skippy the bush kangaroo: many happy returns

Thursday, March 06, 2008

many happy returns

sen. clinton's campaign accused sen. obama of "ken starr tactics" today. the hill (and we don't mean sen. clinton):

ann lewis and howard wolfson, top aides to clinton, held a conference call with reporters in which they said that obama’s calling on the former first lady to release her tax returns were similar to attacks from the gop that the clintons have faced before.

“i for one do not believe that imitating ken starr is a way to win a democratic primary for the presidency,” wolfson said.

we're not exactly sure what that's supposed to mean, but apparently sen. obama doesn't like the fact that bill clinton stuck cigars up monica lewinski's hoo-hoo.

ok, we do know what they meant, we just couldn't resist a hoo-hoo joke. the clinton campaign is a bit miffed that obama is harping on the former first couple's tax returns.

“it is absurd that after weeks of badgering the media to ‘vet’ senator obama, the clinton campaign believes that they should be held to an entirely different standard,” said obama spokesman bill burton. “we don’t believe that expecting candidates for the presidency to disclose their tax returns somehow constitutes ken starr-tactics, but the kind of transparency and accountability that americans are looking for and that’s been missing in washington for far too long.”

we actually must give this one to clinton, at least on principle, if not on delivery (the ken starr reference is a bit low for our tastes, if only because it forces us to dredge up hoo-hoo jokes).

the tax return horse has been beaten long past its mortality by the hardly-ever-right wing when bill was prez last millennium. we can't see the pressing need for it ourselves. we know chelsea isn't a deduction, she's not a minor any more. so what do we need to know? does bill still write off cigars?

Labels: clinton, hillary, obama, taxes

posted by skippy at 9:38 PM |

2 Comments:

Skippy, there are times when you distinguish yourself as an ass.

This is one of those times.

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Anonymous, 4:06 AM PST

thanks for being brave enough to leave your name.

i knew when i wrote it, i would either piss off (a) obama supporters (b) clinton supporters (c) women or (d) both.

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