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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 11:41 PM
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Just Words? Clinton Camp Uses Obama's To Defuse Race Comments
Keep in mind when another New Yorker made a racist statement (he said blacks should vote for Obama because Obama is black. This was in Nov. of 2007 when the Obama campaign decided to make race an issue out of desperation.), Obama supporter Charles Barron who is on the NYC city council, there was no denunciation from the Obama campaign. Only deafening silence.

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PHILADELPHIA – While Barack Obama’s campaign continues to hammer away on Hillary Clinton for comments Geraldine Ferraro made about him, the Clinton camp tried to turn the tables on Obama today. Clinton campaign manager Maggie Williams brought up an interview Obama did in January in an attempt to defuse the situation.

In an e-mail sent to the press, Williams quoted Obama from an appearance on “Meet the Press” where he talked about race and comments from his supporters: “I think that, as Hillary said, our supporters, our staff, get overzealous. They start saying things that I would not say. And it is my responsibility to make sure that we’re setting a clear tone in our campaign, and I take that responsibility very seriously, which is why I spoke yesterday and sent a message in case people were not clear that what we want to do is make sure that we focus on the issues."

Williams added, “We agreed then. We agree today. Supporters from both campaigns will get overzealous.”

Clinton herself told the Associated Press today that Ferraro’s comments were “regrettable.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/03/11/politics/fromtheroad/entry3927386.shtml
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