From: Mike Workman <mkworkman@yahoo.com>
To: Democrats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:21:21 PM
Subject: [Democrats] Obama Campaign Attacks: Just Words
Obama Campaign Attacks: Just Words
3/11/2008
http://facts. hillaryhub. com/archive/ ?id=6465
To: Interested Parties
From: The Clinton Campaign
RE: Obama Campaign Attacks: Just Words
Over the last few weeks, Sen. Obama has successfully undermined his
credibility with a series of statements to reporters and voters that
have been contradicted by the facts. Unfortunately, he's doing it
again today by having his campaign issue a fundamentally misleading
attack aimed at glossing over the doubts Americans have about his
readiness to be Commander-in- Chief. Once again, Senator Obama is
proving the point that his campaign is about "just words."
Despite making hard end-dates a centerpiece of his campaign, Senator
Obama's top foreign policy adviser said those plans are not anything
he'll rely on as president. Despite repeated denials and five
different parsed statements by his campaign that have been called
misleading by media reports, his top economic adviser did in fact
dismiss Senator Obama's NAFTA criticism to the Canadian government as
just political rhetoric.
And now today, Senator Obama is at it again, sending a false attack
memo from his campaign making claims that are contradicted by the
facts. Still reeling from its losses in Ohio and Texas, the Obama
campaign has come out swinging, taking aim at Senator Clinton's
considerable foreign policy experience with false claims and baseless
attacks. After last week's defeats, the Obama campaign faced a
choice: try to convince voters that Senator Obama is ready to take
the 3am phone call in a positive way or try to tear down Senator
Clinton's accomplishments.
Considering that his foreign policy advisor, Susan Rice, cited
Senator Obama's "legislation on ethics reform" when asked this
morning about his foreign policy experience, it is clear that the
Obama campaign is unable to make a positive case for its candidate's
experience. They have chosen to attack and today's memo continues the
pattern of statements contradicted by the facts. Given the
credibility gap his campaign has developed over the last few weeks,
these latest attacks today should not be believed.
There is a reason that thirty former Generals and Admirals have
endorsed Senator Clinton -- they know she is prepared to lead this
nation as Commander in Chief with strength and experience on day one.
Here are the facts about Hillary's experience.
Northern Ireland
The Obama campaign claims George Mitchell, the person in charge of
the Good Friday acccords negotiation, supports their view that
Hillary's claims about Northern Ireland are exaggerated. John Hume,
who won the Nobel Prize for Peace for his work on Northern Ireland:
I can state from firsthand experience that she played a positive role
for over a decade in helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland…
Anyone criticizing her foreign policy involvement should look at her
very active and positive approach to Northern Ireland and speak with
the people of Northern Ireland who have the highest regard for her
and are very grateful for her very active support for our peace
process.
George Mitchell, who is cited in the Obama memo as an authoritative
source, told Katie Couric last night that Hillary played "a helpful
and supportive role" in Northern Ireland that ended up making "a
difference in the process." He described what Hillary has said about
her role as "accurate."
More on Hillary's work in Northern Ireland HERE.
http://facts. hillaryhub. com/archive/ ?id=6430
Kosovo
Concerning Kosovo, the Obama memo – citing their own advisors and
supporters -- falsely claims that Hillary played no role in the
larger effort to open the border to more refugees. Richard Holbrooke,
the architect of the Dayton Accords, lays out the facts:
It was dire in May 1999 when Hillary Clinton arrived in Macedonia.
The government of Macedonia had slowed the flow of refugees from
Kosovo to a trickle. After visiting refugees and gaining a first-hand
assessment of the situation, the First Lady had intense talks with
President Gligorov and Prime Minister Georgievski. In these talks,
one in the Presidential Palace, another in the residence of the
American Ambassador, Christopher Hill, Mrs. Clinton pressed the
Macedonian government to fully open the border so that Kosovar
Albanian refugees could flee the war zone to safety. She also
committed herself to work with the government and people of Macedonia
who also faced an emergency because of the threat to their own safety
and stability. Hillary Clinton promised to take action to help the
Macedonian economy. Returning to Washington, she pressed hard in the
administration for action to support the Macedonians. She even
contacted American business executives to ensure that American
textile contracts in Macedonia were not canceled. There is no doubt
in my mind, nor in the minds of those people I worked with in the
Balkans at the time – that her intense efforts resulted in easing a
crisis of significant dimensions and contributed to saving many lives.
Hillary's trip to Kosovo in May 1999 took place during the air war
over Kosovo. Despite concerns about security, she traveled to the
international border on the edge of the war zone, and visited with
refugees. More, including more testimonials, HERE.
http://facts. hillaryhub. com/archive/ ?id=6431
Bosnia
The Obama campaign has resorted to mocking Hillary's trip to Bosnia
in 1996, belittling it as a U.S.O. tour and saying there was no
danger. But Hillary toured the frontlines of the international
peacekeeping mission. CNN reported:
At a second outpost, Camp Bedrock, Mrs. Clinton visited a M.A.S.H.
unit, the only full-service U.S. Army hospital in Bosnia. The three-
hour tour of the frontlines of the international peacekeeping mission
were filled with the gritty reality of a military operation, a far
cry from traditional first lady photo opportunities, and Mrs. Clinton
seemed more than comfortable with that. [CNN, 3/25/99]
A day later, the Charleston Gazette reported that "Protected by
sharpshooters, Hillary Rodham Clinton swooped into a military zone by
Black Hawk helicopter Monday…This trip to Bosnia marks the first time
since Roosevelt that a first lady has voyaged to a potential combat
zone…"
China
The Obama campaign diminishes Hillary's historic speech in Bejing as
meaningless. But her speech at the conference – where she famously
declared "women's rights are human rights" spurred real action. The
AP reported:
Brazil has promised free cancer-screening exams for women. The United
States is spending $ 1.6 billion to try to end domestic violence.
South African President Nelson Mandela is setting up a unit in his
office to monitor the status of women. A year after 189 states
pledged to make equality of the sexes a reality in the 21st century,
many governments are crediting the conference for their latest steps
to help women. 'The momentum is on - and this momentum is not only by
women but even by governments and by men,' said Gertrude Mongella,
secretary-general of the Fourth World Conference on Women that
adopted a 150-page plan to achieve women's equality. Inspired by last
September's U.N. conference in Beijing, five Mongolian women ran for
parliament in June and won, bringing the total number of female
legislators to seven out of 76. Women's groups in Zaire joined forces
to try to change laws that bar women from traveling or opening bank
accounts without their husbands' permission. [AP, 8/25/96]
Rwanda
On Rwanda, the Obama campaign is eager to diminish Hillary's
advocacy. Hillary visited Rwanda in 1998 and made forceful public
statements about the administration' s failings. This is how she
described the trip and the administration' s followup in her book,
Living History:
Expressing great regret for genocide in Rwanda and our legacy of
slavery sent a message of concern and respect to Africans who
confront the intertwined challenges of poverty, disease, repression,
starvation, illiteracy and war. But Africa needs more than words; it
needs investment and trade if its economics are ever going to
develop. That requires both significant changes in most governments
and a partnership with the United States. That's why the African
Growth and Opportunity At, which Bill proposed and Congress passed,
is so critical. It creates incentives for American companies to do
business in Africa." [Living History, pg. 457]
The Obama campaign spends considerable time trying to "prove" that a
private conversation between Hillary and President Clinton never
happened.
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