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Obama Aide Resigns After Calling Clinton a ‘Monster’ in Interview With Scottish Paper
FOXNews.com ^ | March 07 2008 | FOX NEWS

Posted on 03/07/2008 9:18:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

An adviser to Barack Obama who called Hillary Clinton a “monster” during an interview has resigned, apologizing for the remark amid pressure from the Clinton campaign.

Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Obama and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, made the offending comment during an interview with the Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman.

“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an adviser the Obama campaign effective today,” Power said in a statement Friday. “Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.”

Power had previously released an apology saying her remarks “do not reflect my feelings about Senator Clinton.”

Power’s original comments came during what the newspaper described as an “unguarded moment,” as Power was describing how the Clinton campaign was stopping at nothing to catch up to Obama in the Democratic race.

“She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything,” Power told the newspaper, which published the remarks in Friday’s edition and released them earlier on the paper’s Web site.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; obama; samanthapower
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To: null and void
...Obama is very expendable, isn't he?

Just ask Vince Foster and Ron Brown...

21 posted on 03/07/2008 9:25:30 AM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The empty suit is also a wilting wallflower, apparently.


22 posted on 03/07/2008 9:25:36 AM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Now she knows exactly how much of a monster Hillary is.

Any Republican who voted for this shrew should be horse-whipped.
23 posted on 03/07/2008 9:25:42 AM PST by Antoninus (Tell us how you came to Barack?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This just keeps getting better and better. Pass the popcorn.


24 posted on 03/07/2008 9:27:09 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“...made the offending comment ...”

I wasn’t offended.


25 posted on 03/07/2008 9:27:20 AM PST by ops33
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To: Red in Blue PA
She resigned for telling the truth????

Well I did post this photo of the Clintons taken at a "private" moment, on the daily Rush thread recently

26 posted on 03/07/2008 9:27:52 AM PST by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Mommy,mommy, MONSTER, MONSTER......


27 posted on 03/07/2008 9:29:17 AM PST by societygirl
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To: Red in Blue PA

The truth hurts.


28 posted on 03/07/2008 9:29:53 AM PST by octobersky
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A female liberal trashes another female liberal in a scramble to the extreme left. No surprise.


29 posted on 03/07/2008 9:30:02 AM PST by CarryingOn (Spread the message every day, like your life depended on it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Obama and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, made the offending comment during an interview with the Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman.

Guess she still has her day job and is not at the unemployment office.

So shouldn't that creep that likened Obama to Ken Starr disappear as well?

30 posted on 03/07/2008 9:30:10 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So much for free speech.


31 posted on 03/07/2008 9:30:32 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: null and void
As I've been saying for many years, I'm worried about VICE President Clinton.

Then the next Hillary book will be: "IF I DID IT"

But I would be surprised if she agreed to play second fiddle.

The VP slot is like being banished to a desert island but no free coconuts and the weather is not as nice.

I think she would go back to the Senate and kick Harry Reid's skinny butt out as majority leader.

She would have more power and press exposure and wouldn't be in the shadows of Jug-Ears and Michelle-from-Hell.

32 posted on 03/07/2008 9:31:27 AM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: societygirl

MONSTER MONSTER MONSTER MONSTER


33 posted on 03/07/2008 9:33:21 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (Refusing to calm down since the Waco massacre.)
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To: BigEdLB
I can't tell the difference in the two these days. Photobucket
34 posted on 03/07/2008 9:33:42 AM PST by SiVisPacemParaBellum (Peace through superior firepower!)
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To: AD from SpringBay

35 posted on 03/07/2008 9:34:00 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Obama is rolling over.

You don't bring a knife to a Clinton brawl, you bring a bigger nuke than the one they already have.

36 posted on 03/07/2008 9:34:10 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Photobucket
I am not a monster. I am a human being!
37 posted on 03/07/2008 9:34:49 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If Obama wanted to show that he had a set, he’d publicly refuse to accept her resignation while telling Hillary! to grow a thicker skin.


38 posted on 03/07/2008 9:35:12 AM PST by Doohickey (BDS free since 2000)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The “monster” comment is the only thing I agree with this woman on.


39 posted on 03/07/2008 9:35:31 AM PST by Bahbah
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To: Berlin_Freeper
She should not have resigned. What a sense of power Horrible Hillary must now have. First McCain goes on his knees because somebody used Barack’s middle name, now “monster” is added to the naughty word list. What about those who have called Bush a Nazi? That is okay?
40 posted on 03/07/2008 9:35:47 AM PST by Jane Austen
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