To me that Clinton phone ad looks like it came right from the rethug play book

[bigdarryl]

And she talks about Obama doing Rove tactics. The so called FOX NEWS all stars love the ad. Williams and Krauhammer.both saying its an effective ad and will work. So young people and Afrto be so scarred by this fear mongering ad that they won't vote for Obama. PLEASE!!!!

[mmonk]

1. It is. Bill Kristol made the suggestion she use fear tactics.

[babylonsister]

2. Someone else had the same thought here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4820706

[madrchsod]

3. from some other threads

claiming that it was done in some other campaigns..i think republican

[ingac70]

4. It was McCain's commercial first!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/What_is_it_about_3_am_.html#comments

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. It is.

She xeroxed a McCain commercial.

[conservdem]

6. I support Obama, and I think her ad is fair ad.

[Auggie]

7. That ad is total bullshit

[tabasco]

8. Be afraid!

I am so sick of this crap.

Hillary has already shown us her terrible judgment when it mattered. Her ad is ironic beyond belief.

Thank God the voters are not as stupid or afraid as H. Clinton believes them to be.

[Forkboy]

9. That's because it did.

[Rageneau]

10. Obama's pamphlet featuring the photo of a fictional closed factory is the same thing.

Fear-mongering isn't restricted to fear about war. It is also fear-mongering to suggest, as an Obama handout recently did, that voting for Hillary would lead to closed factories and the loss of YOUR job.

I think most people are actually more afraid of economic disaster than a military one. Appealing to that fear by misrepresenting the threat your opponent represents (whether the threat be military or economic) is Rovian.

So if it is wrong of Hillary to fear-monger, it is equally wrong of Obama (were he an imperfect being and still capable of sin).

[Elidor]

11. As Atrios said,

"It needs some wolves."

[cbayer]

12. What's an Afrto? nt.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. Or from LBJ's

Fear Smears are not unique to the reknucklian side of things. To a certain extent we cripple ourselves by demanding 'out side' (however we might define that at the moment) 'stay above the fray'.