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Clinton Adviser Resigns Over Obama Comments
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Posted on 12/13/2007 1:35:59 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Clinton Adviser Resigns Over Obama Comments Obama Reveals Teen Drug Use In His Memoir

POSTED: 9:51 am EST December 13, 2007 CONCORD, N.H. -- Bill Shaheen has resigned as co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, reported WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H.

The resignation comes in the midst of fallout over comments Shaheen made regarding candidate Barack Obama's past drug use.

Shaheen earlier said he regrets having made the comments.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Shaheen said the Democratic party should beware of picking Obama as its candidate because Republicans could dredge up his past.

In his memoir, "Dreams from My Father," Obama wrote that as a teen he smoked marijuana and drank alcohol, and occasionally would snort cocaine.

The Clinton campaign said it had nothing to do with the comments, and Shaheen himself is now backing away from them.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton2008; clintonscandals; hillary; nh2008; obama; obama2008; shaheen; whispercampaign
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Off to Fort Marcy Park.....
1 posted on 12/13/2007 1:36:00 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

One of the many attack ‘Trial Ballons’ to be sent up by the Clintons.


2 posted on 12/13/2007 1:37:44 PM PST by duckman (I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
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To: Sub-Driver

“In his memoir, “Drugs from My Father,” Obama wrote ...”


3 posted on 12/13/2007 1:40:24 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Sub-Driver

“By the way Senator Clinton, have you ever used drugs for recreational purposes? Marajuana? Cocaine? LSD? Heroin? Mushrooms?????”


4 posted on 12/13/2007 1:40:38 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Gee. I’m glad he didn’t call Obama a f——— jew b———


5 posted on 12/13/2007 1:40:49 PM PST by fweingart (Life's a bitch. So why vote for one?)
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To: duckman

He has “retired” with a huge check having accomplished his task.


6 posted on 12/13/2007 1:41:50 PM PST by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: theDentist

Billy Goat, according to his half-brother, has a “nose like a vacuum cleaner.”


7 posted on 12/13/2007 1:41:56 PM PST by fweingart (Life's a bitch. So why vote for one?)
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To: theDentist

Hillary’s old boyfriend intimated that she DID use drugs.....wonder if he’s still ALIVE??


8 posted on 12/13/2007 1:43:58 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Sub-Driver

He was following orders, which included falling on the grenade.


9 posted on 12/13/2007 1:44:16 PM PST by samtheman
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To: Sub-Driver

Lemme guess. He resigned so he could spend more time with his family. Hope his life insurance is paid up.


10 posted on 12/13/2007 1:44:17 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Sub-Driver

Reagan was probably one of the last presidents to have never used drugs. Just a fact of life.


11 posted on 12/13/2007 1:45:55 PM PST by Bastiat_Fan
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To: Ann Archy

I just dropped the same question to NBC news, asking if they had a real reporter with a backbone to ask the question, since Obama has come clean and other candidates are being asked.


12 posted on 12/13/2007 1:46:28 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: fweingart
Another klintonite falls on his sword for the bitch. He did what he was ordered to do, which included his own suicide.

Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust...

13 posted on 12/13/2007 1:47:10 PM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Obadiah
Lemme guess. He resigned so he could spend more time with his family. Hope his life insurance is paid up.

No, he resigned so his wife, Jeanne (still with the campaign I assume) could spend more time with Hillary.

14 posted on 12/13/2007 1:47:44 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo (Earth - Taking care of itself since 4.6 billion BC)
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To: theDentist

Hillary’s Addicted to Carpet,Especially Middle Eastern Carpet.........


15 posted on 12/13/2007 1:48:53 PM PST by cmsgop ( MURTHA: 'I think the 'surge' is working'...)
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To: Sub-Driver
I expect a steady stream of firings and apologies from the Clinton Camp. Hillary wants to keep this in the news because it hurts Obama worse than it hurts her. Hillary wants everyone in America to know Obama used hard drugs.

"Did I tell you I'm sorry we told everyone that Obama has a drug problem? Let me repeat it."

16 posted on 12/13/2007 1:51:57 PM PST by Senator_Blutarski (No good deed goes unpunished.)
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To: cmsgop

Yes, but since absolutely no one in the press has the guts to ask about that, perhaps someone will ask about this!


17 posted on 12/13/2007 1:52:30 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Ann Archy
Hillary’s old boyfriend intimated that she DID use drugs.....wonder if he’s still ALIVE??

In the Clinton Mafia, you are offered two choices: toe the line and accept a nice severance package/anonymity (see Webb Hubbell, Susan McDougal); be put out of commission (see Vince Foster, Jim McDougal).

18 posted on 12/13/2007 1:54:23 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
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To: Sub-Driver

LOL crazy like a fox, those flying monkeys are. Note the story repeats the allegations, for about the kazillionth time today. Tomorrow there will be a story about the replacement. Saturday they will rest for Sunday’s talk shows where it will be repeated all over again.


19 posted on 12/13/2007 2:02:29 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is Mrs. Clinton still beating her husband?


20 posted on 12/13/2007 2:02:31 PM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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