Out of Touch

Hillary Clinton seized on something Barack Obama said last weekend at a Bay Area fundraiser, took it out of context, twisted it like she did he quote about Reagan three months ago, and is trying to brand him as an elitist for basically repeating the What's the Matter with Kansas? wisdom. The McCain campaign picked up on her take immediately, back for some more tag-team, trying to create some sort of echo chamber consensus that her characterization is true.

How did Obama fight back, tonight?



Here's how her attack is shaking out for Hillary (includes her attack):


Out of touch -- like her bizarre attempt at deflecting a question regarding the $800,000+ her husband has received in connection with Colombia and his support of the Free Trade Agreement loathed by actual blue collar men and women in Pennsylvania?



What is with that maniacal laugh???

"And how many angels dance on the head of a pin?" Is this what she's feeling her whole campaign is like these days?

Must have dug hard for the thing to pounce on Obama for today, try to get the real issue of her $800,000 nightmare husband off of the front page. Because if he isn't on for that, he's on for this:

It appears that Hillary Clinton hasn't taken kindly to her husband's decision to revive the embarrassing details of her Bosnian sniper dodging tale. Bill told the press today, "Hillary called me and said 'You don't remember this. You weren't there, let me handle it.' I said, 'Yes ma'am." NBC's First Read has the entire story below.

Read about how Bill Clinton not only revived the sniper controversy but made it worse by adding a couple more untruths.

Out of touch much? Or can we finally take seriously the notion raised that he's intentionally (consciously or unconsciously) trying to sink his wife's campaign, the better to preserve his own legacy. After all, even he can see she can't even manage her own campaign finances.

And that John McCain -- out of touch with the spirit of "Idol Gives Back"?



Ho ho ho Michigan and Florida. Even the studio audience starts booing him. The politically tone-deaf traditionally get voted off the show in November.

Maybe Obama needs to be "in touch" like Bush and Cheney -- if by that you mean in touch with millions and millions of dollars:

The federal tax bill for President Bush and his wife: $221,635. That's how much the Bushes owed on their adjusted gross income of $923,807 for the year 2007, according to a joint return released Friday. The Bushes have paid $203,894 so far, which means they'll need to break out the checkbook _ they owe the government $17,741...

...The White House also reported that Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, had an adjusted gross income of $3.04 million in 2007.

The Cheneys owed $602,651 in federal taxes on that income. They have paid $466,165 through withholdings and estimated tax payments, and will pay the remaining $136,486 upon filing their tax return.

And we're talking down years. Just think of how much they'll be able to make once they're out of office and freed of any restrictions.

Think of how much they'll make starting right on January 21st of next year.