Here Comes The Race War!!
From Daily KOS:
In an interview shown a few minutes ago on MSNBC and conducted earlier today, Bill Clinton was asked about the fairness of the “two against one” nature of he and Hillary both campaigning against Obama.
There were plenty of ways for him to provide a reasonable answer to that question. He could have pointed out that Michelle Obama is a very effective campaigner for Barack, that he’s just doing the same thing for Hillary, and that it wasn’t his fault he was better known than Michelle Obama or Elizabeth Edwards.
He COULD HAVE done that, but he didn’t.
Instead, following in the footsteps of the worst race-baiting politicians of the old South, he explicitly played the race card.
He didn’t even answer the question, ignoring it to make his REAL point — that Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice. They didn’t show the other part of the interview (which may not even have been the same interview), but they also quoted him as saying that Hillary “couldn’t win” in South Carolina because of her race and her sex.
I’m so glad to see the record of that quote...it was..beyond belief.
Classic race-baiting.
OMG thanks for sharing that. Someone on CNN is quoting exit polls which show Obama won in so many different categories that the Clintons were blown away. Even the Clinton suck-up (Bernstein) is saying Bill is a real loser in this as they put so much money in this State believing she could win, so his comment she didn’t stand a chance doesn’t ring true, and it may have a large impact come super Tuesday. I have fingers crossed that they don’t change their tune after she wins Florida as I recall all the glee when he won his first State and then all was forgotten.