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Top Democrats tested cocaine attacks on Obama
The Politico ^ | October 14, 2016 | Kenneth P. Vogel and Hanna Trudo

Posted on 12/29/2016 3:15:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A big-money group that included some of Hillary Clinton’s top allies tested the effectiveness of attacking her 2008 rival Barack Obama for his admitted use of cocaine and his connections to Islam, hacked documents released Friday show.

In the early stages of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, a group known as Progressive Media commissioned a poll that asked more than 800 likely swing state voters about a number of possible lines of attack against Obama, but also against Clinton and the eventual Republican nominee, John McCain.

The poll results and emails discussing the questions were among a batch of documents hacked from Clinton confidant John Podesta’s personal email and released Friday by WikiLeaks. Clinton’s campaign will not confirm the authenticity of individual emails, but Podesta has acknowledged that his emails were hacked and says he is cooperating with an FBI investigation....

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2008; cocaine; democrats; dirtytricks; drugs; fbi; hillary; islam; jamescomey; peterstrzok; podesta; robertmueller; smears; trump; wikileaks

1 posted on 12/29/2016 3:15:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“The russians made me do it.”


2 posted on 12/29/2016 3:17:00 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s Hillary.


3 posted on 12/29/2016 3:18:37 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Roger Clinton filmed during a cocaine buy sting “Need to get some for my brother [Bill], he has a nose like a vacuum cleaner.”


4 posted on 12/29/2016 3:27:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tested Obama...snort.

What was the test?

Quality toot...or not?

Snort.


5 posted on 12/29/2016 3:36:42 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bkmk


6 posted on 12/29/2016 3:40:49 PM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The cocaine attack was rated as the least effective attack in the poll.

Interesting ...

7 posted on 12/29/2016 4:30:42 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
only to the RATS
8 posted on 12/29/2016 4:52:23 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: Chode
The poll was not of only Rats.
9 posted on 12/29/2016 5:01:00 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Totally ignoring Bill’s “But I didn’t inhale” foofraw - they really are so self-absorbed that they cannot see rerality.


10 posted on 12/30/2016 3:52:22 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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