“I’m not in this race to fulfill some long-held plan or because it was owed to me…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hillary responded in a number of ways – suggesting she had really bad dirt on Obama<\/a> that she was choosing not to leak ((It turned out to be a land deal that<\/p>\n
Finally, earlier this week, Hillary released a press release citing an essay Obama wrote as a kindegardener, another essay from third grade, and a quote from one of his law school acquaintances, all suggesting that Obama was planning to run.\u00a0 The section on third grade<\/a> read as follows:<\/p>\n
In third grade, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled ‘I Want To Be a President.’<\/strong> His third grade teacher: Fermina Katarina Sinaga “asked her class to write an essay titled ‘My dream: What I want to be in the future.’ Senator Obama wrote ‘I want to be a President,’ she said.” [The Los Angeles Times, 3\/15\/07]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
After being ridiculed about the matter for a day, Clinton’s top pollster and adviser, Mark Penn stated that the press release was just a joke.\u00a0 No one seems to have quite believed that, but that’s the current state of affairs.<\/p>\n
Brian Duffy<\/a> of the Des Moines Register<\/em> had this response to Hillary’s inane use of Obama’s third grade essay:<\/p>\n
\nvia Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\nForthcoming in the next few days, my take on “Libertarian Liberalism” following up the lib\u2022er\u2022tar\u2022ian: Ron Paul libertarians vs. Daily Kos libertarians<\/a> piece that got some attention two weeks ago. (Also, the reason for my slow blogging recently.)<\/p>\n
\nRelated articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
- The Beginning of the End of Hillary 2008<\/a><\/li>\n
- A Defense of Compromise and the American Experiment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Experience : Judgment :: Clinton : Obama (or Paul or Kucinich)<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u201cThe fierce urgency of now\u201d and Barack Obama<\/a><\/li>\n
- Giuliani: There is something deranged about you\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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