http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/20/clinton-camp-obamas-sour-grapes/Barack Obama’s pledge to “directly confront” President Bill Clinton over what Obama says is Clinton’s “troubling” attacks against him on the campaign trail prompted a stinging response from Camp Clinton.
In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Obama blasted the former president for getting too involved on his wife’s behalf — and for distorting Obama’s record. “He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts — whether it’s about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organizing in Las Vegas. This has become a habit, and one of the things that we’re gonna have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he’s making statements that are not factually accurate.”
Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer shoots back, “We understand Senator Obama is frustrated by his loss in Nevada but facts are facts. Senator Obama’s allies in Nevada engaged in strong arm tactics and intimidation against our supporters and his record against the war has been inconsistent.”
“President Clinton is a huge asset to our campaign and will continue talking to the American people to press the case for Senator Clinton.”
Clinton has called Obama’s claim to consistently oppose the war since 2002 a “fairy tale,” citing Obama’s 2004 claim that he didn’t know how he would vote on Iraq had he been in the senate at the time. Obama says he didn’t want to be seen as criticizing the party’s presidential nominee John Kerry, who voted for the Iraq war resolution.
And Clinton claimed to have witnessed intimidation of potential caucus goers by Obama supporters in the influential Culinary Workers union in Las Vegas firsthand as he toured a casino caucus site yesterday morning. The campaign backs up his assertions here.
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