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| emtfromny2 |
An adviser to Barack Obama who called Hillary Clinton a “monster” during an interview has resigned, apologizing for the remark amid pressure from the Clinton campaign.
Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Obama and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, made the offending comment during an interview with the Scottish newspaper The Scotsman.
“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an adviser to the Obama campaign effective today,” Power said in a statement Friday. “Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.”
Power had released an apology, saying her remarks “do not reflect my feelings about Senator Clinton.”
Power’s original comments came during what the newspaper described as an “unguarded moment,” as Power was describing how the Clinton campaign was stopping at nothing to catch up to Obama in the Democratic race.
“She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything,” Power told the newspaper, which published the remarks in Friday’s edition and released them earlier on the paper’s Web site.
In saying it was “off the record,” Power tried to withdraw her remark, but the newspaper explained at the bottom of its story that the interview with Power, who was promoting her book, was established as “on the record” in advance. The newspaper wrote that it was “too late” for her to retract her comment.
Power also told the newspaper Clinton was appealing to low-income voters by trying to suggest Obama would endanger their jobs.
“The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive,” she said.
Clinton supporters on a conference call Friday called for Power to leave the campaign.
“Sen. Obama has talked about a new kind of politics. This is the worst kind of politics,” New York Rep. Gregory Meeks said. “This is personal character assassination.”
Obama has said he would fire anyone using personal attacks on his political rivals — and the campaign quickly denounced Power’s comments, even before she resigned.
“Senator Obama decries such characterizations, which have no place in this campaign,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
Obama lost the Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island primaries to Clinton on Tuesday and blamed his defeats in part on what he called negative campaigning. His campaign has indicated it will escalate its attacks on Clinton in response.
Before the election, Clinton tried to cast Obama as light on foreign policy experience and criticized him over a report on a Canadian news network saying his advisers were floating the word that Obama’s threats to renegotiate NAFTA were just political rhetoric.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/0...scottish-paper/
:lol: apparently the aid shouldn't have called Hillary a "monster". |
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| ArivacaCharlie |
Quote: Originally posted by emtfromny2
An adviser to Barack Obama who called Hillary Clinton a “monster” during an interview has resigned, apologizing for the remark amid pressure from the Clinton campaign.
Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Obama and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, made the offending comment during an interview with the Scottish newspaper The Scotsman.
“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an adviser to the Obama campaign effective today,” Power said in a statement Friday. “Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.”
Power had released an apology, saying her remarks “do not reflect my feelings about Senator Clinton.”
Power’s original comments came during what the newspaper described as an “unguarded moment,” as Power was describing how the Clinton campaign was stopping at nothing to catch up to Obama in the Democratic race.
“She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything,” Power told the newspaper, which published the remarks in Friday’s edition and released them earlier on the paper’s Web site.
In saying it was “off the record,” Power tried to withdraw her remark, but the newspaper explained at the bottom of its story that the interview with Power, who was promoting her book, was established as “on the record” in advance. The newspaper wrote that it was “too late” for her to retract her comment.
Power also told the newspaper Clinton was appealing to low-income voters by trying to suggest Obama would endanger their jobs.
“The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive,” she said.
Clinton supporters on a conference call Friday called for Power to leave the campaign.
“Sen. Obama has talked about a new kind of politics. This is the worst kind of politics,” New York Rep. Gregory Meeks said. “This is personal character assassination.”
Obama has said he would fire anyone using personal attacks on his political rivals — and the campaign quickly denounced Power’s comments, even before she resigned.
“Senator Obama decries such characterizations, which have no place in this campaign,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
Obama lost the Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island primaries to Clinton on Tuesday and blamed his defeats in part on what he called negative campaigning. His campaign has indicated it will escalate its attacks on Clinton in response.
Before the election, Clinton tried to cast Obama as light on foreign policy experience and criticized him over a report on a Canadian news network saying his advisers were floating the word that Obama’s threats to renegotiate NAFTA were just political rhetoric.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/0...scottish-paper/
:lol: apparently the aid shouldn't have called Hillary a "monster". |
It's a shame. Her "unguarded" comments were exactly correct. |
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| emtfromny2 |
| I wonder if Bubba or Brent will pick up on this? |
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| Amits Catbook |
| how can anybody expect some one who whines and btiches as much as hillary to be president can you imagine 4 years of that. she'll just whine and bitch till she gets what she wants which will only make the world hate us more. but the adviser was right hillary is scrambling to do any thing she can to win. this whole shit about whaaaa i get the first question is bull shit cuz when she's president she's gunna get all the damn questions |
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