Hillary had to blow her Bombshell early due to Bill's Big Mouth

[JackORoses]

They have had 'Bittergate' since last Sunday, but it just came out yesterday.
This is no coincidence.
They had to use it early in an attempt to deflect from Bill's Tuzla bloopers on Thursday night.
(Inadvertantly, it also helped them avoid coverage of Hillary's response to questions regarding Colombia. This will come back to haunt her next week.)
They had likely intended to wait until closer to the Primary to drop this but their hand was forced.
They had this full line of attack prepped and ready to go. This was their 'Bombshell'.

Obama quickly responded like the Champ he is, directly addressing the People.
He will continue to gain on her in PA.

[Eurobabe]

1. Yeah, more investigation into the "concerned Obama supporter"

who broke this story on her blog on HuffPo. They were just talking about her on Ballot Bowl/CNN. She sounds like a Clinton plant. More digging people. Please!

I think this was a set-up too, it stinks like things Clinton.

[KittyWampus]

4. if you get a chance, could you give a link? BTW, I'd appreciate seeing the words WEDGE ISSUE applied

and the question raised repeatedly- does Hillary understand what they are and how the GOP uses them or not.

[AtomicKitten]

8. She said she decided to report on it based on her feelings about what he said.

DING*DING*DING - Her "feelings" make it really a stretch calling herself or anyone calling her a journalist.

[KittyWampus]

26. who is this you're referring to? Where is her blog? How can we investigate if we don't know who you'

talking about?

HELP!

[AtomicKitten]

45. she was interviewed on Lou Dobbs

a blogger who was featured on Huffington Post ...

don't much more about it than that other than what I mentioned, that what stuck out for me was her insinuation of her "feelings" into her "story."

[Eurobabe]

59. Mayhill Fowler, posted on HuffPo.

The clip I saw was on CNN Ballot Bowl, a discussion about her and her being a "concerned reporter" between Suzanne Malveaux and Bill Schneider, from Sat. around 2-3 pm EST. Why did this person take a tape recorder into a closed event to sneakily record Obama's words? Is this journalistic protocol? I think not.

[gateley]

9. Hi --

I was wondering who brought this HUGE ISSUE to the forefront and began fanning the flames. So it was a "concerned Obama supporter" who we have to thank for this?

And after seeing HRC's painfully embarrassing to watch performance in PA "my opponent...." and Obama's kick-ass addressing it no-holds-barred in IN, I think we DO owe the instigator a thank-you.

Even if HRC wasn't behind this, she chose to run with it and make it an issue. Curses! Foiled again!

[Tropics_Dude83]

14. Yes, this "concerned Obama supporter" really needs to be investigated

If anyone on DU has friends in the media, please encourage them to investigate her.

[Johnny Battleground]

49. Get a grip

Obama has to get used to the fact that his words are not in a vacuum.
His supporters have to get a grip and realize this is just the softball league.
Hardball, or beanball starts when someone is the nominee.

If he is going to be loose with his words, now isn't the best time to learn.
There are no redo's due to rookie mistakes.
No... "I wasn't ready" moments.
Errors cost in the big leagues, and this was a pretty big one.

Don't piss on the messenger. That's politics, even in the softball league.
A good reporter would have gotten the scoop.

[Eurobabe]

58. No how's bout

you get a grip and meet my ignore list. :hi:

I am so sick of people with 25 posts coming on here telling long time members to "get a grip."

Take a hike.

[Johnny Battleground]

60. Some men you jus'can't reach...

[ima_sinnic]

17. I had that very same thought when I heard about the "journalist" on CNN

--she was there and heard the remarks in total context. She portrayed herself as an "Obama supporter" (or she may have used the word "sympathizer" to make her appear more "impartial," I can't remember exactly) who "got to thinking" about one little out of context sentence and "didn't want to jeopardize Obama's campaign" (paraphrasing here), so she sat on it a bit longer, but got "bothered" by his words and felt she "had" to bring them to the fore.

what a total dipwad. Is that transparent, or what? "Obama supporter" my freakin ass. Any true Obama supporter would have known immediately what he was talking about and would NOT have felt it was his or her "duty" to start a scandal by repeating a few words out of context with that kind of scandalized nuance.

