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Bill Clinton: House Dems Treated Like 'Sharecroppers'
NewsMax.com ^ | Feb. 4, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 02/04/2006 8:16:43 PM PST by Carl/NewsMax

Ex-president Bill Clinton defended his wife Hillary on Friday for claiming last month that the GOP-led Congress was being run like a "plantation," adding that he thought House Democrats were being treated like "sharecroppers."

Asked if he agreed with Mrs. Clinton's comment, the ex-president told WCBS Radio's Peter Maer: "Oh, absolutely I do. And it had no racial overtones."

"It was more about the arbitrary and complete exercise of power and control," he contended."

Clinton cited an unnamed farmer-turned-congressman from East Arkansas who told him he agreed with Hillary as well. "I wouldn't say we were slaves," Clinton quoted the congressman as saying. "We're more like sharecroppers."

The ex-president then added, "Another member of the United States Congress who worked on a plantation as a boy came up and thanked my wife for saying that."

After offering racially tinged anecdotes, Mr. Clinton again insisted that Hillary "absolutely meant nothing racial by it."

"I defend her, I think she did the right thing," he said. "And I think that's why the Black Caucus defended her."


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 109th; backpedaling; clintons; gopplantation; impeachedrapist; plantation; sharecroppers; x42
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To: maggief
You took the words right out of my mouth.

Sorta!

21 posted on 02/04/2006 8:27:13 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Carl/NewsMax

The "Toons" should be the last to refer to "Croppers".
They along with the Dim party have kept Blacks on the Plantation for decades.


22 posted on 02/04/2006 8:27:14 PM PST by TUX
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Sharecroppers?

Plantation??

What is it with these people???

Becki

23 posted on 02/04/2006 8:27:35 PM PST by Becki (Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

My, Slick must still be dreamin' of plowing the furrows.


24 posted on 02/04/2006 8:27:50 PM PST by miele man
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To: Carl/NewsMax

WAA WAA WAA WAA WAA WAA WAA WAA WAA


25 posted on 02/04/2006 8:28:38 PM PST by stevengrant98 (its not liberals, its lieberals)
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To: Becki
What is it with these people???

They don't know when to shut up

IMO .. let'em keep talking .. they are doing wonders for our side

26 posted on 02/04/2006 8:29:24 PM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
If no one else says it, I will...
Bill Clinton is a racist pandering POS and so is his wife, Mrs. Clinton.


27 posted on 02/04/2006 8:30:17 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Hillary said something dumb and now Bill is providing damage control. I think we'll see this right up to the election in '08.


28 posted on 02/04/2006 8:30:35 PM PST by Starve The Beast (I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused)
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To: Becki

It's unbelievable that this self-obsessed a-hole raised this issue again after it died down. It seems the blind support the Black Caucus affords the x42s just emboldens them more.


29 posted on 02/04/2006 8:31:02 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Better than being treated like the carpetbaggers they are.


30 posted on 02/04/2006 8:31:17 PM PST by philetus (What goes around comes around)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

[big grin] How in the world can Slick Willie say this stuff with a straight face? 35 years ago, in college, when I was learning about sociopaths I had no idea I'd have to watch one for 14 long years.

OK, fine. BC is a sociopath. At least he has an excuse of sorts for the things he says. But Peter Maer and every other sycophantic "journalist" that listens to it with a straight face & never questions it has not that excuse. They are much more disgusting than BC. In his fantasy world he truly believes what he says is real when he says it. The media people that suck it up and regurgitate it are simply whores....with the worst kind of social disease.


31 posted on 02/04/2006 8:31:59 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Well, they just keep gettin' curiouser and curiouser.


32 posted on 02/04/2006 8:32:00 PM PST by wouldntbprudent (If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

"Arbitary and complete exercise of power and control"? Dammit they've emulating the RATS again! Course Klinton was strictly Dixie Mafia type.


33 posted on 02/04/2006 8:32:45 PM PST by Waco
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Huge difference between a sharecropper and a Democrat Senator. Most sharecroppers are productive but Dim Senators bring nothing to the plate except criticism. Another difference is, sharecroppers usually don't have any other choice but to work. All the Dim Senators can and should quit and leave. The sooner the better.
34 posted on 02/04/2006 8:33:21 PM PST by jerry639
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To: Carl/NewsMax
And it had no racial overtones."

Racial overtones only apply when a Republican is speaking!

35 posted on 02/04/2006 8:33:51 PM PST by airborne
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To: Reactionary

Is that Hilary or Nancy? They could be the sisters from hell.


36 posted on 02/04/2006 8:34:37 PM PST by GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos (LIBS = Lewd Insane Babbling Scum)
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To: Mo1

You know...I used to be worried about Hillary...but, like you...I am beginning to think that the more she and Bubba talk...

the better it will be for the GOP, no matter how much pandering they do.


37 posted on 02/04/2006 8:34:42 PM PST by Txsleuth (l drink tea, not kool-aid.)
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To: Txsleuth

Bill is batting a thousand helping Dems try to win an elections .. LOL!!

Let'em keep talking


38 posted on 02/04/2006 8:36:25 PM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: Pharmboy

Well it would not be too difficult to find out who the Congressman from East Arkansas is, and Biographical info is easy to look up if you want info as to who worked on a Plantation. There are not that many Congress critters from East Arkansas and if you asked them(probably Dems)their facial expression will reveal if they are the person. Slick Willie is probably putting one over on the media again he is a such a congenital liar. He has lost a lot of brain cells since he had the heart problem on top of all the years of drugs,booze, and carousing, and it makes him not as slick as he was. He does not understand how easy it is to google for anything and find out who the hell the liar is immediately.


39 posted on 02/04/2006 8:39:13 PM PST by samantha (cheer up, the adults are in charge! Soldier in Bucket Brigade Reporting for Duty.)
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To: Mo1

Remember John "pathological liar" Lovitz on Saturday Night Live?

That's Bill Clinton.


And if it were a republican anonymously quoting "a member of congress who worked on a plantation", the MSM would hire detectives to prove this was a ridiculous lie!


40 posted on 02/04/2006 8:39:41 PM PST by YaYa123
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