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Obama: knockin' out Hillary

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At a presser today called in response to Hillary Clinton 's accusation that the Obama campaign has misrepresented her health care program and trade position in mailers sent to Ohio voters. "He is continuing to send false and discrediting mailings...," Clinton said. "He says one thing in speeches...this is not the new politics that the speeches are about..It is not hopeful; it is destructive." "Shame on you, Barack Obama ," Clinton said. At issue was a mailer whose imagery appeared, according to Clinton, to echo the " Harry and Louise " campaign launched against the plan Clinton tried to get through Congress as First Lady in the 1990s. Here's Harry & Louise: And the Obama flier: See the rest of the flyer at Ohio Daily Blog At Obama's rebuttal media op, he remained cool, and accused Clinton of having subjected his campaign to all manner of attacks, "except when we were down by 40 points." He ably rebutted the particulars