Samantha Power has more class in her little finger than Hillary does in her whole campaign

[peoli]

What she did by resigning immediately showed the gaping hole that is the difference between the two campaigns. There is no doubt that it had to be one of the hardest decisions she has had to make. She must be writhing inside right now. Her resignation has sent a message again to everyone that the Obama campaign is centered around one man, Barack Obama. He is the sun that the rest revolve around.

In contrast Hillary has shown that there is no accountability in her campaign. Her motto has been to let everyone throw shit and see what sticks. If the media dont like it let it die out. If it dosent die out after 4 days, deny it. If that dosent work make some half- assed apology to get the story to go away.

Samantha Power is one of the birghtest new minds in America and she would be an assest advising anyone in the highest level of this nations government. I hope that she will return as a paid advisor for President Obama in 2009.

[TwilightGardener]

1. She'll be back.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Too bad she couldn't keep her yap shut.

[marlakay]

5. I read on Huffington post that all the aides say

shit about both candidates off the record and that the guy who wrote what she said got fired for breaking the journalists code of "off the record"

they had to let her go because it got out, but from what i read everyone does it and good reporters know to keep their mouths shut, that is a huge part of the job and if sources can't trust you your done in that business.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. What utter bullshit. Anybody dumb enough to depend on "off the record"

deserves to be thrown under the bus.

[Garbo 2004]

27. The "guy" who wrote the article is a "gal" who hasn't been fired. Power was speaking "for the

record" at the time she made the remark. Power only asked that the remark be made off the record immediately after she said it and realized her mistake. The journo was under no obligation to not report the remark since there had been no agreement in advance to take a portion of the interview off the record.

Power made a mistake. She was on a book tour overseas promoting her book. I was surprised she spoke so candidly to a reporter. Perhaps a domestic political reporter, wanting to maintain access to campaign staff, might have not have reported the remark directly, even without a previous agreement to go off the record. But Power was speaking to a Brit journo on the record and could expect no such favors.

[amborin]

3. she resigned under pressure....the word was out and she looked ghastly and sneaky

wanted to keep the news repressed, too....

Obama adviser resigns By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster."

Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation in a statement provided by the Obama campaign in which she expressed "deep regret."

"Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton....

snip

Power's interview Monday was published Friday in a Scottish newspaper, even though she tried to keep it from appearing in print.

[shrub chipper]

11. quoting Nedra Pickler!

LOL

[Josiah1982]

4. Power is a POS and she should crawl under some rock and stop drawing attention to herself

what she said does nothign to help Obama. Quit kidding yourselves.

[MrCoffee]

7. You have no clue what you're talking about

She's a brilliant scholar. You're a troll.

[K Gardner]

10. Your comments are actually more descriptive of Hillary Clinton.

[C_U_L8R]

16. that's a monstrous thing to say

[julialnyc]

20. Do you even know who she is?

Whether or not you believe she put her foot in her mouth, this woman is a Pulitzer winner who has devoted her life to exposing and trying to help with genocide. You may have problems with this one incident, but to call her a POS makes you either ignorant or so blind with Hillary love that you will throw mud at whoever without thought.

[Window]

6. You are right about that.

Hilly the Hypocrite and her 'camp pain' would have never let it rest if Samantha hadn't resigned.

[anigbrowl]

12. 'Camp Pain' - I like it. Let's spread it around.

[Window]

24. LOL! Yes, let's all use it. I got it from Keith O.

[K Gardner]

8. Since the issue was "diffused", Hillary has NOW issued a statement that Powers' comments "Call Into

Question" the integrity of the Obama Campaign.. does anyone have the full quote? I just heard it on MSNBC and had to turn my freaking TV off. She is fucking despicable.

[electron_blue]

9. So what did she say? Anyone have a link?

[Hieronymus]

13. Great post ... you made clear the difference in the two campaigns, ..

and why Obama is such a symbol for change.

[carlotta]

15. Look what else Samantha Power said!!!!!

Now she's telling the press not to rely on Obama's pledge about withdrawing troops from Iraq. Unbelievable. Every day I find more reason not to believe anything Obama says.

"Power tells yet another overseas interviewer that troop withdrawals might not come as fast as promised: “He will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator.”

http://thepage.time.com/

[ClayZ]

17. Perhaps this whole ordeal will illustrate just that!

When the trickster is at work, all is not as it seems.

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

[NashVegas]

18. Hillary Fired Two Staff Members For Going Out of Bounds

For forwarding on the "Obama's a Muslim" emails.

I'd call that accountability.

[peoli]

21. did she? last I heard it was all denials. do you have a link?

[DefoliateBush]

19. Monster

Hitler and Stalin are examples of real-life monsters. For someone who is running on judgement rather than the value of experience, it seems that Obama is showing why he shouldn't be President by associating himself with a top foreign policy advisor who doesn't have the judgement to distinguish between Hillary and Hitler. Or a science advisor who can't answer science questions at a science debate and refers reporters to the Obama web site. Or an economic advisor who creates NAFTA-gate. The office of President is not the place for neophytes.

[julialnyc]

23. Pluh-eeze. To say that Samantha Power doesn't have judgment shows your ignorance

So... she's human and put her foot in her mouth after being fed-up with the "oopsie" mud-slinging that Clinton does with no apologies. If no one calls them on it, they use it over and over, if someone calls them out, they oops and let it fade. Power put her foot in her mouth. End of story.

Power has devoted her life to stopping genocide and has done more to make this world a better place than Wolfson, Penn......... actually most people in the world. Know what you are talking about before you throw slanders as recklessly as Hillary's staff.

[cottonseed]

22. The buck stops at Mark Penn's office.

Or Wolfson's. Or anyone but Hillary's.

[krkaufman]

25. K&no-R... of agreement.

(Power resignation shows deep contrast between accountability and tenor of campaigns -- and likely Administrations, as well.)

:kick:

[BenDavid]

26. a person of "class" does not resort to any degree of being

course or vulgar as this lady demonstrated. But I have to give her credit for teling the truth about the lie obama is selling to the general public in his speeches and in private says soemthing different when it comes to Iraq.....

Obama, more of a reprobate....