Clintons Have Pissed Off The African-American Vote
From an article in Politico.com by Ben Smith:
A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the presidential primary as the candidates head south to heavily African-American South Carolina.
The comments, which ranged from the New York senator appearing to diminish the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — an aide later said she misspoke — to Bill Clinton dismissing Sen. Barack Obama’s image in the media as a “fairy tale” — generated outrage on black radio, black blogs and cable television. And now they’ve drawn the attention of prominent African-American politicians.
“A cross-section of voters are alarmed at the tenor of some of these statements,” said Obama spokeswoman Candice Tolliver, who said that Clinton would have to decide whether she owed anyone an apology.
“There’s a groundswell of reaction to these comments — and not just these latest comments but really a pattern, or a series of comments that we’ve heard for several months,” she said. “Folks are beginning to wonder: Is this really an isolated situation, or is there something bigger behind all of this?”
Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones, a prominent Obama supporter, echoed those sentiments.
“It’s very unfortunate that the president would make a statement like that,” he said of Bill Clinton’s criticism of Obama’s experience, adding that the African-American community had “saved his presidency” after the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
“They owe the African-American community — not the reverse,” he said. “Maybe Hillary and Bill should get behind Sen. Barack Obama.”
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., through a spokesman, used even stronger language. “Following Barack Obama’s victory in Iowa and historic voter turnout in New Hampshire, the cynics unfortunately have stepped up their efforts to decry his uplifting message of hope and fundamental change.
“Regrettably, they have resorted to distasteful and condescending language that appeals to our fears rather than our hopes. I sincerely hope that they’ll turn away from such reactionary, disparaging rhetoric.”
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It’s like trying to deal with mooslums, you have to be a mind reader. Wouldn’t be so bad if there was a mind to read. So many words mean exactly the opposite. After eighteen years of hauling coal one of the first things that came to my mind when I hung up my keys in Nov 02, thank God, I don’t have to be around them anymore.
January 12th, 2008 at 3:49 amThey won’t stay pissed for long, as they know which side their welfare bread is buttered on.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:23 amI have Black friends who have already said bye to the Dhimis. And I’m reading more and more articles about Black Pastors who are sick and tired of all the pandering by the Dhimis and who object to the Dhimi platform vehemently.
The best well-kept secret this year boyz and girls is that Black people are smarter than Al and Osama or Shitlery think they are…
January 12th, 2008 at 8:49 amSure didn’t take long for the racing hustling assholes brotha al and jesse rainbow jackson to get on the gravy train. Not only is obamessiah a 20 year member of a black only church, he is now keeping company with two of the worst race baiters in this country. It kills me that ANY self-respecting black can associate with the dhimmi party. Its obvious the past only matters if you can profit from it.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:46 amTheresa, Thats because the god they worship is money
January 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm