The picture showing Obama in a turban during a visit to Kenya in 2006 first appeared on the Drudge Report website today.

The site said it was circulated by Clinton's staffers and quoted one saying: "Wouldn't we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were (Clinton)?"

The picture was taken when Obama went on a visit to Africa as a senator. Obama, whose father was Kenyan, visited Wajir in the Kenyan north-east, close to the Somali and Ethiopian borders, and was dressed by locals as a Somali elder.

The Clinton team hit back at the criticism today, saying Obama's team had turned the picture into a row to distract attention from a foreign policy speech she gave today.

A junior staffer resigned in December after forwarding an email suggesting Obama is a Muslim. In the South Carolina primary last month, Bill Clinton made race an issue.

However, the tactics are widely believed to have contributed to a backlash against the Clintons among Democrat voters.

Maggie Williams, campaign manager for Clinton, played down the significance of the picture. "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."

Playing the race card was ugly. But it showed me that America can get past it and do the right thing.

It was supposedly started by a chain email of so-called Hillary supporters and never connected to the Hillary campaign.

Say it ain't so...

Months later and they are still harassing blm activists online. I see it every day.

Oh come on...

I'm half Black, half Dominican.

I don't care what you claim to be, you don't get a pass for spreading right wing smears against Dem candidates on DU.

Voted NO on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids.

Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would assign a national coordinator for AMBER alerts. AMBER alerts is an alert system for missing children, make available additional protections for children and set stricter punishments for sex offenders. Two-time child sex offenders would be subjected to mandatory life sentence. The measure would make it a crime to pander visual illustrations of children as child pornography. It would increase maximum sentences for a number of specified crimes against children. It would also make it a crime to take a trip to foreign countries and engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. It also would enlarge law enforcement's wiretap and electronic surveillance abilities in investigations of child pornography.

Your next post should be an answer, not a deflection.

Its not a rw smear if its an actual vote he cast in public office. Smears are lies, that vote is a fact.

Tarrant also accused Bernie of being pro-rapist, are you going to parrot that here too?

How would you characterize that vote?

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engine?

From: http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/09/21/sanders_vote_on_amber_alert_emerges_as_key_campaign_issue/

about when Hillary got a child rapist off.

Get a grip.

Better?

His own vote:

Voted NO on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids.

Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would assign a national coordinator for AMBER alerts. AMBER alerts is an alert system for missing children, make available additional protections for children and set stricter punishments for sex offenders. Two-time child sex offenders would be subjected to mandatory life sentence. The measure would make it a crime to pander visual illustrations of children as child pornography. It would increase maximum sentences for a number of specified crimes against children. It would also make it a crime to take a trip to foreign countries and engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. It also would enlarge law enforcement's wiretap and electronic surveillance abilities in investigations of child pornography.


Why are you so bent on defending that vote?

Why are you denying you posted that?

I suggest you edit your post.

I'm not accusing you of anything. Sheesh. I'm saying if you need further assistance pm me, as opposed to wasting space on this already debunked op.

That is a vile personal attack, I suggest you edit your post.

I'm no saint but that kind of behaviour is way oot.

Mental illness isn't something to joke about and use as an insult on DU.

There are others just as vile

These people are doing great damage. Self awareness is non existent or they are dong it on purpose.

Although they sure racked up a lot of posts attacking a Dem candidate and his supporters.

This is already well beyond 2008

If that isn't a ridiculous smear, I've never seen a ridiculous smear.

They're only going to get more desperate after the first debate.

You have quite a talent for dry humor and that's something I appreciate, you are actually so good it took me a while to realize you are being funny.

This story is dated. Like when she was serving as SOS.

This has been extremely well known mostly outside the US for some years now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8478044/Birther-row-began-with-Hillary-Clinton.html

no matter what the subject

i have no idea if this assertion is true or not (then again, if republicans are saying it, i'm going with not), but whoever started this crap, republicans loved it, bought it, expanded it, put a spotlight on it, glorified it, worshiped it, invited the media to witness them rejoice in it, and in trump's case, gold plated it.

this is thoroughly an odious republican meme, period.

Another staffer leaked the picture of Obama in a turbin to Drudge because no legitimate news org would run with it. Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal sent out racist emails about Obama. Clinton surrogate Billy Shaheen questioned whether Obama also dealt drugs. Clinton surrogate Bob Kerrey said Obama went to school in a madrassa and that he was raised a Muslim.

So, yes, the racist birther meme was concocted and executed by Team Clinton/adjacent.

They've even tried to deny that dog whistle politics were used by the Clintons in 2008.

But it's well documented so they can't claim it's a right wing myth.

So why should I believe her supporters took the high road when she didn't?

Her surrogates and supporters are already race baiting and lying about Bernie this time around too.

At worst a supporter may have sent it. No proof her campaign or hc herself sent it. Actually if I remember it was started on free republic.

Anything that follows those words is automatically suspect as far as I'm concerned.

bullshit for the Hillary haters

link to the same right wing piece of crap paper (called the Torygraph in GB) but that still wont make the charge the truth. Quite simply, it's what you WANT to believe so you obviously don't care about the source.

I could have posted the link from the rather left wing, gasp for real, Mexican La Jornada with the same exact info. But i figured mostvpeople here speak American and English is close enough.

(On edit, this whole birther thing is baffling abroad)

it's precise origins before that are uncertain, but Clinton supporters did try to pick it up and run with it. it fell flat because it's so obviously bullshit. But then Trump and the other republicans picked it up, and found that hteir voters were WAY more open to that sort of bullshit.

... several times by a poster right here on DU.

It's a popular RW meme - imagine a DUer adopting a RW smear against HRC and insisting that it's true!

What next? Links posted on DU to RW sites? Posts on DU linking to RW pundits and authors?

Jeez, wouldn't want to see THAT happen here.

... with a different response every now and again.

... so what do YOU expect?

Could it?

Here, a somewhat dated story from the Telegraoh when she was SOS... That is how dated this is

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8478044/Birther-row-began-with-Hillary-Clinton.html

To HRC Supporters was David Plouffe /Obama campaign lying ?

As an African American I could never forgive the blatant dog whistles and racial politics her campaign ran in 2008

It was just too disgusting.

Here is an old story from the UK Telegraph when she was still serving as SOS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8478044/Birther-row-began-with-Hillary-Clinton.html

You can search it. There are plenty of stories in this.

Hillary did not sign off on any of it. It was some bitter PUMAs.

Top level candidates many a times do not sign for what operatives do, whether it is dog catcher lever or higher. Locally we have had this happen as well. But the fact is it was and foreign media has run stories to this effect on and off for years.

We are just ahem rediscovering it. As usual we have the memory of gnats. Just pointing out this has been out there for years. It is not new, except ironically in the US and a political board

The closest you can get is that surrogates said things implying that Obama's background was too exotic.

and I don't recall which one it was, but CA Gov. Jerry Brown said, either: about the Clintons, regarding trust,

" I would not put anything past them," OR

OR, about HC,

"I would not put anything past her."


I was going to post this the day I heard it but got busy...

This Birther stuff must be part of what Jerry Brown was talking about.

I'm starting to think it's my public duty to either vote for someone else or don't vote at all. I will not be a party to any more BS of theirs.

Diverting attention from HC to what Bernie may have done or may not have done.
Smoke and mirrors?

This is a really stupid and ignorant talking point that has no basis in reality http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/the_rights_dumbest_birther_meme_hillary_clinton_started_it/

nt

And Hillary is also responsible for global warming, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, Vince Foster, Ben Gawzi and everything else. (sarcasm) Do you Bernie supporters believe everything the right wing says????????????????