We’ll let you decide that. All we know is that this borderline pathetic email attacking Obama (what else?) was in our inbox this afternoon. It was part of today’s major assault from Hillary against a surging Obama, with new Iowa polls confirming his slim lead. The frenzy even included HRC herself throwing some serious mud, intimating that Barack has a “character issue” concerning health care, etc.

Anyhow, here’s an excerpt from the email…

SEN. OBAMA REWRITES HISTORY,

CLAIMS HE HASN’T BEEN PLANNING WHITE HOUSE RUN

Today in Iowa, Senator Barack Obama said: “I have not been planning to run for President for however number of years some of the other candidates have been planning for.�

Oh really? 

 

“Senator Obama’s comment today is fundamentally at odds with what his teachers, family, classmates and staff have said about his plans to run for President,� Clinton spokesperson Phil Singer said.  “Senator Obama’s campaign rhetoric is getting in the way of his reality.�

Sounds pretty desperate right out of the gate. Is Hillary really the right person to question someone on this topic? Most would say no. But it gets worse because the Clinton camp lists quips from Obama time in kindergarten as evidence that he has been planning a presidential coup since he came out of the womb.

15 years ago, Senator Obama told his brother-in-law he was planning to run for President.Craig [Robinson] pulled him aside [in 1992] and asked about his plans. “He said, ‘I think I’d like to teach at some point in time, and maybe run for public office,’ recalls Robinson, who assumed Senator Obama meant he’d like to run for city alderman. “He said no — at some point he’d like to run for the U.S. Senate. And then he said, ‘Possibly even run for President at some point.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, but don’t say that to my Aunt Gracie.’ I was protecting him from saying something that might embarrass him.� [Washington Post, 8/12/07 ]

 

 

In third grade, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled ‘I Want To Be a President.’His third grade teacher: Fermina Katarina Sinaga “asked her class to write an essay titled ‘My dream: What I want to be in the future.’ Senator Obama wrote ‘I want to be a President,’ she said.� [The Los Angeles Times, 3/15/07]

 

 

In kindergarten, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled ‘I Want to Become President.’“Iis Darmawan, 63, Senator Obama’s kindergarten teacher, remembers him as an exceptionally tall and curly haired child who quickly picked up the local language and had sharp math skills. He wrote an essay titled, ‘I Want To Become President,’ the teacher said.� [AP, 1/25/07 ]

 

More than a little amateurish…