Posted on 01/13/2008 9:43:52 AM PST by vietvet67
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said on NBCs 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. Theyve been putting out talking points. Theyve been making this theyve 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 dont know, she said. I havent paid much attention to it for about 10 years. I really dont have any idea. ... Im 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 Kings 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 Ive said.
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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...
The last refuge of a political scoundrel-attacks regarding Dr. King to a Black canadidate..
Grab the ankles, here comes Cankles.
“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?!
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
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?
Or dead.
And so it begines...
Before it is over Obama will be cast as a awful person.
Literally?Poor guy.I bet he didn’t stand a chance.I heard she’s deadly with an ashtray.
Advice to Obama’s flight crew:
Do a thorough preflight check before every flight.
I wonder if Obama getting Secret Service protection early in the campaign was to protect him from "her people"
The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy did not die with Vince Foster.
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