As you may know, we here at AMERICAblog are now awarding Hillary and her team a special prize every time they cross the line of decency and attack Democratic nominee Obama in a way that could hurt his chances against McCain in the fall. Our award is called a "Monica," and the Hillary team member will earn between one and five Monicas, based on the severity of their sleaze. This morning's Monica goes to former NY Mayor Ed Koch.
Hillary supporter Ed Koch is now claiming that since Obama criticized Hillary for saying that if she becomes president she'll "obliterate" Iran in a nuclear fireball (she actually said she'd nuke 'em), this means Obama isn't a friend of Israel. No, Obama just has a problem with indiscriminately nuking millions of innocent men, women and children for a few votes. (In all fairness to Hillary, she was actually for nuking Iran before she was against it, though now, apparently, since she lost the election and is desperate, nuking Iran is back on the agenda. It's so hard to keep track with a Clinton.)
You'd have thought Hillary would have learned her lesson by now - you don't support going to war simply to prove you're a tough guy in the next election. And don't forget, Hillary didn't just say she'd nuke Iran for Israel, she also said she'd nuke Iran if they attacked Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries in the region. Yes, Hillary is willing to start a nuclear war for Jordan, and for the despots in Saudi Arabia. Think about that. I'm not too sure a nuclear war on Israel's border is the best way to guarantee Israel's long-term survival.
Koch goes on to mention Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Wright, and then says that we can't trust Obama to defend America against Islamic terrorists. Way to go, Hillary, that should help our party a lot in the fall against McCain when our nominee, Barack Obama, has to take on John McCain. But then again, you don't really care about the fall election, do you? Oh, and just a few days ago, Koch said outright that Obama will lose in the fall to McCain. Nice, very nice, Hillary.
So, we award Hillary supporter Ed Koch, who's obviously doing this at Hillary's request, 4 Monicas for trying to destroy Democratic nominee Obama's support in the Jewish community vis-a-vis McCain in the fall, for dredging up Farrakhan and Rev. Wright, and for outright telling the world that our nominee can't win. Remember, McCain has Lieberman claiming that McCain is better for Israel (and American Jews), so Koch's words, Hillary' strategy, could seriously damage Obama in the fall with a key Democratic constituency (American Jews support Obama over McCain 2-1, but that doesn't mean Hillary won't try to change that). But Hillary doesn't care, and neither do our congressional leaders, the DNC, or the superdelegates. They'll let Hillary's fairy tale drag out for another month in order to keep Hillary happy because, you know, she's very fragile.
Bill and Hillary both just earned four Monicas for this revelation. Yes, for all of you who think Hillary is going to go away after a few weeks of electoral therapy (you know, she's very sensitive and needs a few weeks to process her loss), think again. These people are out to destroy Obama, and now we find out via the media that - surprise - that's exactly what they're doing. CNN is reporting that:
"[T]he Clinton campaign's search for damaging information and its hope that such information exists continues, according to knowledgeable sources."
Wow, so what kind of damaging information are we talking about? Like if Obama were getting oral sex from a kid his daughter's age, at work, while talking on the phone with foreign leaders, with his wife down the hall? Like Obama lying under oath, obstructing justice, and dragging the entire country through the mud for two years? Like hiding files relevant to an investigation until after the statute of limitations ran out? Hey, maybe they mean like Obama flying around the country with his rich friend boinking every bimbo he can find in Vegas and everywhere else?
I'm just trying to understand what kind of "damaging information" the Clintons are trying to get on Obama? Hey, maybe they simply think Obama is a closet racist, and is only out to help "white Americans"? Yeah that must be it. Anyway, congratulations to the Clintons for earning four out of five Monicas for the audacity to continue trying to destroy Obama even after the nomination race is over.
Hillary and her husband are now out to destroy our nominee. Your could argue that it kind of made sense when Hillary still had a chance (her kitchen-sink tactics were nasty, to be sure, they appeared to have crossed a line, but at least there was a logic to it when Hillary had a chance). Now that the race is over and Hillary has lost, her ongoing attempts to hurt Obama, to smear him, to make rural voters hate him, to convince America that a black man can't and shouldn't be president, make her little better than the Republicans she hated during the 1990s - people who were out to hurt her simply for the joy of inflicting pain.
Hillary won't stop, and the Superdelegates won't lift a finger. The powers that be in Washington have made clear that they're okay with Hillary launching Rovian attacks on Obama for another month or more. Why? Because, you see, Hillary's a frail thing. She really wanted to be president, and in her own mind, it was owed to her, and now she's sad. So let's just let her beat the crap out of our nominee with incredibly sleazy right-wing attacks for a good month, or maybe three, as a kind of electoral therapy.
Yeah, I don't think so.
This election is too important. We have to stop John McCain. We have to restore civil liberties and respect for the rule of law. We have to restore our credibility on the world stage. We have to restore a balance in the Supreme Court. Hillary is jeopardizing all of that. And if our leaders right-wing sleaze game, then we'll play the sleaze game along with her. If she wants to talk scandal, then we'll talk scandal. The only way our leaders in Washington will intervene and put a stop to this mess is for it to become as big a mess as possible. Then so be it. No more pulling punches for Hillary on AMERICAblog.
So, we're going to start a new metric here at AMERICAblog. Every time a Team Clinton player throws the kitchen sink at Obama - i.e., acts like a sleazy member of the vast right-wing conspiracy, rather than acting like a Democrat-first - we're going to award them a "Monica." For each outrage, we'll award between one to five Monicas, depending on the severity of the Clinton sleaze.
(And if any of our more creative readers want to help us out, take a really good picture of Monica and turn it into a kind of award, maybe a seal of approval, a face with gold star points around it or something - you get the idea, just make it look fun - then email it to me.)
We start off today by awarding Bill Clinton three Monicas for saying on Friday that Obama mocks rural voters, knowing full well that, now that Hillary has lost the nomination, all he's doing is hurting Obama in his battle against John McCain. Now that's pretty obnoxious, trying to hurt the Democrats' chances in the fall. And so, for being a petty jerk, for jeopardizing the fall elections even after his wife has lost the nomination, Bill Clinton earns himself 3 Monicas (we're pretty sure they won't be his last). Congrats, Bill!
