OK, who on my staff came up with this Dumbo Mistake so I would look like I relate to da yoots?
Posted on 06/18/2007 4:44:23 PM PDT by Enchante
NEWTON, Iowa - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) on Monday said his campaign made a "dumb mistake" when it circulated a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India. ADVERTISEMENT
In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama disavowed the memo which carried the headline — " Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab) — and referred to Bill and Hillary Clintons' investments in India; her fundraising among Indian-Americans; and the former president's $300,000 in speech fees from Cisco, a company that has moved U.S. jobs to India.
"It was a dumb mistake on our campaign's part and I made it clear to my staff in no uncertain terms that it was a mistake," Obama told the AP in a brief interview in which he referred to the memo as "unnecessarily caustic."
Last Thursday, Obama's campaign sent the memo to reporters, demanding that it not be attributed to their campaign. The Clinton campaign obtained the document and sent it to journalists. Since then, it has created a furor in the Indian-American community and raised questions about Obama's claims that he is above attack politics.
"It is not reflective of the long-standing relationship I have had with the Indian-American community," Obama said in the interview.
"The issue of outsourcing is a genuine and important issue but to refer to one particular country was, I think, an error and I let all of us know that we've got to be more careful about how we communicate," he said.
In a statement on his Web site, Obama said he was not aware of the contents of the memo before it was distributed. The Illinois senator said he was responsible for the mistake and the campaign had taken appropriate action "to prevent errors like this from happening in the future."
The campaign said the new policy is to ensure that senior staff will review materials before they are distributed publicly.
Obama was campaigning in Iowa on Monday. Stopping in an Iowa town rocked by the closure of a Maytag plant, he called for new efforts to create jobs and end tax subsidies for companies that shift jobs overseas.
Obama focused on economic issues during his visit to Newton, a town of about 15,000 dealing with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs due to the closure of a Maytag plant and offices. The appliance manufacturer based in Newton was bought last year by rival Whirlpool Corp.
"While it's not possible to stop globalization in its tracks, what we can do is make sure we have a government that's looking out for our workers," Obama said. "We can do more to create a government that's creating quality jobs here in America, and we can do more to create a government that's helping workers who lose their jobs."
In Newton, Obama spoke before about 300 people and promised to increase federal grants and job training programs to communities dealing with job losses.
What was ‘dumb’ was the failure to realize that there are enough Clintonista shills in the MSM that (1) the origin of this memo would NEVER be kept secret, and (2) the memo itself would promptly be supplied to the Clintonista gang to aid their counter-attack.
Hey, Obama, if you want to play with the big boys and girls (Shrillery and her pals), you’re going to have to grow a pair quickly.
He is fishing for the VP IF Hildabeast gets selected by the far left idiots.
Meadow Muffin
Obama’s a girlie man, Obama’s a girlie man. Scared of the big bad wolf.
Obama seems not quite ready for prime time.
He sure did prove to be a little girlie-man..... so his campaign staff issues a half-hearted, mild criticism of the Clintonistas, followed by a vicious Clinton counter-attack, and he just folds his tent and goes home.
YUP, he’ll be a real tough guy to deal with terrorists and all kinds of threats.......
Dumb m istake and admitting it?
Yup, I bet the Indians just love a guy with an Islamic link named Obama.
How do you disavow something which was essentially true and your campaign doesn't factually deny?
This sort of reminds me of when the Clinton campaign back in 1992 apologized to Mario Cuomo about the "mafioso" remarks Clinton made to Gennifer Flowers on tape while, at the same time, denying that was Clinton on the tape. If it wasn't you, Bill, why were you apologizing?
"It was a dumb mistake on our campaign's part and I made it clear to my staff in no uncertain terms that it was a mistake," Obama told the AP in a brief interview in which he referred to the memo as "unnecessarily caustic."
No Senator, that was not a "mistake", dumb or otherwise. It was intentional. Your campaign intentionally got this out there. That's not a mistake. Own up to it.
Last Thursday, Obama's campaign sent the memo to reporters, demanding that it not be attributed to their campaign. The Clinton campaign obtained the document and sent it to journalists. Since then, it has created a furor in the Indian-American community and raised questions about Obama's claims that he is above attack politics.
Now we get to the real crux of the issue. He thinks the jab at Clinton is costing him votes with Indians so he's going to claim it was a) a mistake and b) disavow it. No, Senator, you should not be doing either one. Apologize to any Indians who took offense but to claim either a or b is simply being dishonest and makes you look like even more of a weasel to anyone who is serious about choosing a president.
The Clinton Machine will grind Obama to pieces if necessary. There is no sense encouraging them to roll out their heavy artillery against him. Such would destroy him so much in the public’s perception of him that there will be no rehabilitation possible when being considered as Hitlary’s running mate.
How's that workin' for ya, Mr. O?
And invest in a flak jacket or two! Oh, and never be lured into a park!
He knows that people who have crossed Clinton, have died for a lot less.
Everything he does that doesn’t work is a “Dumbo Mistake.” BHO, if your staff keeps making Dumbo Mistakes, they must not be on the same page your are. Or, they are doing what you want, and you are lying.
I can’t wait until she insults his BIG ears. I’ll wager he starts crying if she does.
OK, who on my staff came up with this Dumbo Mistake so I would look like I relate to da yoots?
I've said it before, and I stick by it... the ticket will end up being Hillary/Obama.
Have I mentioned lately how much I despise the LameStream Media?
Yea, right, sure, you betcha. In reality his long-standing realtionship was probably talking to some outsourced phone bank.
He can’t play with the big boys. My feeling is he’s still got a lot waiting to come out with this whole Rezko issue in IL. There were some dumb mistakes there too......
Hillary is laying back and keeping her powder dry. She’ll take his head off soon enough.
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