Report: Photo Showing Obama in Somali Garb Circulated by Clinton Campaign Source

Foxnews ^ | 2/25/2008 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

A photo showing Barack Obama dressed in Somali garb is being circulated by campaign staffers working for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to DrudgeReport.com.

FOX News is working to confirm the report.

The photo was taken in 2006 during a trip through Africa. Obama was dressed as a Somali elder during a visit to southwestern Kenya, said the Drudge Report, which said a Clinton staff member had provided the photo to the Web site.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Why can’t I spell at least one word right in a single sentence?

[SE Mom]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8667.html

Plouffe said in a statement: “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. 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,” said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

What’s wrong with the photo? He wore traditional garb while visiting, so what? I wore wooden shoes once, doesn’t make me Dutch.

Exactly! Politicians often wear "traditional" clothing of countries they are visiting, look at the recent pictures of Bush out of Africa. I'm not an Obama supporter, but I hardly think this picture proves he is a Muslim.

Also, I think we, as a country, should be careful before we go down this path of "He's a Muslim" etc...because while radical Muslim extremists blew up the twin towers and the pentagon, our constitution still guarantees everyone the freedom to practice whatever religion they like and I always feel uncomfortable whenever someone is attacked for his/her faith. I didn't like it when they did it to GW, I didn't like it when people did it with Romney, not a big fan of Huckabee's throwing religion about like a ball....etc...

It's one thing if a candidate actively participates in terrorist activities (i.e. goes to a mosque that is known to support terrorism, sends money to groups that front for terrorists, etc.), but wearing traditional garb while visiting a country? That doesn't hardly rise to the dramatic level of declaring him a terrorist. (In reality, I think more harm comes from the separationist positions of the Christian church he's attended for the past ____ years.)I just hope this election doesn't boil down to who practices the religion that looks most like mine. It has been a really weird year with the issues, etc., peoploe choose to vote on.

[Red in Blue PA]

Well said.

[ncalburt]

His name was Barry and then he changed it back to his Muslim name.
He is not an American black . He is a African Muslim .
His brother and father are Muslim.
He attended a Muslim school in Indonesia .
He rejected his mother’s family and changed his name to his father family.

[cubreporter]

She couldn’t control ole willie her husband

She couldn’t control her staff

How in the hell does this joke intend to run the country? She NEVER knows what is going on inside her own four walls. I think people have been duped enough. It’s time to pack your bags and head out hillleree...the party’s over.

[O Neill]

Well fiddle-dee-dee! Ah do believe Massa Clinton she be gone racist...

Ah do believe dats Ms Melanie she's a-huggin! Ah reckon she's a-comfortin her cause ole Massah Bill had Ms Melanie out by da woodshed jus las night, fondlin' her bosom agin...

And Ah don know they's wearin dos rags on der heads...the Wind Dun Gone!

[cake_crumb]

The Clinton campaign put out the rumor that Obama;s father is a Muslim and that his religion was listed as Islam while at school in Indonesia? They’re not bright enough for that.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Obama slams smear photo:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8667.html

” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of ‘shameful offensive fear-mongering’ by circulating a photo as an attempted smear...”

[pissant]

Why is he screaming. If it was good enough a photo-op in 2006, why is it bad now?

[cubreporter]

There ya go. I hope this circulates once again.

[cubreporter]

There ya go. I hope this circulates once again.

[Matchett-PI]

“..He would need to prove to Americans that, as a black man, he will not orient American policy toward Africa. He will need to prove that he can lead white Americans, not just blacks. He will need to prove that he will treat all races fairly.” ~ tom h

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975497/posts?page=71#71

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975497/posts?page=112#112

[cubreporter]

There ya go. I hope this circulates once again.

[Red in Blue PA]

Re: He is not an American black . He is a African Muslim .

Sorry to tell you that he could no be running for the POTUS unless he was born here. Hawaii to be precise. So much misinformation here. I expect that on far-left websites, but not here.

[jdm]

While I may disagree with most of Obama’s beliefs, I do not believe for even one second that he has skeletons in his closet.

Another Obama roundup

Obama can do no wrong. Things that the Left once condemned are now OK if Obama says so. See here.

Ralph Nader says Obama censors his real political views: "Nader credited Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), who leads the Democratic nomination race, with being "the first liberal evangelist in a long time." But Nader said Obama's "better instincts and knowledge have been censored" by the demands of the campaign. "He's leaned, if anything, toward the pro-corporate side of policy-making," Nader said. The question is, he added, "Do you have the fortitude to stand up against the corporate powers ... and get things done for the American people?" Obama, he said, has also erred on foreign policy. "He was pro-Palestinian when he was in Illinois," Nader said. "Now he's supporting" the Israeli government's policies, he added."

An Obama baracklash: "In recent days, sites have popped up indicating that the ongoing online Obamamania has hit a wall. What kind of wall? A snarky, ironic, this-Obama-thing-has-gotten-over-the-top wall. Obama's smiling mug is mashed up on countless faces on SenatorObamas.com. He's Sumobama. He's Pharaohbama. He's Navajobama, complete with a blue-and-white feathered headdress. The blog Is Barack Obama the Messiah? features a photo of the Illinois senator standing on a flight of stairs, Christlike, above an adoring crowd while a ray of light beams from above."

Obama's myth of the "suffering" middle class: "The "war on the middle class" is provably an invention of the Democrats and the mainstream media. But I repeat myself. Barack Obama, John Edwards and Hillary Clinton have all highlighted the "suffering" of the middle class... the "two Americas"... and that the average Joe is getting squeezed by the wealthy. Reason TV has produced an exceptional series of videos that shatter conventional myth-making using (brace yourself, "progressives") facts. This quick summary of Living Large - the vanishing Middle Class should encourage you to watch the entire seven minute video."

Black Panther, Now Inspired by Barack Obama, Gets only 30 Days For 1969 Cop Shooting: "A former Black Panther Party member has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years' probation for the 1969 shooting of a Chicago police officer. Joseph Pannell spent years living in Canada, working as a researcher and raising a family under the name Gary Freeman. In 1969 as a 19-year-old member of the militant group, Pannell shot Terrence Knox three times in the right arm, wounding him. Pannell was arrested after the shooting but he ran after being released on bail in the early 1970s. He spent years fighting his extradition until voluntarily returning to Chicago this month and pleading guilty to an aggravated battery charge. The case began on March 7, 1969, when Mr. Knox, then 21, was patrolling near a Chicago high school in a squad car. Prosecutors said that when he pulled over and asked Mr. Pannell, then 19, why he was not in school, Mr. Pannell fired several shots at him. While on bail, Mr. Pannell fled to Canada. In 2004, he was arrested, but fought extradition. Last month he gave up that fight, saying he was inspired by the new political climate he saw in Chicago, symbolized, he said, by the support of Mayor Richard M. Daley and other political leaders for the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama."

Posted by John Ray. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and for a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM

Obama Once Visited '60s Radicals (Weather Underground Terrorists)

[Red in Blue PA]

I will break open the champagne when she (or a surrogate) gives her concession speech.....but not until then.

[Red in Blue PA]

Someone from her campaign was fired for it. Look it up.

[cubreporter]

Amen. This is a low down attempt to derail Obama and it is going to do nothing but put the finishing touch on her failed campaign.