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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama says Clinton ad "straight out of the Republican playbook"

The Illinois senator goes after his opponent, and considers her campaign's culpability in a recent controversy.

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  • Tuesday, March 11, 2008 08:00 AM

    @opus

    shouldn't there be some indication in the headline that either he was lying in the debate or he's using the photo knowing that his accusation is false?

    All he said in the debate is that he would take Hillary at her word that SHE didn't know anything about photo. He said nothing about whether her campaign circulated it without her knowledge. Given the reports on how hands off she has been with the campaign that scenario seems perfectly plausible. In any event he neither lied nor made a knowingly false accusation.

    BTW- this does fall very well into the "every time Hillary is [up] we remind the world she's a racist" mold.

    Since when is Hillary up? And since when was Islam a race? I don't think Obama has ever called Hillary a racist. Playing on voters fears or xenophobia does not make you a racist, just a morally questionable opportunist.

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