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Re: Hillary Makes Bill's Jesse Jackson Remark Sound Gracious
There is nothing ''benign'' about discounting the importance of black voters, especially when just weeks before, the Clintons were laying claim to them. Obama has never asked to black voters to support him because of his race, and has never once boasted that he disproved the Clintons' original bboast. If Lbutterfly is not sensitive to Hillary's ...
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john adkisson
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February 11, 2008
Hillary Makes Bill's Jesse Jackson Remark Sound Gracious
Today Hillary discounted the massive rout by Obama because there was ''in the case of Louisiana, you know, a very strong and very proud African-American electorate, which I totally respect and understand.'' This is a direct quote and much more divisive and insensitive toward the black electorate than Bill's ''Jesse Jackson'' remark. Hillary's ...
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john adkisson
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February 11, 2008