A recent Politico article brought to light yet another dirty attempt by the Clinton campaign to smear Obama. They were accused of circulating this photo (right), which clearly alludes to Obama's alleged Mulsim connections, a problem he has been dealing with throughout the campaign.Obama's camp called this stunt "shameful, offensive fear mongering."
The Clinton campaign responded by saying that “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." They went on to say that we should concentrate on real issues, saying "We will not be distracted."
Isn't it a contradiction to release a controversial photo and then decry the media for paying attention? Instead of circumventing responsibility, they are talking about focusing the issues. I feel like this is really childish, messy, and dirty, and I am disappointed. Whether or not this is true, it still puts a negative suspicion on Obama's credibility.
How low will Hillary go? I liked her!!! My expectations of her and her campaign are at a new low. Maybe I'm too new to politics, but this seems wrong. Is this a typical political ploy?
2 comments:
Unfortunately, when the chips are down, candidates typically bring out their dirtiest tricks. I, too, used to like Hillary. However, she is appearing more manipulative, conniving and power hungry to me day after day. I am thoroughly disgusted if she was indeed behind this.
I think that the release of this picture is going to have a very negative impact on the Hillary campaign. As we can see, there are many Hillary supporters who are enraged with this attack on Obama and over the next few days she will begin to feel it. Whether or not Hillary was actually behind this picture, it just goes to show how dirty politics are going to become as the convention grows closer.
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