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The Battle Over Republican Ideas

By Big Tent Democrat

Hillary says:

"I have to say, you know, my leading opponent the other day said that he thought the Republicans had better ideas than Democrats the last ten to fifteen years. That's not the way I remember the last ten to fifteen years. "I don't think it's a better idea to privatize Social Security. I don't think it's a better idea to try to eliminate the minimum wage. I don't think it's a better idea to undercut health benefits and to give drug companies the right to make billions of dollars by providing prescription drugs to Medicare recipients. I don't think it's a better idea to shut down the government, to drive us into debt."

Obama Camp (interestingly NOT Obama)retorts:

“It’s hard to take Hillary Clinton’s latest attack seriously when she’s the one who supported George Bush’s war in Iraq, the most damaging Republican idea of our generation. While others were triangulating and poll-testing their positions, Senator Obama has been fighting for progressive ideals for over two decades.

So I guess there were some progressive ideas the last 2 decades. Fair point on Hillary' support for the war, but unfair to argue Obama has NOT supported Bush's Iraq Debacle. His voting record is exactly the same as Clinton's in the Senate. And Obama has had some kind words for Bush himself, including stating in 2004 that he basically agreed with Bush on how to conduct the Iraq war.

More interesting was both camp's refusal to say a bad word about Ronald Reagan. What is up with that?

Update [2008-1-18 18:47:20 by Big Tent Democrat]: From the turnabout is fair play dep't, via Geekesque, Hillary's favorite President's include Reagan and Bush 41.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 18, 2008 (boomark / email).