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Obama campaign apologizes for McCarthy comments


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That Time piece wasn't about apologizing for Bill's McCarthyesque comments, but rather for the earlier criticisms of Hillary.

True! I will expect an apology for the latest on Tuesday then.

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Obama continues to do the right thing, now are we going to hear Clinton camp apolgise for excluding him as a true American, unlike her & mc Cain?

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Of course there really is a lot Obama ought to be apologizing for:

From Anglachel's Journal http://anglachelg.blogspot.com

"Obama's campaign is deliberately using false and incendiary accusations of racism as a campaign strategy. This is proved by the campaign memo he confirmed was true (Nevada debate) directing his staff to try to cast everything possible as racist attacks and smears. There is also the fact that he and his campaign are doing just that. Obamacan refusal to acknowledge facts is not the same as refuting them.
Obama's deliberate deployment of false claims of racism is going to affect politics long after the campaign is over, no matter the outcome. My arguments are about the tactic, the effect it is having on this specific campaign and what the longer term effects of instrumentalizing race will be on the Democratic Party. It is part of my long term interest in analyzing and theorizing progressive/Left politics in America.
I apply Hillary rules to Obama. Anything controversial said by anyone in his campaign at any level is as good as said by him unless followed immediately by a swift and unequivocal firing. Any tactics used by the campaign are authorized by him. Any lie that comes out of his campaign was concocted by him. Anything any of his surrogates says (however unconnected that "surrogate" to the campaign) is something they were directed to say by him. It's his campaign. He sets chooses the tactics and sets the tone. Sauce, goose, gander."

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Lalo, we can agree on this much, I trust: It would be a great thing if we had an election year where we had two candidates, like Obama and McCain, who love this country and are devoted to the interest of this country. And people can actually ask themselves who is right on the issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics.

I don't see anything controversial there. Do you?

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At least we have one classy candidate running. Obsma is a breath of fresh air.

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