Weasel words from Clinton campaign on Obama passport snooping

[JBoy]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/20/obama.passport/index.html

Doug Hattaway, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, said, "If it's true, it's reprehensible, and the Bush administration has a responsibility to get to the bottom of it."

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"If it's true"? WTF dude, the State Department themselves have come out and said it occurred.

Well done! They can't just come out on the side of what's right, they have to try to cast doubts on whether the story is even true.

[slinkerwink]

1. wtf?

[roguevalley]

37. If its true? How terribly sad. We should wait to see where the chips fall.

[pdxmom]

2. And Clinton didn't have anything to do with it, as far as we know. N/T

[Debi]

23. We'll take her at her word n/t

[pdxmom]

26. You might. I'm not that gullible. N/T

[Cha]

35. You know she's bummin' right now..

Pastorgate is over and on to Passportgate!..only the pressure isn't on Obama and Pastor Wright now..it's on :wtf: knows!

[AX10]

3. Another left wing blogger trying to smear HRC.

That is all.

[pdxmom]

7. Who is the "left wing blogger" you are talking about? And aren't we all

left here?

[Voice for Peace]

12. We are not all 'wing' here though.

[stillcool]

13. oooh..good catch!

[pdxmom]

25. It was a very RW thing to say and struck me as odd to see it used

here as an epithet.

[angie_love]

28. AX10 is "moderate" as he so often tells us and he says he would vote for Gerald Ford

if he were alive today. No he is not a democrat.

[Zhade]

31. Wow, he'd vote for the guy who pardoned the criminal Nixon?

Wish I could say I was surprised.

[wileedog]

4. "Its not a problem...

...as far as we know."

[Colobo]

5. If is true?

[Colobo]

6. If is true?

[Kber]

8. It's reprehensible. I'll agree with that.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. That's completely standard political language, and with good reason

You are stretching beyond recommended guidelines... you may snap.

When you are asked for comment about some bad thing you don't have personal knowledge of you ALWAYS say, "if true, that's really bad."

You are offering a view-point, not volunteering as a fact witness.

[Whisp]

10. Larry Johnson sounded like a flop sweating liar on AC

just a few minutes ago, minimizing the occurence and made it a huge point to blame it on republicans.

I've not heard him speak before, does he always sound out of breath and nervous?

of course anderson didn't point out the fact that Larry is a Clinton supporter.

[Stephanie]

11. It's reprehensible. As far as I know...

We'll just have to take him on the basis of what he says.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

14. The story is driven by news media, not Senator Obama

You are taking a boiler-plate formulation used by all when characterizing a media report as something to do with Obama.

Obama is not the fact witness here. He wasn't even there. This isn't something he is claiming, so how can you view this as a credibility issue involving him?

[Stephanie]

36. what are you talking about?

[Straight Shooter]

15. The quotes in the article are not connected very well.

"This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton in a statement.

"Our government's duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes."

Doug Hattaway, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, said, "If it's true, it's reprehensible, and the Bush administration has a responsibility to get to the bottom of it."

The White House declined comment Thursday evening, just hours after the State Department upper management learned of the breach."

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It seems Hattaway is responding to allegations that higher levels snooped, as Burton claims, not some curious contract workers snooping, as is actually the case from reports coming out.

[ORDem]

16. Hillary FUD Clinton n/t

[Mags]

17. oh, cry me a river. What do you BO fans want,everybody to fall

at the feet of your candidate every time something is brought up about him? Yes, if this is true it is terrible that the Bush team would do this, but gosh, it's been done to Bill Clinton and he survived.

[milkyway]

18. "...as far as I know."

[guruoo]

19. He plagiarized that line. (link)

Clearly....

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/37617.html

[anamandujano]

20. O, surely you jest.

BAMA

[Fluffdaddy]

21. Did not take long before someone here blamed HRC

[JBoy]

33. If you're referring to me "blaming" HRC

I'm not blaming her for the snooping. I'm blaming her campaign for pathetically trying to neutralize the story by casting doubts on its veracity, while at the same time ticking the box on expressing their dissaproval/support or whatever.

[roguevalley]

38. I want the truth but if anyone in this sodden mess has

the most to gain from it, its her. You can't change that fact. I would include McCain but he can't find his ass with both hands.

[NoodleyAppendage]

22. BREAKING. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS WERE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CLINTON APPOINTEE.

MSNBC just reporting that there may be a Clinton connection with the first two breaches.

J

[Debi]

24. Whaaaaa?

[SeattleGirl]

27. Doesn't mean Hilary Clinton's campaign had anything to do with it.

Why don't we wait to see what else comes out, and not jump to conclusions. Thus sayeth this Obama supporter.

[Mags]

29. That is not surprise , I'm sure you know by now that msnbc is is BO's hip pocket.

[Strelnikov_]

30. The Reich framing the Clinton campaign?

If the Reich wanted the contents of Obama's passport file, no one would know about it.

False flag operative approaches contractor, hints they are from Clinton campaign, offers money for file contents.


Divide and conquer. That is the Reich's game.

[Zhade]

34. Uh-oh, clinton!

If true,

[Cha]

32. As far as she knows ..it's not true. hilary tells so many

Lies..she thinks everyone does.

[totodeinhere]

39. It's not a matter of blaming Clinton, but...

based upon the way they have run their sleazy campaign, I could almost believe that they would do anything, including this.

But we'll just have to wait and see.