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DEL.ICIO.USRumor-killing: Kidd says it was Obama’s decision not to come
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
State Democratic party chairman Jane Kidd spent a few minutes this morning murdering a blog-generated rumor that presidential candidate Barack Obama had been somehow blocked from attending Wednesday night’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.
Which is kind of silly on the face of it, when you consider that the dinner is a fund-raiser, and Obama’s face would launch a thousand ticket sales. (Hillary Clinton and John Edwards will be at the Georgia World Congress Center event.)
The topic came up on Tim Bryant’s morning show on WGAU (1340AM) in Athens. He fed us this sound clip.
“[Obama] is invited and we’d love for him to come. We did get word from him the night before last that he was not going to be here, and we had set a rule long ago that we would not accept surrogates,” Kidd said.
“I respect the fact that he’s had to choose among wonderful opportunities, and he just had to choose a different place for tomorrow night.”
Comments
By Reggie
January 29, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Well, if Obama was being blocked, you think Kidd would admit it?
By Kathy Moyer - ENGLISH ONLY
January 29, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
Look at it THIS way…wherever Obama IS that night, Hilary and John WILL NOT BE THERE! (one reason I want this smart thinking man for my next president). (uh…except for his stance on the Illegal Aliens! )
By negemail53@gmail.com
January 29, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Dont know how many others are as incensed as I am about these chain emails being sent to religious groups and others that question Sen. Barack Obamas patriotism and religious beliefs. (See press link to last weeks open letter from Jewish groups being bombarded with these emails: http://www.adl.org/internet/Letter_obama.asp)
The use of the Internet to spread false information about a political candidate—- and thus to affect the outcome of an election—- is particularly abhorrent to me.
We cannot regress to old-style dirty tricks. In the public interest, we need to get behind these emails—-and identify who originated them.
If you have received such an email, please forward it to me.
negemail53@gmail.com
By Rove Handbook
January 29, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
Things to do: 1) Launch super-secret smear Obama campaign 2) Blame this outrage on the Clintons and other Democratic entities 3) Instruct corporate media “pundits” to repeat slander and express outrage on all the networks 4) High five self for another feat of brilliance
By GaConservative007
January 29, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this
The Clinton’s are smearing Obama. It is her turn, when will he get that through his head?