Originally posted by: ProfJohn
From the ABC blog
Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here."
This was in response to a question about Obama saying it "took two people to beat him." Jackson had not been mentioned.
Boy, I can't understand why anyone would think the Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign to paint Obama as "the black candidate."
I think Bill really went over the edge with that comment.
Jesse Jackson does not exactly have a stellar reputation outside the black community.
This could help us Republicans. If Bill keeps making these types of comments he might piss off enough blacks for them to stay home on election day. Also the Republican candidate might look at having JC Watts and Condi Rice running around campaigning for him in black areas to try and capture some of that vote themselves.
Hell... Mitt Romney can stand up in front of a black audience and say "I'm a Mormon, I know what it is like to be discriminated against by people who think you are different than them."