The Latest On Ferraro: Wolfson Plays The Geffen Card
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, actually: Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson finally reached into his deck and whipped out the Geffen card.
In a conference call with reporters today, Wolfson offered a new response to the Ferraro race flap, pointing out that Obama didn't ax one of his top fundraisers, David Geffen, when he said all kinds of nasty things to Maureen Dowd about Hillary, triggering one of the first controversies of the campaign.
At the time, Obama said he disagreed with Geffen, but added: "It's not clear to me why I would be apologizing for someone else's remarks."
Wolfson reminded reporters of this today and used it to defend Hillary's handling of the Ferraro matter.
Of course, Ferraro's comments were racially-charged, whereas Geffen was just being a jerk. Obama today took something of a high road, distancing himself from the notion that Ferraro's eruption was part of a Clinton campaign pattern.
Separately, here's a sobering thought: Guess when Dowd's Geffen column was? Over a year ago. That's how long this bilge has been flying back and forth.
Late Update: It looks like Wolfson must be getting his ideas from Steve Benen.
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