Stupid: Hillary circulating photo of Obama in Somali dress; Update: “The most shameful, offensive fear-mongering”
posted at 9:23 am on February 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Robert Spencer finds an historical analog to put the stupidity in context. We knew the meltdown was coming, but who thought it’d be this lame? If she’s desperate for a line of attack, she could tack right, hit him on his C-in-C credentials or “I’ll negotiate with anyone” policy, and pray that independents get squeamish. Instead she’s going with stuff that’s not only desperate but ineffective. We can’t elect Obama because … he stole a few lines from Deval Patrick and once wore a turban? Really?
One fair point here, though:
“Wouldn’t we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC?” questioned one campaign staffer, in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.
Indeed. Go watch that SNL clip of the Hillary/Obama debate to have the difference explained.
At this point I half-expect her to accuse him of being a Muslim at the debate tomorrow night. Exit question: Time to take a second look at Team Hillary’s culpability in this, maybe?
Update: Who’s going to stage the intervention and tell Hillary it’s over, wonders Novak. I’m guessing Bill — although who’s going to stage the intervention and tell Bill it’s over? Meanwhile, Halperin ticks off the reasons why McCain won’t have to resort to submoronic attacks about “plagiarism” to score points on Obama. Hillary’s problem has always been how similar she and the Messiah are on policy; with no substantive differences to swing voters her way, they’re left to choose on the basis of personality and political skill. That’s where her advisors screwed up — thinking that with policy arguments off the table that Democrats would resort to the safe, inevitable, established choice. Not this year, with this guy this good on the stump.
Update: Will Her Majesty dare mention the uncoveted Farrakhan endorsement tomorrow?
Update: Michael Steele’s on Fox News right now saying that if she’s really pushing crap like this, she’s all kinds of finished.
Update: Jonathan Alter says Hillary should get out now, before Texas and Ohio. Er, why?
Update: A weird sidenote: What’s Drudge doing helping to publicize this story? By his own admission, he “needs” Hillary Clinton. Making a spectacle of her desperation ain’t going to improve her chances.
Update: Obama rubs her face in it:
“On the very day that Senator Clinton is giving a speech about restoring respect for America in the world, her campaign has engaged in the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we’ve seen from either party in this election. This is part of a disturbing pattern that led her county chairs to resign in Iowa, her campaign chairman to resign in New Hampshire, and it’s exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns away Americans of all parties and diminishes respect for America in the world,” said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.
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The Messiah puts on his robes.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 25, 2008 at 9:26 AM
He looks sort of feminine.
Blake on February 25, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Yeah, just saw that on Drudge and thought, “this is what the dreaded Clinton machine has become?”
Wineaholic on February 25, 2008 at 9:27 AM
Desperation? When we ridiculed Kerry in his goofy space suit, was that desperation? In his fairy yellow spandex biking “outfit”?
Ridicule is fun; lighten up a little.
Jaibones on February 25, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Fiiight? This wasn’t worth the electricity in that defibrulator.
lorien1973 on February 25, 2008 at 9:28 AM
A Michael Dukakis moment.
Mike Honcho on February 25, 2008 at 9:29 AM
This is not desperation and anyone who thinks so is living in the Blog Bubble. They were distributing this photo and making an observation which was true.
ninjapirate on February 25, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Actually, she may have just circulated it, but the story has been out there since at least January. There’s alot more to it than this photo
Pam on February 25, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Nah, this pic is like 347 notches below that. Or kerry in the sperm shaped space suit.
lorien1973 on February 25, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Why did they say out-and-out they were with the campaign? This is the kind of stuff you dump on a street corner, hoping someone picks it up, sheesh.
Rookie.
amkun on February 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM
It does concern me. You may think its just a picture but from what I understand, when Obama was sworn into the senate, I understand he was sworn on the Koran. Can anybody confirm? De-bunk?
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Allah, I think the tack right is already happening – consider the “nation at war” remark the other day, and her refusal to apologize for her vote on the war. Her only hope is to capture the independent vote and some of the older, more conservative Democrats. Barring that, I’d say she’s up a creek without a paddle.
fourstringfuror on February 25, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Has anyone seen Cankles in a dress, maybe she is jealous.
