Both Clintons, Obama To Face Off In Ala.

Bill And Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Will Be On Hand In Selma This Weekend

(CBS/AP)  In competition for a key Democratic voting bloc, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is enlisting the help of her husband, former President Clinton, at a weekend civil rights commemoration headlined by a formidable black rival, Sen. Barack Obama.

Clinton and Obama, the party's top 2008 presidential contenders, will be in Selma, Ala., Sunday to observe the 42nd anniversary of a civil rights march that helped end racial segregation in the South. Obama is scheduled to deliver the day's keynote address at a Selma church that morning, with Sen. Clinton speaking at another church nearby.

But late Thursday, the Clinton campaign announced that the former president would join his wife in a symbolic march across the Edmund Pettus bridge, where civil rights workers were beaten by state troopers in 1965. Obama also will participate in the march, along with civil rights activists and others.

Bill Clinton also will be inducted that day in the National Voting Rights Hall of Fame — another high-profile opportunity for the Clintons to grab the spotlight from the charismatic Obama.

The joint appearance marks the first time the Clintons have appeared together publicly since she announced her candidacy in January.

Normally, Clinton might not worry much about the support of black voters after serving eight years as first lady in a White House that enjoyed legendary popularity among blacks. Bill Clinton was dubbed "the first black president" by author Toni Morrison, and Hillary Clinton has enjoyed strong support from black voters — a critical Democratic constituency — as a senator and presidential contender.

But that popularity is being challenged by Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois who some believe has a real chance at becoming the nation's first black president.

"I think the Clinton camp is sending a signal that they will aggressively contest Barack Obama for the African American vote," said Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., in an interview with the Washington Post. Davis has endorsed Obama and his district includes Selma.

Davis added, "I think it's gratifying to see that two of the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination would want to come to Selma 42 years after Bloody Sunday, and I think it dramatizes the changes that have occurred in American politics and black politics in particular."

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the more people who attend the anniversary events, the better.

[musty2u]

"A symbolic march across the Edmund Pettus bridge"? Give us a break; stay home Bill.

[antoniof123]

I wish it were Bill running but I will take what I can get just no more neocons for the rest of my life.

[talkingham]

Gee, can't they celebrate this just every 5 or 10 years. I'm sick of the various personalities who just use this event every year for their own publicity.


And I'm really, really, really sick of the campaign that shouldn't even start until a year from now.

The political system is broken and is little more than a ratings boon for the 24-hour "non-news" cycle.

[elgraz]

What a lot of *** !!!!!!!!!!!!

[gunnerv1]

Who's coattails are they trying to ride? Hillery on Bills or Bill on Hillerys?

[scott4261]

I have had my disagreements with Bill Clinton. His "triangulation" with Republicans while he was president irritated the hell out of me. "Don't ask, don't tell" was one of may compromises that wound up pleasing neither side of the ***-in-the-military-debate. Then there was NAFTA, which serves as a reminder that we should have been listening to Ross Perot when he was talking about "the giant sucking sound" of jobs leaving the country. To say nothing of thee inequities brought on which has exacerbated the problem of illegal immigration and the blind eye our government turned on the employers who hire those illegal workers. There's much more, but that's just a couple of examples.

Still, Clinton managed to preside over a booming economy. The internet bubble had not yet burst. Even the working poor had a decent standard of living. There was a vibrant middle class. Nearly everyone was employed. Inflation was low. I was firmly planted int the middle class then. Now I'm struggling to hold on to my shrinking portion of the middle class. For me, that is the bottom line.

Does that mean I want Hillary as Clinton redux? Absolutely not. It's times to break out of the dysfunctional Bush-Clinton cycle.

