Posted on 01/13/2008 2:58:58 PM PST by Tall_Texan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent black supporters said Sunday he was insulted by the characterization by rival Barack Obama's presidential campaign of her remarks about the civil rights movement.
Bob Johnson, the nation's first black billionaire and founder of the BET cable television network, said Obama's campaign had acted dishonestly and had distorted Clinton's remarks about Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnson also seemed to hint at Obama's acknowledged youthful drug use, an issue that led another Clinton campaign official to resign. Johnson later denied that was the case.
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This little fight is getting nastier by the day.
Bob’s steppin for Miss Hillary.
Funny how Oprah is sitting on the sidelines and won’t defend Obama.
This is one of two parallel routes the DNC will take to get Obama out of the way.
I’ve been waiting for Jesse and Al to spin black voters about why Obama is NOT the right guy. Noting current Obama popularity, I’m betting BET founder Bob Johnson was sent out first to test the waters.
Alternatively, to discourage white voters, the DNC is desparately looking for the eyewitness to a cocaine sale by Obama.
I see a coming face-off with Oprah....
There is a huge and widening gulf between factions of Americans of African descent coming, and it does not bode well for Herself, the Cold and Joyless. If Herself captures anything less than 50% of the black vote, it may indicate that the “charm” of the “Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001” is fast wearing off.
Although the Rev. Jackson himself is straddling the fence weighing whom he’s going to get the biggest payoff from, his son, Congressman JJ, Jr. is backing Obama.
Oh, Lordy. What fodder for this week's talking heads.
Good movie, BTW.
Oh, if Obama is smart, he should stay far away from Ft. Marcy Park.
But didn't Bubba, er I mean the former President, and Sharpton get in a squbble?
Hillary has promised that her administration will not prosecute graft. That has locked in the black leadership.
A white woman getting the support of the black leadership over a black man. Amazing.
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