By chance I heard this woman on Irish radio yesterday and she was awfully serious and very well educated and so on. She was talking about Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in 2003. She has written a book on him. I felt like reaching for a dictionary after listening to her for ten minutes! Anyway, God help her. What people say when they think they are off the record.
Courtesy of RTE website www.rte.ie
An Irish-born foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama has resigned, after branding Hillary Clinton a monster that would stoop to anything to win the Democratic nomination.
'With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor (to) the Obama campaign effective today,' said Samantha Power, who made her comments in an interview with the Scotsman newspaper.
'Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign," she said in a statement.
'I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.'
Ms Power's comments are the latest sign that Mr Obama's once flawless campaign is feeling the heat from increased pressure from the Clinton camp.
She had been an aide to Mr Obama in his Senate office before signing on to advise his presidential campaign.
'We f****d up in Ohio,' Ms Power told the Scottish daily, referring to the Illinois senator's loss to the former first lady in the midwestern state in Tuesday's primary.
'In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio's the only place they can win,' Ms Power was quoted as saying.
'She is a monster, too - that is off the record - she is stooping to anything,' Ms Power said.
'You just look at her and think 'Ergh'.'
Earlier, the Obama campaign attempted to tamp down the controversy, putting out a statement by Ms Power, and disavowing her remarks.
'These comments do not reflect my feelings about Senator Clinton, whose leadership and public service I have long admired,' Ms Power said in a statement
'I should not have made these comments and I deeply regret them. It is wrong for anyone to pursue this campaign in such negative and personal terms.
'I apologise to Senator Clinton and to Senator Obama, who has made very clear that these kinds of expressions should have no place in American politics.'
Ms Power's comments came as she was interviewed in London promoting her book on UN representative Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in 2003.
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