True face of Obama campaign: Pushes opposition research referring to Hillary as (D-Punjab)

[agdlp]

Saturday, June 16, 2007; Page A04

In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.

On Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign circulated a memo criticizing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "(D-Punjab)" for having financial ties to India and encouraging the outsourcing of jobs. It included a joke the senator from New York told at a fundraiser with Indian Americans last year: "I can certainly run for the Senate seat in Punjab and win easily."

After the oppo research was circulated and generated some bad press for Clinton -- "Punjab Hillary!" blared the headline of JustHillary.com, a site devoted to chronicling the former first lady -- much of the attention shifted to the senator from Illinois, who trails Clinton in most polls. After all, he has worked to convey that his campaign would be elevated above such rough and tough tactics as circulating opposition research.

The Obama campaign defended the memo as legitimate research. "The intent of the document was to discuss the issue of outsourcing, but we regret the tone that parts of the document took," said David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager.

Clinton's campaign declined to make an official comment

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061502089.html

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Why does Hillary support the outsourcing of jobs to India?

[MadBadger]

2. June 2007? Are you fucking kidding me?

[agdlp]

5. 2007 to present.***A trail of negative attacks from the candidate of hope***

[rox63]

3. Both campaigns have opposition research teams

And they are working 24/7 right now.

[Onlooker]

4. Don't you hate it when people post huge charts that have nothing to do with the thread?

[DrFunkenstein]

13. I Hate It Too

[Vanje]

14. Lose the chart, Spamster

Why would you post that behemoth chart repeatedly in the same thread?

[maximusveritas]

6. This is stupid. That's a year old and he already apologized for that. n/t

[tyne]

9. No kidding...

who's pushing what, eh? June..*shrug*

[Why Syzygy]

7. MSM

spends more time tattling than anything else. Why can they not discuss ISSUES?

[Marie26]

8. But Obama himself

disavowed that memo, right?

[newmajority]

10. The "senator from Punjab" reference

Came from Hillary herself, not from Obama.

“I am delighted to be the Senator from Punjab as well as from New York” said Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and the former first lady of the United States of America.

http://www.sikhcouncilusa.org/article.aspx?article=evtdinner

[sandnsea]

11. Who is Sant Singh Chatwal

and why are the Clintons cozy with convicted tax evaders.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

12. I really hope they are paying you....

You're an awfully busy little beaver...

[rinsd]

15. This was hashed and rehashed several times here already.