Barack Obama advisor quits over 'inexcusable remarks'

Samantha Power has just quit her role as a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama after a dust-up over some of her comments, including calling Hillary Clinton a "monster." The statement:

“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor to the Obama campaign effective today. Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months."

-- Scott Martelle

Comments

[Arlene]

Clinton must have a very thin skin if she can't take the heat, but Obama is true to his word. He wants a dignified campaign. Hillary won't ask for the resignation of any of her campaign people for what they have said about Obama, the most recent being the Ken Starr comment. That shows that Obama has class and Hillary doesn't.

[Obama Boy]

What's the problem? She is a monster. A bi-polar one. Hill just can't seem to locate middle ground between the peaks of passive-aggressive paranoia ("Why do I always get the questions first? But I don't mind, that's OK...") and fawning saccharine sweetness ("I am sooooo honored to be here with Barack Obama..."). Another serious problem with the Hill is that she really exhibits abysmal judgment of men: she actually believed her husband's denial of his sexcapades, and she was clearly crushed when it turned out to be true. You can write that off as a special case explaining the blind spot, but then how do you explain her obedience and submissiveness to the Bush seduction and subsequent march to war in Iraq? At heart, Hill is of a generation that defers to men - always when they most need to chart an independent course.

[Xisha pangma]

Samantha Power was totally right. Hillary is not a suitable candidate.

[John]

This is who Obama really is. He and his supporters have been playing a very skillful rhetorical game, but the truth is they are nasty and malicious. There is no real "change" for anyone to believe in.

[Blop]

But hill-billaree IS a monster. A very hungry one at that.

[LCSusan]

I don't think a lot of Obama-ologists have the chops for politics.

http://strictlyanecdotal.com/2008/03/06/politics-is-still-the-best-and-the-most-honorable-profession.aspx

[Rob]

Webster's definition of MONSTER; 1 a: an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b: one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character
2: a threatening force 3 a: an animal of strange or terrifying shape b: one unusually large for its kind 4: something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty 5: one that is highly successful.

I believe Ms. Clinton and Mr. Obama can both match this description to some degree. It is unfortunate that so many assume that Ms Powers' intent was malice instead of the fervor for success of her own version of MONSTER. Another falls from where there is no grace.

[UCLA Bruin]

Hillary Huckabee a monster? Definitely, like Godzilla.

Watch her eat up the Democratic Party's chances to win this November by needlessly dragging the nomination process on for much longer than it needs to go.

[CC]

Why is Wolfsen allowed to call Obama "Ken Starr" without resigning?

[Ron, Redlands, CA]

Monster seems pretty tame to me. Let's face it, Hillary skates by from being hit with much worse comments, because she is a woman. Most of the terms people use for her are not polite or printable. She has dragged the campaign into the gutter. Monster? Before this election is over, that will be the best she is called.

[Rose]

In the last week, Hillary has shown her true colors--green with a sickly yellow underbelly. It's obvious she'll stop at nothing to win the nomination, including destroying her own party. Her comments praising John McCain at the expense of Barack Obama were inexcusable--it's as if she was angling to run on the Republican ticket. As someone who had become quite cynical over the last seven years, I couldn't help but be moved by Obama's message. He was speaking from a higher place than anyone else. The Clinton presidency, while obviously head-and-shoulders above the Bush fiasco, still had plenty of dysfunction and boneheaded moves. Obama is trying to stay above "politics as usual," but Hillary's successful descent into the underworld, aided by a suddenly fawning press, shows that the political situation in this country is still a hellish nightmare.

[ng]

Senator Clinton's chief of staff likened Obama Barack to Ken Starr this morning. And that's okay? --Comparing someone to Ken Starr is just a more smearish way of calliing someone a monster

[LAShores]

Let me get this right.
Hillary and her campaign staffers can send Muslim emails out to the internet to smear Obama, send photos out to the Drudge Report to smear Obama, have Hillary practically say he was a Muslim on 60 minutes, say that McCain would make a better President than Obama, have Bob Johnson make an inappropriate comment about drug use when he was a kid, have Bill Clinton making racial comments in South Carolina and New Hampshire, and compare Obama to Ken Star, but Obama's Adviser calls Hillary a monster and she has to resign...
Are you freakin kidding me.

[Laylah]

Monster--Power was being nice.
I'm sure Hillary has been called a lot worse.

[torey]

its nice to not be seriuous all the time , Hillary Clinton presents her take on Sarah Silverman's 'I'm F*cking Matt Damon
http://www.webcastr.com/videos/comedy/im-f-cking-obama-hillary-clinton.html