In Latest Attack on Clinton, Obama’s “Good Faith” Turns up Missing

Update:

Must-reads on Hilary’s RFK comment by Riverdaughter:

Two More Thoughts on RFK/1968

Where Was Arianna in 1968?

RFK and the 1968 Primary

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In yesterday’s post, I let the media have it for its sensationalized tabloid coverage of Hillary Clinton’s remarks during an interview with the editorial board of the Argus Leader, but I neglected to confront the Obama camp for its ridiculous response to her mention of RFK. As noted earlier, Clinton was simply reminding people the duration of the 2008 Democratic primary was not without precedence by mentioning two earlier campaigns that extended into June: RFK’s in 1968 and Bill Clinton’s in 1992.

ABC’s Teddy Davis And Talal Al-Khatib with Eloise Harper challenge the Obama team’s over-reaction in their article this morning, suggesting that Obama is not living up to his self-described image as the harbinger of the “new” politics.

The article begins:

“Ending the "smallness of our politics" is the stated mission of Barack Obama's White House run.

“In ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ Obama recalls how he softened his website's harsh rhetoric on abortion in 2004 after he received an email from a pro-life doctor.

‘“[T]hat night, before I went to bed,’ wrote Obama, ‘I said a prayer of my own -- that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that the doctor had extended to me.’

“No such ‘presumption of good faith’ was extended to Hillary Clinton on Friday.”’

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Kudos to ABC for an article that puts this entire incident in perspective and reminds us of the concept of “good faith” that too often gets thrown by the wayside in the heat of a political campaign.