her staff have been spreading pictures of obama wear traditional african dress to tell voters that obama is of muslim heritage and not to vote for him.
This woman’s staff also spread romours that obama is a Muslim.
US Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have traded accusations over a photo of Mr Obama circulating on the internet.
The picture, sent to the Drudge Report website, shows Mr Obama wearing traditional African dress during a visit to Kenya in 2006.
The Obama camp said it was circulated by Mrs Clinton’s staff as a smear. Mrs Clinton’s team denied the accusation.
The row comes as the rivals campaign for two crucial primaries next week.
Analysts say Mrs Clinton needs to win the contests, in Texas and Ohio, to remain in the race to choose the Democratic candidate for November’s presidential election.
With tempers fraying ahead of a crucial debate in Ohio on Tuesday, the former first lady highlighted Mr Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience during a speech in Washington. Reminding the George Washington University audience of her own international credentials, Mrs Clinton suggested her rival would need a “foreign policy instruction manual” to keep the country safe if elected.
Fear-mongering The photograph published on Monday shows Mr Obama - whose father came from Kenya - wearing a white turban and a white robe presented to him by elders in the north-east of the country.
The Drudge Report said the image had been circulated by “Clinton staffers”.
Addressing the issue briefly in an interview with a Texas radio station, Mr Obama said: “I think the American people are saddened when they see these kind of politics.”
Some Clinton aides have tried in the past to suggest to Democrats that the Illinois senator’s background might be off-putting to mainstream voters.
A campaign volunteer was sacked last year after circulating an email suggesting, falsely, that Mr Obama was a Muslim.
O is Overreacting. Americans do not equate that African tribal dress as "Muslim". You can find plenty of pics for Western leaders (especially women) wearing some kind of headgrear while on their visit to the Middle East.
So calm down. African or Middle Eastern dress is not the same as "Muslim dress".
FYI! Pakistan, BDesh, India, and Indonesia combined make the biggest block of countries for Muslims. And no body wears that Obama garb in these countries.
O is Overreacting. Americans do not equate that African tribal dress as "Muslim". You can find plenty of pics for Western leaders (especially women) wearing some kind of headgrear while on their visit to the Middle East.
So calm down. African or Middle Eastern dress is not the same as "Muslim dress".
FYI! Pakistan, BDesh, India, and Indonesia combined make the biggest block of countries for Muslims. And no body wears that Obama garb in these countries.
Hillary staff spread romours that obama studied at a madrassa and that obama was a closet Muslim. These pro-zionists are spreading these because they know alot of americans hate Muslims and so by associating obama with muslims they want to win anti-muslim vote
Obama's father war a somali and hence these racist thugs are spreading these anti-obama romours of him being a closet-muslim
African dress equates with muslim. I guess when all of africa dresses in african gear including loin cloth and spears we are too assume they are muslim? Someone tell the Zulus when they are in ceremonial dress. hahahahahaha
Also, don't assume and be prejudicial based on bias that it was Clinton and her immediates. Afterall , the photos were taken by photo journalists during his visit and not by H. Clinton.
Media loves a good story, and photo journalists love a good picture worth a thousand words.
And lets not forget another side. Obama himself and his hangers on could have released the photos to get the AFRICAN vote in USA and muslim vote. CONSPIRACY FOR SURE!!!! HAHAHA They are American too and can be also equated with being ignorant just as the previous poster stated about Americans. Ever think how it plays on the African muslim????? I , bet it garnered him a few black muslim undecided voters now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perhaps some believe with Obama in office they can launch Shariah in USA.
GUESS OBAMA 'S TACTIC IS PROVING FRUITFUL. Obama's campaign has been PREACHY , WITH HIS UTOPIAN PONTIFICATION OF CHANGE, CHANGE , CHANGE. Photo could easily sucker in religious zealots and parochial prudes. An ethereal dreamer without tangible proof.
Hillary staff spread romours that obama studied at a madrassa and that obama was a closet Muslim. These pro-zionists are spreading these because they know alot of americans hate Muslims and so by associating obama with muslims they want to win anti-muslim vote
Obama's father war a somali and hence these racist thugs are spreading these anti-obama romours of him being a closet-muslim
Welcome to the brutal election where you compete with half a dozen of your party leaders before you square off with the "survivor" of the other side.
During this long drawn out "war of attrition", people try to figure the color of your underwear, let alone your religion. Kennedy was harassed because he was a Catholic aka Christian. O is getting a much better deal this time around.
Get used the election tactics and thank people have not dished out much worse. Look at poor Mccain. Minor issues were printed in bold by the NYT and WP. He had to come defend himself, and so would Obama. No need to become anti-Semitic just because someone printed Obama's strange looking garb.
