After years of race-baiting, even the Clintons are falling prey to the over the top you-can't-say-anything-negative-about-a-black-person-or-its-racist game that Republicans are always forced to defend. Well, Ha f'ing ha! First Black President, my ass.A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband, and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the presidential primary as the candidates head south to heavily African-American South Carolina.
The comments, which ranged from the New York senator appearing to diminish the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — an aide later said she misspoke — to Bill Clinton dismissing Sen. Barack Obama’s image in the media as a “fairy tale” — generated outrage on black radio, black blogs and cable television. And now they've drawn the attention of prominent African-American politicians.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Liberals reap what they sow
Racial tensions roil Democratic race