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Obama GLBT council mem. who resigned over smear still enjoys his blog posted on Obama web site


An African-American member of Barack Obama's LGBT leadership council resigned on Tuesday after it was revealed that he sent a disparaging e-mail about Sen. Hillary Clinton that dredged up sex scandals involving Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and others.

In the e-mail message dated March 6, Maxim Thorne accused Sen. Clinton of "lying" and stealing and called her a "disaster." Thorne also accused Clinton of "political posturing" on NAFTA.

But the most controversial portion of the e-mail message was a response to the Clinton campaign's 3 in the morning television commercial. "At 3am, Hillary said she and Bill were in bed and she knows of all the calls a President gets at different times of the day and night. Really? So much involvement - so much togetherness. Where was she when Monica was having sex with Bill?" Thorne wrote.

Thorne also related Bill Clinton sex scandals of the past to Hillary Clinton's experience argument. "35 years of experience? When he was intimidating Katherine Wiley and Paula Jones? Where was the judgment on the cattle futures and white water. Do we forget Mark and Denise Rich? This was an impeached President who lost his licence to practice law. He committed perjury. They settled with Paula Jones for the full amount of her lawsuit. I haven't forgotten and none of us should."

Thorne, who holds two degrees from Yale University, resigned from his post, but as of noon on Thursday, Thorne's blog was still posted on the Obama campaign web site. (http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/maximthorne )


http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/03/black-obama-supporter-resigns-000327.php
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