red states rule
01-27-2008, 07:39 AM
Caution - before reading grab a tissue and take a deep a breath. The liberal media is now in deep sorrow over the hits Bill Clinton is taking
This writer is worried about how his racial comments will tarnish Bills reputation. How do racial comment tarnish a sexual preditior?
Analysis: Bill Clinton's Lost Legacy
CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs: Inflammatory Remarks Tarnish Ex-President's Reputation
The man crowned as America's first black president for his unprecedented personal connection to the African-American community has abdicated the throne.
By injecting himself into the Democratic primary campaign with a series of inflammatory and negative statements, Bill Clinton may have helped his wife's presidential hopes in the long term but at the cost of his reputation with a group of voters that have long been one of his strongest bases of political support.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama won an overwhelming victory in South Carolina with the support of African American voters who made up 53 percent of the vote, according to CBS News exit polls. Eighty percent of those voters chose Obama.
The rout came after weeks of racial polarization, much of it involving the former president, who thrust himself into the fray in a manner more reminiscent of backwoods Arkansas politicking than conduct befitting a former commander in chief.
Bill Clinton was once seen as a big asset for his wife's campaign, especially among Democrats. After the thrashing Hillary Clinton took in South Carolina, the former president may find himself in the doghouse, if not the bullpen.
It was one phrase that began the racial ball rolling. When Bill Clinton referred to Obama's claims of consistent opposition to the war in Iraq as "the biggest fairy tale that I have ever seen," many blacks heard more than policy criticism. They heard a dismissive attack on the first black with a real chance of winning the White House. They heard echoes of racial battles of the past. And they heard it from someone who was supposed to be on their side.
for the complete article
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/26/politics/main3755521.shtml
This writer is worried about how his racial comments will tarnish Bills reputation. How do racial comment tarnish a sexual preditior?
Analysis: Bill Clinton's Lost Legacy
CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs: Inflammatory Remarks Tarnish Ex-President's Reputation
The man crowned as America's first black president for his unprecedented personal connection to the African-American community has abdicated the throne.
By injecting himself into the Democratic primary campaign with a series of inflammatory and negative statements, Bill Clinton may have helped his wife's presidential hopes in the long term but at the cost of his reputation with a group of voters that have long been one of his strongest bases of political support.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama won an overwhelming victory in South Carolina with the support of African American voters who made up 53 percent of the vote, according to CBS News exit polls. Eighty percent of those voters chose Obama.
The rout came after weeks of racial polarization, much of it involving the former president, who thrust himself into the fray in a manner more reminiscent of backwoods Arkansas politicking than conduct befitting a former commander in chief.
Bill Clinton was once seen as a big asset for his wife's campaign, especially among Democrats. After the thrashing Hillary Clinton took in South Carolina, the former president may find himself in the doghouse, if not the bullpen.
It was one phrase that began the racial ball rolling. When Bill Clinton referred to Obama's claims of consistent opposition to the war in Iraq as "the biggest fairy tale that I have ever seen," many blacks heard more than policy criticism. They heard a dismissive attack on the first black with a real chance of winning the White House. They heard echoes of racial battles of the past. And they heard it from someone who was supposed to be on their side.
for the complete article
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/26/politics/main3755521.shtml