Hillary Clinton compares herself to a fairy-tale character
Thomas Fitzgerald reports from Brownsburg, Ind.:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she feels like "Goldilocks" because her advocacy of a gas-tax holiday puts her between her Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, and Republican nominee-to-be John McCain.
"Sen. Obama doesn't want to do it, says it's a gimmick, while Sen. McCain doesn't want to pay for it," Clinton said. "I sometimes feel like the Goldilocks of this campaign: not too much, not too little, just right."
And she took a swipe at Obama, who has been dealing with perceptions he is an elitist in recent weeks, for refusing to do something to help ordinary Americans get some relief from gas prices.
She said she finds it "a little offensive" coming from "someone who doesn't have to worry" about such things. She did not call out Obama by name.
"We need a president who's a fighter again," Clinton said.
GET A GRIP HILLARY. YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING THE TRUTH, THIS IS THE REASON YOU ARE SOOOO UNTRUSTWORTHY. YOU WILL SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 3 MONTHS OF SAVING 30 DOLLARS? THE OIL COMPANIES JUST INCREASE THE PRICE TO CATCH UP, JUST RHETORIC TO GET VOTES, WAKE UP AMERICA— smcclair- she is so out of touch she didn't even know how to pump her own gas and get her own coffee yesterday. Everything with her is a publicity stunt. Just look back in the past to see the 'real Hillary' and don't be fooled by these shamless campaign tactics.— bernadette
- Hillary and McCain are simply trying to buy votes -- literally. McCain's claim to find the money in wasteful government spending is not credible. People are trying to cut waste all the time and this won't cut any additional waste. We will, however, have to borrow more money from China to make it up. Hillary's plan to impose a "windfall profit" tax on the oil companies is an emotional tactic to look tough in face of big oil. However, we all know that they will soon pass this cost onto the consumer, so we'll pay for it. She's just borrowing money from our gas purchases later in the year (when oil companies pass on the csot) to pay a bribe to voters in the summer.— wm18902
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Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.
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