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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a Democratic rejoinder to the Republican chant of "drill, baby, drill." Said the one-time presidential candidate: "Jobs, baby, jobs."
Campaigning for her once bitter rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, the New York senator told about 1,500 people at an historic farm in suburban Horsham, that her husband's administration produced a balanced budget and a surplus.
"Now, eight short years later, we've had to add a digit to the debt clock," she said, referring to the digital sign in New York City that tracks the national debt.
Clinton is trying to use her popularity in places like northeast Philadelphia and the city's suburbs to help Obama beat Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in this battleground state. She did well in both areas in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary six months ago, when she beat the Illinois senator by 10 percentage points.
At the Republican National Convention and various GOP rallies, an oft-repeated chant was "drill, baby, drill," a plea for more oil drilling. McCain and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin back more offshore oil drilling; Palin favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Clinton said Democrats have a better answer: "Jobs, baby, jobs."
Earlier in the day, she told about 400 people at a Philadelphia Jewish community center that voters concerned about the country's economy should support Obama because President Bush's policies are not helping average households.
"The middle class is invisible to this president," Clinton said. "He doesn't see how hard it is to make ends meet."
Clinton's visit to the Jewish community center in the far northeastern corner of Philadelphia was the first of two area stops on Monday.
Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, campaigned with Obama running mate Joe Biden on Sunday in Scranton, another area where Clinton did well in the primary.
Earlier Monday, Clinton said Obama is closing in on an Election Day win.
Clinton said in an interview taped for "Today" from Scranton that she thinks Obama has substantially improved his chances by the way he has handled questions about the country's severe credit crisis. "I think he's closing it," she said.
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{"commentId":3460900,"authorDomain":"jilwater"}
But of course George Bush can see the middle class, he knows his housekeeper and cook come from somewhere.....
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#1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:26 PM EDT{"commentId":3463934,"authorDomain":"tinkledowntheory"}
Your right but McCain the billionaire cannot stoop as low as that he just buys his help.
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{"commentId":3465624,"authorDomain":"frankblack"}
McBush's rejoinder: "Fear, smears and Q***rs!"
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{"commentId":3465918,"authorDomain":"gabby3239"}
If you listen to the Republicans only the minority's are having a hard time and if you believe that then you must believe that.................,
No white kid is hungry
no white family's are on welfare
no white man or woman has lost their job
no white family has lost their home, or been victimized by adjustable rate mortgages
no deserving white kid has been forced to drop out of college because of a change in the family circumstances
No white senior citizen has lost their retirement
And every white family has health insurance
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{"commentId":3463914,"authorDomain":"tinkledowntheory"}
This is exactly what the democratic party needs to push. Job baby Jobs Saving the Rich Republicans does not in turn create jobs unless you want to work in the Mexican sweat shops or the same equivilant in India. That Rick Davis sure knows how to send the jobs overseas. Save small business let Mexico save the auto manufactures.
Rick Davis the Republican campaign manager and lobbyist for India and lobbyist for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack thru August 2008. Rick Davis's company was paid $185,000. when Wilmington Ohio company Airborne was sold to a foreign country.
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#2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:56 PM EDT{"commentId":3469352,"authorDomain":"Tim-E"}
Attn Neocons- "Jobs baby Jobs" is much sexier than "Drill baby Drill".
"Now, eight short years later, we've had to add a digit to the debt clock," she said, referring to the digital sign in New York City that tracks the national debt.
We can, yes we can, get back to a balanced budget. Will take years, but yes we can.
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