HILLARY'S STRATEGY IN ATTACKING OBAMA
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on FoxNews.com on February 22, 2007.
Why is Hillary's enforcer, Howard Wolfson, shooting Barack Obama in the
kneecaps over David Geffen's criticism of his candidate? If Wolfson had
his
way, Geffen would "sleep with the fishes."
Hillary and her boys realize that all that Obama has to sell is his
purity.
He's like Evian water. He has no particular taste, he's just the un-cola -
the opposite of the vicious, destructive, partisan politics that pervades
our country and turns off the voters.
Purity is a high standard, particularly for a politician, especially for
one
who is running against a Clinton. And purity is the easiest thing to
sully.
Just a drop of ink i n a bottle of Evian makes it "dirty" and undrinkable.
So what Wolfson and Hillary are trying to do is to pollute Obama with the
remarks of his sup****ter, to show that he is just like the rest of 'em - a
politician after all. The Wolfson attack is a calculated strategy. It's
designed to bring the Obama candidacy back to earth.
But there was a problem in implementing their master plan: Obama wouldn't
play. He's run only a positive campaign and has wisely refrained from
saying
anything that smacks of a negative against Hillary. He doesn't need to.
The
ranks of those who are willing to point out her obvious shortcomings are
so
legion that Obama doesn't need to add to the chorus.
So Hillary instructed Wolfson to single out Geffen's statement in the
absence of any material negatives generated by Obama himself. In doing so,
Wolfson has set a ve ry high standard: Not only may Obama not criticize
Hillary and not only may no member of his staff attack her, but nobody who
wants to vote for Obama or give money to his campaign - particularly not a
former Hillary sup****ter - can even express a negative opinion of the
Senator in public. This raises Wolfson's attack on Geffen to First
Amendment
pro****tions.
But, ultimately, the attack will work. Not the first time Wolfson bites an
Obama sup****ter who criticizes Hillary. Nor the second, nor the third, nor
the fifth or tenth. But, eventually, after the charge is repeated dozens
of
times against anyone who criticizes the Senator and is backing Obama, the
American public will realize the truth: That no U.S. senator, even Barack
Obama, is a virgin and that it is not enough to be inoffensive and pure if
you want to be president. You need some affirmative positions on issues as
well.
Then Obama will face the real test of his candidacy: to get off the
feature
pages and onto the news pages. He will need to take strong positions,
issue
programs, and wade into substantive controversies if he wants us to vote
for
him. A biography and a philosophy aren't enough.
In the meantime, while surrogate Wolfson is running around busting
kneecaps,
Hillary, smilingly, waves to the crowds and opines against the "politics
of
personal destruction." She's an expert on it. She was among the first to
hire private detectives to dig up dirt on women who had been linked to
Bill,
on Linda Tripp, on other Clinton accusers, and on virtually anyone else
who
stood in the way of her ambitions for her husband.
Hillary and Wolfson are a match made in heaven. After decades of being
Bill
Clinton's designated attack dog, Hillary needed one of her own. And she
picked a natural in Howard Wolfson. She's the good cop to his bad cop. His
Darth Vadar, unsmiling countenance sends chills down the spines of the
American public. But his glare complements Hillary's grin and makes it
unnecessary for the former First Lady to bare her own fangs, except to
smile.
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