Wade on February 25, 2008 at 9:36 AM
From the Robert Spencer article:
Indeed. People need to know this.
amkun on February 25, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Yeah, and seems to me I remember a picture of Laura Bush in a burka during a Middle East trip not that far back.
And Karen Hughes in a headscarf at some CAIR event in Washington D.C.
BigD on February 25, 2008 at 9:36 AM
No it was not Barry. Here is the guy who did.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241183,00.html
TroubledMonkey on February 25, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Debunked. Glad you asked though, let’s not be a rumor mill blog, the truth is on our side in this debate.
pecan pie on February 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Looks like our pizza delivery guy.
petefrt on February 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Oh good grief!!
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Why is it that even “conservative” bloggers fear the O-man so. They should have pulled this picture out months ago. Who ya kidding? What… his past (or possible present) religious beliefs are off the table? Why? It sure seemed to matter when folks looked at Romney. And yeah, the Farrakhan stuff is going to leave a mark folks.
And for the love of Pete, let’s see how Mr. O does when he starts getting asked questions beyond, “Are you the greatest thing ever or just the greatest thing in recent history?” As the esteemed poet Mike Tyson once said, “Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit.”
Sugar Land on February 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Pray tell, what might that be?
SouthernDem on February 25, 2008 at 9:45 AM
You’re right Pam, Obama was visiting his “cousin” Odinga who just so happens to be a radical islamist attempting to bring sharia law to Kenya. But hey, why bother with the facts?
Capitalist Infidel on February 25, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Won’t wear flag or put hand over heart in traditional fashion, but will don uniform of guys who hung with OBL and implemented Black Hawk Down?
Obama displays a consistent patter of rejecting the US and embracing the people who repeatedly try to kill us, from the left to tribal theocrats.
Beagle on February 25, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Laura Bush was not wearing a burqa. She posed for a photo with women in burqas.
I think this photo is relatively innocuous. If Obama were some closet Muslim, he’d never even have allowed the photo to be taken.
Let the Democrats get down in the mud with this. The right is going to be tarred with the racist card from the get-go of the general campaign. No need to get involved with this one.
JammieWearingFool on February 25, 2008 at 9:47 AM
I notice it’s already been debunked, but I think this illustrates what Hillary is trying to do. A lot of people still think Obama is a muslum in Christian clothing (I guess Christian in muslum clothing here).
If they can water those seeds of doubt a little bit maybe it’ll add to the percentage points they need to win Texas.
Ordinary1 on February 25, 2008 at 9:47 AM
C’mon now…I’m certainly no fan of Obama, and the prospect of that man in the Oval Office scares the heck out of me. But he’s no Muslim. Yeah, this is bottom-of-the-barrel desperation on the part of Clinton.
And if she brings it up in the next debate, she’s done.
JetBoy on February 25, 2008 at 9:51 AM
Senator. I knew Calvin Coolidge & you’re no ‘Cool Cal’.
Reality check. The wheels are off billary’s campaign. She become the scolding neighborhood mom wagging her bony finger at the bad boy playing doctor with her daughter or snitching drags from Dad’s lucky strikes.
Billary knows darn well she doesn’t have to pay back those tens of millions of campaign dollars. Swallow the pretense, woman, and take the consolation prize.
The inevitable throw down is Mav & messiah.
locomotivebreath1901 on February 25, 2008 at 9:52 AM
I think it’s legitimate. Anyone who will give in to something like this has an agenda.
RWLA on February 25, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Hillary is… so… lame.
The witch is dead. Might as well dance on her (political) grave.
BKennedy on February 25, 2008 at 9:53 AM
We may soon elect a man named Barack Hussein Obama, while fighting a war in the middle east. That would be like electing a guy named Adolf Hirohito during WWII. I guess we have come a long way on race.
Team America $#@% Yeah!
TroubledMonkey on February 25, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Fox is being somewhat disingenuous here. If they thought it was horrible, they wouldn’t have put the photo up for almost the entire interview. They can take Hillary and Obama down in one fell swoop while sounding noble. Nice game. Here too.
