Posted on 06/19/2007 2:16:15 PM PDT by EagleUSA
NEWTON, Iowa — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Monday said his campaign made a "dumb mistake" when it circulated a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama disavowed the memo which carried the headline — "Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab) — and referred to Bill and Hillary Clintons' investments in India; her fundraising among Indian-Americans; and the former president's $300,000 in speech fees from Cisco, a company that has moved U.S. jobs to India.
"It was a dumb mistake on our campaign's part and I made it clear to my staff in no uncertain terms that it was a mistake," Obama told the AP in a brief interview in which he referred to the memo as "unnecessarily caustic."
Last Thursday, Obama's campaign sent the memo to reporters, demanding that it not be attributed to their campaign. The Clinton campaign obtained the document and sent it to journalists. Since then, it has created a furor in the Indian-American community and raised questions about Obama's claims that he is above attack politics.
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Did fatigue cause this mistake too?
Hildabeast is going to hand Obama his ass!
He can’t beat her stumbling all over himself over something like this.
Why should it be sumbling all over himself??? If it’s the truth why quible about it call a spade a spade.
>> Did fatigue cause this mistake too?
Nah, it was a rookie mistake. But I’m not telling you anything you didn’t know. :-)
Ya gotta love the way he keeps probing (and then apologizes) and jabs (and apologizes) and prods (and says he’s sorry)... the kid’s got a pair, anyway. He’ll find an opening that he can keep open, eventually.
I hope when Osama and Hillary! are done messing with each other they have done such damage that they couldn’t be elected dogcatcher.
Don’t want to blow the VEEP spot. And certainly those pictures of Ft. Marcy Park he got in the mail today didn’t help.
enh, I thought it was funny myself.
It is going to be HilLIARy/Obama in ‘08
A nearly unbeatable ticket, sorry to say. Two stupid groups of people will head out in droves to vote for this disaster.
Unless Thompson start unleashing some real straight talk and the others in our side see that IT WORKS
I’d like to see a Thompson/Rice ticket. That is also close to unbeatable.
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