Posted on 09/17/2016 8:46:56 AM PDT by Resettozero
The Hillary Clinton campaign moved Saturday to further distance itself from the re-ignited controversy about President Obamas birthplace and long-time Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, saying neither Clinton nor the 2008 campaign ever questioned the presidents citizenship.
Donald Trump, Clintons Republican presidential rival, revived the so-called birther issue earlier this week when he declined to say definitively whether Obama is a U.S. citizen.
The controversy gained momentum Friday when former McClatchy D.C. bureau chief James Asher tweeted that Blumenthal told me in person that Obama was born in Kenya.
On Saturday, 2016 Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon told Fox News: "As multiple, independent fact checkers have affirmed in the years since, neither the 2008 campaign nor the candidate ever questioned the president's citizenship or birth certificate."
The Clinton campaign on Friday made a similar effort to deny accusations about spreading the birth issue in 2008 -- when Clinton was in a hard-fought race with Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Blumenthal of Saturday told Fox News that he didnt tell McClatchy that Obama was born in Kenya.
This is false. Never happened, he said. Period. Donald Trump cannot distract from the inescapable fact that he is the one who embraced and promoted the racist birther lie and bears the responsibility for it.
Trump, a leader in the call for Obama to finally make public a copy of his Hawaii birth certificate, said on Friday the issue is over and called for the campaigns to move on with substantive issues.
Still, he blamed Clinton for starting the controversy.
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LOL. Why not? Integrity is already shot, plus WaPo is firmly backing Camp Crooked, including knocking down the claim that Camp Crooked (including Blumenthal) had anything to do with whispering birther rumors to the press.
If not for the pay cut, Blumenthal would be a great replacement for Wolf Blitzer or Jake Tapper. Same integrity, and Blumenthal is much more interesting. Ratings would improve.
Could Hillary Clinton be lying about something this important?
I wish they would make it clear. Is Trump racist of Barry’s White half or black half.
5.56mm
I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
But I didn’t see, oh no
That the joke was on me, oh no
I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I’d only seen
That the joke was on me
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“We don’t understand it. These rules have always worked for us in the past, like accusing our enemies of doing what we’re doing.” Clinton, Bloomie, Soros
Exactly.
Thing now is does Bammy want to show his face on the campaign trail for Hellary? Now this makes an instant connection that he is supporting a candidate who started the birther question and he’s prolly not too comfortable with all that shady mess since his BC is a fraud. Divine deliciousness of karma. Thank You God!
Or option three. When the evidence emerges that the campaign did raise this issue in 2008, they can claim that it was a rogue element in the campaign and that Hillary ended it as soon as she heard of it. Of course, that would be a lie not that it matters to the Clinton campaign.
==> We dont understand it. These rules have always worked for us in the past, like accusing our enemies of doing what were doing.
Clinton, Bloomie, Soros <==
They are used to the media doing their dirty work and intimidating their critics for them.
They never had to deal with anyone who confronted the lies and false accusations eyeball to eyeball like Trump does.
If Hillary wants to learn how to “power through” she should watch a year’s worth of Trump campaign videos.
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it..
....Billy Joel
“...: why would a good Democrat file a lawsuit which could upend the presidency of another Democrat?...”
Because the Democrat (illary) that the lawsuit-filing democrat (Berg) was supporting would do anything to discredit and destroy their (illary’s) democrat opponent ( 0) in the primaries.
Sid is the Smoking Tongue
Another former Clinton supporter wrote on Friday that Sid Blumenthal and the Hillary campaign was behind the birther controversy.Former Clinton Supporter: Sid Blumenthal Fed Me `Birther' Hit Pieces in 2008Larry Johnson at No Quarters reported:
I am shocked at the audacity of Hillary Clinton to decry Donald Trump as a birther because her campaign not only pushed that item in a bid to discredit Barack Obama, but mounted a sustained campaign attack Obama on a broad array of issues. How do I know? I was part of that effort and was in regular email and phone coordination with Sidney Blumenthal. Sidney was the conduit who fed damaging material to me that I subsequently posted on my blog.In some cases Sid Blumenthal actually provided a draft piece that I would slightly modify and publish under my name. Most of the time, however, Sid provided...
The Democrats have always put their Opponents on Defensive with the “do you still beat your Wife” accusations.
Now they are on the Defensive having to prove their innocence. Trump just cut them off at the knees with his comments after yesterday’s Speech at his Hotel.
If asked about it, Trump should just keep repeating that it all started with Hillary in 2008. If he is accused of making it up, he just call the Media lazy Hillary sycophants and tell them to Google it and change the subject.
The most likely option is the press just suddenly finds a new issue to focus on. This one is never closed or explained. A shooting, slow speed car chase, international terrorist incident, anything can displace this as a story, in an instant.
That is the usual approach when the press gets it worong. Clam up and move on.
Hmmmm.... that would be very interesting to have Blumenthal declared a 'rogue element'.....
Like a lot of people I had a problem with Trump’s brash style back when the snow still flew. But then came to understand that if anyone could beard these media `lions’ in their dens it would be this man from the city so nice they named it twice, Empire state.
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