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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:28 PM
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Bob Johnson apologizes to Barack Obama
a little late, but . . .

Four days after he made an unmistakable allusion to Obama's teenage drug use and even referred to him as Sidney Poitier, Clinton supporter Bob Johnson apologized to Obama for those remarks.

"I'm writing to apologize to you and your family personally for the un-called-for comments I made at a recent Clinton event," Johnson said in a statement. "In my zeal to support Senator Clinton, I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry. I hope that you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/17/584435.aspx
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:29 PM
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1. That's great.
Charlie Rangel, you're next!
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:31 PM
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5. Very true
That is great. Hope others will follow suit.
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:13 PM
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37. No, Obama's next for Donnie McClurkin.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:30 PM
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2. He shouldn't have said what he said, but at least he gave an unconditional apology
Not one of those "i apologize to anyone who I might've offended" type conditional apologies.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:30 PM
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3. But all he was doing was talking about Obama organizing 'in the neighborhood'
:shrug: Why would he apologize?

And why hasn't the Clinton campaign asked him to step aside - like she promised???
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:32 PM
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6. I don't think they can ask him to "step aside" since he's not a campaign official
But I bet we won't be seeing him anywhere near Sen. Clinton any time soon.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:35 PM
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11. Was Bill Shaheen a 'campaign official' ?
I'm not being snarky - I really don't know and am too lazy to look it up.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:38 PM
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16. Co-Chair of Clinton's New Hampshire campaign.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:43 PM
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21. Thank you
:hi:
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:48 PM
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27. You're welcome.
:hi:
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HeraldSquare212 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:30 PM
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4. Bill: "You just have to take him at his word." Guess not. nt
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:32 PM
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7. He apologized because Clinton is losing potential voters, and that
is the only reason. The BS that campaign is pulling is hurting more than it is helping them.
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:34 PM
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10. You have no idea why he did it since you can't read his mind
It could also be that he's been getting slammed privately by his friends who have given him the whatfor for saying what he did and helped him see past his own arrogance to the problem that he has caused (a problem that goes beyond any political damage to Hillary Clinton).

Just saying . .
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HeraldSquare212 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:44 PM
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23. I agree - I think it's more likely being associated with her campaign
is becoming too costly for him. I wonder how many other supporters are going to feel they need to distance themselves from her campaign lest they be tagged with her tactics.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:32 PM
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8. attack*apologize* attack -- lather, rinse, repeat
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:40 PM
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18. Funny
and true. :)
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:53 PM
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31. and really, really
sad :-(

In fact, it breaks my heart to see the path the Democrats are considering traversing.

We are better than this. I believe it.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:44 PM
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22. RE: attack*apologize* attack -- lather, rinse, repeat
Are we sure Hillary isnt being advised on the side by Karl Rove?
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:52 PM
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29. the student has become the master
of slime
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:34 PM
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9. aww, He's admitting he's liar
So it seems Hillary's statement in the debate claiming Johnson had already made such an acknowledgment was a lie, too.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:37 PM
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15. stop it my head is spinning
:crazy:

next you're gonna say that this was all planned and the campaign knew that their supporters were going to behave this way :wow:
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greguganus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:52 PM
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30. "If this has any effect on your campaign, I can always apologize" n/t
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:00 PM
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34. But at least the MSM willl have played it 2,000 times before we get in any trouble n/t
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:41 PM
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20. not really. she repeated what he said and said she would take him...
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 01:42 PM by annie1
at his word. and also said his comments were out of bound. remember, it wasn't just the "community" comment he made, it was also the likability/look who's coming to dinner.

so she didn't lie.
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:45 PM
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24. here are her words
MR. RUSSERT: Were his comments out of bounds?

SEN. CLINTON: Yes, they were, and he has said that.

*

Unfortunately, Johnson made no such statement until today.
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:46 PM
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25. nothing contradictory in there. he could have said as much to HER....
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 01:46 PM by annie1
about the look who's coming to dinner.
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:44 PM
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39. you know as well as I do that she was implying that Johnson had admitted it in public
She was 'stretching the Truth' if you want to call it that.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:36 PM
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12. Good. I am glad.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:36 PM
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13. Which means Johnson lied in his previous statement.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:36 PM
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14. Well, good
Better late than never.
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:40 PM
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17. I just saw that on the news. Very nice. : )
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:41 PM
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19. It's about damn time n/t
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:47 PM
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26. In My Zeal? As If It Were Not a Coordinated Comment
Didn't Bob Kerrey apologize for mentioning Obama's background in a Madrassa in a moment of zeal?

The whole thing is one of the biggest fairy tales I've ever seen.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:48 PM
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28. I still do not see what the problem was with what he said, but if it will stop the whining for a few
I am glad he apologized
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:56 PM
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32. You wouldn't
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:56 PM
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33. Let's Pretend We're Not Republicans
And have a little reality break. As social liberals, we do not actually believe that someone's teenage drug use many, many years ago is actually something that would stop someone from being an excellent President.

In fact, Obama's frankness is really refreshing after years of "I didn't inhale" and "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman."

Suggesting that the former drug use is so terrible as to be unmentionable may help Clinton in the short term, but - as happens so often with the Clintons - it hurts liberalism generally in the longterm by conceding and legitimating the issue for conservatives.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:09 PM
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36. Good point
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:04 PM
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35. So does that mean he lied before? nm
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 02:17 PM
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38. Good. That really pissed me off...
and I'm for Edwards. (though not AGAINST Obama ;) )
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:21 PM
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40. Took him long enough. nt
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