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Barack Obama Calls India Memo Attacking Hillary Clinton 'Dumb Mistake'(Barack's "Punjab Moment?")
FoxNews ^ | June 18, 2007 | AP

Posted on 06/19/2007 2:05:00 AM PDT by Squidpup

NEWTON, Iowa — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Monday said his campaign made a "dumb mistake" when it circulated a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India. 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. ...

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: elections; hillary; obama
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Apparently he didn't read the GOP guidance on avoiding such moments
1 posted on 06/19/2007 2:05:07 AM PDT by Squidpup
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To: Squidpup

What do you expect from a silly macaca?


2 posted on 06/19/2007 2:08:42 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Squidpup
"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."

Gee, I missed the initial press release and the subsequent AP story. But I did catch the third round of Obama's sincere apology, wherein he reiterated the fact that his opponent a sell-out to foreign interests.

Funny how that worked out...

3 posted on 06/19/2007 2:12:40 AM PDT by jebeier (Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. But is stupidity sufficient?)
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To: Squidpup

where is the lib/dem msm....after all if a republican would have said this...it would have been front page news 24/7 vis a vis ....allen & macacca!!!!


4 posted on 06/19/2007 2:27:30 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: Squidpup

Obama has been bitch slapped by Hillary!


5 posted on 06/19/2007 2:44:55 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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BIG MISTAKE. Obama Crowd. Hillary has fangs.


6 posted on 06/19/2007 2:52:55 AM PDT by LEARNED FOREVER
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To: Squidpup

“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

Translation: They caught us this time, don’t get caught again.


7 posted on 06/19/2007 2:58:52 AM PDT by Sapper26 (Quondo Omni Flunkus Moritati)
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To: Squidpup

Obama would be better served confining his snide references to only Caucasians, Catholics, Mormons, Generals, pro-lifers... and traditional-marriage supporters.


8 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:02 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: Squidpup

He should have blamed it on Hillary’s friend. You know, the little guy who runs the gas station in downtown Chicago. I think his first name is Mahatma.


9 posted on 06/19/2007 3:44:06 AM PDT by thegreatmalcolmx (I came to love white people. At least that is what I was taught in my black history class.)
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This was news to me, also. Maybe if he ‘apologises’ some more, everyone will get the ‘message’.


10 posted on 06/19/2007 3:49:31 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Squidpup

Osoma Obama must have had a visit by one of her goons...


11 posted on 06/19/2007 3:51:45 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Border Security is a foundation stone of National Security)
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To: Squidpup

Normally, a politician would only be sorry for getting caught, but on this little ditty, Obama has gotten to remind voters at least three times in his apologies that Hillary is investing in India and not the US.


12 posted on 06/19/2007 3:55:01 AM PDT by IamConservative (I could never be a liar; there's too much to remember.)
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To: IamConservative

“Oh, pleeze, Mizz Hillary, don’t throw me into that briar patch!!”

;^)


13 posted on 06/19/2007 4:12:47 AM PDT by elcid1970
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To: Squidpup
Obama’s got worse troubles than this babble with his indited real estate/contributor buddy.
14 posted on 06/19/2007 4:32:11 AM PDT by wolfcreek (AMNESTY: See what BROWN can do for you..)
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Wasn't Billy Jeff involved in a deal with Enron and India--to build a power plant or something?

Ken Lay was over-nighting in the WH with the Clintons--not Bush.

15 posted on 06/19/2007 4:40:05 AM PDT by lonestar
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To: Squidpup

He made a Dumbo Mistake.


16 posted on 06/19/2007 4:47:23 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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What do you expect from a silly macaca?

hahahahaha! my first laugh of the day...

17 posted on 06/19/2007 4:56:35 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: Squidpup

Mark my words, Obama is going to end up being Hillary’s VP. A “first woman/black” ticket is going to be hard to beat because every criticism will be painted as predjudiced and racist. She may be attacking Dumbo now, but she is shrewd enough to pick him later.


18 posted on 06/19/2007 5:13:21 AM PDT by alicewonders (Duncan Hunter. Seriously.)
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To: Squidpup

19 posted on 06/19/2007 5:42:40 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: Squidpup
The Clinton campaign obtained the document and sent it to journalists.

Watergate tactics, perhaps?

20 posted on 06/19/2007 5:51:56 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (PUT AMERICA AHEAD --- VOTE FOR FRED!!.)
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