More Photobama
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Ben Smith has another response from Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee on the infamous photo Drudge has plastered on his front page:
"We have over 700 people on staff. I don't know if someone on our staff sent it out or not," Elleithee said. "If someone on our staff makes the point that we are treated differently by the press than Sen. Obama, we agree with that sentiment. We don't think there's anything wrong with this photo. Sen. Clinton has herself, while traveling abroad, dressed in traditional, local dress. And there's nothing divisive about that."
He also tried to push back at Obama: "We think it is wrong for the Obama campaign to say that this is divisive photo. It's not a divisive photo."
Notice the "I don't know if" qualifier to the denial. Does that mean anything? Who knows. Maybe the campaign just doesn't want to get caught in a situation where some wayward staffer was sending it around unbeknownst to the higher ups -- as happened with an Iowa volunteer earlier this year.
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