Clinton Advisor's Indiana Comments a Hoax?

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BREAKING:

The director of "The War Room," D.A. Pennabaker, vindicates Bill Clinton's '92 campaign manager, and current informal advisor to Hillary, Mickey Kantor. He claims the first comment, "Those people are sh**" was taken out of context, and that the second was doctored. Ben Smith has details.

Dirty tricks, yet again? Pretty damn low if true, and will no doubt trigger a lawsuit or two. I'm curious to learn who is behind it all. Was it an Obama supporter? Was it a Clinton supporter laying bait?

UPDATE:

This story is still developing. According to Smith, the editor of the YouTube file claims he did nothing more than enhance the volume of the second comment. Here's the original bit from the film. The part in question starts around 4:40:

And here's an audio-enhanced version of the clip:

Filed Under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, 2008 President

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