Drudge post elicits fierce war of words
Aides to Barack Obama today angrily denounced Hillary Clinton's campaign for allegedly circulating a 2006 photo of Obama dressed in Somali garb in a ploy to make him look foreign.
The Drudge Report, the provocative news-and-gossip website regularly in the thick of political controversy, published the photo this morning and reported that Clinton staffers had sent it around over the weekend. The photo (see the Drudge post here) shows Obama during a visit to Wajir, a region of his father's native Kenya.
"On the very day that Senator Clinton is giving a speech about restoring respect for America in the world, her campaign has engaged in the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we've seen from either party in this election," Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said in a statement. "This is part of a disturbing pattern that led her county chairs to resign in Iowa, her campaign chairman to resign in New Hampshire, and it's exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns away Americans of all parties and diminishes respect for America in the world."
Clinton's campaign manager, Maggie Williams, responded by saying: "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely. This is nothing more than an obvious and transparent attempt to distract from the serious issues confronting our country today and to attempt to create the very divisions they claim to decry. We will not be distracted."
But notice that nowhere in the Clinton campaign's statement is a denial that her staffers circulated the photo. Asked directly whether Clinton aides had in fact sent it around, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said he did not know. He wrote in an email, "There are [approximately] 700 people who work here. I haven't seen any email. I don't know that one even exists. The only source is Drudge. I'm not spending my day playing 20 questions about this item on The Drudge Report. You are welcome to spend your day doing so."
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD DEMAND THAT HILLARY CLINTON APOLOGIZE AND THEN DROP OUT OF THE PRIMARY RACE!!!
No democrat wants a bigot for a nominee! This is an all-time low, even for Hillary Clinton. She is using race, religion, and smear emails to swiftboat a FELLOW DEMOCRAT!
Apparently, the only demographic she has left is white women over 80 and the KKK. Wow, Hillary, you must be so proud!
Are you kidding me? Now I don't just want her back in NY... I want her out of the US Senate. This woman is devious and borderline evil!
I am more determined than ever to stand for change! The only good news is that Hillary's cheap shots and low blows are driving more and more voters to Obama.
Three Haikus
Hilary Clinton
Hectoring, petulant, shrill
Unelectable
Hillary Clinton
Striving, triangulating
And Bill, beside her.
Hillary Clinton
Dividing through distortion
Showing her statecraft
Obama '08
The last thing we want is,Hillary & Bill back in the white house. This country has had enough of them. Hillary will do anything to get the nomination. I think the american people are a lot smarter than that. I would'nt want to send my granddaughter as an intern, if Bill was in the white house.
Forced to choose the lesser of two evils... hmmm... I take McCain anyday of the week over these two!
Will you remember
Hillary’s vote for the war?
And McCain’s? Tax that.
Will you acknowledge
Pandering, positioning
By Clinton? McCain?
Will you not agree
That bile, division, and spite
Do not create jobs?
Will you not hope for
A different kind of country
Than Bush has brought us?
Will you not vote for
Something bigger than your fear?
We’ve been there - done that.
Obama ‘08
What is Barack Hussein Obama embarassed about? The person who should apologize is him for playing the race card.
What is he going to do when he doesn't win the general election......play the race card, cry discrimination!
I thought he was mature enough to rise above that and not sink to the lowest levels of history.
His wife is also racist, saying that this is the first time in her life she is proud to be an american. By the sounds of her past she took well advantage of the programs that America had to offer! If it weren't for those programs like affirmative action she would not be were she is.
So who is really playing the bigot?
In the end "I will be" voting for McCain, at least he speaks from the heart and doesn't need someone else's words to make him look good.
Hey Obama please release the following documents please:
- Your Columbia University Transcripts. (has refused so far)
- A list of your friends, roommates and bosses during your time in New York. By the way this is required for a security clearance. (has refused so far)
- Documents regarding your time in the Illinois Senate. (Obama refused and now says the documents were lost)
- The documents concerning your house purchase and the purchase of the lot next door and the subsequent purchase of part of that lot by you.
- A document showing how you handled the "gift" from Rezcko on your house purchase. (If not on your tax return during the year you purchased your house then you have violated federal law?
- A list of the people who have bundled your contributions, including any money from overseas sources.
- A transcript of the conversations that you had as a sitting U.S. Senator with Railla Odinga while he was running for the presidency of foreign government( Kenya).
- An explanation of your wherabouts during the period Nov 3 through Nov 8, 1999, while a State Senator from Illinois.
It seems lots of folks make judgment without researhing information first. Senator Clinton made lots of money on her book…and is still recieving royalties. She was paid over 8 million and certainly has other resources. The deal with the uranium mine…if you had done your research..would have shown President Clinton said ..no..to any involvment. That is the part the press doesnt tell. Check out Media Matters. I dont think most of Hillary's supporters realized she was short of money…and once they knew…the donations came in. Senator Obama asks for donations all the time. Senator Clinton and her husband never recieved any money from Rezko. Senator Obama's main contributor from the beginning of his career has been Rezko. Rezko also has close ties with Auchi…who has been found guilty by of deals relating to nuclear plants in Iraq. That makes Obama three times removed from that situation. Auchi is the reason Rezko is in jail now…due to flight risk. Check sites out about Rezko. Rezko also contributed funds to George W Bush. You can say…well…Clintons' had Hue. Some differences….Hue got his money from big investors. Obama got his money from misuse of taxpayers funds. Rezko said he couldnt pay for the heat in the buildings in Chicago. People going without heat in a Chicago winter? Chicago gets cold. During that time…Rezko gives a thousand dollars to Obama for his political career. I find it hard to believe that Obama didnt know about these conditions in his district…when the City Of Chicago was taking Rezko to court for this. Obama wrote a letter of recommendation for Rezko to get funding for his housing. Those letters are available to see at a website …taylor marsh. They have government heading on them. You cant tell me that Obama didnt know that Rezko was under federal investigation when he go a deal with him to buy his house. Check it out. Senator Obama hasnt been that honest about all of this.
"Hillary 08"
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