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 9:56 AM
I don’t think conservative bloggers fear him. You just have to be careful when trying to discredit him. He’s a very likeable guy and people are going to give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s been playing the victim every time Hillary says anything and it’s worked just fine so far. His religious beliefs aren’t so much off the table as they are ad hominem. His proposed policies are far from unassailable and that approach disarms the “victim” ploy.
trubble on February 25, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Btw, are they going to devote that much time to the bigger story, which is Obama’s cousin Obinda, who wants Islamic law implemented in Kenya?
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Whomever gets the short straw. There are a few givens in DC. Don’t get caught between Chuck Schumer and a camera. Don’t go to the restroom with Larry Craig. And, most importantly, don’t be the one to deliver bad news to the Clintons.
Seriously, Clinton has a couple of choices ahead of her. Does she go out as a class act or does she pull a “McCain” and spend the next four years pouting and throwing temper tantrums against the Obama administration? I would have guessed Option A from the way she behaved during the debate last week but on Saturday she was out there bashing Obama and sounding like the old Clinton, once again.
highhopes on February 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I don’t like when they do that either. For example, they’ll says somethings like “Look at this overtly sexual Paris Hilton burger commercial…hasn’t she completely crossed the line?” Meanwhile, the Paris Hilton commercial is on continuous loop.
terryannonline on February 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM
What is his foreign policy other than sudden withdrawal from Iraq and the give away the store summit with “Muslim nations.”
BTW, every time someone uses that term you are validating religion as the organizing principle of a nation-state, condemning non-Muslim minorities in those countries to permanent second-class citizen status. It’s like calling our part of the world Christendom. Don’t hear that much do you?
It is possible to lose a war by (literally) accepting the terms of the enemy. In this case the enemy includes the mainstream media and our government unfortunately.
Beagle on February 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Well, there is the whole bomb Pakistan thing.
trubble on February 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM
My concern exactly. I truely hope Obama is a christian, for his sake and for the sake of our country. What concerns me is the fact that islam teaches that it is perfectly o.k. to lie and fool the infidels to reach a higher goal or establish power…as in…POTUS….
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Would you like a purple squishy?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 25, 2008 at 10:06 AM
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy. Meaning that as we enjoy the view of HClinton goes down in flames, we should appreciate that she is ’softening up’ Obama, making him easier to beat in the General. In effect, she is helping McCain while trying to save her campaign. Maybe McCain will pick her for veep.
Doug on February 25, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Stupid. Stupid because it is a soft pathetic ploy, or stupid because it is enough to keep people not already under his spell from voting for him in the general. Throw in his urge to talk to Amedinejad which at least makes him seem pro Muslim(But he can’t go on a debate on FOX). Good job Hillary. The lower you sink the less we have to.
Theworldisnotenough on February 25, 2008 at 10:08 AM
I noticed this sign thing happening at my local polling place in Texas. I almost turned around to take a picture because the metaphor was so strong. Glad someone at the Houston Chronicle was on it, because it’s just so apropos. The Hillary signs must be made out of recycled paper or something. Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually feel a little sorry for Hillary at this point.
aero on February 25, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Frankly, I think it’s fair game. I’m not a Hillary fan but anything that might derail Obama and shows him for what he really is, is fair game.
Republican on February 25, 2008 at 10:13 AM
The only thing that picture shows is what a skinny little guy B. Hussein O is.
HotAirExpert on February 25, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Yeah her little poke about the sky opening and “we’re at war”, I thought, were good opening moves to help get her back in the hunt. This stunt just erased all that.
SCOTUS is out too. That’ll be going to the gentleman from Two Americas.
Limerick on February 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM
I see that others have lead you to the debunking sites. See how false things get spread? Probably started via some individual getting their light-skinned Legislative Branch black guys confused. :-)
Also, I think that Hillary is being unfairly blamed for “spreading” the existence of the photo. Mostly I’ve see certain conservative bloggers carrying it–and jumping to conclusions.
One more minor thing: no one is sworn in on any book. Office holders merely choose whether they want to carry a book during the ceremony and if so, which one. Keith Ellison–an open Muslim and the guy mistaken for Obama–chose the Koran, but one can be sworn in empty-handed.
baldilocks on February 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Yea but he is attacking Hillary for it.
bnelson44 on February 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM
In my opinion, she has no choice. This is her make or break year. Here’s why: If she fails to get the nomination and McCain wins, she has four more years to wait. If The False Messiah wins, she has (maybe) eight more years to wait.
