Washington – The rival presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama traded accusations of nasty politics Wednesday over Hollywood donor David Geffen, who once backed Bill Clinton but now supports his wife’s top rival.
The Clinton campaign demanded Obama denounce comments made by the DreamWorks movie studio founder, who told New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in Wednesday’s editions that while “everybody in politics lies,” the former president and his wife “do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
The Clinton camp also called on Obama to give back Geffen’s $2,300 contribution.
Campaigning in Iowa, Obama refused.
“It’s not clear to me why I’d be apologizing for someone else’s remark,” the Illinois senator said.
For her part, the New York senator sidestepped questions, leaving the issue to her aides to discuss.
“I’m just going to stay focused on my campaign, and I’m going to run a positive campaign about the issues that affect the people in our country,” she told The Associated Press in Nevada.