Clinton plant, yes, or repuke plant--more and more, they're starting to seem like one and the same.

But as usual, the desperate bullshit failed and Obama, with his Midas touch, turned the "scandal" to his advantage.

[KittyWampus]

25. where is this posted on Huffington? Help!

[ima_sinnic]

30. sorry, I saw it discussed on CNN and have not looked for it on huffington

I think the woman's name is mentioned somewhere in this thread, you could google it and probably come up with some stuff.

on edit: sorry, I just looked through the thread and didn't see it. I'll see what i can find on Google. I think I can remember her last name (Fowler?)

[KittyWampus]

36. Mayhill Fowler! She secretly recorded this on April 6th.

[Stephanie]

2. That, and this very damaging MSNBC report on their finances.

Wow! MSNBC is covering Clinton's Giustra windfall!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5457592&mesg_id=5457592

Clintons Will Only the Release Names of Library Donors Who Contribute AFTER She's President
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5460546

[anonymous171]

21. Same thing happened when the Wright "scandal" broke.

At that time Hillary's connections with the Fellowship were being published. She had to distract the media.

[RememberWellstone]

3. I think you're serious.

But, the tinfoil goes shiny side outward or it causes you to be delusional.

[jgraz]

5. Wow, that's gotta be the first time Bill's used HIS mouth to get somebody else to... oh nevermind

:hide:

[crankychatter]

7. no humor allowed

and quit that grinnin'

[knixphan]

48. lol!

[Bensthename]

6. AND she chose to bring up Wright just when it had died down..

She is an opportunist at the expense of the Dem party.. Her drive for power is hurting all of us.

[roguevalley]

12. go to americablog. there is a video there that will make you happy

[dchill]

44. And here's the link to view that video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G8dRMofHNs

Great stuff from Cafferty, Toobin and Borger. Ripping new ones for Clinton and McCain.

[Pisces]

10. She can have at it, it won't help her.

[Political Heretic]

11. She had to use it on "Throw out the Trash" Day. Friday

[Life Long Dem]

13. They were done asking questions over less important issues regarding Colombia.

So they can jump on more important issues to whether or not anyone has been bitter. Ironic isn't it? That just makes me bitter in itself.

[backscatter712]

15. Throwing off her timing's a good thing.

She was saving this one for just before the election, but had to fire it early.

Now Obama has time to counter, and Hillary will be out of ammunition when she wants to fire another attack just before the election.

[anonymous171]

16. Yep. At least this didn't happen a week from now.

[Nedsdag]

18. Hillary has a lot of nerve saying Obama "looks down" on people.

This from a woman who owns TWO mansions and whose combined income with her husband is over $100 million.

It's "do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" Hillary.

[ellacott]

43. It's also ironic that she has gained a reputation of not paying her bills

One school is taking her to collections. By not paying her bills she could be labeled as looking down to those small businesses she hasn't paid.

[Nedsdag]

46. Exactly!

If a "working class" person did what she did, it's off to jail for that person.

[Gore1FL]

19. That was the bombshell????

Jeez. with that little of firepower, I am surprised Bush didn't say she had WMD and invade her campaign.

Oh wait... no oil... nevermind.

[C_U_L8R]

22. The kitchen sink sank,

the pots and pans never materialized,
and this ?? Hillary is reduced to throwing spitballs.
How ineffective and misguided can she possibly get?

[K Gardner]

20. I agree completely. This was the first thing I thought of when no one was able to

figure out the "provenance" of the grainy audio tape. Too bad if this is all they have.

[KittyWampus]

28. dammit, I want more information how this all started. PLEASE HELP!

[ima_sinnic]

33. here, I found the huffingtonpost blog by Mayhill Fowler:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-no-surprise-that-ha_b_96188.html

[KittyWampus]

35. this all started from this woman's blog? WTF?

[MaineDem]

23. Very interesting.

Quite possibly the case.

