Breaking on MSNBC: Samantha Power resigns. nt

[babylonsister]

[Adelante]

1. I figured she would have to do it

What a shame :(

[democrattotheend]

7. Yeah, it is a bummer

I had heard really good things about her and was hoping Obama would be able to keep her on, but this was probably the right move. He has to send a message that personal attacks are not acceptable in his campaign.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. It is a shame.

I wish the Obama campaign had simply asserted that she will have no role as a spokesperson for his campaign in the future but would instead be asked to provide private counsel to him on her area of expertise only. I underrstand why there were reprecussions for her comment, but I like Power and she has a lot that is valuable to offer.

[malletgirl02]

30. I agree

Samantha Power is very smart, but she isn't good at dealing with the media. However, I think she could have played a great role behind the scenes, and just leave dealing with the media to the press secretary.

[stellanoir]

2. Shoot

[TwilightGardener]

3. What a good lady. Fuck the monster. SHE should resign from the race.

[Eurobabe]

50. He-heh

At least some truth was told. :hi:

[TahitiNut]

76. It's a sin to tell the truth in politics.

The Beast will feed on the children with the temerity to call the Emperor (or Empress-in-waiting) naked.

[Eurobabe]

81. argh!!

hi tahiti!! :hug:

[lisa58]

4. It's probably for the best

[Zachstar]

5. Ought to not have done that.

There was nothing done wrong and now Clinton will try to use that to prove she is still fit for the race.

[NightWatcher]

6. Obama and his people are playing too nice

Hillary says that McCain is more qualified than Obama, but an Obama person has to step down for calling Hillary a monster?

Lesson learned: insult the queen and lose your head

[Zachstar]

12. Nobody is my "Queen" Clinton can take her crap elseware.

Everyone. We need to keep up our efforts to expose Clinton. This is a distraction that needs to be noted then left to the Clinton supporters to trip over themselves with.

[TwilightGardener]

15. Obama holds himself to a higher standard than Hillary does--that's why I like him.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

68. Thank you for saying that

I was just getting bummed about the fact her roayl shrillness was winning the street fight... But I forgot that its obamas hope/vision that set him apart from her..

[Catherina]

70. Much too nicely.

The ease with which Clinton lies and manipulates frightens me about what kind of leader she'd be. A woman like that won't have any qualms about convincing the American people there are WMDs in Iran.

The democratic party better hope Obama gets the nomination because I won't vote for that other sorry excuse for a human being.

[my2sense]

8. Unfortunate n/t

[K Gardner]

9. MSNBC did just note that HRC has a habit of demanding resignations from

people who say things they object to. Shuster, Powers.. and they get away with it.. who will be next.. Olbermann??

[babylonsister]

19. They best not mess with him! nt

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. They never demanded Shuster resign

They did force some of their own people out when they said or did inappropriate things.

[dancingme]

44. Yes they did

[Tom Rinaldo]

71. No. They stopped short of that

After the first two lame non apolgies by Shuster they rejected his insincere apologies and said a temporary suspension was inadaquate. This was in correspondence with the network. After that Shuster issued a straight forward apology (as opposed to "I'm sorry if any viewers misinterpretted my intent"). A real appology changed the dynamics. They then agreed to the debate at MSNBC without Shuster facing long term consequences.

[NDambi]

29. I bet they have been snoopin in KO's background for some dirt...I betcha

[DangerousRhythm]

43. Excellent point.

It seems to me that she's not so tough. She can't take the heat so she has to fake outrage and eliminate the offender. Seriously, "monster" is one of the tamer things I've heard her called. Sure, it's not wise for a top advisor to say that but the woman apologized already but no... that's not good enough, is it? She certainly was right about that "ergh" feeling. It's getting harder for me, by the day, to want to vote for Hillary if she wins. NOT pleased about this. Not one bit.

Also not pleased about The Scotsman reporter who decided to print that anyway, knowing he held Power's career in his or her hands. Terrible.

