ViceZilla’s Views

A picture of Barack Obama wearing traditional African Dress during a visit to Kenya in 2006, has resulted in accusations of a smear attempt by the Clinton Campaign.

The picture which was sent to the Drudge Report was reportedly circulated by “Clinton staffers,” possibly in an attempt to reignite the claim that Obama is a Muslim. Which if that is the case, it seems to tell us that Clinton is getting very desperate for ways to discredit her opponent and crawl back into the race.

But on the other hand, Obama staffers view the photograph as very offensive. David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager accused Mrs Clinton’s aides of “the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we’ve seen from either party in this election”.

Why is the Obama camp getting it’s undies all bunched up over this? Personally I don’t understand the significance of the picture. So what if Obama was given the garb as a gift by elders in North-Eastern Africa while he was visiting. It’s a non-issue, and has no place in the Democratic contest.

If the picture has changed anybodies mind as to who they were going to vote for in the end, then they weren’t really that committed to that individual in the first place. Let’s just stick with the issues please.

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