The Reject and Denounce Double Standard.

As Ambinder notes today, the Clinton campaign dropped a $100,000 donor over the weekend, one Mehmet Celebi, apparently upon discovering he's been making anti-semitic movies (about Jewish doctors harvesting organs from Muslims.) Said Clinton flunky Ann Lewis two days ago: "We were unaware of Mr. Celebi's involvement in this film and we obviously do not agree with it." That would seem to be a bit less forceful than Clinton's "reject and denounce" blathering regarding Farrakhan at the Ohio debate, wouldn't it? In any case, Ann Lewis is lying. The New York Post contacted the campaign about Celebi over a month ago, when they had no comment.

As for Farrakhan, WP columnist Colbert King notes that the Clintons were singing a very different tune on him until very recently. "Post-White House Clinton found no fault with Farrakhan's leadership. There was no mention of Farrakhan's 'malice and division' during the interview. [in 2005]" As always, the rules would seem to change whenever it fits the Clintons' convenience.