Obama Iowa Adviser Invokes “Monica’s Blue Dress”
One of Senator Barack Obama’s Iowa advisers invoked “Monica’s Blue Dress” when angrily responding to comments by former President Bill Clinton that some have interpreted as questioning Obama’s patriotism. He wrote it on his blog and then removed it. DETAILS HERE.
The Obama campaign quickly said these kinds of comments don’t belong in the campaign and that Obama “rejects” them.
This underscores the increasingly-bitter feeling between both sides. The danger is that it will go beyond “the kitchen sink” strategy and that both sides will soon try to uproot the entire kitchen and throw it at the other side. Are Democrats going to morph into sounding like Rush Limbaugh when discussing the candidate they don’t support in the nomination battle?
Don’t you get the feeling it’s going to be a looooooooong haul to the Democratic convention?
The upside for the Obama campaign: they immediately moved to reject the comments. That still probably won’t spare them some angry blog posts, since this is likely to become a political issue itself in the increasingly angry blogosphere.
2 Responses to “Obama Iowa Adviser Invokes “Monica’s Blue Dress””
My first reaction is that a candidate must be responsible for what is said by anyone on their staff, but not for what others might say.
But to a large extent a Candidate represents those folks who speak out in their defense. If a Candidate's supporters have a trend of making divisive comments then at some point the candidate needs to demonstrate the leadership to clarify if they agree or not.
I am glad Obama made that distinction with reverend Wright, But I am disappointed that McCain did not do likewise with Pat Robertson and Rev Hagee.
Hey, if its a prolonged, close, party damaging race we all know the solution. Get the primaries over with sooner. The pary has no one to blame but themselves for the rediclous manner in which the primaries are handled. Each candidate is suposed to fight tooth and nail until the bitter end and so we have here exactly what we deserve.