"Obama Responds to Misleading Clinton Attack Ad with 'Truth,'" said the headline on the e-mail from Obama's spokesman Wednesday, as the candidate launched a new ad explaining his position on gasoline tax moratoriums. Obama's against it, Clinton's for it.
But wait--a few hours later, Obama told an Indianapolis crowd that he does things differently--he doesn't practice the old, attack style politics.
Except when he has to.
"We try to respond," he explained. "We haven't been perfect. You get hit over the head enough times, you look around and say, 'Who's doing that?'''
I think this gas tax is nothing but pandering for votes by Hillary and John Mccain. Obama is right when he said this is a bad idea and I believe if your being attacked you have no choice but to fight back. Besides thanks to Obama for exposing this scheme to rally up votes we would have thought it was a good idea. Hillary Clinton should be ashamed of herself
Posted by: jamie | May 01, 2008 at 02:54 AM
It's not the 18 cent a gallon savings that Obama and corporate economists object to here, it's Clinton's call for a windfall tax on oil profits to pay for it. Oil companies take these kinds of suggestions made in public very seriously, even if the rest of us don't. And Obama has demonstrated an alliegance to these firms. You may recall that his claim that he doesn't take money from them has been widely debunked. (See factcheck.org and opensecrets.org for the details.) He also supported the Cheney energy bill in 2005, which was larded with subsidies for the oil companies. Really, anyone who seriously researches this candidate will find that it's not the little people, by and large, who have supported his candidacy with a quarter billion dollars in contributions (so far). For more on this subject, see an article I've posted at thecityediton.com or click on my screen name.
Posted by: YRM | May 01, 2008 at 01:58 PM