- Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:40 am
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In the opening pages of Clinton’s book, the former Democratic senator from New York who lost the party’s 2008 presidential nomination to Obama writes that his campaign released a “dismissive” statement about Palin soon after the then-Alaska governor was announced as Republican John McCain’s running mate and asked her to “follow suit.”
“I wasn’t going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other woman,” Clinton wrote. “I didn’t think that made political sense, and it didn’t feel right. I took some heat from Obama and his campaign manager but I refused to say the things about Palin they wanted me to say.”
President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager denied that he or others directed Hillary Clinton to pounce on Republican Sarah Palin as a vice presidential nominee designed purely to appeal to women, rebutting a claim in Clinton’s new memoir “Hard Choices.”
“We never tried to do that,” said David Plouffe, appearing on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend. "That portion of her book is a total fabrication and appears to be an attempt to appeal to women voters' sympathy in preparation for 2016"
