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Fire Up the Obamatron!

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STRIKING BARACK Obama
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Barack Obama seems to have finally figured out that his "new kind of politics" is no sub for grimy, skeezy, old-fashion mudslinging. Sort of.

After weeks of cranking up the heat on the Clinton machine, Obama has now supplanted Hillary for high score status in several Iowa polls and has unveiled today a new website attacking Hillary Clinton for, what else, attacking Barack Obama. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe alerted supporters to the new site this morning and asked them "to be vigilant and notify us immediately of any attacks from Senator Clinton or her supporters as soon as you see them so that we can respond with the truth swiftly and forcefully."

Won't you be an Obama safety patrol?

Don't hesitate to contact his people about pretty much anything that makes Obama look bad, as Plouffe seems open to the idea of blaming it on Hillary. In addition to negative "phone calls, literature drops, blog posts, mail pieces as well as radio and TV ads," the site appears willing to assign to Hillary attacks that are "anonymous or designed to be."

For her part, Clinton appears to have no problem putting her name on the shots she'll be taking at Obama. She told reporters in Iowa over the weekend that the "fun part" of "drawing contrasts" with her opponents had finally arrived and has reportedly unloaded on Obama today for casting more spineless "present" votes than any other member of the Illinois state legislature.

Oh, it's on.

Comments

I heard that Hillary called Obama and asked what he thought of John Edwards. And Obama was like "oh, he's cool." And then Hillary was like, "But do you LIKE, like him?" And Obama was like, "Yeah, I do, but it's please don't tell anyone." And then Hillary was like "YOU JUST DID." And it turned out that she'd had John Edwards listening in with his phone on mute the whole time. What a bitch.

Posted by: Fate Popcorn on December 3, 2007 5:01 PM

I am still waiting for Barack OBama to start working as a Senator from Illinois like he was elected to do.. Since taking up office in Washington he has done nothing as a Senator and started running for President. He fooled me.....I voted for him. Fool me once...your fault, food me twice my fault. I am not going to be fooled again.

Posted by: alphillips on December 4, 2007 8:05 AM

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