I don't think Obama's father was Somali. I believe I had read that he was from Kenya. And he had left Obama when he was 2. So he has had no influence over Obama throughout Obama's life.
The picture-in-question was taken when Obama was on a visit to Somalia, and not taken when Obama was trying to show solidarity with his absentee dad.
And the picture was definitely spread in the last two days to spread fear amongst the ignorant voters and suggest that Obama is sympathetic to muslims and is a closet supporter of "Enemy #1" (Islamic terrorists etc). This is to further promote the view that Obama will be weak on national security. Whether this sticks or not remains to be seen, but we are definitely in what Obama calls "silly season" in politics. From his alleged madrassa education in Indonesia to Somali garb, this election is going to be very very personal and nasty. If Hillary loses either Texas and Ohio , I think she will drop off, and then republican attack dogs will be unleashed on Obama.
Personally.........i think Obama would sink the Democrats. I might be wrong, and i hope i am.
The reason i say that is because Obama maybe riding a deceptive tide of popular voices. But when it comes down to two final candidates, i'm afraid McCain will win because America may not be ready for a Black President, and by endorsing Obama as a final democrat choice, Democrats will be locked out for another 4 years.
DOn't forget Teddy, AMERICA MAY NOT BE READY FOR A SOLID, EXPERIENCED, INTELLIGENT , ARTICULATE AND PROVEN WHITE WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
I bet OBAMA was thrown in because the men did not want a white guy to compete with a white woman. Republicans sure would not want it to happen to their candidate. SO throw in a black guy and if he wins, who cares, it's still a guy. Otherwise, why are some republicans promoting OBAMA instead of concentrating on their guy?
Question is , are gang bangers and baby mamas paying attention? After all as BIll Cosby said , some think it ain't cool to read and study, work hard cause it's all too white.
Either way, the coin toss is a win , win for a MALE president yet again.
TEDDY, YOU ARE SPOT ON. people are hearing OBAMA BUT NOT LISTENING. HE IS a GRAN DI OSE (FOR SOME REASON THIS WORD IS INTERPRETED AS AN EXPLETIVE ON THIS BOARD) PREACHER, A PULPIT POLITICIAN IF YOU WILL.
The guy wants to remove troops forthwith from IRAQ. CAN you imagine the blood lust and suicide bombers running riot?? It would be a freeforall mayhem, murder and butchery if americans left.
^ Personally I don't think Obama will lose just because he is black. Problem is that the guy is very new in politics and hasn't really gone through the kind of dirty background digging that goes on in a tough election.
Remember how John Purple-heart Kerry was smeared so badly by the so-called Swift Boat veterans. They literally made a war hero look like a war criminal. Obama is already vulnerable because of his father and his middle name. Insinuation of being sympathetic to muslims is easy to make. And for a typical uninformed red-neck American, the word "muslim" is now synonamous with suicide bombers and terrorists.
Re: Hillary Clinton, circulating Obama's pictures to woo anti-muslim feelings
Do you think Americans care If Its the Muslim dress-up or the Somalian? Its just about Obama dressed in traditional Somalian kapra. Therefore anything like this can harm him at the election campaign. Dirty work by the Clintons!
Re: Hillary Clinton, circulating Obama's pictures to woo anti-muslim feelings
UTD, please dont be so naive. Now your suggesting that these pictures will not have any influence on the voters? Come on! Stop defending everything that happens in your country.
Re: Hillary Clinton, circulating Obama's pictures to woo anti-muslim feelings
I don't think to many of those who listen to (and believe) talk radio are voting Dem.
You don't think swing voters listen to talk radio or listen to pundits on TV? I'm talking about after Obama's the candidate and Hilary's out. I still think they will try their best to keep bringing this and other things up about Obama.
Like Faisal mentioned, just look at how they ruined Kerry's reputation last time around.
So now it has come to a point where a picture of Obama wearing a white turban and a white robe will swing the voters. Really ?
Are American voters so mis informed , ignorant and racists ? Or the campaign managers or whoever did this so mis informed , ignorant, racists and wicked ?
Is it a point where Muslims should fear the American public ? Why not ?
Does it not mean that any kind of association with Muslims seems to be very , very bad thing ?
If an American Presidential candidate can loose his/her campaign if he/she is seen in Muslim dress is it not time for Muslims to start packing their luggage and go back to where they came from ?
Please tell the Obama campaign managers the ways in which they can use this to their advantage instead of being fearful of it.
Also please tell the Muslim advocacy groups to wake up and tell every one that an American Presidential Candidate wearing a Muslim dress is not a bad thing. Is it ?
