DC Bureau Chief: In 2008 Clinton Campaign Convinced Us To Send Reporter To Kenya...

Things just got worse for the professional fibbers within Hillary Clinton’s campaign as the former McClatchy Washington Bureau Chief, James Asher, outlines how Hillary Clinton’s two closest aides, including Sidney Blumenthal, convinced the outlet to send reporters to Kenya to investigate the Obama “birther” controversy.

(Via McClatchy) […] “During the 2008 Democratic primary, Sid Blumenthal visited the Washington Bureau of McClatchy Co.,” Asher said in an email Friday to McClatchy, noting that he was at the time the investigative editor and in charge of Africa coverage.
“During that meeting, Mr. Blumenthal and I met together in my office and he strongly urged me to investigate the exact place of President Obama’s birth, which he suggested was in Kenya. We assigned a reporter to go to Kenya, and that reporter determined that the allegation was false.
“At the time of Mr. Blumenthal’s conversation with me, there had been a few news articles published in various outlets reporting on rumors about Obama’s birthplace. While Mr. Blumenthal offered no concrete proof of Obama’s Kenyan birth, I felt that, as journalists, we had a responsibility to determine whether or not those rumors were true. They were not.”
Blumenthal, who worked in the White House with President Bill Clinton and later was employed by the Clinton Foundation, could not be reached Friday but said in an email to The Boston Globe, “This is false. Period.” (read more)