And the "race" begins... Obama camp enrages over Hillary's MLK comment

[SSSnail]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7788.html

A senior Obama staffer just told me the Barack Obama campaign is livid over Hillary Clinton?s recent comment about Martin Luther King Jr. and what was apparently her attempt to point out the difference between dreaming and accomplishment.

?Dr. King?s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act,? Clinton said in the TV interview Monday.

?It took a president to get it done.?

Some in the Obama campaign are now outraged at what they take to be a denigration of King?s accomplishments and the sacrifices made during his era.

?Go ask black people what they think of that statement,? the Obama staffer told me.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7788.html

A senior Obama staffer just told me the Barack Obama campaign is livid over Hillary Clinton?s recent comment about Martin Luther King Jr. and what was apparently her attempt to point out the difference between dreaming and accomplishment.

?Dr. King?s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act,? Clinton said in the TV interview Monday.

?It took a president to get it done.?

Some in the Obama campaign are now outraged at what they take to be a denigration of King?s accomplishments and the sacrifices made during his era.

?Go ask black people what they think of that statement,? the Obama staffer told me.

Sounds to me like Obama is playing the race card here.

 

[techs]

Weak. Sounds like a non-issue that some political wachoff is drumming up.

 

[miketheidiot]

nice baiting by hillary.

 

[imported_Shivetya]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Sounds to me like Obama is playing the race card here.

Card, hell, they pulled out the deck and have been waiting to use it for a long time.

My only guess is that they figured it would have to stay under wraps until they were up against Republican criticism

 

[Pabster]

Hillary is the one playing the race card. Bill was a master at it. And the Clinton Machine is back.

You're going to see it intensify dramatically in the coming months.

If you want proof of this, take a look at all the "Is America Ready For A Black President?" FUD stories around. Who's camp do you wager is putting that shit out?

 

[beyoku]

Originally posted by: Pabster
Hillary is the one playing the race card. Bill was a master at it. And the Clinton Machine is back.

You're going to see it intensify dramatically in the coming months.

If you want proof of this, take a look at all the "Is America Ready For A Black President?" FUD stories around. Who's camp do you wager is putting that shit out?