Hillary Unveils Another 3 A.M. Ad, This One On The Economy
It's 3 A.M. And the phone's ringing in the White House.
Again.
On a conference call with reporters just now, the Hillary campaign unveiled a new ad for Pennsylvania featuring another ringing phone, only this time the emergency in question concerns the economy, and the target of the ad isn't Obama, but McCain...
What would happen if the economic red phone and the national security red phone both rang at the same time? Who would be better equipped to handle that?
Seriously, though the original 3 A.M. ad came under some criticism, the Hillary campaign is not only sticking with this approach, but they're also claiming that one goal of the current ad is to remind Pennsylvanians of the last one.
"It will remind people of the previous ad they've heard about," Hillary chief strategist Mark Penn said on the call.
Also on the call, Hillary advisers acknowledged that they expect to be outspent two-to-one in the state. "We will not have the resources that Senator Obama has," said Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson, adding that they also expect to be badly outgunned in Indiana and North Carolina.
Late Update: Here's some audio of the whole Clinton campaign conference call. Enjoy.
How obvious is it that they have no cash left?
They are still using the Obama girl from the b-roll footage. Can't afford anything else.
April 2, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
nope, not the same gal.
If it were, it would be a different angle and she'd be alone in the bed.
But it's true that Hillary can barely tag along with Obama's advertising expenses.
She has to catch up for every had he makes to be able to beat him, and often the money she raises in catch up to Obama's ad expenses is money that Obama raised many months before.
April 2, 2008 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
do they have a clue?
Do they know how many editorial cartoons there were on the 1st red phone call ad? They were all a variation on the same theme: Bill, get your ass home.
And this has come up before too - a midnight economic crisis? Those only fall into two categories: cab fare and bail money.
April 2, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
ROFL
Touché.
April 2, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually I'm kind of looking forward to the next ad after this one. How many of these redphones are there in the Whitehouse? There must be a healthcare one tucked away where GWB can't hear it ringing night and day for the last 7+ years.
Who's going to answer the 3AM Constitutional Cris-o-tunity phonecall? Or do Constitutional Cris-o-tunities even happen at 3AM? Maybe they only happen when the SCOTUS is in session?
Really the redphone paradigm could be Hillary's entire campaign from here out...
April 2, 2008 6:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Talk about lazy. Make a new ad.
I still don't understand what sort of economic crisis erupts suddenly at 3 in the morning...maybe the Fed Reserve Bank being robbed by terrorists like in the third Die Hard movie?
April 2, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think it's a good ad, taking aim at the right place. It's also fun to watch the literal idiots unable to comprehend the metaphor. They're idiots, because if they were just literalists, they'd realize that when it's 3am in Washington, it's 4pm in Tokyo and 3pm in Beijing - as plausible a time as any other for an economic crisis to hit.
April 2, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
At least they had better lighting for this ad - you can really see the gold/brown pant-suit she has on for those 3-am calls.
All of this footage was shot at the same time, the just did not use it all.
It is only a good ad if you ignore the fact that the 3 am part is entirely out of context. The gist of the commercial is events that affect people during normal business hours in the states - not a financial melt down in Tokyo. The people you claim she is aiming this at could care less about the financial markets and would think a SIV is something they make in jail to kill people with.
April 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you could provide an example of an immediate economic crisis - whether in the middle of the night or the middle of the day - that requires a split-second decision, I'm all ears. Otherwise, it's an idiotic commercial. It's not being metaphorical - it's cheaply reworking an old advertisement.
April 3, 2008 9:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, man, this is sad.
They must really be broke.
April 2, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Funny how these crisises don't happen during the day.
April 2, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Someone should clue her in, really: those are late-night booty calls for Bill.
"Hello? Oh, uh... Yeah, there's a... um... crisis... economic. No, I mean, environmental. Yeah, that's it... So, uh, could you put Bill on the phone... uh... so that we can discuss... um... our response? Yeah, that's it... discuss responses...".
April 2, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's admitted that sleep deprivation makes her hallucinate sniper fire. Maybe it's time for her to drop the 3AM crap.
April 2, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
hahaha!!!!
April 3, 2008 1:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
"It will remind people of the previous ad they've heard about," Hillary chief strategist Mark Penn said on the call.
What an idiot !
April 2, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
From my mouth to the ears of the God. 2nd Montana super.
http://www.kxmb.com/News/224840.asp
April 2, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
It actually didn't occur to me. I thought it was stupid to use the 3 am line because of Bosniagate.
