Hillary Clinton in her characteristically warm and loving way, congratulates Sarah Palin by handing her a smelly fish. Unlike McCain’s cordial and non-conditional congratulatory video released just before the DNC Orgy Toga Party Love Fest Convention, Clinton couldn’t just congratulate her – she had to get a barb in (no pun intended).

Clinton congratulates Palin

“We should all be proud of Governor Sarah Palin’s historic nomination, and I congratulate her and Senator McCain,” Clinton, the first woman to win a presidential primary, said in the statement. “While their policies would take America in the wrong direction, Governor Palin will add an important new voice to the debate.”

The McCain campaign has made little secret of the fact the selection of Palin — the first woman to appear on a Republican presidential ticket — was in part designed to court supporters of Clinton’s White house bid, some of whom feel the New York senator was treated unfairly during the primaries because of her gender and remain wary of supporting Obama.

To say it was because of her gender is unfair to the Obama campaign. They dissed her because of Obama’s inability to look past the negative comments made by the Clinton campaign, made more hurtful to him by the fact that they are mostly true, and are going to be continually played by the McCain/Palin campaign. That, and the baggage that is Bill. Meanwhile possibly losing the race because of it.

Palin directly mentioned Clinton by name in her acceptance speech earlier Friday, saying, “Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America. But it turns out the women of America aren’t finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all.”

Clinton’s statement reacting to Palin is markedly different than the Obama campaign’s initial reaction which made no mention of the historic nature of the Alaska Republican’s VP candidacy — instead painting her as woefully inexperienced to be commander-in-chief.

Wow. That came quicker than we thought.

I think that observation will be filed in the same place as Obama’s

“I am my brother’s keeper.”

The Big Daddy of all gaffe’s thus far.

For now, let’s call it the “FIM File.” Foot in Mouth.

The Obama campaign later released a joint statement from both the Illinois senator and his running mate, Joe Biden, praising Palin for making history.

Well boys, ain’t you sweet. Your sure know how to treat a lady!

It remains unclear just how many former Clinton supporters Palin may attract, but California Sen. Barbara Boxer said Friday that McCain is “badly mistaken” if he expects backers of the New York senator to break ranks with the Democratic party because of Palin.

Boxer is correct in that those former Clinton supporters had yet to fall in rank and now they may have a Home Sweet Home.

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