[quakerboy]

24. Bills thing was bad

but her response to the Colombia thing was incriminating. I think this is more aimed to keep that from spending as much time on the TV

[Vinca]

27. Do you really think this was bombshell-worthy?

At the very, very worst, Obama might lose a couple of points in Pennsylvania before it blows over, but he's got a week to bring it back up. If this was the bombshell, it was pretty much of a dud.

[blogslut]

29. Did we ever find a link to this "concerned" Obama supporter?

As for the "bombshell" thing, I thought it originated at The National Review:

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmJiNWI2MWU2NWZmYmE5MTVmZWVkYTRlYTljYmZiZDA=

If a Bombshell Will Drop in Pennsylvania, It Will Drop a Week From Now

A smart political operative said within earshot of me yesterday that if Hillary has more metaphorical bombshells to drop on Obama — and this operative has heard secondhand that she does — she'll do so between April 16, the date of her next debate with Obama, and April 22, Pennsylvania's primary day. The timing, of course, is so she doesn't get asked about it by the moderator or confronted by Obama.

[ErinBerin84]

31. do you mean

Mayhill Fowler's article on the Huffington post?(I'm pretty sure that's who broke the story). Try googling her name, all of her previous Huffington Post articles on Barack Obama come up too, they are "interesting" to read.

[blogslut]

39. thanks to you too

:)

[ima_sinnic]

32. here, a link to the original Mayhill Fowler article on huffington:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-no-surprise-that-ha_b_96188.html

[ErinBerin84]

34. Wasn't she

also the first one who broke the ever important "bunch of stuff"-gate, or did other people report on that before her?

[blogslut]

37. thanks

She sounds very "concerned". :rolleyes:

[Kber]

38. Do you really think this came from the Clinton camp?

Media manufactured, I'll easily buy.

Hillary taking advantage of a media manufactured storm I'll easily buy (politics ain't bean bag).

But feeding an out of context snippet to the media to start a manufactured storm, when I have to believe she's smart enough to know what he meant -that would suck.

[Justitia]

42. Well, if she didn't, I have to wonder why we don't have video...mmmm.... -eom

[KittyWampus]

50. Mayhill Fowler Secretly Taped PRIVATE/CLOSED Obama Fundraiser Where "Bitter" Happened

the event was closed and private. NO RECORDING ALLOWED.

[K Gardner]

51. How'd you track that down?! Wonder if this person has been following him around for..

how long? Working with who..?

:tinfoilhat:

[KittyWampus]

53. yes, she has been stalking Obama. She's a Clinton plant. See my post in Obama forum

[Hepburn]

40. Yep....I do believe that this is what went down.

I rarely say it anymore, but this one time I will: Thank you, Bill Clinton! :hi:

[Justitia]

41. Yup, not to mention Bill's other classy remark about Obama & "stealing cars" - whoops!

So, to try to save her ass once again from her husband's sabotage, she has to astroturf some fake-o, gasbag "controversy".

With running the shittiest campaign ever recorded in Democratic Party history, she's gonna have to start doing a lot better than this.

[ErinBerin84]

47. don't know if this was posted here..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/faux-obama-supporter-mayh_b_96379.html



Joseph Palermo's "Faux Obama supporter Mayhill Flowers smears Obama"

(I think he means Fowler)

[K Gardner]

52. Ugh.. this is sickening. "Born and bred in TN". Well, simply put, that would explain it.

[JimboDem]

54. Bitter, party of two.........

you may be seated now, Mrs. Clinton and Mr.McCain. I hope Obama's campaign/supporters go viral on this Mrs. Flowers info.

[Zachstar]

55. Not to mention Bills "Stealing Cars" vote talk

[Major Hogwash]

56. And yet no one talked last week about her tax returns or the $109 Million dollars they made

So, I guess the MSM has to give Hillary a pass or she would be beaten in Pennsylvania.

Gotta keep this devisive Democrat campaign going, ya know - to give McCain a chance this fall.

[Scurrilous]

57. K & R

:thumbsup: