Key Obama Surrogate Says She Believes Hillary Camp Had Nothing To Do With Obama Turban Pic
Gov. Janet Napolitano, a key backer of Barack Obama, was asked on CNN a little while ago about the photo of Obama in Somali garb that Drudge said unnamed Hillary staffers had "circulated." From her reply:
Oh, I think it's irrelevant to the issues of the campaign. I know there's some back and forth today; the Clinton campaign says they have nothing to do with it. I take them at their word. We need to move on. The people of the United States, the people out in Arizona aren't interested in a photo. What they're interested in is a president who will lead; who will help them deal with the economy, with health care, with foreign policy, and by the way with a new vision for the war in Iraq.
Just to review what happened today: Matt Drudge, a proven and repeated inventor of facts and serial slimer of Dems, reported that unnamed Hillary "staffers" had "circulated" this email and photo. He didn't say who the staffers were or at what level they exist in the campaign. He didn't say who the photo was circulated to. Based on what Drudge reported and nothing more, the Obama campaign attacked the Hillary camp for engaging in dirty politics.
Of course, the Hillary campaign did not deny this at the outset and it took them until this afternoon to disown the campaign's official involvement. So the Hillary campaign complied in keeping the story going, and fueled suspicions that there might be something to it.
But when it comes right down to it, nobody has any evidence of the existence of this email beyond what Drudge said. And again, he didn't even make any specific allegation beyond saying it had been "circulated," which has no meaning. Nonetheless, this has somehow been among the major stories of the day.
Late Update: The Clinton campaign, understandably, is emailing around the Napolitano quote to reporters.
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