Reply #13: Our opinons can and likely will differ but [View All]

[Tom Rinaldo]

Clinton did not leak that photo to anyone, nor did her staff. It was first published in 2006, and it was widely distributed over two weeks ago in a national publication. Drudge did not claim that anyone in the Clinton campaign gave him that internal email of a discussion that a few staffers were having about the photo. He just said he "obtained it". There are many ways to to obtain memos and information from a campaign, and most do not meet with that camapaign's approval. The email in question is not like the hit email that keeps circulating around the country from many many sources against Obama making a case that he is a radical muslim. This was a few staff people sharing their thoughts about a photo that was already out there - and possibly lowly staff people at that. It wasn't something to email out to wide mailing lists to be copied and sent on. It was an electronic chat, more private than the ones we are having here. Were it not for arche Republican henchman Drudge we would not know about it nor would anyone else

However that same photo WAS widely distributed AND used in an OVERT attack on Obama right before Super Tuesday, and Obama never said a single word about it. It could not be blamed on Clinton then.


In truth both campaigns have been pretty tame for a hard fought Presidential primary, and two week old puppy mild compared to what awaits either Clinton or Obama against McCain. I would not care about this very much were it not for the fact that Obama is usually treated like a teflon candidate and Clinton is usually treated like a velcro candidate when it comes to any negative charges.