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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Barack Obama keeps it real on the Crow Indian Reservation
“I understand the tragic history,” Mr. Obama said, addressing tribal leaders and members. “Our government has not always been honest or truthful in our deals.”
Source: The NY Times
AAPP: There is an interesting contrast going on in the presidential campaign. Barack Obama keeps it real on the Crow Indian Reservation. As reported in The NY Times, Senator Barack Obama campaigned for the presidential primary in Montana – one of two states that closes out the Democratic nominating process on June 3 – he was welcomed here by a few thousand people. In a private ceremony, he was adopted into the Crow Nation and bestowed the name, “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” More HERE
While in contrast Bill Clinton is keeping it unreal, trying to impact on how historians will write about him and his wife's presidential campaign. Now we learn from Politico.com's Kenneth P. Vogel that Bill Clinton has been placing blame on enemies including a brazenly biased media that tried to suppress blue-collar votes, a powerful anti-war group that endorsed rival Barack Obama and weak-willed party leaders unable to stand up to either of these nefarious forces. Read More about Bill Clinton’s attempt to blame liberals and anti war groups HERE.
I guess it's typical Bill Clinton style, you remember Bill Clinton: "It depends on what the meaning of the words 'is' is." –Bill Clinton, during his 1998 grand jury testimony on his Monica Lewinsky affair.