April 2, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another great ad.
April 2, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
The queen makes no mistakes!
Hillary '08 - We have no money or ideas, but vote for us, cause, well, REZKO!!
April 2, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree with gotalife and Penn on this one. What am I missing?
Penn: "It will remind people of the previous ad they've heard about," Hillary chief strategist Mark Penn said on the call.
Whatever criticism the earlier ad may have received, it appeared to have the desired effect, didn't it? This one will remind viewers of the earlier one and so constitutes another "low rode" hit on Obama. Why shouldn't one expect it to have a similar effect?
That a 3 a.m. call about an economic crisis may seem farfetched -- then again, if it's Bernanke calling about an expected run on U.S. banks later that morning, it wouldn't be farfetched at all, would it? -- entirely misses the fact that 3 a.m. has become a metaphor in this campaign, so it needn't be taken literally.
This ad isn't a recycle, it's a calculated continuation of a story that undermines Obama and seems to work for her.
But it's also a direct hit at McCain, and judging from some of the comments here, that seems to make it just fine. In other words, it's not seen as the hit it is on Obama, who is in fact her primary target in the ad, but a hit on McCain, which puts her on the "high road."
Extremely nasty, in my opinion, but brilliant.
As I wrote, am I missing something?
April 2, 2008 6:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree with gotalife and Penn on this one. What am I missing?
Penn: "It will remind people of the previous ad they've heard about," Hillary chief strategist Mark Penn said on the call.
Whatever criticism the earlier ad may have received, it appeared to have the desired effect, didn't it? This one will remind viewers of the earlier one and so constitutes another "low rode" hit on Obama. Why shouldn't one expect it to have a similar effect?
That a 3 a.m. call about an economic crisis may seem farfetched -- then again, if it's Bernanke calling about an expected run on U.S. banks later that morning, it wouldn't be farfetched at all, would it? -- entirely misses the fact that 3 a.m. has become a metaphor in this campaign, so it needn't be taken literally.
This ad isn't a recycle, it's a calculated continuation of a story that undermines Obama and seems to work for her.
But it's also a direct hit at McCain, and judging from some of the comments here, that seems to make it just fine. In other words, it's not seen as the hit it is on Obama, who is in fact her primary target in the ad, but a hit on McCain, which puts her on the "high road."
Extremely nasty, in my opinion, but brilliant.
As I asked earlier, am I missing something?
April 2, 2008 6:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've just watched the ad for a second time. If there's one thing about it I know I don't understand, it's her attitude when she answers the phone. There's supposed to be an economic crisis, right?
So, Bernanke has just told her there's going to be a run on major U.S. banks in six hours, and that it could be the start of the next depression. She smiles and seems to be saying, "Oh, you silly depression-monger, you. Bill's in Uzbekistan. Why don't you come over for a nightcap or a nice hot cup of valerian tea?"
I could assume her attitude is meant to be reassuring, but is it appropriate? Does it matter?
April 2, 2008 7:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did someone forget she isn't going to be the Democratic nominee?
April 2, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
D@#n right they will. Me and about 999,999 other patriotic Americans will see to that. He is outspending her because he is outraising her, and he is outraising her because there are more people out there who are entheused about his candidacy than there are people entheused about hers.
This is no criticism of Sen Clinton, of course; she as a darn site more folks entheused about her than would be entheused about me, or even that were entheused about top notch candidates like John Edwards of Bill Richardson. She is a very attractive and compelling candidate, but Obama is even more attractive and compelling a candidate, and that is why he is winning.
April 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Enthused, perhaps you mean...
April 2, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Goodness, but that is a lot of typos. "She as" should read "she has" and "or even that were" should read "or even than were."
April 2, 2008 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
And entheused should read "enthused."
Sorry - habit. I worked in a library for years and years. . .
April 2, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
D@#n right they will. Me and about 999,999 other patriotic Americans will see to that. He is outspending her because he is outraising her, and he is outraising her because there are more people out there who are entheused about his candidacy than there are people entheused about hers.
I really like you. Yep, yesterday was the matching deadline and I threw another $250 his way.
I sent Pelosi and the DCCC a little love, too. She deserved it for standing up to the big money gorillas.
April 2, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, reward her for taking impeachment off the table and no accountability for w.
Are you kidding me?
Wow, not a single penny.
