This was the “attack” ad run while OB spoke, in case you missed it. Impressive, tasteful and beautifully calculated. This is going to be a bang up election.
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The fall out continues. Now his wife is taking heat for staying quiet.
Before anyone pushes the victim thing, I agree she was wronged. But when you agree to partake on the adventure of public service, post-Clinton, there is an explicit agreement that you vet yourself before the media gets a hold of it. And if you take money and work like you are a front runner but have sabotaged those chances by covering anything up, illegal or what not, you have committed fraud. She, as his partner, was complicit despite the cancer, despite the adultered wife.
Warren Buffet made the charge and even mentioned a class action lawsuit. I wonder if this kind of action would be any good at all. Would it force them to own up at the beginning? In Edward’s case, his candidacy was a long shot with Hillary in, and then Obama. He could have seen it, prepped for the future by coming out with his story, controlling the narrative and possibly achieving honesty points and maybe sympathy for what turned a tragic family situation worse. He would have played well if upfront against the Clinton legacy of semantic denial.
Instead he takes away good policys with his silence, remove a voice for party unit and strength and adds ammo to the Republican claims of a morally polluted party [even tough they are having a worse time with that at the moment]. Plus, he gladly took donations despite having a ticking bomb in his pocket. This amounts to fraud, whether or not it is actionable, it would be nice to see some accountability in more than just shame to politicians that continue to work the system.
I included Buffet’s talk of the affair
[Full disclosure - I donated money to Edward's campaign and would possibly join any suit]
Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign, originally uploaded by Barack Obama.
Democratic Presidential Candidate, Senator Barack Obama in Billings, Montana watches Senator Hillary Clinton deliver a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, August.”
Interesting look captured on Hillary’s face.
For those that claim to vote on taxes, you are better off with Obama if you fall under the 111,645 range. Even then you don’t find a increase for nearly $500k.
And remember, for their representative tax brackets, Obama supports give himself a big tax increase while McCain proposes giving himself a huge break.It is one thing to suggest something and not need to apply to you, but another to suggest those that benefit the most from the system we have to pay more back into it and cut a check yourself is standing up and being a leader.
Considering the economic policy McCain has decided to mirror, this just might show much about other intentions, if not for himself but those of his ilk.
Bookmarks for August 11th
These are my links for August 11th