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Hillary Clinton attacks Barack Obama
Politico ^ | Jan 13, 2008 | Mike Allen and Ben Smith

Posted on 01/13/2008 9:43:52 AM PST by vietvet67

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was “deliberately distorting” remarks she had made about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.

“This is, you know, a, a — an unfortunate story line that the Obama campaign has pushed very successfully,” she said. “They’ve been putting out talking points. They’ve been making this — they’ve been telling people, in a very selective way, what the facts are.”

Clinton burst out laughing when moderator Tim Russert reiterated her phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy” and asked if it still exists.

“Oh, I don’t know,” she said. “I haven’t paid much attention to it for about 10 years. I really don’t have any idea. ... I’m just too busy to worry about that.”

On the King remarks, a controversy blew up after Clinton told Fox News: “Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the president before had not even tried, but it took a president to get it done.”

Some liberal critics have charged in blogs and interviews that the comments diminished King’s contribution.

“Clearly, we know from media reports that the Obama campaign is deliberately distorting this,” she said. "It is such an unfair and unwarranted attempt to, you know, misinterpret and mischaracterize what I’ve said.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hillary; mlk; obama

1 posted on 01/13/2008 9:43:54 AM PST by vietvet67
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To: vietvet67

This is just the beginning. In about two weeks, Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer.


2 posted on 01/13/2008 9:48:10 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
"This is just the beginning. In about two weeks, Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer."

You got that right...

The debate that started the wailing a gnashing of teeth...


3 posted on 01/13/2008 9:53:42 AM PST by Earthdweller
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To: vietvet67

The last refuge of a political scoundrel-attacks regarding Dr. King to a Black canadidate..


4 posted on 01/13/2008 9:54:46 AM PST by cardinal4 (http://artoriuscastus.blogspot.com/)
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To: vietvet67
Wait, I thought that the world would be more civil with a woman in charge, I thought there would be immediate peace and harmony.

If Liberals weren't such ideologue flaming hypocrites then these kinds of thoughts would actually give them pause.
5 posted on 01/13/2008 10:06:36 AM PST by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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To: vietvet67

Grab the ankles, here comes Cankles.


6 posted on 01/13/2008 10:09:59 AM PST by frithguild (Credentialed "Arbiter of Conservatism")
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To: vietvet67
"Pardoyns? I kno NUT-TING! "


7 posted on 01/13/2008 10:10:00 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

“In about two weeks, Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer.”

It won’t work, but it may get all the Democrats mad at each other. Isn’t it great?!


8 posted on 01/13/2008 10:23:40 AM PST by devere
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Obama's biological dad was married to 4 women,and was a polygamist, illegally remarrying without divorce, 2 while he was at Harvard.

So nothing about Obama would surprise me actually.

Maybe you would enjoy knowing more about Mr. Obama. His personal deatails and African politics are here:

How Obama and 1st paternal cousin Odinga Tried to Bring Kenya Under Sharia Law and Failed, The Dose

9 posted on 01/13/2008 10:25:11 AM PST by Candor7
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To: vietvet67

“Dr. King’s dream began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the president before had not even tried, but it took a president to get it done.

Just what did LBJ do to get the Act passed through Congress?


10 posted on 01/13/2008 10:38:03 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
"This is just the beginning. In about two weeks, Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer.

Or dead.

11 posted on 01/13/2008 10:40:02 AM PST by Radix (If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall.)
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To: Radix

And so it begines...
Before it is over Obama will be cast as a awful person.


12 posted on 01/13/2008 10:45:31 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: vietvet67

Literally?Poor guy.I bet he didn’t stand a chance.I heard she’s deadly with an ashtray.


13 posted on 01/13/2008 10:52:16 AM PST by Uncle Meat
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To: vietvet67

Advice to Obama’s flight crew:
Do a thorough preflight check before every flight.


14 posted on 01/13/2008 11:01:50 AM PST by Joan Kerrey
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To: Radix
"This is just the beginning. In about two weeks, Obama will be known as a pervert and womanizer. Or dead."

I wonder if Obama getting Secret Service protection early in the campaign was to protect him from "her people"

15 posted on 01/13/2008 11:34:03 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative
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To: vietvet67



16 posted on 01/13/2008 11:44:28 AM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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To: vietvet67

The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy did not die with Vince Foster.


17 posted on 01/13/2008 12:06:10 PM PST by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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