April 2, 2008 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
What would happen if the economic red phone and the national security red phone both rang at the same time? Who would be better equipped to handle that?
LOL
Alright, now there has to be a moratorium on accusing Greg of being in the bag for Hillary. Even if it's just for one day.
April 2, 2008 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
As long as they run against McCain, I have no quarrel with them. Hillary and Obama double-teaming McCain = good. Hillary and McCain double-teaming Obama = bad.
April 2, 2008 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly. I still think it's a cheesy ad, but at least it's attacking the guy she should be attacking.
April 2, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
This ad makes me happy. She's turned her guns on an appropriate target: McCain instead of Obama!
Yayy!!
My opinion of Clinton just increased 200%!!
Of course, I don't understand what kind of economic emergency causes a 3:00 am phone call. Maybe the complete and utter collapse of the Japanese stock exchange??
Anyway, yay!!! Not a swipe at Obama! Not a divisive ad! Yay!!
April 2, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree completely. At least she's hitting the right target.
April 2, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama is getting important endorsements today, none of which are posted on TPM, who cares about the 3am commercial it is same old same old.
April 2, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm on record as an avid Obama supporter and volunteer in PA, but I learned about the Wyoming governor's endorsement on TPM. Granted, the labor union in Philly should've made more news than this, but I think the fact that it's another 3AM ad is what garners the attention.
April 2, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is 3.00AM. The red phone rings in the White House.
Some where in the world, an airport is being attacked by snipers.
Who do you want pulling on their Kevlar Pantsuit, to deal with those Snipers?
I am Hillary Rambo Clinton, and I approve of this message.
April 2, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
this time she's going after mcCain. good for her.
April 2, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look like it is working:
"Clinton leads Obama, McCain in key matchups, says new poll
She also runs better against the likely Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio -- all important swing states in the general election. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080402/pl_nm/usa_politics_poll_dc;_ylt=An9VrT__gj8e07O9ek8WtEes0NUE
Whine on trolls.
April 2, 2008 5:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes! Polls showing both Clinton and Obama beating McCain in Pennsylvania and Ohio are wonderful news!! for Hillary!! They clearly buttress Clinton's claim that Obama won't be able to beat McCain in the general! It makes just so much goddamned sense!
gotalife, you prove time and again that having too many chromosomes is always a blessing, and never a curse.
Hillary '08 - My name isn't Corky, it's CHARLES!!
April 2, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you for your support.
April 2, 2008 5:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Support? Buddy, it's more than support! I just made a donation to Jerry's Kids in your name!
Hillary '08 - With friends like gotalife, who needs gonorrhea?
April 2, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
You betcha it's working. In an amazing feat (even for Hillary), an ad that is just being released traveled back in time and influenced how poll respondents answered, yesterday
She's got my vote. Her commercials can travel back in time.
This ad is stale. That's not a good sign.
And what about those tax returns? Earmarks? Anyone?
April 2, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Trolls? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Granted, there are Obama trolls, but you're hardly one to talk.
gotalife, I haven't seen you make an effort to engage in a real conversation...well, ever. All you do is try to slam those that support the candidate you don't like, spewing personal insults to make your point. That's the very definition of a troll. So, I guess I'd say you need to stop projecting your faults onto others and engage in serious discussion. This isn't sports we're discussing here.
April 2, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whine much?
I think I made my point because I have been called a troll since I started supporting Clinton here. I tell you what, stop calling me a troll for supporting a Dem on a Dem blog and I will stop. Deal or no deal?
Feel free to rebut my arguments which are facts backed up by links but if I do not respond to your liking, keep in mind, I am a Clinton supporter, not a troll, and damn proud of it.
Have a great day!
April 2, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
So your argument now is: "Stop calling me a troll, you trolls!"?
Buddy, sometimes your logic just makes TOO much sense!
gotalife: If I were any smarter, I'd be incredibly retarded!
April 2, 2008 5:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
And they wonder why I do not respond to childish taunts.
Grow up.
April 2, 2008 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Only Survey USA polls are credible.
I'm sure I read that somewhere.
D'OH!! It's gotta suck to be hanged by your own rope.
April 2, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
True, but all polls are posted here so what the heck. The AP ran it so it will on CNN. I just heard Jack Cafferty read a comment from a lady calling him on his daily Clinton hatred.
Too funny.
April 2, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did anyone ask about those pesky tax returns?
