Prove we sent photo, Clinton campaign manager tells press

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Raw Story

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager chastised reporters Monday for eagerly following the Drudge Report, and he said the campaign would not investigate whether its staffers sent the site pictures of Barack Obama dressed in native African garments.

The photograph, taken in the summer of 2006, became a campaign issue Monday after the Drudge Report said Clinton staffers distributed the photo, which shows Obama wearing a turban and native Kenyan clothing.

Howard Wolfson, who is running the campaign, said the photo's distribution was not sanctioned and he challenged reporters on a conference call to prove that campaign aides were behind spreading the photo.

"If you have any original reporting to suggest that someone in the campaign sent this e-mail let me know," Wolfson told NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell, who was asking about the photo flap.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Clinton_campaign_wont_investigate_who_sent_0225.html

[SteppingRazor]

1. Darn it, Raw Story, at least get the titles right. Wolfson is not Hillary's campaign manager. n/t

[LakeSamish706]

2. Well that attitude will certainly turn things around for Hillary! n/t

[acmavm]

4. I agree. Accusations have been made. Now prove it.

[caligirl]

3. so looking at a petition signed by most of her staff that huff po has posted now, drudge

should be able to compare names easily.

[enlightenment]

5. When did Drudge become a credible source on DU?

Did I miss the memo?

[Luminous Animal]

6. Indeed.

I remember when folks on DU, when referencing him, it was always with suspicion AND refusing to provide a link so as to avoid giving him traffic.

[Stand and Fight]

7. In fact, there was a time when linking to such a source could get one labeled...

Well, I can't say that... In the current "I hate Hillary" environment, saying so could get me tombstoned.

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. When it confirmed what some DUers WANTED to believe

[rinsd]

9. When he can be used against Hillary.

Same thing with articles penned by Peggy Noonan and other conservative "stars".

[CreekDog]

10. If they didn't do it, why not deny it?

and why is Stephanie Tubbs Jones on TV saying that Obama's nation is Somalia and that the photo is of him in his native clothing?

Something stinks.

[splat]

14. Please delete -- "never mind"

self-deleted

[dbredes]

11. Don't be fooled - This is Easy to Solve

By looking at the properties of any email...you can in fact see exactly the ip address of the sender...Even if the sender uses yahoo mail and some fake account...

and that ip address is very easy to trace to a location.... a network...and with google maps...the approximate address

Don't be fooled...If Drudge wants to prove who sent it...they could...

Do I believe that it was someone in the campaign...

You Bet!

[TacticalPeek]

12. Thanks, Raw Story, for the first documentation of its origin and circulation.

From the linked article:

The photo apparently first appeared in this report on Obama's 2006 trip from an African news agency.

Supermarket tabloid The National Examiner reportedly ran the photo in its Feb. 4 issue. The photo appeared on right-wing message board Free Republic and conservative blog Sweetness & Light before Drudge picked it up. At least one Freeper recognized the need for wider distribution.

"Good Job," a user on Free Republic said Sunday to the person who posted the tabloid pic. "t needs to get to Drudge,M.Malkin,Debbie Schussel etc....I want to see his explanation on this."

[uppityperson]

13. Good find. Make Drudge prove whom they got it from. But that is pretty telling.