[City Lights]

80. She's a bully.

Just like Bush. The more I see of her personality, the more I see George Walker Bush. :puke:

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Who's Samantha Power?

[Adelante]

16. Samantha Power, foreign policy advisor to Obama

I am a great admirer of hers, as I was when she supported Wes Clark in 2004.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Thanks.

[godai]

24. link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4946391&mesg_id=4946610

[TahitiNut]

79. Pulitzer Prize winner and Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School - REMARKABLE human being!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power

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[pdxmom]

13. I think this is the right thing for her to have done. It's too bad it had to

happen, but she went too far, IMO.

[wndycty]

17. Oh shit! Its on!

And watch the standard that the Clinton camp will now be camp will be held to.

[Mass]

18. Sad. Though her remarks were unacceptable, it is not as if there were no people in the Clinton

campaigns who are still there and have said unacceptable things, starting by the candidate herself.

[americanstranger]

61. Actually, there is precedent on the Clinton side.

Shaheen was forced to resign after his 'drug dealer' comments.

Fair's fair, but Obama lost a good staffer here. That's too bad.

- as

[cali]

20. I knew that was coming. What a shame. Dirty Hilly's

staff is free to say any revolting thing about Obama, but one of his staff screws up and she's gone. Let's hope that a President Obama will appoint her to his staff.

[Tom Rinaldo]

26. Clinton staff have "resigned" for comments also n/t

[Mass]

28. And it took quite a while before that happened.

[Tom Rinaldo]

39. Not really

Her campaign co-Chair in NH, who is the husband of the Democratic ex-Governor who is the current U.S. Senate candidate, was gone within a day.

[madfloridian]

22. I can not take any more of this crap.

Hillary's campaign has done far worse than that.

This is sickening.

[ekwhite]

23. She did the right thing.

Now the Obama campaign needs to call on Howard Wolfson to resign.

[Mass]

25. Well, they need to call on Hillary Clinton to quit. She said things that were unacceptable.

[NDambi]

33. agreed

[redqueen]

27. Obama campaign = smart. (nt)

[K Gardner]

38. Samantha has sacrificed herself in order to save the campaign from what would have been at

least a week's worth of media coverage about THIS and this alone. She took the wind out of clinton's sails and ended the faux outrage.

Obama needs to get on message and stay there. An absolute sham and shame.

[Renew Deal]

49. She'll work for Obama if he gets the nomination and presidency

It's all formalities.

[yourguide]

74. and will probably work as a consultant now.

nt

[redqueen]

54. Yup... the Obama campaign seems far more capable of dealing with bad news. (nt)

[sandnsea]

31. That is really unfortunate

I've had it. This country deserves the shit pile that it gets.

[City Lights]

57. I can't disagree. Seems as though America hasn't yet hit bottom.

:-(

[Tropics_Dude83]

32. no it's good news

the bitch can't spend the next 5 days crying about what a victim she is now

[Catherine Vincent]

You can't use the b word here. nt

[Catherina]

72. There's no such thing in the rules and the Admins allow it

The nanny police is getting ridiculous. What next will you make up?

[Tropics_Dude83]

78. yeah

I despise HRC now and will be blowing off a lot of steam and it's the truth. she is a bitch.

[Colobo]

34. Hopefully she'll be around backstage. Go Samantha! Gobama!

[angie_love]

36. I hope so. Can she stick around on the downlow you think?

[Tom Rinaldo]

48. I think so to a very limited extent

unoficially of course, but in very restricted cirmumstances. If Obama wins the nomination she can maybe come back in a lower profile capacity.

[Catherine Vincent]

37. I just read what she said about Hillary.

She sounds like you guys on DU. :)

[jefferson_dem]

40. Power's Statement Here - -

?With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor the Obama campaign effective today. Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[ProSense]

41. Samantha Power will be fine. Take away the controversy, and Hillary is still acting like a monster.

She will not be the nominee.

