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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:42 PM Original message |
So what do you suppose Bill Clinton was thinking when he said Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. When did he say that, and in what context? nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. msnbc is playing it over and over |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I got it off Raw Story, but I do not know if it is accurate or not |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Those weren't his exact words... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Josh Marshall has the video: |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was an incoherent answer to the question |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The margin of victory in South Carolina for Obama should tell them that Bill |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. and what happened to Jesse afterwards? Sure obama will win |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. well the point was a strange answer to a completely different question |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Sorry Ben, but you really don't see it do you. It is race baiting |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. I guess I'd like to know Clinton's view of |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think he meant Jackson didn't get the nomination. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. They will say, of course it is a compliment, but I think they are sending a subliminal |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. You're right, of course. That is the subtext. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I remember conflict between them. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm very disappointed in Bill this time. This was clear cut |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. ditto that. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. He knows Jackson is a controversial figure, and he is trying to divide |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. But what's eerie about it is that he could have easily snuck in his inuendo in response |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It is hard for me to believe that Bill says anything that he didn't mean to say /nt |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Agreed |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obvious. He was thinking that Jesse Jackson also attended a Madrassa |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. I can't believe he said that. If she is the nominee |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That is what I am thinking. Does he want the black voters to sit out the election |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because Bill is an asshole |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. true dat |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jesse Jackson won in SC (twice I think), but didn't win the nomination? |
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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. that's what he said. Seemed clear to me |
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Bright Eyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah he did win twice in SC. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. The first time he blew it by |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. but the association of that negativity is what Bill is trying to tap into |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The only "comparison" was that they both won SC. nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. No, the only comparison is Jackson was Black like Obama. |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. He meant that Obama's just another black politician that can't win a national campaign. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That cuts to chase, and I believe is a stupid tactic because he will |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I don't understand how The Clintons "turned Obama into the black candidate." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
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MzShellG (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. what's not to understand? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Slightly disappointed Sparkly, if you don't get the inference. |
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PondoNavyNuke (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Did he say it that way? Or are you taking it out of context? |
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MzShellG (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. Cleary he was underhandedly, yet so obviously, injecting race.... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. of Course! |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
40. sad. |
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johnnydrama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. yup |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. Let's hope so |
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