Clinton Campaign Pounded for Trying to Take Advantage of Weather Channel���s Hurricane Audience

No major outrage here, but this is worth a small note.

So those Democrats who are so concerned about people���s feelings, insensitivity, etc���what do you suppose their standard-bearer tried to do last week in her effort to reach the White House? She sought to capitalize on others��� misery airing campaign ads on The Weather Channel at precisely the time that viewership would be up because of the ongoing run of Hurricane Matthew up the East Coast of the United States.

As quoted over at The Washington Times, Clinton spokesman Jesse Ferguson made it seem like the decision to air, and then delay, the ads was the plan all along:

���Earlier in the week we made changes to our TV ad reservations across hundreds of stations in several battleground states including Florida. Less than 1 percent of those changes included The Weather Channel. We have requested that stations in Florida delay any of those ads on The Weather Channel until after the storm passes.���

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus wasn���t having any of it, though, tweeting ���Pulling these ads after getting caught won���t cut it. @HillaryClinton should apologize for using the storm for votes.���

Look, in a vacuum, I don���t think this stuff is a big deal, and I actually think Hillary���s strategy was a smart campaign move. The issue is that the Dems are the ones who are always pointing fingers at Republicans for their perceived insensitivity���and yet, whenever there is political gain to be had, Democrats can be just as, if not more, vile than their GOP counterparts. Think of this as Exhibit A.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large