FT.com / In depth - Clinton camp under fire for photoOnce considered the denizens of the Republican side of the aisle, race baiting and fear mongering have crashed the Democratic party. Hillary's campaign got nailed for two simply ugly ploys this week. The first, and more well-known of the two, was the discovery that her campaign had dug up a picture of him in traditional Somali garb, as if we should be horrified at his display of cultural appreciation.
The best part of this whole flap is this quote from Clinton's campaign:
Maggie Williams, Mrs Clinton’s campaign manager, said: “If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. This is nothing more than an obvious and transparent attempt to distract from the serious issues confronting our country.”
As if they were merely circulating that photo in an effort help out his campaign by showing voters how worldly he is.
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other tempest was really the kicker, though. Turns out that horribly stupid email that was widely forwarded across conservative America claiming that Obama was in fact a radical muslim terrorist (I am not making this up) was the brainchild of two Clinton staffers. Hillary Clinton, who voted for two wars of aggression against Muslim countries, had staff people that concluded that the best way to beat Obama was apparently by convincing the American people that we should bomb him too.
Pretty sick.
(Go Nader.)
