Prometheus 6

Who made up those rules? And who would ever think they are fair?

You did.

The writer is a strategist for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign.

If you hadn't started race baiting (Penn, Shaheen, Kerry, et al...all your nonsense about it starting with Mr. Bill in South Carolina is just that: nonsense), you wouldn't be operating in such an unforgiving context.

Fair Is Fair
By Geoff Garin
Friday, April 25, 2008; A23

What's wrong with this picture? Our campaign runs a TV ad Monday saying that the presidency is the toughest job in the world and giving examples of challenges presidents have faced and challenges the next president will face -- including terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounting economic dislocation, and soaring gas prices. The ad makes no reference -- verbal, visual or otherwise -- to our opponent; it simply asks voters to think about who they believe is best able to stand the heat. And we are accused, by some in the media, of running a fear-mongering, negative ad.

The day before this ad went on the air, David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, appeared with me on "Meet the Press." He was asked whether Hillary Clinton would bring "the changes necessary" to Washington, and his answer was "no." This was in keeping with the direct, personal character attacks that the Obama campaign has leveled against Clinton from the beginning of this race -- including mailings in Pennsylvania that describe her as "the master of a broken system."