Democracy for Vancouver

Evidently, torture plans being scripted in the Oval Office are not sufficient campaign fodder for this Democratic presidential candidate. No, no, no: a verbal misstep by her opponent is so important that it needs to be the centerpiece of a last-minute ad:

TITLE: “Pennsylvania”

LENGTH: 30 seconds.

AIRING: Pennsylvania.

SCRIPT: Clinton: “I’m Hillary Clinton and I approve this message.”

Announcer: “Barack Obama said that people in small towns ‘cling to guns or religion … as a way to explain their frustrations …’

Woman 1: “I was very insulted by Barack Obama.”

Man 1: “It just shows how out of touch Barack Obama is.”

Woman 2: “I’m not clinging to my faith out of frustration and bitterness. I find that my faith is very uplifting.”

Man 2: “The good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said.”

Woman 1: “Hillary does understand the citizens of Pennsylvania better.”

Woman 3: “Hillary Clinton has been fighting for people like us her whole life.”

Perhaps someone should remind Hillary of some of her own words in days gone by:

Then: I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.

Now (to 60 minutes, on whether Barack Obama is a Muslim): No. No, there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know.

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Then (to a group of schoolchildren): Would you tell your parents something for me? Ask them, if they have a gun in their house, please lock it or take it out of their house. Will you do that as good citizens?

Now: You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl… People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are…

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Then: I have to confess that it’s crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Now: [Obama] is a good man and a very talented and gifted man but I think his comments were elitist and divisive…

Careful, Senator Clinton… Your desperation is showing.

But more than that, once again you are choosing your own ambition over the party and the country. And, right now, that is simply unforgivable.