Prove we sent photo, Clinton campaign manager tells press

[Freddie Stubbs]

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.

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

[Windy]

1. Isn't that convenient! Pitiful. n/t

[DJ13]

2. So its not "were looking into it, and we will fire anyone who sent it"?

That tells me they KNOW it came from someone within the Clinton campaign.

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. How, exactly, does that tell you this?

I'm curious.

[DJ13]

6. Because its obvious they arent interested in finding out where it came from

When you're accused of something you know you did, whats the first response most people give?

"Prove it"

[Cronus Protagonist]

11. My first response is, "You're mistaken."

And if they persist in making an untrue accusation, then I tell them to go fuck theirselves. If they pick up a microphone or a megaphone or pass out fliers or something like that, I point out the fact that they have no evidence for their assertions so they look as stupid as they are being.

[C_U_L8R]

3. it's not Kenyan clothing for one

Its Somali.. as it also says later in the article.

Pretty sloppy reporting... and a totally bogus issue.

[Kittycat]

4. "prove it" & refusal to self-investigate it... Well doesn't that sound familiar?

Are we sure that HRC is running a democratic campaign? I think not.

[JimGinPA]

7. "We Cannot Comment On An Ongoing Investigation"

:rofl:

[NeedleCast]

8. LOL! Prove something you can't prove!

What a ridiculous statement by Wolfson. Challenging reporters to prove that campaign aides were behind spreading the photo. Something they can prove of course, without being given access to campaign E-mail records, which I doubt the Hillary camp is going to turn over. Looks good on paper but is just another political trick.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. How about you just denounce the photo?

Can't they take a stand against race baiting?

This is stupid: "there is nothing wrong with doing this, and besides you can't prove we did it!"

[grasswire]

10. is Wolfson reading DU?

My post from yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4760163#4763123

[ProSense]

12. What about the terrorist group? We know

they're responsible

Which is why, along with this, the charge that it came from the Hillary campaign makes sense!

[K Gardner]

13. Then they send Tubbs out to say she thinks its fine for Obama to appear in "native clothing from his

country". <paraphrased> How convenient.