A Jersey ringer in a Pennsylvania Clinton ad
Barack Obama can take some solace out of Hillary Clinton’s latest television ad in Pennsylvania. At least one of those featured in the spot hammering Obama for his recent -- and controversial -- critique of bitter small town America isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania.
Clyde Thomas, the goateed fellow in the ad who says, “the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said,” is actually registered in New Jersey. He voted there for Clinton Feb. 5. He only recently moved to Bethlehem, Pa.
“It shouldn’t be a big deal. I explained it to the campaign,” Thomas said in an interview. “I see Pennsylvanians for what they are. I grew up with the values of Pennsylvanians.”
He said he has been volunteering for the Clinton campaign in recent weeks, handing out literature and making phone calls. He said the campaign approached him about appearing in the ad, which was filmed in Bethlehem, a city of about 72,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania where Bethlehem Steel once stood tall.
-- Josh Drobnyk
Josh Drobnyk writes for the Swamp of the Chicago Tribune's Washington Bureau.
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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I am sure that the people that were in Hillary Obama bashing Obama were her supporters. I found that the guy who moved to Pennsylvania voted for Clinton in New Jersey. Another Clinton dishonest action comes to the surface. It will be funny if she only wins by a couple of percentage points. I have no problem with a woman president. I just want one who is honest. Obama has honesty and integrity as as much as a politician can have. I do not like the comments his pastor said. Being a Christian I think his profession adn attitudes are not connecting. As a Christian you are suppose to be forgiving. He is not a forgiver or a healer. I will pray for his redemption. I think Obama will be a good president if given the chance. I think he has more positive qualities than negative. I was not offended by his coments I think he was just trying to speak the truth.
Posted by: Danny | April 16, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Deceit in the Clinton campaign? Impossible.
Posted by: N.E. BodybutHillary | April 16, 2008 at 01:05 PM