Jack & Jill Politics

I think a timeline with exact, full quotes, the date and link (to a legit source like the NY Times or AP) would be helpful. For instance, Bill Shaheen’s quote (with date/link and/or video or audio link)) and date. Then the date of his denial/resignation, etc. Also, the response at the time from the Obama campaign.

The Clinton’s have been blowing this dog whistle loud and clear all month – obviously an attempt to force Obama’s hand to “play the race card”.

Then Donna Brazile and James Clyburn ring the alarm and the MSM comes sniffing around, the Obama campaign finally issues a response – to South Carolina voters, not the press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/obama-camps-memo-on-clin_n_81205.html

Those of us who have been paying attention all along KNOW that the original alarm bells were sounded in the Black blogosphere and on Black radio. Then Brazile and Clyburn spoke up, the MSM got wind of it and Obama’s camp finally touches on it.

No matter what he does, Obama will be accused of “playing the race card” if he or his campaign answers any of these, but I say so be it.

Found this on “Think on these things”. A pro-Obama site, but they give the MLK timeline and note that there was NO statement at the time of the MLK mess from Barack Obama’s campaign.

Hillary Clinton has blamed Barack Obama for instigating the MLK controversy.

(h/t Prometheus 6)

This is not true. The story aired on January 7, 2008. The Politico reported on the story that day before it aired. The comments section of that post was full of people who were offended by the comments. That evening Clinton was already trying to clean up the mess she had made.

There was absolutely no statement from Barack Obama or the Obama campaign on the issue amidst all of that.

Great idea! I tried to leave the details re: Bob Johnson’s latest insults but I could not get the cut and paste feature to work.

Please advise!

Thanks,
Carmen D

Hillary’s third term?

Her campaign is down right outrageous. It’s manipulative, wrong and disgusting. I will be chairing my local Democrats for McCain committee if she gets the nomination. Say what you want about his views, he wouldn’t use these kind of tactics to win.

Also of note: versus McCain:

McCain 49
Clinton 37

(18% of Democrats backing McCain; 7% undecided)

McCain 46
Obama 43

Tell me again, who is more electable? If the Democratic Party wants to find a way to yet again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, it’ll nominate Clinton.

Creating a story and then blaming your opponent for it is what Bush does. That is a disqualification for the office of President.

The good news, she has so irritated unions in Nevada, where they make up 50% of the caucus, that she may lose a state she had a twenty point lead in a month ago.

Clinton knows she can’t win. An honorable politician would’ve run to the end, realizing that they couldn’t do anything about it. The dishonorable Clintons decided that they were bigger than the party–of course we knew this when DOMA, welfare reform, NAFTA, the Iraq War, etc, happened–and so they decided to take the rest of the party down with them.

Bill is obsessed with his legacy. He’s a fool to not see that any good legacy that he may have despite impeachment is tied up in a President Obama. Instead, he’ll be remembered as a narcissistic fool that ruined his own party and cemented divisions through misguided attacks unbecoming of a former President in support of his wife’s campaign. His choice. I’ll say it now, there have been 43 Presidents. Clinton was the should be ranked 41st, Bush should be ranked 42nd, and Buchanan should be ranked 43rd. However, there’s still a chance to go down as the worst in history if this BS keeps up.

Knock it off now. And you want to know what the Republicans are going if it’s Clinton/Bayh: put JC Watts on the ticket, and proceed to realign the country in their favor. Good for them.

thanks for the updates yall.

@carmen. email me direct (baratunde at baratunde dot com) or find me on IM so we can sort out your problems. Feel free to use one of the empty templates I left open though.

@g.d.
while I support Obama, this site does not officially do so. two of us are strongly for. one leans strongly and one is undecided.

I really wanted the tracker to grab what people think is illegitimate and especially what they think is racially motivated in some way.

If Hillary says Obama’s health care plan isn’t as good as hers, I don’t consider that an “attack”

If Bill refers to Obama as a “kid” that is an attack.

Clearly what Bob Johnson did today qualifies.

When Hillary says Obama’s health plan leaves people out that is an attack, for everyone could opt in. However, Obama doesn’t favor a mandate–which is a big check to big insurance, as Hillary does. So she misrepresents the truth and says that Obama is in the pocket of big insurance, when the truth is absolutely the other way. Hillary: favorite daughter of big insurance executives…

I had to laugh after reading Bob Johnson’s defense of the Clintons.

I don’t watch BET, and I wish there was a way I could get that garbage network off my satellite service. BET was a once promising idea that has been run into the gutter by people looking to make a fast dollar at any cost.

Great idea! Here’s my list:

Shaheen – drug dealer

Penn – cocaine

Bill’s comment that Hillary was tougher than Nelson Mandela

Kerrey – madrassa

Staffers spreading muslim e-mails

Shuck and Jive, Cuomo

LBJ/MLK – Hillary

Hip Black Friend (anonymous to guardian)

Bob Johnson/ drug use

spadework- Hillary

Fairy tale- Bill

Constantly refering to a sitting Senator as a ‘kid’- Bill

PLEASE SIGN PETITION ask-marian-wright-edleman-to-support-barack-obama

LINK BELOW:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ask-marian-wright-edleman-to-support-barack-obama

Petition short version:
We the under signed ask Marian Wright Edleman to show
her support for Barack Obama for president 2008. We
also would appreciate Marian explaining why her
husband resigned from Bill clintons cabinet and why on
July 24th when Marian Spoke to Amy Goodman at
democracynow.org she didn’t eleborate further in her
views of Hillary Clinton who proclaims to be the
candidate for childrens right.
The following are a few articles explaining in some
detail as to the clintons dealings with regards to
Marian Wright Edleman. (note: these articles can be
found at the petition site by clicking petition
overview under Marians picture)

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY ASAP

Danielle Clarke

“”Hillary Co-Ops Marians organization as if Marian is
endorsing her”"

NOTE: The link to Hillary’s site is below.

http://hillaryclinton.com/issues/family/

Go to hillaryclinton.com. Click ‘HILLARY” tab at top
of page and select “Hillary’s Story”. Then on the
right of the page under “HILLARY ON THE ISSUES” click
“Supporting Parents and Caring for Children”. In the
second paragraph read…”From her first job out of law
school at the Children’s Defense Fund…”

Hillary is effectively associating herself with the
CDF without seeking actually saying she is and without
saying why Marian the individual citizen, her mentor
at CDF is not supporting her for the nomination. This
mention of the CDF by Hillary in this fashion does not
give the correct impression. Namely, that neither
Marian nor her husband, who resigned the Clinton
Administration in PROTEST, are at odds with the
Clinton’s in a most serious way. What is the nature
of that disagreement when the Clinton’s are giving the
impression that all is well with her relationship with
the CDF. This is SO a typically Clinton (not quite
honest) maneuver. Marian has a Christian and
Citizenship duty to correct that false impression. To
share the truth with the Democrats and the American
people BEFORE they nominate another Clinton to the
important job of President of the United States at
this critical point in our Nation’s history.

further writings in support of my petition can be found here = http://jackandjillpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-i-don-support-clinton-part-1.html

and here = http://jackandjillpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-i-don-support-clinton-part-2-no-war.html

and here = http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-i-dont-support-hillary-clinton.html

and here = http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/when-the-clintons-abandoned-marian-wright-edelman-lani-guinier-and-jocelyn-elders/

You see Bill Clinton’s list of attacks from the Obama camp? What a clown.
1) Hillary should be fighting her own battles, not hiding behind her husband
2) There’s a huge different between attacking someone’s political agenda (policies and plans) and race-baiting.