Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton: 'I Did Not Aprove This Message'

The Republican National Committee issues another ad, using Hillary Clinton's statement about Barack Obama's lack of experience.

The video, shown above, starts with the narrator asking, "Who has the experience to govern our nation?" Then it cuts to Hillary Clinton saying "Senator McCain would bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I would bring a lifetime of experience and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002." The narrator continues then to say, "Barack Obama, he gives a great speech, but now Americans must ask ourselves, should we elect the most inexperienced presidential candidate of out times, or was she right?" They end with a picture of Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton said those words during the Democratic primaries, and now that she has suspended her campaign, she says, via Daily News, "And let me state what I think of those ads: I'm Hillary Clinton, and I do not approve that message." She also used that time during the meeting to encourage unity behind Barack Obama. Most Hillary Clinton supporters understand that Clinton is doing and saying what she is obligated to do and say for the good of the party, but it does not lessen the truth of her previously spoken words regarding the lack of experience on the part of Barack Obama. There is also more on the procedure to be used during the roll call vote which will take place at the convention, reported on by the Associated Press.

Democratic officials involved in the negotiations said Monday the idea is that at the start of the state-by-state vote for the presidential nomination Wednesday night, delegates would cast their votes for Clinton or Obama.

But the voting would be cut off after a couple of states, the officials said, perhaps ending with New York, when Clinton herself would call for unanimous backing for Obama from the convention floor. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity while the deal was being finalized.

It is believed the Democratic officials negotiating the process are trying to see to it Clinton gets a roll call vote, but not in a manner that could potentially embarrass Barack Obama with Clinton receiving too many votes, or potentially embarrass Hillary Clinton with her not receiving as many as she or her supporters thinks she will. In the meantime, via The Politico, Clinton is talking about party unity and everyone backing Barack Obama but she is not offering guidance to her delegate supporters about who they should be voting for during the roll call vote.

"I will be telling my delegates that I will vote for Barack Obama," she said. "How they vote is a more personal decision. They want to have their chance to vote for me. That is what traditionally happens ... some people are having to make up their minds because there are arguments pulling them both ways."

How many truly believe that after the very rough start of the convention, reported on this morning at Digital Journal.com, that unity is something they will achieve with diehard Clinton supporters by the end of the convention? Those that do .... I have a bridge in Brooklyn I am selling......any takers?