Posted on 02/25/2008 4:01:52 PM PST by jdm
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Jacqueline Klingebiel Report: During a Monday interview with ABC's Dallas affiliate, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., did not flatly deny the DrudgeReport's charge that her campaign leaked a photo of rival Barack Obama in traditional African dress.
She then turned the tables on her Democratic rival and accused him of using the controversy surrounding the alleged leaking of the photo to distract the public's attention from deficiencies in his platform and experience.
"I know nothing about it," Clinton told ABC affiliate WFAA. "This is in the public domain. But let's just stop and ask yourself: 'Why are you -- why is anybody concerned about this?'"
Clinton said that she found questions about whether her campaign leaked the photo to be "really laughable."
"This is one more attempt by my opponent's campaign to change the subject," said Clinton, "From his health-care plan that won't cover everybody, from an economic plan that won't produce jobs, and from a record that is pretty thin when it comes to national security and standing up for our country around the world."
The former first lady argued that there are photos of her from around the world wearing "the costume of the country" she was visiting.
"Every time I traveled to foreign countries, I wore the costume of the country. You can find dozen of pictures of me in different parts of the world," said Clinton. "You can find me wearing African outfits, Latin American outfits, Asian outfits, when you travel to foreign countries, it’s a sign of respect. What does that have to do with anything?"
During a Monday conference call with reporters, Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said that the former first lady's campaign "did not sanction" the leaking of the photo. But he stopped short of denying whether a Clinton aide may have passed it to the DrudgeReport.
"I'm not in a position to ask 700 people to come in," said Wolfson.
Back in October, The New York Times identified Tracy Sefl as the Clinton campaign's conduit to the DrudgeReport.
Asked by ABC News on Monday if she gave the photo to the DrudgeReport, Sefl, who is vice president at the Glover Park Group, said, "no."
Like Wolfson, she could not speak for all Clinton campaign associates.
Asked if she has contacted the DrudgeReport to seek a correction to its claim that the Clinton campaign is the source of the photo, she said, "No comment."
LOL!
Maybe we got it all wrong.
Maybe McCain or the RNC is releasing the Obama-in-a-turban photo.
Let the Dims tear themselves apart. And let us help.
Thoughts?
You know, that photo is actually a laugh riot. (I can say this assuming you correctly asserted the hostages were freed) I’m imagining a conversation something like this.
Nad’eer: We, de peace loving peeeple (snicker heard on left) of de jihad....what?
Magdish: Peace loving? You crack me up all de time with dat. Peace loving! How do you not just lose it?!
Nad’eer: Come on, we’ve got a lot of filming to do, try to hold it togedder.
(Abdul enters from right, with no weapon)
Magdish: Abdul, where is your weapon?
Abdul: I cannot find it! Allah be praised, I swear I put it under my cot when I was praying! It wasn’t dare when I went back to get it.
Nad’eer: Go get some-ting, you look like a child standing dere wit no gun.
Magdish: Go get my udder one, it’s wit my bomb making books.
Nad’eer: I’ll keep going, Abdul, you enter when I say the part where I say de infidel will be punished, you know dat part?
Abdul: I tink so, yeah.
Magdish: Hey, don’t get my new gun, use de older one, it’s de one wid de black magazine!
Abdul: Oh, bummer, I was really liking de idea of showing off de new one, it’s really imposing!
Nad’eer: Juss get anyone!
(Abdul leaves)
Nad’eer: We, de peace loving peeeple of de jihad, (pauses and looks at Magdish), will never rest until de infidels are dragged from there homes, in blud-lined streets filled with blud!
Magdish: You said blood twice in that sentence.
Nad’eer: Yes, ders lots of blud.
Magdish: all I’m saying is it sounds funny, but not funny haha, funny bad.
Nad’eer: Whatever! Let me finish. The infidels will quake...(Abdul enters, with a box cutter)
Nad’eer: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!
Abdul: You said ‘infidel’.
Nad’eer: But I didn’t say the ‘infidels will be punished’
Magdish: Did you not find my AK?
Abdul: No, I think I was looking in Malaka’s gear, all he had was this.
Magdish: A box cutter? You don’t look threatening wit dat! Get a real weapon, de kind that would strike fears in de viewers!
(Abdul leaves again)
Nad’eer: (Flips page) The snakes that crawl will be above the dead bodies of the American soldiers...
(Abdul comes in again, with a rocket launcher)
Abdul: Look at this! Is this not de most imposing weapon?
Public domain...how about those WH records????
That sounds straight out of Team America. One more line:
Magdish: Point that thing the other way!
She’ll destroy him before the convention. He’ll be left wondering what hit him.
Was she cackling when she said this?
That's one scary cackle.
which one in the middle is chelsea ?
INCREDIBLY DUMB AND DESPERATE by the Clinton campaign.
There is NOTHING the Clinton machine would not do to win, NOTHING!
great stuff! “I told ‘em we’ve already got one! (snicker)”
Hillary....RELEASE YOUR TAX RECORDS!!
I was hoping the Democrat convention might resemble something like that comment thread, but I don’t think Hillary will last that long now. That’s some serious bickering going on over there! I hope Nader’s troops get in on the action soon.
A Spry Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises
Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:00 PM
In his first major public address since a cancer crisis,
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that
presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the
entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better.
I notice the apostrophe at the end of the words “Saviours”. Does this mean Islam has more than one Saviour?
If she knew nothing about the photo, how did she know it was in the public domain?
Liar.
Then somehow Hillary let this one "slip out" by accident.
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