So waht do you think about Novak's claim that the Clinton campaign is spreading

[hedgehog]

rumors that Obama has a skeleton in the closet to horrible to describe?

[aquart]

1. How did Novak hear a rumor before WE did?

Unless he made it up, of course. Or got it direct from his good pals.

[dugggy]

22. Novak's rumors have found to be true in the past

but there is always that proverbial first time.

[Superman Returns]

2. disgusting

Smoking coke off a dead hooker is over the top! Even for the Clintons! I guess Obama has learned the lesson of how politics really works with the Clintons.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I think the Douchebag of Liberty is stirring the pot again.

[hedgehog]

4. I think that while Clinton doesn't understand the Politics of Hope,

she has once again proved that she is an expert in the Old Politics.

[sufrommich]

5. Really? How does a right wing hit piece

from Robert Novak prove that?

[hedgehog]

10. It's of a piece with other tactics we've seen.

Planting qustions in a crowd

Ensuring the audience at the Nevada dabate was top heavy with loud Clinton supporters.

Accusing Obama of leaving 15 million people behind when it comes to health insurance

Accusing Obama of planning to raise $1 trillion in taxes fromm the middle class and seniors.

She's too cute by half.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Another Person That Doesn't React Well To Defeat

Perhaps if some of these people had played team sports as youngsters they would have learned how to win and lose graciously...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Do You Have Any Evidence Or Do You Like To Slime People For The Sheer Fuck Of It?

DSB

[MasonJar]

6. Why would Hillary want to put out such tripe? She is ahead anyway,

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I Like The Second Option

Charge somebody with something that's logically impossible to refute...

[dugggy]

23. The same illogical reason Nixon organized Watergate

inspite of being ahead double digits in polls.

[CnAnPB]

7. Which *Democratic* Candidate stands to gain from all of this?

Just asking.

[sufrommich]

9. I think a better question would be

" Do the republicans gain by sowing discord among the frontrunners in the Democratic party?"

[CnAnPB]

12. No sorry - That's my question n/t

:)

[sufrommich]

14. Then come out and say what you think instead

of posing coy questions.

[incapsulated]

13. Other: I have no clue

Novak does what he does.

After that it was up to Obama to chose whether to use it.

As to the truth of it, I don't know and neither does anyone but the parties involved at this point. I sure as hell don't take Novak's word for it.

[hedgehog]

16. Has Novak ever lied? I thought his history was that he was the perfect

means of feeding information out into the press. IMO, after weeks of floating a rumor with no takers, someone in the Clinton camp decided it was time to push the story to the next level. Maybe whoever fed the story to Novak relied on him not to reveal his sources.

[incapsulated]

27. Your imagination is working overtime

I'm reading a lot of hysterical accusations based on no facts, no evidence, nothing. Unless Novak is Walter Cronkite all of a sudden.

[Adelante]

17. Who the hell knows?

We have something scandalizing Novak said about a scandal that was not going to be a scandal because the scandal holders weren't about to be scandalizing the American public with this scandal :crazy:

[IndianaGreen]

18. C'mon Carville, Begala! Fezz up!

Since the Clinton Camp is following Karl Rove's 2000 Primary Manual, there is no limit as to how low they will stoop to win the nomination for Hillary.

[hedgehog]

19. Mark, Mark Penn? Dick Norris?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Not As Low As People Who Accuse Other People Without A Scintilla Of Evidence, Evidently

DSB

[CTyankee]

20. Everybody. Listen. Up.

Robert Novak is the Enemy. He does not want a Democrat in the White HOuse. He hates us. All of us. He wants to continue the Republican Regime. He is also a disgusting old man who may just be feeling his power and influence wane as he ages and newer hands arrive to take over.

That is what this is all about. Everybody calm down and get back to working for your Dem candidate. Forget about this thing. It is a DISTRACTION and from the looks of things, it appears to be working here at DU...:banghead:

[LostinVA]

24. Excellent post n/t

[CTyankee]

26. Thank you so much! I am beginning to feel that I am a voice in the wilderness here at DU!

These threads go on and on. Nobody has any evidence of anything and yet rumors just fly all over the place.

All I know is that since I have been a sentient human being with a political sensibility, I have known that Robert Novak is not my political ally. He works for the Other Side.

What part of this do people not understand? What is the reason for this conspiracy cook-up?

Sorry. I guess I'm just tired...

[robcon]

25. Third choice: it's probably true.

n/t