April 2, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
PHILADELPHIA - Sen. Barack Obama received endorsements Wednesday from a labor union and a Democratic superdelegate, as he tried to regain the presidential campaign momentum he enjoyed before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won two large states last month.
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The Illinois senator peeled off an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which has endorsed Clinton. The Philadelphia-based local of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees has about 16,000 members.
Its president, Henry Nicholas, announced the endorsement while introducing Obama at a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO in Philadelphia.
Nicholas, who also is president of the 150,000-member national union and an AFSCME international vice president, said he took the step "because justice told me it was the right position to take."
Meanwhile Wednesday, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he will back Obama. As a superdelegate, Freudenthal is among the Democratic Party leaders who will decide the nomination, because neither Obama nor Clinton can win it solely with pledged delegates awarded through primaries and caucuses. Obama handily won Wyoming's March 8 caucus.
April 2, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wonder if Michelle helped him get the hospital folks?
April 2, 2008 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, if she had Comcast Digital Voice (tm), those 3:00 a.m. phone calls would be less scary.
April 2, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Obama ad TPM posted, oh wait, have ya'll ever?!?!?!
April 2, 2008 5:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
To be fair, they have. Anyone interested, please see the link below:
http://youtube.com/user/BarackObamadotcom
April 2, 2008 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, in this case I forgive TPM, because this is the ONLY way I would see this ad.
[watches ad]
....
Damnit, TPM, you just wasted 30 seconds of my life!
April 2, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I had to watch it twice - just to savor how little creativity they put into their campaign.
This is really just another version of "Well I like long movies."
Na uh - you did. Teacher - he's picking on me...
April 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, that's just sad. I almost feel bad for her. Well, not really. But that's just pathetic.
April 2, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Weird ad. First, why would you use the same ad structure against an opponent that's wholly different from the one you previously criticized? Makes little sense; what's effective against Obama may not be as effective against McCain. Second, it's REALLY late - McCain made those comments last week, and I'm willing to wager a lot of Americans don't even remember what he said. Obama's folks would've had a freshly shot ad ready in a day. (That's not as much a testament to the candidate as to his organization.)
And the very notion is silly - a 3 A.M. call about the economy, and McCain would "let the phone keep ringing"? I'm glad she's attacking McCain (instead of lining up with him, for once), but that's a pretty weak effort.
April 2, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Like Bill Maher said : Of course McCain would pickup the phone at 3am. He'd be up anyway trying to pee.
April 2, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
You use it against McCain--a different opponent--because while slamming McCain she reminds people of the CIC slams against Obama. It's a twofer.
April 2, 2008 8:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn! If only those nefarious small donors would stop handicapping Clinton by withholding her rightfully earned money, she would have a fighting chance!
April 2, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Earmarks?
April 2, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Most hilarious comment I've read on one of these blogs in a while. Well done, Tena.
April 2, 2008 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
8 rings this time before she picks it up!!!
Things must be bad if all those folks are up at 3 a.m. going over their finances. I think I saw Harry and Louise.
Maybe those were the folks from the campaign trying to figure out how to pay those bills?
April 2, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought the same thing when I saw the couple.
But then I read your comment about it being the campaign trying to figure out how to pay the bills. Got a good laugh out of me.
Maybe this is not really a commercial, but campaign shots. I bet she does get 3AM calls... from her creditors.
April 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like the ad. Not because it is good, but it's target is McCain and not Obama. That's good.
If you have been paying attention, she has recently saved her attacks for McCain and not Obama. That is what we want. Who knows how long this will last, but I applaud her for it.
Good for you, Hillary. It's about time that Hillary and Barack drive down McCain in tag team fashion. There is two of you and only one of him, let him have it. Drive his negatives to where they should be.
April 2, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's not get too carried away with the Hillary bashing. As noted up thread, it's a *good* thing that she's attacking McCain. If she were to continue to do this, I don't care how long she stays in the race.
And if, somehow, this type of campaigning (as opposed to the type she's been doing for months) were to unleash a huge groundswell of support for her that gains her the nomination, well, more power to her. As long as she doesn't win by tearing the party apart. Granted, such a scenario is quite unlikely.
In any case I'd rather encourage her attacks on McCain rather than ridicule them.
April 2, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, "To run one 3 A. M. ad, Mrs. Clinton, may be regarded as a misfortune, to run a second looks like desperation."
April 2, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ooooo! A Folkie. I'm a fan as well.
April 2, 2008 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy crap, just listened to the conference call.
