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Obama and Clinton trade insults

Published: 21 April, 2008, 22:17

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Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been taking swings at each other just hours before polls open in the Pennsylvania primaries. The pair have traded insults in some of the most negative attacks since the beginning of their campaig

Obama said Clinton was trapped in the past.

“When people question her tactics she says: ‘well that's what the Republicans will do to Obama.’ Look I am not interested in mimicking what the Republicans did to the Clintons over the past 20 years. She learned the wrong lesson – I want to change them not become them,” Obama said.

While he branded her a game-player, she said he was all style and no substance. She even mocked his campaign slogan -

“Can we do this? Well, yes we can. But that's not the right question. Will we do this? Yes we will. Yes we will! Yes we will,” Clinton said.

The candidates also crisscrossed the state of Pennsylvania trying to win over voters.

Their messages resonated in urban areas. But there is still a part of Pennsylvania that cares little about the race.

Obama wins over the Amish?

People in the heart of Amish county in Pennsylvania believe in separating themselves from the modern world. Horse-drawn carriages are the main mode of transportation. The Amish, a Christian sect, don't use electricity, phones and they don't like to be photographed as it is against their religious beliefs.

And their political views are equally conservative. A typical Amish man, Jack Meyer, says most Amish vote Republican. He says many Amish – like one of his friends – are not fans of Hillary.

“She said we certainly don't want a woman for a president of the United States. And certainly not Hillary,” Meyer says.

But if he were to pick a Democrat, Jacks says he would go for Obama.

“He is very a matter-of-fact talking and laid-back. More like the man on the street,” Meyer says.

Just days before the Pennsylvania primary, Obama's state-based campaign website posted a page aimed at the Amish. But some called it another ‘out-of-touch’ move by the Obama campaign and even a possible prank.

However, Nate Bomberger – an Obama volunteer – is say it’s a serious effort.

About five Amish showed up for the local Obama rally. They declined to comment on camera but told us they had come out of curiosity.

So it seems that Obama has at least managed to spark some interest in one of the most unlikely demographics in a race so tight that every vote matters.

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JARB June 03, 2009, 15:03
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It was very interesting listening to these two candidates last year slam each other and how they could do a much better job than the other as president of this country. The people spoke in the November election and we now have a fine socialist as our president. The other one is now our Secretary of State, who is traveling the globe telling everyone that our president is the best thing that ever happened to this country. These two people have over the past two years told the American people how concerned they were about the big government and the runaway spending. We've seen how they are handling the big government and the runaway spending. We were able to witness this past weekend. The $80,000.00 plus security detail expenses when our president took his wife to dinner and a show in New York City. I wish I had that $80,000.00 plus moneies available, I would have been able to pay a good chunk of my mortgage off and been able to assist the local food banks and soup kitchens here in Fort Worth. I wonder if Hillary would have spent that kind of money on Bill for one evening. I know she would have used it to pay down her campaign debt

Barry Titus May 31, 2009, 03:59
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One of my favorite gaffes from that race was that Hillary said she had been training like Rocky. No one of course pointed out that then her opponent would have been Apollo Creed.

John May 24, 2009, 09:58
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I don't understand why Matt didn't include Hillary in his comments. I cannot remember any responsible position that either of them have had which would qualify them for the offices they hold. One is related to an ex-president and the other sold too many Americans a bill of goods about Change, but not the kind of changes that Americans really want or need if we are going to remain a free and independent country. We don't need a president who only thinks of what he wants and forgets about what the nation really needs.