Obama always seems angry about something. Now he is angry about a photo of... himself!
Posted on 02/25/2008 7:36:51 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Barack Obama’s campaign is expressing outrage at a new photo attributed to Clinton campaign sources that depicts the Democratic presidential candidate dressed in Somali garb.
The picture, which appeared at the top of Monday’s Drudge Report, says Clinton staffers circulated the 2006 photo over the weekend. It shows the Illinois senator fitted as a Somali elder, during his visit to northeastern Kenya that was part of a five-country tour of Africa.
“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,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said.
“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,” Plouffe continued.
According to Drudge, the unnamed Clinton campaign staffer said: “Wouldn’t we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC,” short-hand for the candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Shown the photo by reporters, Bill Clinton’s press secretary said the candidate’s spouse will not have any reaction.
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Obama always seems angry about something. Now he is angry about a photo of... himself!
Common now Obama...where’s that grin?
More popcorn please!
Ah, the politics of desperation. Obama should have kept quiet and let Her Thighness self-destruct.
To give him credit, he has his country-club clothes on underneath.
Who is the other guy?
Welcome to the big leagues, David. What'd you think PIAPS was going to do? Just roll over for you??
You ain't seen nothing yet, David.
“Obama should have kept quiet and let Her Thighness self-destruct.”
I disagree. Clinton just went ballistic over pretty garden-variety campiagn literature Obama released on NAFTA. Now her campaign is doing something far worse- he should have called her on it.
He looks like Aunt Jemimah.
Aunt Obama.
Would you like some more syrup on your pancakes?
LEST WE FORGET:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200609/CUL20060901a.html
I think he protesteth too much.
It is because his ears look much bigger..he is sensitive ya know!
Didn’t anyone else see this photo years ago when he first took that African tour? It was in Newsweek and Time as I recall- I distinctly recall seeing it.
Everybody is acting like this is some long-lost photo or something. It was in major US magazines.
Didn’t anyone else see this photo years ago when he first took that African tour? It was in Newsweek and Time as I recall- I distinctly recall seeing it.
Everybody is acting like this is some long-lost photo or something. It was in major US magazines.
So it's bad to release a real, unretouched photo of Obama? If Obama is ashamed of that photo of himself then that's his problem. Frankly, I'm thrilled that this picture of Obama was released, it helps Americans to understand what's in his heart.
As well as his 'evil bunny' cousin :-)
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