2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Is Not Telling The Truth About Wall Street And it's damaging her campaign. [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)Clinton's campaign started the Birther Movement?
"Then, as Obama marched toward the presidency, a new suggestion emerged: That he was not eligible to serve.
That theory first emerged in the spring of 2008, as Clinton supporters circulated an anonymous email questioning Obamas citizenship.
Barack Obamas mother was living in Kenya with his Arab-African father late in her pregnancy. She was not allowed to travel by plane then, so Barack Obama was born there and his mother then took him to Hawaii to register his birth, asserted one chain email that surfaced on the urban legend site Snopes.com in April 2008."
http://www.politico.com/story/2011/04/birtherism-where-it-all-began-053563?o=0
http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510520259-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-obama-citizenship-challenge
"Lets flashback to 2008: Clinton is locked in a heated primary battle with Obama, with nasty accusations being flung on both sides. But Obama has begun to pull and away and Clinton seems doomed when, lo and behold, a certain image ends up the featured image on the Drudge Report:
Clicking the link brought up a Drudge exclusive, reporting that Clinton staffers circulated the image via email. Wouldnt we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were [Hillary]? one Clinton staffer complained.
The Obama camp went ballistic, calling it the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering weve seen from either party in this election. Clinton aides at first brushed off the story entirely, but then denied having ever sent it. Even though, months earlier, the campaign was forced to fire two Iowa staffers caught forwarding an email saying Obama was a Muslim."
http://www.mediaite.com/online/hillary-clinton-horrified-by-obama-rumors-her-campaign-helped-create/
Honesty is not something she or her supporters are known for... (See also:TPP)