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| Obama "Monster" Aide Resgins |
| 2008-03-07 |
| This woman would NOT be good for the USA.... read some of Powerline's writings about her 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. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #7 Why do people always have to resign for the only thing they get right? Astute observation. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-07 19:27 |
| #6 Would the response, "yeah, I said it, and in my opinion she is a monster" not cut the mustard in today's political asslicking contest for president? Why can't anybody show some balls in this day and age and offend 1% of the population to impress the other 99%? I would drop my complaint immediately if a person actually put it that way. |
| Posted by: sdadf 2008-03-07 18:38 |
| #5 Hillary IS fairly crooked, and ... oh, I thought she said 'mobster' ... never mind. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-03-07 18:13 |
| #4 Why do people always have to resign for the only thing they get right? |
| Posted by: Elmereth Dingle3003 2008-03-07 16:25 |
| #3 Well, I, for one, would like to welcome Hillary to the community of Monster-Americans. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-03-07 15:00 |
| #2 This one hated her some jooos with a passion. Watch for her return if the obamessiah somehow gets elected... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-03-07 13:42 |
| #1 She needed to resign. Calling Hillary a "monster" is beyond the pale. It's a vile insult to patriotic Monster-Americans like the Cookie Monster, Sully and Mike from Monsters, Inc., Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea-Serpent, whatever it was that lived in the Addams' family's basement, the cast of Monster Garage, monster truck owners, . . . Obama's gonna need their votes come November. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-03-07 12:41 |