Posted on 03/04/2008 6:35:52 PM PST by SkyPilot
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign charged rival Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) campaign with breaking several rules in the Texas caucuses.
The Clinton campaign called an “emergency” conference call with reporters that was interrupted by Obama’s chief counsel Bob Bauer, who called in and said the Clinton campaign only criticized the caucus process when it was losing.
With Clinton facing what many consider must-win scenarios in both Ohio and Texas and both races too-close-to-call, the Clinton campaign charged that the Obama campaign had shut the doors on Clinton supporters at some of the caucuses, among other things.
The campaign also said the Obama camp had hijacked some of the caucus packets at certain precincts, adding that in others Obama supporters were calling in caucus results before the polls had closed.
Ace Smith, Clinton’s Texas campaign director, said the state party’s election hotline was jammed, and the Clinton campaign was receiving “hundreds of complaints.”
“This is just truly outrageous behavior,” Smith said. “It’s really disturbing, and it’s really undemocratic what’s going on.”
Clinton’s attorney said on the call that “all options are open at this point” when asked about the possibility of seeking a legal remedy to the campaign’s concerns.
Bauer’s presence on the call came as a surprise as he and Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director, went round and round. Wolfson repeatedly asked Bauer and the Obama campaign to ensure that all votes in Texas are counted as Bauer impugned the Clinton campaign’s “attacking the caucus process.”
If I didn’t care about the future of my country, I would find this particularly entertaining. And ironic.
Still, I will find pleasure in watching the civil war among the hypocritical left, should it reach that level. One can hope.
Yep..and now Rush can reclaim his mantle of relevancy...;)
Cheating is a Democrat’s birthright. She can’t hog it all.
Eat all you like.
We'll make more.
I haven’t heard her say anything about closing Gitmo, bringing the nice folks there into our civil courts, or abolishing waterboarding like RINO McCain has said.
Hillary: "Pull my finger"
It wasn’t me.
mccain still makes me puke, I can’t listen to him.
Two dyslexics trying to figure out the meaning of quid pro quo (back scratching?)
That’s very intersting. Why isn’t this out there?
If (and that's a big if) the exit polls are accurate, Hillary! has won both Ohio and Texas.
Johnnie Alter? ...Is that you????
>Bo)
Does that TX count include early votes? Obama owned early voters, but I expect Hillary to win among votes cast today. At my precinct, Hillary had a decided advantage among signs being held by those waiting to enter the caucus room.
Made me think of this famous movie scene...
High praise indeed.
Then somebody count 1,2,3 GO!
Let the infighting commence!
I will.
"Left Cheek Sneak."
It’s the Chad.
The dems in florida pull the same crap every time they lose here too. The “butterfly” ballot was perfectly fine when Bubba beat pappa Bush and Dole, but when Gore lost, using the same type of ballot, it was the ballots fault.
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