Friday, April 18, 2008

HILLARY CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA

Hillary To Obama: 'When the going gets tough, you can't run away.'

Your Friendly Neighborhood Campaign Correspondent to Hillary, Wednesday Night: "I don’t like Hillary Clinton. But I respect her as an adversary. And every once in a while, when she demonstrates she has the guts to 'go there' in front of a Democratic audience that want their debates to be criticism-free lovefests, I’m tempted to say, 'I like the cut of your jib, Senator.'"

Your Friendly Neighborhood Campaign Correspondent, yesterday: "Hey, welcome to the big leagues, rookie. You're gonna get some questions you're not going to like. Not everybody gets to have their main opponent's bid implode when their divorce records are unsealed and compete against Alan Keyes in a general election... Seriously, if Barack Obama can't handle questions like this from Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous, maybe the portrait of the cracking-under-pressure whiner depicted in the Saturday Night Live sketch isn't as wild an exaggeration as we thought."

Hillary, this morning, on Pennsylvania local news:

Hillary: Well, we were both asked some pretty tough questions, and you know, that's part of what happens in a debate and in a campaign. And I know he spent all of yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked. But you know, being asked tough questions in a debate is nothing like the pressure you face inside the White House. And in fact, you know, when the going gets tough, you just can't walk away. Because we're going to have some very tough decisions that we have to make. And I think that we need a president who can take whatever comes your way. You have to stand strong. You have to fight for the American people. Because it will not be easy to stand up against the special interests.

Anchor: So you were fine with the debate? You didn't see any problem with them?

Hillary: Well, can I say I've been through, what, 23 of these debates? And if you'll recall, I was asked some pretty tough questions in nearly every one of them. That goes with the territory. Having been inside the White House, I know the pressures inside the White House, I know how hard it is every single day. When the going gets tough, you can't run away. It's going to be tough going dealing with these hard problems... The special interests are going to be a lot tougher than 90 minutes of questions from two journalists.

Hey, is anybody else getting this weird tingle up the leg when Hillary speaks lately?

04/18 12:45 PMShare