Aide: Clinton apologizes to Obama

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Aide: Clinton apologizes to Obama

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton apologized to rival Sen. Barack Obama for an adviser's comment that Obama's admission of past drug use would hurt his chances in a general election matchup, a Clinton aide told CNN on Thursday.

Obama earlier brushed aside the adviser's remarks, saying they were probably the result of the latest poll numbers, which show the two candidates tied in the first-primary state New Hampshire. "I just think people are feeling a little worried about the polls," Obama said Thursday.

Bill Shaheen, co-chairman of the Clinton campaign in New Hampshire, told a Washington Post reporter Wednesday that the Republicans would exploit Obama's past admission of drug use should he win the Democratic Pary's presidential nomination and might even suggest Obama once dealt drugs. "The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight ... and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use," Shaheen said. "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?' There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome."

Shaheen, husband of former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, apologized for his comments and said in a statement late Wednesday "they were not authorized by the campaign in any way."

Obama said he did not think it was Shaheen's intent to plant such a rumor. The candidate said he is not worried the remarks may damage his campaign "since it's not true." "I don't think the American people are concerned about what I did when I was a teenager. They're concerned about what I'm going to do as a presidential candidate," he said.

Clinton on Thursday said she did not approve of Shaheen's comments. "I don't in any way condone that, and it was certainly not authorized or approved at all. It was inappropriate, and he's apologized," the senator from New York said....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/clinton.obama/index.html

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1. Hey,

remember, "I didn't inhale"? The HC campaign is afraid that it will backfire. Shasheen is probably a surrogate to put the negative buzz out there.

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2. That's a pretty

gracious "brush aside" by Obama and smart, too.

[Cameron27]

3. It's not gracious at all.

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4. Says you, seasoned

hillary apologist.

[Cameron27]

5. Sez me

not an apologist zidzi, just calling it like I see it.

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6. And I call like I see it..as

a constituient of hillary's for 7 long years..right here in New York where she didn't listen to her voters for shite. We didn't put 'er in there to vote for bushit policy.

[Cameron27]

7. Hey, up until recently, I was living in a state right next to NY

and she looked pretty good to me. What votes for NY state are you holding against her.

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8. You read what I wrote..

don't try that hillary supporter tactic of changing the subject.

[Cameron27]

9. Yes, I read what you wrote,

"...right here in New York where she didn't listen to her voters for shite. We didn't put 'er in there to vote for bushit policy"

I asked you to explain the times she voted against the wishes of her constituents. Why do you have a problem with that question?

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10. Another hillary supporter

being willfully obtuse.