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Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

Hopeful refused to blast racist, but wants rival to slam Farrakhan

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 1, 2008 6:48 PM CST

(Newser) – Pot, meet kettle: Hillary Clinton recently insisted that Barack Obama “reject and denounce” Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement, but did not apply the same standards to herself, writes Colbert King in the Washington Post. When a Latina in Texas said Hispanics won't vote for Obama because “he happens to be black,” Hillary refused to turn down the woman's support.

“People have every reason to express their opinions,” Clinton said. Her campaign later issued an apology, but the Farrakhan incident was only one of many tries to discredit Obama with Jews, King writes. Clinton’s campaign has resorted to outright lies to link Obama to various anti-Semites, despite Obama’s clear statements denouncing them.

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the crowd at her Solutions for America campaign rally Saturday, March 1, 2008,  at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/D.J. Peters)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the crowd at her "Solutions for America" campaign rally Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talks with the media in her campaign plane after leaving San Antonio en route to Ft. Worth, Texas, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talks with the media in her campaign plane after leaving San Antonio en route to Ft. Worth, Texas, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn...   (Associated Press)
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan holds his bible as he speaks at Saint Sabina Catholic Church Friday, May 25, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan holds his bible as he speaks at Saint Sabina Catholic Church Friday, May 25, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)   (Associated Press)
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