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Old 09-29-2008, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Jonathan Martin's Blog: Obama sought rape victim for ad - Politico.com

Truly sick, sick, sick.

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Barack Obama's campaign earlier this month sought to find a rape victim to appear in a campaign commercial, according to an email obtained by Politico.

Kiersten Steward, director of public policy at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, served as a conduit between the campaign and victims and women's advocates.

"Obviously, this is a big ask and I haven’t seen a script but presumably it will be a brief this is what happened to me, we need someone who will fight for women like me, these are the guys to do it," Steward wrote in a September 15th email. "Again, that’s just my assumption given how these things
usually go."

Steward, a former top aide to Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), said the Obama campaign would have a crew in Washington and was hoping to film that week.

She didn't respond to a message.
Truly, new politics indeed.
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Old 09-29-2008, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Came-by-Chance
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Presumptions, assumptions.....good lord
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Old 09-29-2008, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Hangin' with the bears.
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Originally Posted by sanrene View Post
Jonathan Martin's Blog: Obama sought rape victim for ad - Politico.com

Truly sick, sick, sick.Truly, new politics indeed.
Editing again to advance your agenda? Tsk, tsk.

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Mikele Shelton-Knight declined to do so, but said in an interview that she was glad the Obama campaign was seeking to highlight the issue.

"The more discussion about this the better," Shelton-Knight, a full-time victims advocate in the Richmond area.
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Old 09-29-2008, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Family Violence Prevention Fund... truly sick, sick people.
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