Tuesday, February 26, 2008

What really is all the fuss about??.......

A photograph circulating on the Internet yesterday of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local Somali garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 has enraged the Sanator and his campaign. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused Clinton's campaign of "the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we've seen from either party in this election." Clinton campaign manager Maggie Williams countered by saying the Obama campaign's reaction was inflaming passions and distracting voters.

"Enough," Williams said in a statement. "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely.

"This is nothing more than an obvious and transparent attempt to distract from the serious issues confronting our country today and to attempt to create the very divisions they claim to decry."

I frankly don't see what the hoopla is all about, is he angry that he wore some silly outfit, and is now ashamed about it?
instead of him talking about the pressing issues that face the nation, and how he has no clue as to how to run U.S foreign policy in an unstable world, he instead would like to once again distract voters from taking a closer look at his experience. this again proves my point, the guy is all talk and no substance.

1 comment:

Big Yellow Forehead said...

#1- The photo would never have been released if they thought it was going to have a positive effect on the Obama campaign.

#2- It's obvious that the HRC campaign is fear mongering (whether or not she'll admit that she knew about it or that her campaign team played a role in releasing the photo).