ABC picks up the "as far as I know" in reference to the Vince Foster hypothetical...

[Bread and Circus]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/clinton-says-ob.html

Clinton Says Obama Muslim Rumor Not True "As Far As I Know"

Jake Tapper
March 02, 2008 11:03 PM

***snip***

"I guess the question is how would this look if the shoe were on the other foot.

Let's try just one of any number of ridiculous anti-Clinton smears.

HYPOTHETICAL STEVE KROFT: You don't believe that Senator Clinton killed Vince Foster?

HYPOTHETICAL BARACK OBAMA: Of course not. I mean that's, you know, that, there is no basis for that. You know, I take her on the basis of what she says, and, you know, there isn't any reason to doubt that.

HYPOTHETICAL KROFT: You said you take Sen. Clinton at her word that she didn't kill Vince Foster...
"
HYPOTHETICAL OBAMA: Right, right..

HYPOTHETICAL KROFT: …you don't believe that she killed Vince Foster.

HYPOTHETICAL OBAMA: No! No! Why would I? There's nothing to base that on. As far as I know.

Hmm.

And lest we forget this context, from the perspective of Obama supporters: two Clinton campaign volunteer coordinators in Iowa were asked by the Clinton campaign to resign after it came out that they had circulated those insane Obama-is-a-Muslim-Manchurian-candidate emails.

What say you?"

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I know that a thread or two on GD P has went through this exercise and has been deemed "inflammatory". However, this has been played out elsewhere, apparently in the more "mainstream" blogosphere. As such, I don't think it's correct to dismiss it entirely out of hand.

"Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. He writes about politics and popular culture and covers a range of national stories."

[malik flavors]

1. Yea they commented on it on MSNBC this morning, and it's been on politico's front page as well.

And I believe it's on Drudge also.

[Horse with no Name]

5. All bird of a feather

Drudge-politico-MSNBC

VERY little difference in these rags.

[Tarc]

7. So all of the right-wing thug sites are making a stink about it?

And we care about this here why?

:eyes:

[DemGa]

2. People equating this with a religious affiliation is silly---NT

[gateley]

3. Yeah --

My initial reaction to her statement was it was just fine - no problem, and SOME people (you know who you are :7) were making more out of it than was warranted.

THEN, the examples cited above, among others -- the shoe on the other foot as it were.

I'm sorry, but I'm beginning to believe she's just as smarmy and underhanded as her husband.

[golddigger]

4. I'd say go after the media for asking these fucked up questions.

What say you?

[JVS]

6. They must have been here last night.