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Setting The Record Straight
Yesterday, TPM dedicated two posts to whether or not the Obama campaign will attack Clinton on 90s scandals such as Whitewater and Cattle Futures.
David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, assured TPM this:
"We're not gonna do that," Plouffe said. "We have not talked about those issues in the campaign, and won't."Unfortunately, this is not true. The Obama campaign has already brought up the issues of cattle futures in a memo they released during the call for Clinton's tax returns:
But they steadfastly refused to release their returns for prior years, and only later did we learn that 1978 and 1979 were the tax years when Mrs. Clinton reported her 10,000% cattle-futures trading profit.
I sent this correction to TPM. Unfortunately, I did not see an update on this story. Now, I'm not alleging bias because I think for the most part this site does a good job of cutting through spin. However, I just wanted to set the record straight. The Obama campaign cannot claim they have not talked about this issue. They have.
Please recommend this if you believe in cutting through campaign spin to get to the truth.













Comments (6)
Duly noted.
April 24, 2008 12:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
TPM should absolutely run this correction. The cattle futures story was mentioned in an Obama memo, where they pointed out that the Clintons have not released their tax forms for the tax years in which Hillary made a 10,000% profit trading cattle futures.
In case anyone is unfamiliar with the story, here's a link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr940527.htm
April 24, 2008 12:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
As part of a brave, new echo chamber—recommend. o_0
April 24, 2008 12:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
brave, new echo chamber
Nice.
April 24, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
"But they steadfastly refused to release their returns for prior years, and only later did we learn that 1978 and 1979 were the tax years when Mrs. Clinton reported her 10,000% cattle-futures trading profit."
This quote, while in Obama's memo, is actually taken from the Wall Street Journal on Feb 22, 2008.
I'm not sure that using a quote from the Wall Street Journal in a memo equates to attacking Senator Clinton with scandals from the 90s.
April 24, 2008 12:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Due to the tone of the memo, it is an attack. In fact, the memo is entitled "What is she hiding?". Yes, they're quoting the journal, but it's listed under the history of what the Clinton's have had to "hide" in the past.
April 24, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
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