Hillary Clinton Campaign Defends Daily Kos, Slams Bill O'LIElly

By: Lowell
Published On: 7/18/2007 2:31:37 PM

This is awesome: Howard Wolfson, the Clinton campaign's Communications Director, defends Yearly Kos (and the blogs in general) and slams Bill O'LIElly for comparing Daily Kos to the KKK and the Nazis:

Blogs are the 21st Century version of the public square. Sen. Clinton does not agree with everything said on Daily Kos, but isolating a few comments as a way to smear a blog frequented by hundreds of thousands of people a day is wrong. Certainly you would understand this when you look at some of the extreme views guests on your show have advocated over the years. Here are just a few examples:

"You've hosted Michael Savage, who has called MLK Jr. Day a "racket" designed to steal `white males' birthright.'

"You've hosted David Horowitz, who has called Democrats `apologists for terrorists.'

"You've hosted, Ann Coulter who said of the 9/11 widows: `I have never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much.'

"It wouldn't be reasonable to attribute these views to you and it's not reasonable for you to attribute every comment on Daily Kos to everyone who attends the YearlyKos convention. Sen. Clinton is looking forward to attending YearlyKos."

Thanks

Howard Wolfson

Communications Director, Clinton Campaign

By the way, Think Progress says that "The Fox newsman who has encouraged terrorists to target San Francisco is now claiming that DailyKos is 'one of the worst examples of hatred America has to offer.'"

Can we say "psychological projection?"  Does Bill O'LIElly know what that is?


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