Hillary Clinton – from whose camp the “shuck and jive” comment originated, whose camp brought up Obama’s childhood drug dalliances (at least twice), who has had to fire at least four people for sleazy tactics like planting questioners and hitting below the belt, whose husband called Obama’s candidacy a “fairy tale,” whose husband said an Obama presidency would be a “roll of the dice,” and who has insisted on misconstruing Obama’s comments on Reagan for political benefit, and the list goes on – claims that (poor Hillary!) she needs to respond to the attacks the Obama camp has made.
Um. Ok.
Clinton says she must counterattack – Yahoo! News
“I took a lot of incoming fire for many, many months and I was happy to absorb it because obviously, you know, I felt that was part of my responsibility. But toward the end of a campaign you have to set the record straight,” the New York senator said.