Reply #134: Bill Clinton has gone from being the Big Dog to the Mad Dog

[Samantha]

The Obama campaign went to purchase the 50-state cable buy and was told by the cable company they could not eliminate one state, such as Florida. The only alternative was to make separate buys, which would cost the campaign a lot more money. With regard to the pledges the candidates themselves had signed, three of the four involved states had already had their elections. The fourth, Florida, was openly requesting to be relieved from that pledge with the candidates. The Obama candidate requested advice from the DNC, going thru its Representative in South Carolina (I believe her last name was Fowler and she was the SC DNC chair, which is where the two candidates' campaigns were at the moment). Her response, documented, was that it was okay for the Obama campaign to make the 50-state cable purchase. I am sure she had to check that out with the National Office before signing off on that release, but I saw no public indication of that.

Bill Clinton, in his tirade, completely omitted these facts, released into the public domain AT THAT TIME.