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So, right-wingers in the media are trying to peddle fact-free rumors questioning Obama’s patriotism and religious faith, and the Clinton campaign doesn’t seem to mind. Fine.

So then, in Obama’s victory speech in South Carolina, he articulates a vision of a political campaign free from such baseless attacks - a campaign focused on substance. He says, “We are up against the idea that it’s acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election.”

And how does this get spun? As a ‘jab’ back at Clinton. As if both of them are now just throwing out insults at each other.

Well, excuse me, but there is a big difference between personal insults against an opponent and defending one’s campaign. Those are not equivalent ‘jabs’ back and forth.

There are some two-way jabs that are NOT being made: Bill Clinton has gone around trying to compare Barack Obama to Jesse Jackson, which is about as fair of a comparison as Michelle could make between Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro. All four great political leaders, good people, but Obama’s and Clinton’s campaigns are in a slightly different league than their 1980s’ predecessors. Maybe if we could have Hillary without Bill I’d be more warm to her - as is, I’d rather take the Michelle-Barack ticket any day.