This is going to be a SERIES.
There are MORE 3 am ads to come!
Wow. I know I can't wait...
April 2, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Didn't listen to the call. You're joking, right? RIGHT??
Does the Clinton team understand the term "parody"?
April 2, 2008 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wish I was.
It's in the first minutes of the call, before the questions.
April 2, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
[The following was in reply to SCMadden, not gotalife.]
If my reading of the ad is correct -- see my earlier post above -- it's not meant to be more effective in the way you would have it be.
That this is going to be a series would also seem to support the "continuing story" part of my earlier post.
To which I forgot to include that this apparent hit on McCain -- "apparent" because her primary target remains Obama -- could also be a response to something else I've been reading here and there for a few days: that Obama is ignoring her and going after McCain, as though he's the presumptive nominee. Clinton's response to this? She's apparently doing the same.
I don't know how quickly a campaign can get an ad out in response to the other side, so I'm not sure about the "presumptive nominee" tactical-response guess above. But it makes me wonder how much either campaign may know about the other before it becomes public knowledge.
April 2, 2008 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
When crisis strikes the Social Security Trust Fund at 3 AM...
Will you be ready?!?
April 2, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Me too.
Glad you like them.
They are effective.
April 2, 2008 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
If my reading of the ad is correct -- see my earlier post above -- it's not meant to be more effective in the way you would have it be.
That this is going to be a series would also seem to support the "continuing story" part of my earlier post.
To which I forgot to include that this apparent hit on McCain -- "apparent" because her primary target remains Obama -- could also be a response to something else I've been reading here and there for a few days: that Obama is ignoring her and going after McCain, as though he's the presumptive nominee. Clinton's response to this? She's apparently doing the same.
I don't know how quickly a campaign can get an ad out in response to the other side, so I'm not sure about the "presumptive nominee" tactical-response guess above. But it makes me wonder how much either campaign may know about the other before it becomes public knowledge.
April 2, 2008 6:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN is running the ad now.
They said it is a very effective ad.
April 2, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, maybe the Obama staff should call her at 3 a.m. and ask to see those tax returns. Seems like that's the only time she answers her phone.
April 2, 2008 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not to mention all those small businesses she has yet to pay!
But she probably has people-I-owe call blocking and the answering machine turned off...
April 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just to be clear, I have no problem with Clinton attacking McCain.
I just wish it was a more effective ad...
April 2, 2008 6:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
f my reading of the ad is correct -- see my earlier post above -- it's not meant to be more effective in the way you would have it be.
That this is going to be a series would also seem to support the "continuing story" part of my earlier post.
To which I forgot to include that this apparent hit on McCain -- "apparent" because her primary target remains Obama -- could also be a response to something else I've been reading here and there for a few days: that Obama is ignoring her and going after McCain, as though he's the presumptive nominee. Clinton's response to this? She's apparently doing the same.
I don't know how quickly a campaign can get an ad out in response to the other side, so I'm not sure about the "presumptive nominee" tactical-response guess above. But it makes me wonder how much either campaign may know about the other before it becomes public knowledge.
April 2, 2008 7:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sure, the primary target is Obama. But at least it's not an attack piece on Obama. It's an appropriate campaign ad, saying "Look how well qualified I am to tackle McCain on the economy." Sure, the take home message may be, "I'm better qualified than Obama." But that's all right. This is how to civilly run a nomination contest.
April 2, 2008 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would agree with you if there hadn't been the prior ad, to which this one intentionally refers. The prior ad asserted that Obama isn't ready to take the 3 a.m. commander-in-chief call, whereas she and McCain are.
April 2, 2008 8:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
For those not already sated on Hillary sleaze there is this:
http://www.northstarwriters.com/dc163.htm
April 2, 2008 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's "Dynasty: The Colbys"
Talk about Jumping the shark.
April 2, 2008 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
If the HRC campaign can't manage its own debt - i.e. pay its bills - how can we expect a HRC-led White House to properly manage the much larger US economy?
April 2, 2008 6:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Come on, gotalife, don't give up. Hillary would never throw in the towel like that, she's a fighter!
April 2, 2008 6:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Im sorry, that just didn't make any sense.
April 2, 2008 6:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I got as far in that call as Andrea Mitchell saying hello to all those guys by name and that's when I said - ok, I've had enough.
Anyone who doesn't get by now that our MSM is totally in bed with the powers that be is really in trouble...
