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Last Word on the Snub

By wt

I posted here on the original controversy. And here to debunk Senator Obama's defense of his snub.

I'm using this Maureen Dowd op-ed column, not because I agree with it, but as an admission against interest, as her candidate is Obama.

On a flight to Kansas yesterday to collect another big endorsement, this one from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Obama said he was ?surprised? by reports of The Snub.

?I was turning away because Claire asked me a question as Senator Kennedy was reaching forward,? he said. ?Senator Clinton and I have had very cordial relations off the floor and on the floor. I waved at her as I was coming into the Senate chamber before we walked over last night. I think there is just a lot more tea leaf reading going on here than I think people are suggesting.?

But that answer is disingenuous. Their relations have been frosty and fraught ever since the young Chicago prince challenged Queen Hillary?s royal proclamation that it was her turn to rule.

Wow. Disingenuous?

Now granted, Dowd is saying the snub is absolutely justified, as the commenter on this post argued. But I have no dog in that fight. My only point originally, and now, is that snubbing someone you have to work with on a day-to-day basis is pretty immature.

Check out Hillary's spin on this point.

?Well, I reached my hand out in friendship and unity and my hand is still reaching out,? she said, . . . ?And I look forward to shaking his hand sometime soon.?

Good spin, if it weren't so obviously feigned insult.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).