Clinton woos black voters

Washington Times ^ | 11/02/02 | Vaishali Honawar

[kattracks]

Former President Bill Clinton reminded black voters yesterday about their ancestors' struggle for voting rights and called on them to turn out in large numbers at Tuesday's election to vote for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend for governor.

Speaking at the massive Jericho City of Peace Church complex in Landover, Mr. Clinton warned thousands of voters, mostly black, against going with someone who appeared to be a "compassionate" conservative. Prince George's County is considered crucial in the close gubernatorial race.

[kattracks]

"I remember literacy tests most whites in the South couldn't have passed,"

Like he remembers black churches burning?

[FormerLurker]

That's a hell of a reason to vote somebody, because some whore mongering treasonous criminal reminded you that you were black.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bill Clinton reminded black voters yesterday about their ancestors' struggle for voting rights

The 1965 Voting Rights Act received overwhelming support from Republicans, with 82% Republican support in the House and 94% Republican support in the Senate. More than a third of the Democrat Senators voted against the act.

[goose1]

Facts dont bother these people Klintoon is their first black president remember

[governsleastgovernsbest]

He recalled a time, growing up in the South, when blacks were herded on the back of trucks by "beady-eyed white guys.

And what exactly is your point? Are you accusing Erlich of being one of those "beady-eyed white guys?" Is he a racist?

Really, Bill, we need to know. Do you have a real point to make, or are you just trying to stir up some of the uglier, more painful memories in our country's history and somehow try to associate this decent man, Mr. Erlich, with them?

Why not mention the four little girls who died in the Birmingham church bombing? Go ahead, wave MLK Jr.'s bloody shirt too, as long as you're at it. Is there any level of vile, ugly manipulation to which you will not stoop? Excuse my rhetorical question.

[rdb3]

Facts dont bother these people Klintoon is their first black president remember

"...these people..."

In the daytime you could't see me with a flashlight.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.

[listenhillary]

Clinton warned against politicians who would divide the people into "us" and "them."

Words will not express the rage I feel about this slime of a little boy.

[kattracks]

"I remember literacy tests most whites in the South couldn't have passed,"...

So, what's clinton trying to say here? If whites couldn't pass these tests how could blacks ever hope to?

[listenhillary]

Mr. Clinton also lashed out at the Bush administration for the weak economy and unemployment, and for withholding education funds. "We tried it their way for 12 years," he said of Republicans. "In the '90s we tried it our way for eight years, and now we have tried them for two years. Our way works better."

Name one policy, evil one that had any effect on the economy.

[RedsHunter]

... who introduced Mr. Clinton as the "last elected president of the United States of America,"

That's not true ... but his is the last IMPEACHED president of the United States of America.

[mhking]

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[Bahbah]

The Democrats.

[xJones]

"these people" - well, I agree with you that could be considered racist. But how about this:

It is a race in which blacks are considered to be the deciding factor, and Mr. Clinton warned against politicians who would divide the people into "us" and "them." He recalled a time, growing up in the South, when blacks were herded on the back of trucks by "beady-eyed white guys."

Clinton was addressing a black audience and used direct racism as his argument against division. Wow, logic was never his strong point, division and racist appeals certainly are.

[Ghengis]

Like he remembers black churches burning?

That was my first thought when reading this. And I wonder why Tom Brokejaw, Dan Blather and Katie Corkit will never make this obvious comparison.

[Conservative til I die]

It is a race in which blacks are considered to be the deciding factor, and Mr. Clinton warned against politicians who would divide the people into "us" and "them."

Amazing.

[Conservative til I die]

"We tried it their way for 12 years," he said of Republicans. "In the '90s we tried it our way for eight years, and now we have tried them for two years. Our way works better."

Are scumbag's comments always this substantive?

[M Kehoe]

Ask an American of African heritage who voted for i42 to name one thing he did for them specifically and they can't.

Sad, very sad.

5.56mm

[aristeides]

He recalled a time, growing up in the South, when blacks were herded on the back of trucks by "beady-eyed white guys."

I wonder why Clinton thinks he's somehow excluded from that. Isn't he looking pretty beady-eyed these days?