Harsh Hillary Robocall Accuses Obama Of Lying About His Position On Second Amendment
I've just obtained audio of a harsh new robocall the Hillary campaign is pumping into Pennsylvania -- it directly accuses Obama twice of lying about his position on the Second Amendment, and says explicitly that it's an issue that John McCain will use against him in November.
Give it a listen...
Here's the transcript:
Hello, this is Hillary Clinton for president calling. Barack Obama is not telling the truth about his past position on the Second Amendment.As an Illinois state Senator, he supported a ban on all handguns, and he even personally filled out a questionnaire saying he supported the ban. Now instead of telling you the truth about that, he's trying to cover it up, saying he never saw the questionnaire -- even though his handwriting was on it.
And Obama voted to give millions of dollars to anti-gun organizations that are trying to take away our gun rights.
This is just another example of Barack Obama saying one thing, and doing another -- and yet another issue John McCain will use against Obama to win in November.
A piece on Obama's handwriting being on the gun questionnaire is here, and one on the anti-gun group Obama voted to financially support is here.
The Hillary campaign confirmed that the call was theirs, but I was unable to determine where in Pennsylvania the call is being made.
The assertion that McCain could use this against Obama in November dovetails with the larger "values" and "electability" argument the Hillary campaign has been making in the wake of Obama's "small town" comments -- that his positions on guns and other matters render him incapable of winning over the blue collar whites that defected from John Kerry in 2004. This robocall adds the extra charge that Obama has been falsifying his positions on the core gun questions.
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