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Obama slams smear photo (Hillary forces Obama to wear Muslim garb)
Politico ^ | 2/25/2008 | mike allen

Posted on 02/25/2008 2:44:10 PM PST by 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.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackhusseinobama; chebama; cultofobama; husseinobama; nobama; obama; somalielder
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To: Yaelle
Why should we be “afraid” to see Obama dressed in African garb as he visits family there?

Because it's not African garb and he's not in Kenya.

That photo was taken in Somalia and he's dressed as a Muslim. I am not 100% sure, but I believe that outfit is a Berber costume - - experts?
21 posted on 02/25/2008 2:51:55 PM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: Old Sarge

If there’s one picture of this kind of pose then I guarantee there’s a lot more. Hillary knows the game, drip, drip, drip,,,


22 posted on 02/25/2008 2:53:01 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: Beckwith
I am not 100% sure, but I believe that outfit is a Berber costume - - experts?

I didn't see a berber. If I did, I'd presume it was on "stune."

23 posted on 02/25/2008 2:53:06 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (the model prescribes the required behavior. disincentives ensure compliance.)
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To: Liberty2007

I always assumed that was a Photoshop.


24 posted on 02/25/2008 2:53:47 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Waiting for tagline...)
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To: Beckwith

I thought this was berber.

25 posted on 02/25/2008 2:56:27 PM PST by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: tobyhill

Was Obama’s father an ethnic Somali?


26 posted on 02/25/2008 2:56:31 PM PST by Shermy (Huckabee in the Cayman Islands while his wife was in a Las Vegas casino. $$ Laundromat by wire??)
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To: tobyhill

IN 52 SECS WHY BARACK OBAMA CANNOT WIN A GENERAL ELECTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs


27 posted on 02/25/2008 2:56:44 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: tobyhill

That headgear sure looks Muslim to me. Somali Elder? Or Muslim sheikh?

The tribe he’s related to is Muslim, his father and his cousin Odinga were/are Muslim, and I presume that’s where this picture was taken.


28 posted on 02/25/2008 2:57:03 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: MurryMom
...accused the Clinton campaign Monday of "shameful offensive fear-mongering" by circulating a photo as an attempted smear.

Well, the Beast does have his FBI file. (And probably yours, too.)

29 posted on 02/25/2008 2:57:50 PM PST by Libloather (February is Liberal Awareness Month.)
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To: Beelzebubba

You assumed wrong.


30 posted on 02/25/2008 2:57:58 PM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: CougarGA7

That is a rug made by a Berber - - ergo, Berber rug.


31 posted on 02/25/2008 2:58:40 PM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: Morgana

ROFLOL.


32 posted on 02/25/2008 2:59:17 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: Cicero

Taken in Somalia - - you are spot on about the outfit.


33 posted on 02/25/2008 2:59:35 PM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: Libloather; MurryMom
Where’s Murrymom?
34 posted on 02/25/2008 3:00:02 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: CougarGA7

No, that’s Hillary’s lunch.


35 posted on 02/25/2008 3:00:13 PM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: Beckwith

I didn’t know Stainmaster was a Berber owned company.


36 posted on 02/25/2008 3:00:44 PM PST by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: CougarGA7
I'm sure you meant Babar...

Big ears. From Africa. Wants to be King..

37 posted on 02/25/2008 3:01:09 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: tobyhill
By going batsh@t over this, Obama is just highlighting it and maybe making it into an MSM story. Doesn’t sound like good tactics to me.
38 posted on 02/25/2008 3:01:56 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Miss Didi
Remember this guy...?


39 posted on 02/25/2008 3:05:22 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: tobyhill
They’re just ticked because he looks like a dork. Embracing radical islam has been a hallmark of the liberals for many, many years.
40 posted on 02/25/2008 3:07:52 PM PST by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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