From CNN …
At a Friday night town hall in Oregon, Senator Hillary Clinton criticized Senator John McCain for his speech predicting victory in Iraq by the end of his first term.
“It sounded a lot like ‘Mission Accomplished,’ only postponed into 2013,” said Clinton, referring to President George Bush’s declaration less than two months after the Iraq invasion that major combat was over. “From my perspective, it’s just more of the same. It’s a continuation of the Bush policies that have been failures.”
I must say I had a similar feeling about this ad and speech. Your promises about what you’re going to accomplish in four years are implicit, and often explicit, in every presidential campaign. But taking a victory lap over your list of accomplishments that you haven’t even accomplished yet does come off a little silly.
Here’s the ad; see what you think …