So, the latest is that the Clinton campaign has pulled the radio ad in South Carolina that so upset me. But they've made their point. Here's the report from the New York Times blog, with a concluding comment from Obama that resonates very closely with my previous post:
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The Clinton campaign acknowledged that its radio commercial was no
longer being broadcast, which means that Mr. Obama and his ad were left
punching into the air. The campaign said that it only intended to make
its point, then take the advertisement off the air after one day.
Mr. Obama said the commercial distorted statements he had made in an interview last week with The Reno Gazette-Journal, and he said it raised serious questions about Mrs. Clinton’s honesty.
“When you run an ad making assertions that everyone who’s looked at it says are wrong, you know they say it’s wrong, and you still make it, that would indicate that you’re not that concerned about accuracy or the truth,” Mr. Obama said.
A reporter asked if that meant Mrs. Clinton should not be trusted to accurately characterize secret intelligence to the public.
Mr. Obama passed on the question — and then changed his mind, accusing Mrs. Clinton of a tendency toward distortion that could ultimately affect her ability to govern. “Part of the problem with the perpetual campaign,” he said, a reference to a term used during Mr. Clinton’s presidency to describe his style of governance, “is that people become mistrustful of government, even when elected officials are telling the truth they become mistrustful. It’s important to establish these good habits during campaigns so that you build up a reservoir of trust when you govern.”
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What if people campaigned as if they wanted to build up a reservoir of trust for their term in office? For one, I'd vote for them.
Anon,
Chris
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