Campaign nixes "Bill in blackface?" listing
By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published February 28, 2008 at 2:42 p.m.
Updated February 28, 2008 at 3:33 p.m.
Screen shot of event announcement from Clinton's official campaign Web site. Click on the photo for a large version.
Inquiries from the Rocky Mountain News prompted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign to remove a supporter's "Bill in blackface?" event announcement from Clinton's official campaign Web site.
The notice appeared in an "action center" section of www.hillaryclinton.com where average supporters are allowed to publicize local events that are not necessarily sanctioned by the campaign.
In this case, the notice promised "Laughter at NAFTA Rally!" on Monday in downtown Cleveland.
The description:
"We've hired some high-end comedic talent to ease the way into Primary Day! Want to see HRC in cat-scratch mode? Bill in blackface? How about Mark Penn doling out pizza crusts and doughnut holes to the volunteers? We've got it all!"
The event was listed at: HillaryClinton.com.
Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee called the language of the announcement "inappropriate and offensive."
"Any one of our supporters can host an event using the action network on our Web site and post it up there," Elleithee said. "If we ever find anything objectionable and it doesn't reflect what our campaign is about, we remove it, as we did in this case."
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February 28, 2008
4:47 p.m.
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gorammiesgo writes:
Uhhhh.... bye-bye candidacy .... Unbelievable. Can you even imagine the scolding the staffer who wrote that is getting from Her Highness? (Who is definitely NOT Her Niceness, despite her smiles)?
February 28, 2008
7:33 p.m.
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wow writes:
A staffer didn't write it, an idiot supporter did. With friends like that....
What the heck are some people thinking.