Posted on 03/07/2008 12:57:54 PM PST by COUNTrecount
WASHINGTON:: An adviser to Barack Obama resigned Friday after she called his Democratic rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, a "monster."
Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation in a statement provided by the Obama campaign in which she expressed "deep regret."
Her remark, in interview Monday with a Scottish newspaper, was published Friday even though she tried to keep it from appearing in print. "In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio's the only place they can win," The Scotsman quoted her as saying. "She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything." As other news media picked up on the remark, Power issued a statement of apology and the campaign said Obama decried the characterization.
"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," she said. "And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months."
The comment threatened to become a big embarrassment for Obama, who has criticized what he calls negative campaign tactics by Clinton and has based his presidential bid in part on a theme of rising above political bickering.
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This is good. Samantha must be a secret FReeper. A mole in the Dimwit Party. She knows all our favorite names for the Hildebeast-Hitlery-Her Heinousness Monster.
Fired for telling the truth.
Obama adviser resigns after calling Clinton a ‘monster’
Dang! I would probably get 20 years in the electric chair for what I could call her.
Well, they say “the truth shall set you free”!!!
Yep - get rid of the whistleblower. Geez.
Perhaps he or his family has been threatened?
I always admire someone who speaks the truth. Sorry Hillary, wasn’t talking about you.
This babe was clueless for trusting a reporter. And why is she discussing the details of our elections with a smelly European in the first place? Oh, I forgot: she herself is a smelly European. One forgets that Osama doesn’t like Americans very much and had to find a foreigner to advise him on foreign policy. That said,Obama was gutless for throwing her under the bus.
Ms. Power, whatever you do, do NOT go to Fort Marcy park alone. In fact, do NOT go at all...
all well meaning socialist-lib politicians and bureaucrats, given the right conditions and opportunity, have the capability of being murderous monsters.
The Waco incident among others, proved that. So did the Weaver incident, etc, etc, etc.
Powers was working for a liberal politician herself, so its hard believe she had this particular sentiment in mind when she used the term.
As for myself, I never consider it the the "right conditions" for a "socialist-lib" to have such an "opportunity". Such conditions seem pretty wrong to me, and should be avoided. Heck, even without socialist philosophy, too much power in the hands of too few is dangerous. But with socialists its worse; Its like comparing a normal child playing with matches, to a pyromaniac child playing with matches. Power corrupts but with certain philosophies, the effect is worse.
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