, no matter who makes it.
Entelechy on February 24, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM
This is just the beginning of what’s to come… I think you know that and that’s why you won’t take me up on that bet.
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 10:07 PM
McCain is going to be knocked out in a landslide this fall if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee that will make the Bob Dole loss in 1996 look like a cliffhanger. If you have any doubt just look at the primary turnout for Democrats so far. No amount of conservative blogging and conservative talk radio is going to change what will happen this fall.
And on this latest Hillary meltdown from Rhode Island, it may seem funny to conservatives, but in the liberal / leftist realm of politics it’s being taken much differently. They are viewing it as the end of Hillary’s campaign. They are probably right.
What did President Bush get in total votes for the 2004 general election, like 63 million votes? I predict Obama gets over 70+ million just based on what is happening so far in the primaries / caucuses.
olympian2008 on February 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Cotton Candy Man, Hey Cotton Candy Man
Everybody gather around and listen because,
I’m the Cotton Candy Man
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with hope and dew
Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two
The Cotton Candy Man, oh the Cotton Candy Man can
The Cotton Candy Man can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good
Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in change and the sky
Soak it in the sun and make a groovy Presidential pie
The Cotton Candy Man, the Cotton Candy Man can
The Cotton Candy Man can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good
Oh, who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream
Separate out Hillary and collect up all the cream
The Cotton Candy Man, the Cotton Candy Man can
The Cotton Candy Man can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good
The Cotton Candy Man makes everything he bakes satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes, you can even eat the dishes
Yeah, yeah, yeah
- Barack “Sammy” Obama
MB4 on February 24, 2008 at 10:14 PM
In the general election many people will see that Obama has nothing to say, but in the primaries Hillary is a horrible candidate with a horrible speaking voice and Obama is going to win the nomination. She might get a few deaf old ladies to vote for her, or some women who sound like her and don’t see her as a Harridan, but that’s about it
I thought your bet was that Nader would hurt Obama. He could hurt Hillary, but not the O.
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM
This is one tough cookie.
bojack on February 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM
There’s a certain MSNBC news anchor that will wet his Depends after this.
No, not Matthews. The other Thorazine-dependent host.
SteveMG on February 24, 2008 at 10:21 PM
BD, I don’t recall claiming that Obama wouldn’t win the primaries, contrary to my personal wishes. I just can’t stand listening to either. Only point.
Entelechy on February 24, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Hillary, The Conservative Alternative….
LOL…
2 months ago, who’da thunk it?
malan89 on February 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Neither can I, but then again I can’t stand their message so that puts them at a disadvantage from my perspective.
In the end it doesn’t matter what I think, or what you think, it matters what the idiot Dems think.
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 10:26 PM
These are two very good points.
I think that Dim primary turnout is more than half again Rep primary turn out. If someone turns out for a primary they are a good bet to turn out for the general. If someone does not turn out for their primary, well then, they are a good bet not to turn out for the general.
On the second point - conservative blogging and conservative talk radio’s influence on voting. They both tried to stop Juan Plantation McShamnesty from getting the Rep nomination. How is that working out?
MB4 on February 24, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Obama’s received an absolutely fawning positive press for 6 months, if not longer. And yet in national polls, he and McCain in head-to-head matchups are about tied.
Yep, it’s February and miles to go before we sleep.
No way will this be a landslide. It’ll be determined that last week or two of the campaign, barring something huge.
SteveMG on February 24, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Think about this….. does anybody really think that Obama Osama is going to be able to regurgitate all these platitudes and utter nonsense all the way to Nov without imploding somewhere along the line. Granted, if today was Sept 2 and he was just peaking…. that’s a different story.
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Update - More on Louis Farrakhan:
Buy Danish on February 24, 2008 at 10:36 PM
BS. Democrats have turned out by an average of 3:2 over Republicans since 1972 in primaries. In 1988, Democrat primary turnout was nearly double Republican. Dukakis had his clock cleaned.
Even in a year like this one, with explosive interest and a very hotly contested, heavily financed race on the Democrat side, total primary turnout will be no more than fraction of the general election turnout. The primary and general elections feature virtually two different electorates.
Meanwhile, national polls show a highly competitive race - and state by state analysis say the same thing, arguably with an advantage for McCain, even at this point in the race.
Sour grapes defeatism is useless and tiresome. You should get over it.
CK MacLeod on February 24, 2008 at 10:38 PM
PS - the ‘96 election was the only election since ‘72 in which Republican primary turnout greatly exceeded Democrat primary turnout. The obvious explanation was that the Democrats put up an incumbent in a virtually uncontested nomination, another major difference between ‘08 and ‘96.
CK MacLeod on February 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
When Hillary said, we are going to be fine, everything is going to be ok, I thought it odd; was she giving up?
Then I had that little frisson that goes with the question that occurs after a major event, ‘What did she know, and when did she know it?’
When she said, more or less, that her little problem was going to be taken care of, what did she mean by it?
So I’m asking, if Obama is not an authorized George Soros agent, if instead, Obama is a free lance opportunist, what does the Soros mob, and the Clinton family have planned for the junior senator from Illinois?
By almost all published accounts, it appeared that Soros had cut Hillary lose, and that she had accepted her imminent defeat. The rest of the campaign would be pro forma with, perhaps, some sleight of hand at the convention.
Guess we’ll find out soon enough.
rockhauler on February 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Obama is the anti Rice
William Amos on February 24, 2008 at 10:46 PM
rockhauler on February 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
umm …. interesting train of thought…..
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM
rockhauler on February 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
You also made me think of someone who might add to this line of reasoning….. Hey Nemo… you out there?
jerrytbg on February 24, 2008 at 10:53 PM
This is my favorite Hillary moment ever. It might be a turning point for her campaign.
Baphomet on February 24, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Even if we conservatives dont vote for him, I think McNumbnuts will win anyway. Conservatives and republican will come out for the election even if they dont for the primary.
dogsoldier on February 24, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I saw this on another message board.
ninjapirate on February 24, 2008 at 11:40 PM
That was actually good on Hillary’s part. Watching Hillary hoist on her own petard is schadenfreude delight.
I’ll vote this November but it’s Democrats vs Socialists this season.
Mojave Mark on February 24, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Who are you voting for McCain or Obama?
Chakra Hammer on February 25, 2008 at 12:07 AM
“Come on, B!tch! You haven’t backed away from anything in your whole life! (Slap! Slap!)”
Should be Hillary’s campaign slogan from this point on.
michaelo on February 25, 2008 at 12:08 AM
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