[OzarkDem]

51. By making Obama run on his record and the issues?

He needs to stop acting like an amateur and start showing some leadership.

[Tropics_Dude83]

55. say and do anything to win

that's HRC

[ProSense]

66. "He needs to stop acting like an amateur and start showing some leadership." Kicking Hillary's butt

is leadership! Face facts! He made Hillary's campaign look like amateur hour.

[Catherina]

82. Acting?

She's a monster. What Ruby said to Viola Fields in Monster-In-Law goes triple for me.

Ruby: I am sick. I am sick, sick, sick of your shit.And when I'm not sick, I'm tired. I'm sick and tired.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fp-JwBUnZc

Barack Obama played by Jennifer Lopez
Hillary Clinton playe by Jane Fonda
The American people played by Michael Vartan
CNN played by Wanda Sykes

[bigtree]

42. heh. Breaking: Obama campaign in disarray after string of defeats

right?

[skooooo]

47. Yeah it's rough gaining 3-5 superdelegates everyday.....

:eyes:

[babylonsister]

56. Ah! More nasty facts - bad skooooo!

:hi:

[skooooo]

59. lol..I forget that reality isn't welcome here...

:rofl:

[dionysus]

53. what part of hillary can't catch up in delegates aren't you intelligent enough to grasp?

[redqueen]

58. Don't be shitty.

bigtree is quite intelligent. There's lots of disagreement about 'the math'... I've seen so much spin on 'the math' it's not even funny.

[dionysus]

62. well, take a look here;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4938985&mesg_id=4945557

this thread where 'tree outright endorses republican gutter tactics against a fellow dem tells me all i need to know about him\her, and the appropriate amount of respect the poster deserves.

[redqueen]

65. I still don't think shittiness is good.

But yeah... that repeated praising of McCain over Obama stinks to high heaven.

[dionysus]

77. on a side note, can you imagine how fucking crazy non-political-junkies would perceive any of us?

[bigtree]

69. oh, you're all caught up in this race. So am I

I think most of us (especially myself) are political fools.

[dionysus]

75. we can agree to rudely disagree i suppose...

:hi:

[bigtree]

83. certainly.

Best of luck to your candidate. I look forward to supporting one of these Democrats after this historic primary is finished.

[dionysus]

84. yeah, i'll vote for either of them too, but you have to admit, the

"vigourous debate" is fun...

[jpak]

45. Clinton once again crosses the Commander and Chief Threshold to defeat NAFTA luvin' Ken Starr

n/t

[OzarkDem]

46. Her comment was disgraceful

Where did she come up with such an idea? Clinton has run a fair and honest campaign. Just because the tide has turned and voters are no longer enchanted with Obama, there's no justification for making such hateful remarks against Clinton.

Her comments did far more damage to Obama's campaign than to Clinton's. If dishonors the Democratic Party by refusing to run on the issues and instead engaging in nasty personal attacks and name calling. That's not what the Democratic Party stands for and we've had enough of it from the GOP.

[Renew Deal]

52. It's nothing worse than what you've been saying on DU.

The difference is we know she works for his campaign.

[NDambi]

60. How do you feel about Howard Wolfson "ken starr" comment, dearheart?

[Carolina]

64. her comment was the truth

The monster within the Democratic Party will stop at nothing to win ...

HRC is all about HRC.

[dchill]

63. Power aplogized, but Clinton said it wasn't enough.

Exactly how I feel about Clinton's huge pile of lies about Obama. We can expect her resignation when? Not to mention the fact that Samantha Power told no lie.

:shrug:

[Medusa]

67. Excuse me but when exactly did Hillary Clinton get power over

Obama's campaign workers? Why doesn't she do some firing in her own campaign? Oh right, she doesn't have the ability to fire her "friends". Hmmm. Seems we have a current president who has the same defect.

[Debi]

73. When will Wolfson be resigning? n/t