Obama Finally Gets Asked About His Negative Campaigning
04 April 2008 9:45 am by Taylor Marsh
Obama Finally Gets Asked About His Negative Campaigning
Via Philadelphia
Inquirer’s Dave Davies:
It was my turn to interview Barack Obama today, and ask something that’s
been on my mind: He talks about changing the culture in Washington, and running
a positive campaign, and while his public statements and ads have taken the
high road, his campaign staff has consistently urged reporters to
write negative stories about Clinton and sent releases about things
like her “legacy of misleading voters.” … ..
It’s what I’ve been writing since Obama’s
“D-Punjab” smear on Clinton back in June 2007, or the financing
hit from him, while the dueling headlines showed
him more positively. I couldn’t possibly link all of the examples. But remember
Obama swallowing
Bob Novak’s swill, then making a fuss about it? What I wrote when I got
a hold of Obama’s
race-baiting South Carolina memo (more here).
Jesse Jackson,
Jr. Oh, and who can forget Obama’s
“Bush-Cheney lite” remark? It’s just the the traditional media
has had their collective heads so far… well, let’s just say they missed it,
because they don’t like Hillary Clinton. Obama’s their guy. But the facts have
been out there for months.
