Today’s New York Times column by Maureen Dowd is causing all sorts of righteous indignation between Hillary’s and Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s camps.

Dowd had some extensive quotes from Hollywood maven David Geffen, who slammed Bill and Hillary. Geffen, it may be recalled, had been a strong supporter of the Clintons in the 90s, but recently endorsed Obama’s campaign. Geffen’s remarks included:

“Everybody in politics lies, but they [the Clintons] do it with such ease, it’s troubling,”

“God knows, is there anybody more ambitious than Hillary Clinton?”

“Obama is inspirational, and he’s not from the Bush royal family or the Clinton royal family,”

“I don’t think anybody believes that in the last six years, all of a sudden Bill Clinton has become a different person,” and

“It’s not a very big thing to say, ‘I made a mistake’ on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can’t. She’s so advised by so many smart advisers who are covering every base. I think that America was better served when the candidates were chosen in smoke-filled rooms.”

Hillary spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement that

“While Senator Obama was denouncing slash and burn politics yesterday, his campaign's finance chair was viciously and personally attacking Senator Clinton and her husband.

If Senator Obama is indeed sincere about his repeated claims to change the tone of our politics, he should immediately denounce these remarks, remove Mr. Geffen from his campaign and return his money.

While Democrats should engage in a vigorous debate on the issues, there is no place in our party or our politics for the kind of personal insults made by Senator Obama's principal fundraiser.”

In response, Obama's campaign released a statement of their own:

“We aren’t going to get in the middle of a disagreement between the Clintons and someone who was once one of their biggest supporters. It is ironic that the Clintons had no problem with David Geffen when was raising them $18 million and sleeping at their invitation in the Lincoln bedroom. It is also ironic that Senator Clinton lavished praise on Monday and is fully willing to accept today the support of South Carolina State Sen. Robert Ford, who said if Barack Obama were to win the nomination, he would drag down the rest of the Democratic Party because he's black."

Somebody wake me up when this is over.