Posted on 01/13/2008 10:00:16 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Clinton accuses Obama camp of pushing race issue By Klaus Marre | Posted: 1/13/08 12:18 PM [ET] January 13, 2008 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) accused the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), her main rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, of deliberately distorting remarks she made about Martin Luther King Jr.
Clinton said there “is not one shred of truth” to assertions that her campaign is making race an issue. The former first lady argued that remarks she had made, meant to say that it takes more than words to bring about change, were unfairly mischaracterized.
“This is an unfortunate storyline that the Obama campaign has pushed very hard,” Clinton said on NBC’s Meet the Press.
She argued that her comment saying that former President Lyndon B. Johnson deserves credit for signing civil rights legislation into law should not be interpreted to mean that the contributions of leaders such as Dr. King were not more important. Instead, Clinton said, it only showed that those with inspiration and ideas still need to work through the system to accomplish change.
On the show, the former first lady stated that Obama offers inspiration, but she said voters have to determine the record of candidates to see if they could translate ideas into action.
Clinton went after Obama on Iraq, saying that his actions and statements following an “impassioned speech” against military action in 2002 did not match the campaign’s rhetoric. Arguing that these are not attacks, Clinton stated that voters should get all of the information to then pick the candidate who is best qualified.
“One of us is going to make history,” Clinton said, pointing to her gender and Obama’s race.
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Prepare to be knee-deep in race and gender cards over the next year.
things can ony get messy from here...
This woman is dangerous.
Mr. Chairman, I move that we initiate preemptive impeachment action, just in case...
The jackass brays again. She and her affirmative action political correctness party have been pushing race for decades. And the word for her rhymes with witch.
Race is and will continue to be Obama’s biggest weapon.
Most blacks in their ongoing, overt racism will vote 85% + for him and he will cultivate the weak, self-hating, guilty-cause-I’m white-but-look-how-progressive-I-am-in-voting-for-a-black man fools.
And Hillary pushes the ‘woman’ gender card. What is her point. The Democrats always uses race and gender to divide America.
Chapter One, Paragraph One
All you Democrats who are supporting Obama are doing it because you are women haters and you fear strong women in power.
All you Democrats who are supporting Kucinich assemble at the courthouse. The mother ship will land at noon and give you further instructions.
True, there is not “one shred” but probably many.
You are mean/s
Thereby making race an issue. The technique was noted several months ago and is totally transparent.
HRC Interpretation...(I'm going to make her-story and you ain't in it Obama). "I've come too farrrrrrrr".
Shaking my head...this is too much PC for me. I need something for a migraine.
Oh Earthdweller...you are just so ‘Anti-Choice’ ..eheheheh!
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