Clinton will be sixty one years old before the election. Sixty one. Sure, we make jokes about her appearance now, but what do you think will happen if she fails this year? Four or eight years to get meaner, older, and uglier. Do you really think an angry, bitter, old woman will be presidential material in 2012 or 2016? No, she will not be. She must do anything and everything to win now, because if she doesn’t, she’s politically dead. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her leave the Senate if she fails. Her power base will be gone. She will have no pull and no favors to call in for a run later.
Clinton is dead. Dead, dead, dead if she doesn’t succeed this year.
ScottG on February 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Who says this dude is a “nice” guy? He may play one on TV, but ask any of the people he’s run against what they think? Does his wife seem “nice” also? Dude smiles and pretends to be “above it all.” Of course, that’s easy to do when nobody wants to ask the Messiah a meaningful question.
Yes, the MSM will want to paint him as the “nice” one in the race. Consider the source. And also consider how easy that is to do when Shillary is on stage.
Sugar Land on February 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Muslim is not a race
Capitalist Infidel on February 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Sad, just sad…talk about desperation!
Richard Romano on February 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM
He looks like he’s the Almighty All-Powerful Grand PoohBah for some local Masonic Lodge. Shillary thinks this is supposed to invoke fear and loathing in us all? Come on! She’s now officially run out of ideas and is in now in OH S**T PANIC MODE!
pilamaye on February 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM
We can’t talk about the color of his skin. We can’t talk about the fact that he was born to a Muslim father. We can’t talk about his affiliation with black liberation theology. We can’t talk about the racism in his wife’s thesis. What is left to talk about?
Experience?
Ears?
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 10:23 AM
I am definitely not an Osambo fan but…..what the hell are Hillary and her motley crew trying to prove?
BTW…After viewing that TV clip of the witch ranting and raving over the weekend about the sky opening, etc. I am of the opinion that she can now be classified as certifiably crazy. With that screeching, obnoxious voice and her changing moods somebody had better get out the straight-jacket.
Also, with the secret service easing up on his security and Hillary gone crazy …..Oh never mind.
OBX Pete on February 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Heh.
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Hillary can’t be that stupid. Can she?
SoulGlo on February 25, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Of course, having mentioned it, Think Progress is going to blog that “Malkin continues to Swiftboat Obama with the discredited ‘Obama is a Muslim’ smear”.
You know, in much the same way they tried to ju-jitzu the NYT smear-piece of McCain into a story about “swiftboating”.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/22/oreilly-unfounded-rumor/
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Thanks. I didn’t think I had the name right. Odinga
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
This may come as a surprise to some but she is NOT, repeat NOT the smartest woman in the world !
OBX Pete on February 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM
GTFO troll
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM
I don’t find the costume nearly as disconcerting as the fact that he looks about fourteen. This was really taken in 2006?
As for the desperation? Meh. No shock.
Tanya on February 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Meh.
Kerry in the bunny suit.
Dukakis in the tank helmet.
Big deal.
Midas on February 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Sign of things to come? LOL
tengger on February 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
RE; Ashole sockpuppet trolls
It’s like I said, thie above will be the main occupation of the “progressive grassroots” from here on out to November. You should close registrtation and leave it closed till then.
I’ve often been tempted to “fight fire with fire”, register at a lefty site and spew a bunch of sockpuppety nonsence, but somehow it always just seems to not be worth it. I’d always really just rather present my actual views.
It would be onbe thing if progressives were capable of or interested in engaging in civil, open discourse. instead they join conservative forums solely to sockpuppet and whisper. I’d prefer flame-posting to this sort of nonsence even. I’d prefer a hundred of the good old “BOOSH AND ROVE AND THE GAY SEX WITH THE JEFF GANNON INSIDE JOB FOR OIL!!!” nonsense to one of these “As a staunch conservative i say that this muslim n****r osambo…” sockpuppet posts.
Why do progressive only ever lie about anything? What is it about their world view that they can’t present it in honest terms?
