Obama slams smear photo (Hillary forces Obama to wear Muslim garb)

Politico ^ | 2/25/2008 | mike allen

[tobyhill]

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

Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) had e-mailed a photo calling attention to the African roots of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

"The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat front-runner dressed as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya," the Drudge Report said. The photo created huge buzz in political circles and immediately became known as "the 'dressed' photo," reflecting the Drudge terminology.

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 Plouffe.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: They've positioned him so he cannot be critiqued.

The Obama Campaign Brilliance

[the invisib1e hand]

fearmongering, eh? What would we have to fear from a president with a Muslim upbringing?

[ex-snook]

Wow this is hugh and series.

[Liberty2007]

osama should just make sure this pic gets out

it's only fair.

[Liberty2007]

osama should just make sure this pic gets out

it's only fair.

[Yaelle]

Why should we be “afraid” to see Obama dressed in African garb as he visits family there?

I think I’d be more scared to see him in Holland in wooden shoes and blonde braids, with a little red-checked apron over his lace dress.

[tobyhill]

Hillary might as well go all out now because she’s about toast. Hail Mary pass time.

[Yaelle]

The photo does remind me of a baby shower game where everyone tries to guess just how many sheets of toilet paper it will take to wrap around the pregnant woman’s belly.

[elizabetty]

How is it a SMEAR photo if it is an authentic photo?

[Beckwith]

What smear! It’s his damned photo! He posed for it! He dressed up in the Muslim outfit for it!

Besides, a smear is something one puts on a bagle.

[The_Republican]

[SaxxonWoods]

“fearmongering, eh? What would we have to fear from a president with a Muslim upbringing?”

This is where the Obama campaign’s response surprised me. They are admitting that looking like a Muslim inspires fear in Americans. You would think Muslims would be outraged. They are so easily offended, as we know.

[Miss Didi]

Rush was giving her good pointers today...


RUSH: Stay in and tear apart the fractious Democrat Party.

Fight On, Mrs. Clinton!

[tobyhill]

I’ll try not to lose my head over it.

[Biggirl]

Rush and I hope TGO hits it right tonight. There are efforts to make Obama off-limits.

[tobyhill]

If it’s something the MSM doesn’t like it’s a smear just like how John McCain smeared the NY Times. /s

[the invisib1e hand]

This is where the Obama campaign’s response surprised me. They are admitting that looking like a Muslim inspires fear in Americans. You would think Muslims would be outraged. They are so easily offended, as we know.

I don't know if a populace on kool-aid can discern such subleties. We'll see if CAIR weighs in. Have they endorsed him yet?

It isn't as if he blasphemed the prophet Moe.

[Old Sarge]

“Methinks he doth protest too much...”