Posted on 01/17/2006 4:37:44 AM PST by jimbo123
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped a Martin Luther King Day stunner yesterday - comparing GOP rule of the House of Representatives to a "plantation."
Standing alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton, Clinton told a mostly black crowd that "when you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation - and you know what I am talking about."
The startling comment got muted response from those at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ on W. 116th St., but Republican leaders seized on her remarks as inflammatory and insensitive.
"It is always wrong to play the race card for political gain by using a loaded word like plantation," said Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.). "It is particularly wrong to do so on Martin Luther King Day."
"I am a little shocked that a United States senator would use such unfortunate stereotyping to characterize an entire political party," added Rep. Vito Fossella (R-S.I.). "In this case, I think she owes an apology."
Clinton's plantation remark was part of a fiery partisan speech in which she predicted that the Bush White House "will go down in history as one of the worst" and chided GOP leaders for squelching debate.
She asserted that the House "has been run in away so that nobody with a contrary point of view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument."
Aides to Clinton later defended her "plantation" remark, noting that House GOP leaders have often barred Democrats from even offering amendments to bills.
Although several Democrats did not return calls seeking comment, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) said "the only card anybody was playing with today was the joker, because as she rightly stated, that's who's in charge of the people's House and that's who's stifling the progress of the last century, progress that led to civil rights."
As for Sharpton, he jokingly suggested that Clinton, who many believe is eying a run for President in 2008, had stolen his material.
"Any time you have a situation where, because of seniority and cloakroom politics, the bosses make the decision - that's tantamount to plantation," Sharpton told reporters.
"I absolutely defend her saying it because I said it all through the '04 elections," added Sharpton, referring to his failed presidential run that year.
Clinton made the plantation remark in response to a question about why national Democrats in general seem so "spineless" on major issues - a problem she blamed on the GOP's hold on the White House and both branches of Congress since 2000.
"So here's what I am suggesting," said Clinton in a not-so-veiled plug for her future. "If you don't like the way things are going now, the Democrats have to be given a chance to get into power."
geez, how racist can you get?
"I, Hillary Clinton, know what it's like to be black. I love grape soda. I know what it's like when the guy in the supermarket won't take your "food stamps." Or how it feels to wait all month for your welfare check. Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!"
Okay....LOL....I don't think I'll go there!
That's Clinton's illegitimate son... good catch!
Add this to Gore's little performance and start placing your bets on the self-destruction of the Democratic Party....They've all gone nuts, in public!
Couldn't be his kid. Remember Clinton said he was sterile due to mumps as a child!!
Chelsea must be wondering who her bio father is.
YOu are not kidding! Actually, I go to other sites that are not political, but tend to attract a lefty crowd (say, on movies) and the grammar, spelling, analysis is unbelievably bad. And every aspect of discourse includes the vulgar, profane and perverse.
Here, even if a post is juvenile and silly, it is usually passably well-written.
I can only imagine what DU must be like. I'll check it out sometime!
Just a p.s. to our mini-discussion on the recent enthusiasm for Gore. I was going through google news for something and saw Algore on the hit list. Took the bait--wowzer, there were TONS of articles about how his speech and all the warm and fuzzies it was giving the moonbats!
At the same time the Hildabeast is giving herself a wedgie with her "plantation" remark, Algore is feeding the faithful red meat they actually believe will make them stronger in 2008.
Who knows--the man may out-comeback The Comeback Kid!!
(BRING IT ON!)
She's running...(and you KNOW what I'm talking about!)
Can't We Just All Get Along, Hil?
because ole Billy boy certainly ran an exemplary administration, right up to the moment the House returned the Bill of Impeacment for perjury.
Isn't it time someone called these politicians on their constant abuse of the seperation clause, and make them stop giving political speeches in church?
Oh wait..those laws don't apply to dimocRATS..
I say they need to start yanking the tax-exempt status of every church who allows a politician to speak, when the speech is blatantly political.
be it Republican or dimocRAT.
Your tagline is funny! Hope you suceed :-)
With sincere apologies to Hattie McDaniel and Oscar Polk, both of whom had more courage and guts than Hillary will EVER have, a quote from Gone With The Wind......
"Whooose gonna milk dat cow Mz Scarlett,
Wheeze HOUSE workers!!!!"
"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped a Martin Luther King Day stunner yesterday.."
Huh? A "stunner"? "Shocker"? Really? Who was stunned by this? For real, if there's anyone out there who was shocked by her comments, would you please let us know?
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