Black Backlash from BLACKs at CLINTON and company..Hillary the WhiteCracker butch bitch.............

Racial tensions roil Democratic race

By: Ben Smith

Jan 11, 2008 03:04 PM EST

Updated: January 11, 2008 05:09 PM EST

Comments from the Clintons and Clinton supporters are spurring a

racial backlash.

Photo: AP

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.

"A cross-section of voters are alarmed at the tenor of some of these

statements," said Obama spokeswoman Candice Tolliver, who said that

Clinton would have to decide whether she owed anyone an apology.

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"There's a groundswell of reaction to these comments -- and not just

these latest comments but really a pattern, or a series of comments

that we've heard for several months," she said. "Folks are beginning

to wonder: Is this really an isolated situation or is there something

bigger behind all of this?"

Clinton supporters responded to that suggestion with their own

outrage.

"To say that there is a pattern of racist comments coming out of the

Hillary campaign is ridiculous," said Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.

"All of the world knows the commitment of President Clinton and Sen.

Clinton to civil rights issues -- and not only the commitment in terms

of words but in terms of deeds."

Referring to the King quote, Sheila Jackson Lee, another Clinton

supporter, said Clinton was trying to contrast King and Obama, not to

diminish King: "It really is a question of focusing on the suggestion

that you can inspire without deeds -- what is well known to the child

who studies Dr. King in school is that yes, he spoke, but he also

moved people to action."

But other black Clinton supporters found themselves wincing at the

Clintons' words, if not questioning their intent.

A Harlem-based consultant to the Clinton campaign, Bill Lynch, called

the former president's comments "a mistake," and said his own phone

had been ringing with friends around the country voicing their

concern.

"I've been concerned about some of those comments -- and that there

might be a backlash," he said.

Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones, a prominent Obama

supporter, echoed those sentiments.

"It's very unfortunate that the president would make a statement like

that," he said of Bill Clinton's criticism of Obama's experience,

adding that the African-American community had "saved his presidency"

after the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"They owe the African-American community -- not the reverse," he said.

"Maybe Hillary and Bill should get behind Sen. Barack Obama."

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., through a spokesman, used even stronger

language. "Following Barack Obama's victory in Iowa and historic voter

turnout in New Hampshire, the cynics unfortunately have stepped up

their efforts to decry his uplifting message of hope and fundamental

change.

"Regrettably, they have resorted to distasteful and condescending

language that appeals to our fears rather than our hopes. I sincerely

hope that they'll turn away from such reactionary, disparaging

rhetoric."

Many analysts think Clinton won New Hampshire on the back of a

feminist backlash against criticism from her rivals and the media, and

now, after his own defeat, it's Obama's turn. Race is particularly

complicated turf this year, however, in a contest that features two

towering figures who pride themselves for breaking racial barriers in

American politics.

The first is Bill Clinton, sometimes referred to as "the first black

president," who now finds himself on the same uncertain ground as any

other white politician speaking dismissively of an African-American

rival.

He was expected to call into the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, which

airs in South Carolina, Friday afternoon, to explain his "fairy tale"

comment.

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Dem whiteys best get dar shit straight.....

Clinton loses black vote in spite of many black church donations

and pandering to blacks.

Tooo baddd.

love

hank