Clinton Campaign: Barack Obama = Ken Starr

Hillary’s Communication Director, Howard Wolfson, today compared Senator Obama to Kenneth Starr:

He chose not to address those questions, but to attack Senator Clinton. I for one do not believe that imitating Ken Starr is the way to win a Democratic primary election for president.

First, the “questions” Wolfson is referring to are about whether Obama is ready to lead the country. We know, bro…your gal is soooooo ready. Spanky already asked you to shut that spigot off. I’ll second that notion, but you’ll keep blasting away.

So now you’re trying to compare BO to an overzealous prosecutor who spent $70 million to find out about a beej and some dry cleaning. To that I say, “go ahead…please.” Let’s set the facts straight. BO’s tax returns are public and up to date. Hillary’s are missing….apparently all the way back to Willie’s presidency. So why don’t the Clintons release them? Is it more complicated than reaching down into the file cabinet and pulling out the folder entitled “1997 Taxes” and sending one of your minions to Kinko’s? It’s not like Camp Clinton never had any shady dealings…I mean told a lie…I mean pandered for the camera…I mean cheated (apparently what constitutes “talking dirty” in 49 states = southern hospitality in socially-advanced Arkansas). So if you want to compare BO to a guy who had to dig and dig to reveal that you actually are a cheating dirtball when you say you weren’t…so be it. Do you think that sways me philosophically?

And I’d like to point out that Camp Clinton has taken it’s bag of tricks, turned it upside down and pounded that thing until every last nugget fell out (read: learn what “plagiarism” really is). If the tables were turned, they’d be ALL OVER THIS ISSUE. This very issue is so metaphoric of what rational Americans have looked for and haven’t gotten for 2 ?? decades…transparency. It’s politics…and if one guy is more transparent than the other guy, he’ll let everybody know. I think you all know that. Just make the disclosures.

Sorry, Wolfson. It’s over. Rational people will win out over political insiders this time. We’re tired of the teeter-totter hijack known as Bush/Clinton…and I’m tired of watching you bitch at Axelrod on TV every Sunday.