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Stir Up Some Fear to Win
Published by Pamela Gentry on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 11:06 pm.
By Pamela Gentry, Senior Poltical Producer
Posted Feb. 26, 2008 – Until this recent stunt by the Clinton campaign, I had hoped folks would see a contest waged without getting low down and dangerously dirty by Democratic rivals.
But today’s alledged actions by the Clinton campaign, tells me they want a win and they’ll do just about anything to do so. I’m sure Black Americans will be in no mood to forgive and forget this recent stunt so closely on the heels of a discussion about the safety of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
The release of a photo of Obama in traditional Somali clothing during a 2006 trip to African was sent to the conservative website Drudgereport.com (without explanation) to get the policy conversation off of NAFTA. The website says the picture came from the Clinton campaign.
Maggie Williams, who’s Black, wouldn’t even deny leaking the photo, and released a statement 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.”
They knew the photo could and would be misunderstood, just what they wanted. This dirty little trick could cost the Clinton campaign more than they ever imagined.
I can’t wait to see what Williams has in store next.
Posted Feb. 27, 2008 – On Tuesday afternoon, I received a call followed by an email from one of the folks at Clinton camp whom I have worked with for a long time expressing concern about this blog. She said the campaign has no proof this photo of Obama was sent to the Drudgereport by a member of their team, and asked that information be shared with my readers. Here’s what she had to say;
“Hey Pamela …
Just wanted to follow up with you on today’s blog posting … as we discussed earlier …the first sentence implies that the campaign has put out this photo. Senator Clinton (and the campaign doesn’t condone this type of practice). No one at the campaign had seen this alleged Email or this photo until we saw it on the Drudge Report along with the rest of the media (and at this moment no one has yet to see it). That being said, can you update your blog to reflect that the campaign did not have anything to do with this “stunt” — this, as I said, does not do anything positive for our campaign so the question for you would be “why would we engage in this type of tactic?” Thanks for your attention to this matter.
Best, TRACI”
kris, it’s ashamed that u haven’t done your homework on any of the candidaes as u should understand y no one wants to vote 4 your girl. i could go on about the scandals and the quest for power and how she really doesn’t have that much experience as she is claiming, but you’d rather believe that bit about the media being harsh on hillary and that obama is just an empty suit. you’d rather look to the past and bring back how we felt in the 90’s-peace and prosperity. i’ll leave you alone kris because this argument is really not worth it because you know that i am right:) and have heard these sentiments from many people but just don’t seem to get why we would vote for an inexperienced cult-like figure.
You “read my lips” Mikki, bill did not have sex with that woman!”THE cigar did”! As dizzy said, it’s time to paint the white house, for the civilized world’s sake!!!
lilbaby — can you weigh in on something for me? (seriously, i’m not just being argumentative. ) so from what i’ve been reading, obama agrees in writing to public federal financing for the general when he’s behind in polls & cash, & now that he’s raising more money than any1 is backing outta that promise?
well all know campaign promises are a best-case scenario, but…
for a guy who’s tryin to sell me faith in govt, ethics & of course “change”, i’m not real inspired by this move. it looks to me like an ideal that didn’t even make it through the primary, & for no other reason than he’s rakin it in.
am i missing something??
it’s just so pathetic that people are STILL talking about lewinsky and all the dumb $hit that the clintons did. I KNOW, i lived it. they did some dumb things. BUT, it’s not worth trying to defend them because people on this site have their blinders on. and their set to b.o. they REFUSE to say the clintons did ANYTHING good while in the white house. NOTHING? REALLY?
the “clinton scandals” are TIRED. just tired. it’s funny how all these b.o. cult members constantly look to the past when their candidate is talking about the future. if you’re going to talk about the clintons, let’s talk about b.o.’s “scandals”. i’m sure we could scrutinize everything he’s ever done, but why? what does it accomplish?
make a list of all the positive things bill clinton did (and anything hillary did) from 92-2000 and i MAY reconsider not campaigning AGAINST b.o. in the fall. let’s see if anyone will do it.
HILLARY 2008
Kris, let me ask you this. Why are you so against Obama? Really. Not trying to convince you, yet you called Obamas supporters a cult? Its getting to the point of absurd. Its not even about supporting your candidate at this point. You not even making sense, and you come off incredibly prejudicial.
For your information Portia! “maggie worked in the clinton white house undercover….well…really she worked under the desk in the oval officer holding bill’s cigar!!!!
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