Clinton Camp Denounces Obama Iowa Supporter for Lewinsky Comments

Clinton Camp Denounces Obama Iowa Supporter for Lewinsky Comments

The Page   |  Mark Halperin   |   March 24, 2008 12:51 PM



In media call, spokesmen Howard Wolfson and Phil Singer decry Obama's Iowa co-chair Gordon Fischer's statement invoking "Monica's blue dress" in blog posting.

They say it shows course Obama campaign is now taking in the race.

Singer: Called it the "most personal attack yet," said the Obama campaign is being "fueled by insult and slander."


 

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Wolfson should be asked about Bills serial association with employes . Like Paula Jones as . The stain on the Clinton grows with this election with HRC resort to the dirtiest style of politics and lies Just You tube Hillarys 4 pinnochio story about Bosnia. It shows a pattern of unethical conduct. Time to turn the page

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:27 AM on 03/27/2008

what is the point of putting a picture of Monica on this story? The connection is tenuous, and it's not like SHE made a comment about herself. you could have put Alf there and it would have served the same purpose.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:24 AM on 03/27/2008

I don't know, it's worth remembering what Monica Lewinsky learned: "I always knew he wasn't a very truthful person, but the events of the last year have shown him to be a much bigger liar than I ever thought. Now I see him as a selfish man who lies all the time."

Say it again.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:29 AM on 03/27/2008

More and more, I see how this campaign divides Dems right down the middle, at a time when the party should be enjoying an historic, history-altering event.
I'm surprised at the naivete of some of the posters. I perceived this to be cognoscenti site, the best of the well-informed. As to the infamous blue dress, any other sophomore Senator with as solidly middle-of-the-road, gutless voting record as Hill would NEVER get the nod , unless they happened to be spouse to a popular ex-Prez. Were it not for Bill's legendary indiscretions, Hillary would not HAVE a political career. Deals were struck after those Gennifer Flowers,Paula Jones & Monica moments and anyone who believes otherwise probably also still puts out cookies for Santa. Obama opted the high road & made a valiant effort to maintain that, despite viral email campaigns denouncing him as Muslim ( therefore unpatriotic/suspect), and many other dirty tricks from a Rovian school of pol, someone Hill has publicly admired. Hill can't have it both ways; if she wants to wear the Loretta Lynn cape,leaning on the "disappointing and difficult time it was", she & Chelsea ( nearly 30, hardly a child) can cowboy up and answer.It was a missed opp, Chelsea could've turned that into a glorious victory instead of a huffy retort. If the Clintons are headed for the WH again, all questions are fair game for all those on the campaign trail. After all, once a cheater....

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:20 PM on 03/26/2008

Hey - Bill put the stain on the dress while in the White House (a house bought and paid for by the American Taxpayers) - it is a matter of historical fact - and an act that he lied about and got in trouble for - I don't understand what is wrong with stating historical facts. Perhaps if Bill, et al, doesn't want to be reminded of it - Bill should have kept it in his pants.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:49 PM on 03/26/2008

Good photo of Monica.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:49 PM on 03/26/2008

Haven't we had enough of a president who wouldn't be president if not for the family he came from, 8 years of Bush is enough! Does anybody in their wildest dreams think that Bush could have made it without his family connections, first to buy part of the Texas Rangers, next as Governor of Texas! Hillary would still be at the Rose Law Firm, if not for Bill, if not for Bill and his affair, she'd not have won her seat in New York. I'm sure Silda could run now and be elected. I wouldn't be surprised if they had an arrangement, and this, her running to be the first woman president of the United States, is that arrangement. If Hillary wins the nomination, the republicans are going to stop wearing flag lapel pins and wear blue dress pins!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 AM on 03/26/2008

First of all the person that asked Chelsea the question about Monica was a young white male who IS a Clinton supporter!
Secondly...I have never been so ashame of the intellegent people that are making fools out of themselves...it makes me wonder if they can sleep at night! Where have all of the idiots been hiding? Does Obama bring out the worst of good people...the Clintons are terrible! I heard a poll shortly after the Texas primary...when African Americans exited, they were asked that in the event that Clinton won the primary, would they vote for her...about 70% said yes! They have torn their draws with so many people...it will be a pleasure to defeat her! Keep on with the dirty politics and your political careers will be over! The Bible encourages to give 1 dime to a dollar...that is called tithing NOT giving your money to a Pastor. They sold their souls to the devil...I have no respect for them...they only care about themselves, and NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! Anything can come out of their mouths...just whatever it takes to beat Obama all while they glorify Teflon John! Shame on you all Bill & Hillary!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:04 PM on 03/26/2008

All this has left a bad taste in my mouth and the excuses are getting hard to swallow.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:35 PM on 03/25/2008

