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Why does CNN employ Alex Castellanos (Part XIV)?

August 25, 2008 8:09 pm ET by Jamison Foser

Alex Castellanos is a Republican strategist best known for making Jesse Helms' "Hands" ad.  He is reportedly advising the McCain campaign.  Somewhat inexplicably, then, CNN has hired him as a contributor.  One of his early "contributions" was suggesting Hillary Clinton would poison Barack Obama.  Another was suggesting it was accurate to call Clinton a "bitch."

At his new blog today, former Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson caught Castellanos comparing Clinton to Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

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