Obama: Campaign's 'Punjab' remark was 'stupid'

rhombus

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Mon Jun-18-07 02:51 PM
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Obama: Campaign's 'Punjab' remark was 'stupid'

Obama continued, "I thought it was stupid and caustic and not only didn't reflect my view of the complicated issue of outsourcing ... it also didn't reflect the fact that I have longstanding support and friendships within the Indian-American community."

Obama said, "I take responsibility for it, as does our campaign. and we quickly apologized and are communicating that in various circles around the country."

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS/70618028/1001/archive

Hey, it comes with running a first-time national operation. Dumb staffers sometimes. I'm glad Obama put out a statement himself.

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Kagemusha

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Mon Jun-18-07 02:53 PM
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1. Feels like 20 minutes ago I was reading a 'tick, tock, tick, tock' post waiting for this

(over at firedoglake.com, specifically).

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Adelante

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Mon Jun-18-07 02:55 PM
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2. Screw-up

"It was a screw-up on the part of our research team," Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, said during a meeting today with Des Moines Register editors and reporters. "It wasn't anything I had seen or my senior staff had seen."

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leveymg

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:02 PM
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3. Interesting. Hill didn't get nailed for it, Obama did.

From the desmoinesregister.com article:

The memo, obtained by the Clinton campaign, referred to Clinton�s investments in Indian companies and efforts to raise money from members of the Indian-American community.

It cited comments Clinton made to an Indian-American audience in March in which she said, "I can certainly run for the Senate seat in Punjab and win easily."

"That particular quote was a joke, I think, that Hillary Clinton made to an Indian-American audience," Obama told the Register.

I hadn't heard that Hill actually had investments in India. This raises a legitimate campaign issue about her views on outsourcing and offshoring.

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wyldwolf

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:03 PM
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4. Except Obama supporters in DU obviously disagree with Obama on this

...unless they've changed their minds, too.

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