April 2, 2008 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's 3 AM, and you can't sleep because you're still laughing at Clinton's latest ad.
April 2, 2008 7:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
It would be nice if the software of this site would place my posts where I indicate it should.
April 2, 2008 7:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think it's a little buggy. Better not to triple-post them, though; bogs down the page. Just reply to your mis-placed post and say who it was intended for.
April 2, 2008 8:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary Campaign started at the bottom...and it's been downhill ever since!
PA folks please tell me PA voters are smart enough to see a hole in a bagel?
BTW- Gotalife:
A honest, personal and off track advice from a concerned fellow blogger: Dude... please... learn something from your parents mistakes and try using birth control or something if god forbid you ever get laid...seriously...please...Fun blogging.
April 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude,
Thanks for your concern but I am happily married to a beautiful soul mate.
She makes me very happy but I see you took my comments seriously. At least you did not play the race card.
Anyhoo, at the obama post the main thread has this:
"Hillary: Obama Can't Win"
Its like I am her adviser but she is correct:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080402/pl_nm/usa_politics_poll_dc;_ylt=An9VrT__gj8e07O9ek8WtEes0NUE
Looks like you should be concerned.
April 2, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bloggers are talking about this 3am ad. .
Obama will be asked about this 3 am ad.
McCain will be asked about this 3 am ad.
Rush Limbaugh will talk about this 3 am ad.
24 hour news channels will show this 3 am ad.
Editorials will be written about this 3 am ad.
SNL will do a sketch on this 3 am ad.
Critics will pan the SNL sketch on this 3 am ad.
Critics will praise the SNL sketch on this 3 am ad.
24 hour news channels will run the SNL sketch of this 3 am ad.
Everyone will be talking about Hillary Clinton, good or bad.
With publicity like that, who needs to buy media time in PA.?
April 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think you are right that this is at least hoping to draw free publicity. Just hope a SNL takeoff doesn't spoof the ad as Hillary remembering a 3 am heroine dream.
April 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
In point of fact, Jack Cafferty said, "The only people who would call Hillary Clinton at 3 am are those small businesses that her campaign owes money!"
April 2, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
With publicity like that, who needs to buy media time in PA.?
Well maybe you want to explain to me then, what the hell economic crisis erupts at 3 AM?
You don't think other people who see that ad might ask themselves the same question? I know all publicity is supposed to be good, but this isn't a movie. She's not an actress. This is the nomination for the Democratic candidacy for president.
All publicity is most certainly NOT good under those circumstances. And you really should know that.
April 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
3:00 a.m. economic crisis? She needs new writers, quickly...
April 2, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
When the fed calls to ball out Bear and Sterns, she will fire him.
No corporate welfare with Clinton.
April 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
No corporate welfare with Clinton.
ROFL
Are you serious?! No corporate welfare with Clinton?? You must be joking:
Source
April 2, 2008 11:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
In point of fact, Jack Cafferty said, "The only people who would call Hillary Clinton at 3 am are those small businesses that her campaign owes money!"
Ouchj! He's merciless.
lol!
April 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, his Clinton hatred is funny.
Another reason to support Clinton.
The corporate media does not.
They give McWar a free pass too like they did with w and Iraq.
But, go ahead and cheer them on.
Are you sure you are a Dem?
April 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
McWar, eh?
There was a critical juncture several years ago. One side took a stand against a popular, but foolish war. The other rolled over for George W. Bush, either out of mere stupidity or rank political self-interest.
That vote sold us all out. If that doesn't make you mad as hell, are you sure you're a Dem?
April 3, 2008 12:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
3 AM and they call me 'cause I'm still awake,
trying to help Bill unravel his latest mistake,
I don't love him, ’specially during this campaign season
Yeah he talks way too much, so accusing his eyes
as he wags that one finger to loudly chastise
delegates, we’re both here for the very same reason
'Cause we can't jump the ship, we owe way too much money
Obama makes millions like bees making honey
and no one can find the right way to back out
so I strangle his neck with my hands
and seethe, just seethe,
Woah seethe, just seethe
There’s a way for us, still, to get back to the White House
we’re just as far in as we ever were out
These commercials we’ve made, we’ll just make them again
until no one knows what we’re about
But I seethe, yes seethe
oh, I seethe, yes seethe
3 AM and I'm still awake, writing emails
It’s much better than calling friends, crying and
ranting and screaming and threatening the jobs they hold onto
and I feel like Obama is gaining some ground
cause my dates in my diary no longer seem sound
and I know you’ll watch You Tube as long as you want to
But we can't jump the ship, we owe way too much money
Obama makes millions like bees making honey
no one can find the right way to back out
so I strangle Bill’s neck with my hands
and seethe, just seethe,
Woah seethe, just seethe
- (c) Lis Baumann with a LOUD thank you to Anna Nalick
April 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
But I seethe, yes seethe
oh, I seethe, yes seethe
Forget DF - I'm in love with YOU!
that was beautimous!