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Lame move indeed. Why does she have such trouble popping a balloon? He’s all hot air (no offense to this site!) and with one poke of a sharp object he’d poof.
He’d make a great date for Nancy Pelosi in her headscarf though.
Montana on February 25, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Looks like you’re talking about it to me. Just make sure that you know what you’re talking about. Look at how that Koran thing got spread around via a case of mistaken identity. About the Kenya chaos, I’ve seen all manner of BS spread around about it, most with casual observers trying to shape it into a mini-war between Islam and Christianity.
Neither Obama nor Odinga are on the up-and-up in my opinion (I read about both everyday). I just think that it’s best to let the facts lead one to the conclusion(s) and not the other way around.
baldilocks on February 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Just think what the impact would be if Hillary showed her opponent wearing [Gasp!] Mormon clothing; that would really spook the voters.
Assuming there are such things as ‘Mormon clothing’, that is.
LaMonte on February 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Be a great way for the Obama campaign to salt the Hillary mine, so to speak, since the photo’s were already available, and sure to come out. It also pre-empts a McCain
move and effectively immunizes Obama.
a capella on February 25, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Crap!
photo’s s/b photos. Twitch on my trigger finger.
a capella on February 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I only saw that pop up recently. It proved to me that most people never paid any attention to the entire Ellison/CAIR/Qur’an flap.
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Lameness notwithstanding, it’s kinda’ odd, a “Clinton” would remind us of “Somalia” —– “Mogadishu”
franksalterego on February 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM
“He looks sort of feminine.
Blake on February 25, 2008 at 9:26 AM”
How about him dancing on Ellen? THAT was gay. Ask Larry Sinclair.
LtE126 on February 25, 2008 at 11:27 AM
I am confused:
Why would Hillary be accused of “shameful, offensive fear-mongering” for simply sending out a photo of Obama? It doesn’t make any sense. Is this a doctored photo? If it’s a real photo, why would Obama have anything to hide?
faraway on February 25, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Hey, all’s fair in politics. If she wants to use this stuff to see if it sticks, fine. If it doesn’t, she pays the price. Obama just has to answer it. If he’s convincing, no problem. If not, he pays the price. I think they call that politics.
rivlax on February 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Wow, sombody must have pissed in your cheerios this morning! For one thing, if you had read the previous posts, you would see where I mentioned I had heard that AND I asked if anyone knew the truth.I was NOT peddling gossip! I was asking if it was true or not. For another, I don’t appreciate being called an ashole….ashole! Especially by someone who goes by the name “Hiney”.
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 11:32 AM
I hope this is seen by everyone in the country. Barack Hussein Obama, with his Muslim namme, questionable Christian ties, extreme liberal ideas, and “revolutionary” talk scares the heck out of me. We need everything possible to scare people a bit, and B. Hussein O. gives plenty of fodder.
Barack Hussein Obama MUST be defeated, at ANY cost.
ChrisL7412 on February 25, 2008 at 11:39 AM
According to Drudge, Maggie Williams (who replaced Solis on Clinton’s campaign) had this to say in response to Obama’s condemnation of the release of these photos:
“Enough. If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely. This is nothing more than an obvious and transparent attempt to distract from the serious issues confronting our country today and to attempt to create the very divisions they claim to decry. We will not be distracted.”
Am I missing something here? Is Maggie saying that Obama should be ashamed for defending himself???
Drudge DID post photos of Hitlery wearing a hijab and dark colored coat in some Muslim country embracing a similarly-garbed woman; of BJ wearing some similar tribal garb, and of W wearing some clownish-looking blue & gold chinese long silk smock. Which basically, utterly negated the jab at Obama that the Clinton campaign was attempting to make.
In other words:
A) Toss some meaningless photo jab that tries to paint Barack as a Muslim when all he was doing was the very same thing Hills did wearing the hijab (trying to honor the locals by looking like a local)
B) Let Barack get ticked off and defend himself
C) Chastise him for defending himself and denounce him as being divisive
Does this not look like some brainless scheme of the pot calling the kettle black? And doesn’t Clinton’s campaign wind up being the one that looks far more divisive by pulling a stunt like this? Can we say “BACKFIRE?”
