Senator Obama took Clinton by surprise when he recalled Mrs. Clinton’s dismissive statement in 1992 about not wanting to spend her life at home baking cookies, an attempt to counter her attacks on his recent statements about religion and small-town values — Mr. Obama chose not to go after his rival aggressively, even when he was asked whether voters considered her honest.
George Stephanopoulos, when interviewed the next morning, pretty much indicated that Hillary Clinton didn’t perform that well. He also indicated that several Pennsylvania Democrats appear to be prepared to switch sides from Clinton to Obama because she is seen as too negative.
The day after the debate, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Senator Obama went on the offensive: "Last night we set a new record. It took us 45 minutes . . . before we heard about health care. Forty-five minutes before we heard about Iraq. Forty-five minutes before we heard about jobs. That's how Washington is…I have to say Senator Clinton looked in her element … She was taking every opportunity to get a dig in there. That’s her right. That’s her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit … that’s why she’s only airing negative attacks on TV in Pennsylvania like most places. I understand that because that’s the textbook Washington game.”
The final word will be on Tuesday, April 22nd, when Pennsylvanians vote in the primary. Clinton will need a huge win to remain a viable contender for the nomination. She has shown herself to be an inveterate liar and a bully of the worst variety, so she will need all the luck she can get. The corporate elitist media, pretending she walks on water and largely ignoring her myriad of false claims and inconsistencies, will no longer be able to prop her up.
Lisa KARPOVA
PRAVDA.ru
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