Shh. The truth is very near by. Put down that fork.
“Why do people like op-ed columnist Bob Herbert, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn and countless black bloggers hear a grievous insult in her simple observation? The outcry is so disproportionate to the stimulus that one can barely help suspecting something outright irregular. “
It is the politics of victimhood, and this is completely predictable.
I agree that the statements were a tempest in a teapot but where was that thinking while conservatives and non-politicians were being destroyed by the hypersensitive for such misstatements as the author now thinks is unfair in regards to Bill and Hillary?
If you think this is wrong, how many times have you heard a TV commentator start out with: "According to an (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) poll...". Trust me, if you give me what you want to prove with a poll, I can word it so you'll be happy with the results. They make their own news...how sad.
In 1964 Hillary was a self-identified “GOLDWATER girl”...the same year that MLK was marching on DC with his I Have a Dream speech!!!! Sooooo, Hilly, were you for Barry or Martin???
Well, duh.
If this is news, where have you been all this time?
And what's with the "almost" crap?
Since Southern Dems are the bastion of segregationism (Bill's mentor Fulbright comes to mind), it isn't surprising that Hillary's pulled out the white bed sheets and pillow cases with eye holes to reflect what she thinks will get her the nomination. Has nothing to do with what she believes and everything to do with the utter contempt she holds for the South in general and the 'little people' who vote for her.
CLINTON: It is Dr. King’s birthday. The three of us are here in large measure because his dreams have been realized. John, who is, as we know, the son of a millworker and really has become an extraordinary success, as Senator Obama who has such an inspirational and profound story to tell America and the world; I, as a woman, who is also a beneficiary of the civil rights movement and the women’s movement and the human rights movement, and the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of that.
So I very much appreciate what Senator Obama and I did yesterday, which is that we both have exuberance and sometimes uncontrollable supporters; (Blaming supporters for comments she made) that we need to get this campaign where it should be.
We’re all family in the Democratic Party. We are so different from the Republicans on all of these issues in every way that affects the future of the people that care so much about.
So I think that it’s appropriate on Dr. King’s birthday, his actual birthday, to recognize that all of us are here as a result of what he did, all of the sacrifice, including giving his life, along with so many of the other icons that we honor.