I just caught some video of that, words really dont do it justice. It was like she was acting and not doing a very good job with the role. Somebody like Sharpton or even Bill could have delivered that line with relish. Hillary came across like a high school teacher trying to work rap lyrics into her "welcome to algebra II" speech. It honestly stuns me that lines like this make it into the prepared remarks of one of the nation's most groomed politicians. Clearly there wasnt anyone on her staff with the brains or guts to tell her how bad it sounded beforehand.
Yes, and the worst part was her endearing (I'm black too), "and you know what I'm talking about."
It was like she told her speech writer..."You've got to get the word 'plantation' in there, I don't care how, just get it in there - It'll be a zinger".
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Great line.
After all Superior Mother Clinton knows all. At least tht is what her servant and slathering press guys tell us.
This a an interview in 2004 with Soledad O'Brien.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0411/18/ltm.05.html
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
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O'BRIEN: Another thing we were talking about in the news today, of course, is the House Republicans changing the rules to essentially inoculate Tom DeLay if, indeed, he is indicted.
No, don't laugh before I finish my question here. What do you make of that this morning? We're hearing lots from -- from Capitol Hill about this.
CLINTON: Well, I mean, what can I say? It's just so typical. I mean they're running the House of Representatives like a fiefdom with Tom DeLay as, you know, in charge of the plantation.
I think it's kind of a sad commentary. I don't think it's good for democracy. I don't think it's good for the Republican Party.
But again, I don't have a vote in the Republican Caucus in the House. They'll decide what they want to do.
But one would hope that they would not be so quick to change the rules when it affects their leader. They certainly wanted to apply the harshest of rules to Democratic leaders for so many years. I think we need to call a truce to all of this back and forth, and you know, let's have rules that apply to everybody. It's like the idea that some want to change the filibuster, which has been a time-honored tradition in the Senate.
You know, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And I think that we have an administration and Republican leadership that, you know, is very powerful. And power should be handled carefully in a democracy.
So, again, I don't have a vote in any of this, but I hope that, you know, more thoughtful minds prevail over what should be done going forward.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
Its SO funny when culturally clumsy white folks like Hillary and Gore try to pander and "be down"with black audiences.
You are right,Bill Clinton could pull it off without looking like a COMPLETE phony.Bill Bradley could do the soul thing halfway well since his NBA time culturally immersed him and he didn't have to"front"
Hillary is a total embarassmen.If she was straight up about her liberal agenda I could respect her.Yet her false attempts to be a "moderate"are absurd.
LOL!! Wish I could shorten that into an awesome tagline
She always does that when she's giving a speech. She has one of the WORST delivery styles I have ever seen, and that flat accent grates on my ears.
That can't be it . . . anyone as humble and gracious as Hillary would have advisors who could and would be frank. </sarcasm>