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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday called Republican presidential candidate John McCain not a maverick but a "mimic" of President Bush.
Clinton made the remarks at a Human Rights Campaign dinner, where she was filling in for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden. Biden canceled his weekend campaign events because his wife's mother is ill. Clinton spoke by satellite from Los Angeles to a few thousand people who attended the national gay rights group event.
Clinton said Biden called and asked her to fill in for him because of the family emergency. Rather than sharing her thoughts, she said, "I want to share with you the eloquent remarks that Joe had prepared."
Clinton sought to tie McCain to Bush, saying the Arizona senator offered voters "more of the same."
"He's not a maverick. He's a mimic," she said.
She noted that McCain doesn't support extending job discrimination and hate-crimes laws to cover sexual orientation and supports the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Clinton and Obama were rivals in a turbulent Democratic primary season as they both fought for their party's presidential nomination. She had argued the Illinois senator lacked the experience to be president, a claim the McCain campaign highlighted in its response to her remarks at Saturday's dinner.
"Senator Clinton would be more believable if she'd mimic her own statements that Barack Obama is too inexperienced and lacks the key readiness to lead," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.
Clinton has since declared her support for Obama's candidacy, has urged her own backers to rally behind him and has been campaigning on his behalf in battleground states.
She said Saturday that Americans can choose in the November election whether the nation takes steps toward "securing equality and dignity for all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
"Or we can choose four more years of the same failed policies, four more years of the same small-minded governance, four more years that look just like the last eight," she added.
The Obama campaign has repeatedly tried to tie McCain to Bush in voters' minds, an approach GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin portrayed in a debate with Biden on Thursday as looking backward rather than forward.
Clinton's comments came as the McCain campaign stepped up attacks on Obama's character. Palin on Saturday accused Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical. The Obama campaign called Palin's remarks offensive but unsurprising given news reports about the McCain campaign's come-from-behind game plan.
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{"commentId":3315433,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
This whole maverick idea of McCain's is just that, McCain's idea. he's a Bush lapdog and has been for the past 5 or 6 years. Sure once upon a time he kinda, sorta in a way disagreed with Bush on one or two things, but has since been a loyal Bushie all of the way. To portray himself as some kind of agent of change is laughable.
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- 8 votes
#1 - Sat Oct 4, 2008 9:09 PM EDT{"commentId":3315788,"authorDomain":"biggerthebetter"}
A "maverick" wouldn't humiliate himself by kissing the rear ends of the very people that used such filthy campaign tricks against him in 2000. A "maverick" would not brown nose the people who used his daughter in a racist smear campaign. That's not a maverick, a father, or a man.
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":3315813,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
It's a gutless coward and toady, which is what John McCain has become.
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":3316143,"authorDomain":"kimmy123"}
Do you remember the old western TV show "Maverick"?
The two brothers were scoundrels but well liked.
McCain just fits one category now. It used to be both. It is sad how power, greed and desperation can twist someone this way.
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- 4 votes
#2 - Sat Oct 4, 2008 10:07 PM EDT{"commentId":3316916,"authorDomain":"schreff"}
Great article. Clinton doesn't remember that he was part of the Bailout. A must see is Saving Our Economy. What's Next? on FOX news . It shows the history of the bailout problem. The problems start in 1977, then Freddie/Fannie and shows when Obama worked for ACORN. What is ACORN? Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame and only you will be able to intelligently assess the degree of blame. But it is a must see before you vote in this election. Just watch it, do your own research and make up your mind. It could be the end of our country as we know it. I consider this view a civic duty.
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#3 - Sat Oct 4, 2008 11:14 PM EDT{"commentId":3317338,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
Obama worked for ACORN. What is ACORN?
yawn................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":3319217,"authorDomain":"two-sage"}
"Senator Clinton would be more believable if she'd mimic her own statements that Barack Obama is too inexperienced and lacks the key readiness to lead," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.
Me-Yow. Sounds like Ms. Bounds' bearing the claws...
Sometimes I feel odd about Hillary Clinton. My anger at her from the primaries has subsided and I recognize her as an asset of the party. I sympathize with her disappointment, but I still can't feel the same about her after the "shame on you" crap she pulled late in the primaries.
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#4 - Sun Oct 5, 2008 4:33 AM EDT{"commentId":3320859,"authorDomain":"djplayer1251"}
twosage: Sometimes I feel odd about Hillary Clinton. My anger at her from the primaries has subsided and I recognize her as an asset of the party. I sympathize with her disappointment, but I still can't feel the same about her after the "shame on you" crap she pulled late in the primaries.
I feel odd about Hillary Clinton, too, but for different reasons. I'm angry at HER (and Bill Clinton) for aiding and abetting in the election of Obama as President of the United States of America. Without her support, Obama would NOT be doing as well as he is. I supported Hillary throughout the Democratic primary and did not want her to concede the race until a roll call vote was taken at the Convention that would indicate who the winner was. Instead, she surrendered for what? Payment of her debt? A promise of a cabinet position? A promise of support from the DNC for a run at the Presidency in 2016? Whatever she was promised, she made a pack with the Devil, and I hope she doesn't live to regret it. But, by doing so, she lost my respect, and possibly my vote should she get an opportunity to run again.
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{"commentId":3332693,"authorDomain":"jfc7753"}
MSRedhead:
As one redheaded Hillary supporter to another, I have to say that with the economic crisis, fighting two wars, and our Consitutution mangled beyond recognition in the name of homeland security, now is the time to put aside the well-founded resentment toward Obama and do the right thing to try to save our country. I really think it's that important.
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{"commentId":3322628,"authorDomain":"qeckit"}
Bush/McShame two faces on the same coin, there is no way of separating the two and its time you mindless supporters of McShame realizes that fact.
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#5 - Sun Oct 5, 2008 1:27 PM EDT{"commentId":3362130,"authorDomain":"cricketticket"}
When is the last time John McCain went to church?
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