Clinton calls GOP 'hypocritical' on Lott

CNN ^ | Thursday, December 19, 2002 | CNN.com

[tuna_battle]

"After he was sued in the late 1980s by the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund for failing to enforce the Voting Rights Act in Arkansas, then-Gov. Bill Clinton suggested to a group of pro-segregation whites that they were being unfairly targeted by civil rights laws as a result of the South's loss in the Civil War, according to one-time Clinton administration Civil Rights Division nominee Lani Guinier."

Excellent! I'd like to use this in a conversation. Do you have the source? Thanks in advance.

[gundog]

Clinton does get it. He can play the goofy ex-President that gets laughed at and pretend that we're laughing with him and not at him. This is simply a continuation of the politics of personal destruction. Without the inconvenience of 9-11, America (at least in sufficient numbers)would be lapping this stuff up.

Hillary is in the Senate, Bill controls the DNC. Richardson winning the Statehouse in New Mexico was the only bright light in the 2004 elections for the Clintonistas...imagine Talbott in the Senate and Reno and Reich as FL and MA Governors...don't know if either State has legal provisions for the appointment of Senators, should one be forced out(or make a run for the White House), but it would be worth looking into. With the Senate as nearly deadlocked as it is and with a brutal election coming up Clinton sits poised as probably the most powerful ex-President ever...and all he cares about is more power. Don't underestimate him; he is shameless. He can get caught using an intern as a humidor and come off looking like the victim in some peoples' eyes. He ain't got class, but he's got what it takes to rise to the top in Democratic politics.

[Marysecretary]

I never underestimate evil and evil is personified in the Clintons. Our country is in for some rough times ahead, worse than we can even imagine. It's time to get on our knees (no, not like Monica!) and pursue God's wisdom in all this.

[wasp69]

You were using the holiday as an example of clinton's hypocrisy. Got it. Just asking for clarification.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Clinton should know these things,he's claiming to be the first black president.

[gundog]

9-11 takes on a different meaning when taken in light of Romans 8:28. It may be the event which saves us from the world according to Clinton.

[lavaroise]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Former President Clinton said Wednesday it is "pretty hypocritical" of Republicans to criticize incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott for stating publicly what he said the GOP does "on the back roads every day."

Hypocritical? THe guy's going on a political cleansing inquisition against people who have done nothing of the sort, yet refer to others as racists? Well, at least not all racists dont wish for ethnic cleansing as you do mister Clinton!!!

[don-o]

Meanwhile former Clinton political adviser and Democratic strategist James Carville said he accepted Lott's apology.

Dang, I am away from the keys for a bit over 24 hours.

Fill me in. Has Lott apologized to Carville?

[gundog]

Strike Talbot, insert Irksome Bowles...hard to keep the Clinton drones straight sometimes.