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Clinton meets with Scaife; Scaife entities (and Camp Clinton) attack Obama

Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 02:47:52 PM PDT

(Cross-posted at MyDD.)

Coincidence?

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton met with the very rightwing lunatic who spent millions of dollars trying to bring the Clintons down, including trying to connect Hillary to Vince Foster's death, Richard Mellon Scaife.

And today, the Clinton campaign (Phil Singer) leads off the day by circulating an article from loony rightwing rag and Scaife-funded, American Spectator that essentially calls Obama adviser, McPeak, an anti-semite and concludes that Obama "has a Jewish problem."

But the Scaife favors for Hillary didn't end there...

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Judicial Watch, a Scaife-funded rightwing organization, claims that Obama "intended to leave no paper trail" from his time in the Illinois Senate.

Two attacks from Scaife-funded sources -- including one distributed by the Clinton campaign, itself -- the day after Hillary's meeting with her (apparently, former) rightwing nemesis?

Wonder what Hill and Scaife discussed yesterday, besides Obama's pastor?

Well, as we know from Bill's remarks earlier today, "If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office."

I have a simple question for superdelegates: Do you think using a virulent, rightwing hack like Scaife to attack a fellow Democrat is a legitimate part of the Clintons' "beating up" process?

Hell, I remember when the Clinton Camp used to use the term "vetting." Nice to see that they've moved on and are now being more honest in their comments (Tuzla, notwithstanding).

What else is coming from Scaife-funded organizations and what did Camp Clinton feed them?

Disgusting stuff from the Clintons. But almost as disgusting is the Democratic Party mucky-mucks allowing this sort of thing to go on.

Tags: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Richard Mellon Scaife, Barack Obama (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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