New name for the Clintonistas: “Los Desperados”. A stupid stunt like this one shows how TRULY DESPERATE they are. Talk about a REACH!
Shirotayama on February 25, 2008 at 11:39 AM
I posted the Drudge link on a message board and I got the following as the first response:
They think it’s the GOP :D
Dash on February 25, 2008 at 11:40 AM
I still think that Obama will be easier to beat than Clinton. As you say, they are too close to attack each other, but wait until he has to debate a mature war hero with years of experience in diplomacy, someone who lived and remembers history.
PattyJ on February 25, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Hillary needs to hire me for $500,000. I would tell her to refocus her campaign on this: Who is Obama?
1. He has a Muslim political family in Kenya (where this pic was taken) Does he agree with their worldview?
2. He wants to talk to our enemies. Why?
3. He wants to attack our ally Pakistan. Why?
4. He wants to abandon our ally Iraq. Why?
5. He belongs to a Black Separatist church. Does he agree with their views? How exactly will he bring us all together? Does he endorse his church’s highest award on Nation of Islam cult leader Louis Farrakhan?
6. He refuses to wear a flag lapel pin. Tell me again, why he refuses to honor America and her fallen dead?
7. He doesn’t seem to know that he should put his hand to his heart during the Anthem? (please, no confusing the Pledge with the Anthem)
8. His words come from either his Black separatist pastor (Audacity of Hope originated from rev. Wright’s speech) or from Deval Patrick.
Who are we electing? Rev. Wright? Deval Patrick? Elements
of his Kenyan family?
What does he stand for?
faraway on February 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM
No reasonable person could believe that someone might be “conmfused” about this. The Ellison contoversy had a mopnth and a half news cycle.
Your little sct – “uh, I don’t know if this is true, but…” – is in the classic whisper campaign format.
You’re a phony.
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Anyone pushing any of the following…
- Obama is a muslem
- Obama swore in on a Koran
- Obama is a n****r, sambo, etc.
- Obama smoked crack and had gay sex in a motel with that stupid truther nut
…is a troll. The mention of any of these memes – that they’re true, might be true, “sound” true, “don’t know” if they’re true but should be discussed as if they might be – is prima facie evidence of lefty sockpuppetry and trolling.
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM
You need to learn to spell if your going to bless someone out. It looks more “intelligent” that way.
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM
“prima facie evidence of lefty sockpuppetry and trolling.”
Troll? I’ll be voting for Mav in Nov.
Larry Sinclair. Hey “Hiney Von Pewps” bite me. Get back over to Kos.
LtE126 on February 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Same things Hillary stands for. Let’s not forget that.
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 12:14 PM
link here
That part is interesting. I wonder what else happened? Why is this called “Somali garb” when he was actually in Kenya?
faraway on February 25, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Not quite. It’s just that they have to go all the way with it.
After all is said and done, there will be a lot of deleted threads at lefty blogs and message boards to remove any trace of Clintonite smear-campaigning against Obama, and indeed any trace of disunity. Even Obama-backers will be happy to do the work of sweeping Hillary’s dirty tricks down the memory hole, so that in November, they can stand as a united front in portraying themselves as absolutely clean and Republicans as absolutely dirty.
Take your screenshots and page-saves now, my friends, because by spring, mention of the Hillary source for the Obama Madrassah smear will be a “wingnut conspiracy theory”.
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 12:17 PM
At least McCain won’t have to be the one to release it.
jackmac on February 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Is Fred lazy? Do Mormons believe Satan and Jesus are brothers? Did Mac have an affair with a lobbyist?
No one even has to take Journalism 101 anymore.
Connie on February 25, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Why is anyone, especially the Left, surprised by this? It’s okay when they did it to us, but not okay now? Hypocrites as usual
SouthernGent on February 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Tell me friend, why would he “have” to?
Hiney Von Pewps on February 25, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Isn’t that Steve Urkel?
truevine on February 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM
There is a large Somali population in Kenya and that’s who Obama was visiting. Refugees from war.
baldilocks on February 25, 2008 at 12:29 PM
He looks hotter in a dress than she does.
Chuck Schick on February 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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