As though there haven't been enough reasons the American voter can to shrug and say, "I'm not voting -- they're all dirty....", here's a Democrat adding to the problem:
There was an interesting behind-the-scenes drama playing out yesterday as the Clinton campaign announced that Bill and Hillary Clinton were liquidating their blind trust, converting stocks into cash.
Some of Mrs. Clinton’s rivals, including the campaign of Senator Barack Obama, went through the list of the Clinton’s financial holdings that Mrs. Clinton filed with the Senate and released a very detailed and critical analysis about where the Clinton’s had gotten and invested their money.
Mr. Obama’s aides circulated its memorandum to news organizations on the condition that news organizations not say where they obtained the information.
Nothing particularly unusual about that behavior. But there are quite a few of us who are completely fed up with status quo ante. Tim Russert was saying this morning the protest against robot candidates -- driven by polls and outdated dirty tricks -- has grown exponentially.
Me? I tend to be more pro-Obama than pro-Clinton, to say the least. But this behavior makes me significantly less pro- either one of them.
Oh well, Meet the new Boss, as Peter Townshend used to say....
Posted by: daveinboca | June 15, 2007 at 09:59 PM