The question was in extreme bad taste and Chelsea's response was perfect, however we don't know if it was an Obama supporter it could have been a Hillary plant pretending to be an Obama supporter, anyway true Obama supporter or not, we can't blame Obama for what his supporters may or may not do, but in general most , like 99.99%, of Obama supporters could give a hoot about the Lewinsky affaire and would never pose a question like that!!! Sounds more like a Republican plant to me, maybe a Rush Limbaugh follower!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:10 AM on 03/26/2008

thats not what I meant.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:30 AM on 03/26/2008

I'm a huge Obama supporter, but I have to say that anyone who refers to the Monica Lewinsky situation is way out of line. It's completely irrelevant to Hillary Clinton's campaign. It was Bill's credibility and integrity at issue, not hers, and, furthermore, his qualities as a husband (and that is up to the wife, not anyone else) had and have no bearing on whether he was a good president. Last, the Clinton campaign has been calling everything the Obama campaign says about her "smearing" and "personal attacks," whether it's questioning her admittedly "misspoken" version of the Bosnia trip to noting her wink-and-nod response to Geraldine Ferraro's race-baiting. What idiot would give these otherwise wacko assessments a basis in reality by bringing the blue dress back into play?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:24 PM on 03/25/2008

What I dislike most is finger pointers!! Opinionated people that puts down other's every
chance they get! A very wise man once said....something like...."Let he who is without sin
cast the first stone"!! It is so very narrowminded, immature, and extremely offensive to
hear after all these years, finger pointers still smirking over the Clinton fling...whatever one
wants to call it!! It is only the business of the Clinton family and not one of any of us!! We do
not have the right to pass judgement and certainly after all these years, it is sickning to still
hear or see it written and this goes for the narrow minded, opinionated, bias media!! You
people need to get a life....Amen!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:43 PM on 03/25/2008

The blue dress cost the US dearly.
It is not a cheap shot to mention the $80,000,000 blue dress.
From January 1998 to February 1999 the United States spent those
thirteen month on impeachment proceeedings and perjury trials.

Bill Clinton blamed the problem on a "vast right-wing conspiracy"
and so did Hillary.
Those lies had Congress squander 13 months and $80,000,000,
leading to the president's impeachment and being disbarred.

And President Clinton, president during the first
WTC bombing in 1993, should have had national security the number one issue,
with the WTC on the top of the list.
Instead, having to deal with the Monica Lewinsky scandal meant the president,
the media, and the nation,
were so derailed by this sideshow, that everything got thrown off.
Bill Clinton couldn't pick up the intelligence about the
next WTC bombing, that was being planned in plain sight.
Bill Clinton couldn't find bin Laden, when journalists were tracking
bin Laden down for interviews.

Bill Clinton's 'blue dress' created a very sad chapter in American History.
The taxpayers spent $80,000,000 to determine what pathological liars
Bill and Hillary were.

As precious pre/911 time was marching relentlessly forward,
the blue dress got all the attention.

The blue dress robbed us of time we needed so badly.
And at a point in our history, we now know all too well, when we did not have a minute to lose.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:25 PM on 03/25/2008

Insult and slander? So the blue dress didn't have a stain? Oh, I forgot.......I never had relations with that woman.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:01 PM on 03/25/2008

If you can't take the comments, don't stain the Blue Dress and then "misspeak" about it.

Just another ploy from the Clinton camp to keep their lies under wraps. Does anyone remember all the LIES from the Clinton Past??? Travel gate,Lewinski-gate, Whitewater, Hsu, Peter Paul, NAFTA, Ireland, Bosnia...shall I go on and on and on?

How quickly the people of America forget!

WAKE UP!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:13 PM on 03/25/2008

Doesn't Monica have great hair????

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:32 PM on 03/25/2008

I'm sorry but I don't see this comment as tacky. Hillary has used the Lewinsky affair to her advantage. In one of the key debates before the Ohio/Texas votes, for example, she answered a question posed to both candidates about responding to challenges by giving a knowing laugh and saying "everyone knows I've faced some challenges in my personal life." Her campaign replayed that snippet to great effect afterwards, thinking that it humanized her for voters. If Hillary raises the issue and plays upon it, the issue can't be out of bounds for others to discuss.

The first lady/man, moreover, holds an important position of public trust. Just look at how influential Hillary says she was as first lady! That influence will be even greater if the "first spouse" is a former president. I think the public *should* consider Bill Clinton's character and the Lewinsky affair, just as they would consider the character of any potential first lady. If Michelle Obama, who holds an executive position at the University of Chicago Medical Center, had seduced an intern working for her, then lied about it under oath to a grand jury, I am quite certain that would end Obama's presidential campaign. Why doesn't this apply to Bill Clinton?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:03 PM on 03/25/2008

WHY DOES SHE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT????? It's not that "they" are fighting, she's the one fighting and making every comment under the sun FIRST!! When his side does reply it's only to defend or correct. When he doesn't say anything he's too soft. And if he does then he's fighting!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:22 PM on 03/25/2008

Sounds like Hillary's camp don't like it when they are 'kitchen sink' thrown back at them.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:19 AM on 03/25/2008