April 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, Tena!! I love you too, LOL!!
April 2, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would make this commercial with a bunch of short cuts. Each time the phone rings and the announcer states that it is 3AM at the White House and there is an economic crisis, then same thing but a healthcare crisis, etc. After each announcement the camera pans from the phone to a light on beneath a bathroom door and the intermitent squirting sound known to most old men, including me, with an enlarged prostate. The close is a graphic of "Will John McCain ever make it to the phone?"
April 2, 2008 11:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I actually like some of Clinton's economic ideas, but everyone knows NAFTA is a disaster and the fact that she wants to bring back Alan Greenspan is pretty much all I need to know to know I don't want her running the economy.
April 2, 2008 11:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
The real question is whether Obama can buy another election. He couldn't in Ohio, even though he spent twice as much as Hillary. In Pennsylvania he'll probably spend 3 or 4 times as much, and that will likely have some effect. That's also why Hillary must go with more dramatic and politically risky commercials, simply because she doesn't have the same support among shallow limousine liberals and bond babies, the same kind of people who bought the White House for Bush.
April 3, 2008 3:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
"More than $45 million was raised online in February. More than 90% of online donations were $100 or less. More than 50% of online donations were $25 or less. More than 75% of online donors in February were first-time online donors."
That's Obama's fundraising. Sorry, Clinton's the one with all the maxed-out millionaire donors. The real question is whether they'll keep feeding her money even after how badly she's managed her campaign and its funds thus far (which is a great omen for how well she'd handle an economy, btw).
April 3, 2008 8:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Right, the campaign that has over a million donors, mostly in small amounts, is the limousine liberal candidate--not the one with the many fewer and many more maxed-out contributors.
April 3, 2008 9:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary strikes me as hard-working and realistic. Obama strikes me as a lackadaisical dreamer.
April 3, 2008 3:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Right, because lackadaisical dreamers are always doing things like taking jobs community organizing, going back to school to get a degree (cum laude) from one of the best law schools in the country, working as a civil rights attorney, serving in the state legislature (which is only a part-time job, he still kept his day job), AND lecturing on constitutional law at one of the other best law schools in the country. Not hard-working or realistic at all.
"...hope is not blind optimism. I know how hard it will be to make these changes. I know this because I fought on the streets of Chicago as a community organizer to bring jobs to the jobless in the shadow of a shuttered steel plant. I’ve fought in the courts as a civil rights lawyer to make sure people weren’t denied their rights because of what they looked like or where they came from. I’ve fought in the legislature to take power away from lobbyists. I’ve won some of those fights, but I’ve lost some of them too. I’ve seen good legislation die because good intentions weren’t backed by a mandate for change.
Because hope is not blind optimism. I know how hard it will be to make these changes. I know this because I fought on the streets of Chicago as a community organizer to bring jobs to the jobless in the shadow of a shuttered steel plant. I’ve fought in the courts as a civil rights lawyer to make sure people weren’t denied their rights because of what they looked like or where they came from. I’ve fought in the legislature to take power away from lobbyists. I’ve won some of those fights, but I’ve lost some of them too. I’ve seen good legislation die because good intentions weren’t backed by a mandate for change.
The politics of hope does not mean hoping things come easy. Because nothing worthwhile in this country has ever happened unless somebody, somewhere stood up when it was hard; stood up when they were told – no you can’t, and said yes we can."
April 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who do you want to answer the 3 am call? A person on the edge? Ready to go to war without all the info? Someone who makes a mistake and never says sorry? Or someone who made the right call from the start? And the 3 am ad is just fear mongering. Stop it Hillary (and Mac). Americans aren’t scared easily. Question is – who you going to call? Ghostbusters because you saw something in your neighborhood? http://angryafrican.net/2008/04/01/its-3-am-who-you-gonna-call/
April 3, 2008 9:26 AM | Reply | Permalink