Devil with the blue dress blue dress blue dress, devil with the blue dress on...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:48 AM on 03/25/2008

thanks a lot! now I have that song stuck in my head. fee fee fie fie fo fo fum

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:36 PM on 03/25/2008

Those remarks are really funny coming from the Clinton campaign. At least Obama's camp uses factual references rather than spin or lies to attack with.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:19 AM on 03/25/2008

With the Spitzer sex scandal, Mayor in Michigan, and Lt. Gov. of NY right now, all secret and
seemingly good family men, should we expect an Obama sex scandal soon, that ought to
be fun, where are you Obama girl or is Obama guy. LOL


By the way Monica is old news and as Chelsea said, none of your business, and she has
nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:03 AM on 03/26/2008

Senator Obama should bow out for the sake of the Democratic process and for the party. His run is nothing but divisive and there is no way he can win in the GE. It's Over, Obama. Go back to the Senate and try to do the job Ill elected you to do.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:02 AM on 03/25/2008

Lol emoticons ten thousand times for you! You must be a loser and want Obama to be one too!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:28 AM on 03/26/2008

Drinking for breakfast, again, dear?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:55 PM on 03/25/2008

You must be having a senior moment. You meant to say Clinton, not Obama, didn't you?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:33 PM on 03/25/2008

Isn't it a little early for you to be hitting the bottle?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:33 PM on 03/25/2008

If anyone can claim that using a remark about the "blue dress" has any level of class or intellect, than I feel sorry for you. This was a low and childish remark, and if Obama supporters want to sell me on their candidate they will have to step out of the gutter to do so.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:07 PM on 03/25/2008

So far this is the tackiest thing to come out of an extraordinarily nasty campaign. There was only one reason the incident was brought up, and that was to hurt Clinton on a personal level. It was completely gratuitous, uncalled for, rude, unkind. Of all the things everyone keeps wanting the candidates to 'reject' and 'denounce', this is the worst. It's indefensible. The fact that this person saw fit to rub it into Clinton's face that she went through a horrible time with a cheating husband, hid her personal pain, and went on calls for an outright apology from Obama personally. If anything, it makes Clinton look better, more gracious under fire.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:55 AM on 03/25/2008

Why are you blaming Obama for what some one he does not even know said to Chelsea Clinton? I thought naturesway's comment was stupid, but this is insane. Go take your prozac and Obama 2008 y'all!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:41 AM on 03/26/2008

Oooooooooh this so sad! Is Hellary going to cry? She might even get more votes in PA. But wait, why didn't she divorce the casanova if she was going thru a terrible time? Perhaps political calculation, as everything else in her life?
Clarify for me: She is either the delicate flower that nobody can offend, or she is the warrior that runs with sniper fire all arround her?
Pathetic!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:10 PM on 03/25/2008

It is nasty, but shows how strong Hillary was and is. She is the wronged woman who keeps her dignity and goal of improving the conditions in this land of ours. So bring it on, it makes her look stronger and shows to the true nature of these Obamamamas to female voters, hurting Obama. Bring it on. To them, to Richardson, to Teddy....hey as long as it's a man and not a woman, we'll back a minority. It's the NEW thing. oh, brother Hillary just keeps working on the issues that matter to the country...don't mind her, boys.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:08 AM on 03/25/2008

The people you describe as Obamamamas are the ones like MoveOn.Org that took Chelsea's position that it was nobody's business when the Limbaugh were viciously attacking Bill for what was nobody's business And give Chelsea credit, if Bill had made the same response as Chelsea "it's none of your business" the blue dress would never have been an issue. Bill questioned Obama's patriotism and he and Ferraro played the race card more than once but there will be no apology because he simply says "it didn't happen". When peoples response to so many situations is to lie, even when it is not necessary, they generally will not be considered trustworthy. And speaking of that, I would wait a littl e longer for people to forget about Hillary's Bosnia heroics before describing her "as gracious under fire".

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 AM on 03/26/2008

I can't tell if Hillary is running as her own woman-self, part of the Clinton team or a surrogate for Bill. Carville makes it sound as though you have to support her out of loyalty to Bill. If Hillary is not running as just herself, then the blue dress is relevant. If she's not running as a Clinton, then all her husband's accomplishments are immaterial. Pick one Hillary, and stop dancing around the truth.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:47 AM on 03/25/2008

If Hillary was not running, Obama would generously use the accomplishments of the Clinton white house in his campaign as he did during his run for the senate with Hillary showing up and campaigning for him. Unfortunately he cant use those remarkable years of growth. Forget the scandals, they dont effect my bottom line or my security or my future.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:11 PM on 03/25/2008

BLUE DRESS BLUE DRESS BLUE DRESS BLUE DRESS... there i feel better

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:06 AM on 03/25/2008

Since sleeping with a former president qualifies someone as being ready to be next president why not have Monica run in 2016?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:54 AM on 03/25/2008