[factfinder3]

You all need to check this out. It was varified!
THIS WILL OPEN YOUR EYES!
Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers decided that a fellow black panther named Alex Rackley needed to die. Rackley was suspected of disloyalty. Rackley was first tied to a chair. Once safely immobilized, his friends tortured him for hours by,among other things, pouring boiling water on him. When they got tired of torturing Rackley, Black Panther member, Warren Kimbo took Rackley outside and put a bullet in his head.Rackley's body was later found floating in a river about 25 miles north of New Haven, Connecticut. In 1977, that's only eight years later, only one of the killers was still in jail. The shooter, Warren Kimbro,managed to get a scholarship to Harvard and became good friends with none other than Al Gore. He later became an assistant dean at an Eastern Connecticut State College.Isn't that something? You can pump a bullet into someone's head and a few years later, in the same state, you can become an assistant college dean! Only in America ! Erica Huggins was the woman who served the Panthers by boiling the water for Mr. Rackley's torture. Some years later Ms. Huggins was elected to a California School Board. How in the world do you think these killers got off so easily?
CONTINUED ON NEXT POST...

[factfinder3]

.....Maybe it was in some part due to the efforts of two people who came to the defense of the Panthers. These two people actually went so far as to shut down Yale University with demonstrations in defense of the accused Black Panthers during their trial. One of these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee. Mr. Lee, or Mr. Lan Lee, as the case may be, isn't a college dean. He isn't a member of a California School Board. He is now head of the United States Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, appointed by none other than Bill Clinton.The other Panther defender was, like Lee, a radical law student at Yale University at the time. She is now known as the "smartest woman in the world." [ugh] She is none other than the Democratic senator from the State of New York--our former First Lady, the incredible Hillary Rodham Clinton.Remember it when she runs for President.

[oleander8]

Noun 1. face-off - a hostile disagreement face-to-face, showdown, confrontation, encounter
disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
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I didn't see anything in the article to suggest a "face-off". Sounds like a CBS opinion, or judgement just because they are going to be in the same town at the same time.

[factfinder3]

OLEANDER8....READ THE HEADING!

[skyk-2009]

What a lot of *** !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by elgraz at 12:05 PM : Mar 02, 2007
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Do you have a point to make? This is without a doubt the most important election, maybe in our history. We have so many problems facing us and a HOSTILE world where we have NO friends anymore. I think all opinions should be heard but this tired old Neocon Garbage of the past???? Well failure has a way of making such things as that TIRED AND OLD in a hurry.

[oleander8]

factfinder3 -- I READ the heading, idjit, and don't see anything in the article to backup the claim that it is a FACE-OFF - they probably won't even speak.

[karlimhof]

Hillary Clinton is good but....if it means we go back to the intra-party warfare we saw with Bill and the repub hunting parties....better we chose someone else.

[skyk-2009]

And I'm really, really, really sick of the campaign that shouldn't even start until a year from now.

The political system is broken and is little more than a ratings boon for the 24-hour "non-news" cycle.

Posted by talkingham at 12:02 PM : Mar 02, 2007


Sparky when the American People have been through 6 long years of Sir LIES-A-LOT the campaign was going to start with or without them. I, like most American's, want that God Awlful piece of GARBAGE out of my White House as soon as possible. This is the best and quickest way to make him a Lame Duck!

[rsoxfan1123]

karlimhof-Hillary has refrained from the slams and insults obama and edwards have been throwing at her. she is a class act. we will be lucky if she gets in office. this republican mess won't get fixed overnight, but she can begin things moving in the right direction. if we let the independents sway voters the repubs will get in for sure and we'll be right back to the way things were under bush.

[factfinder3]

oleander8,
You obviously have no writing skills. You place a catchy heading to make your readers interested in your article. You read it didn't you? Idjit!
Right back at you since you started it.

[factfinder3]

badaxmofo,

That's ok. I like to place facts on the table for all to see. It needs to be seen.

[hawksprings]

Yea, factfinder. If you continue to expose this Clintons like this, we'll probably read about an 'accident' you had, or how you committed suicide.

Be careful, but keep it coming!

[hawksprings]

"I think the Clinton camp is sending a signal that they will aggressively contest Barack Obama for the African American vote," said Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., in an interview with the Washington Post."

Hillary will 'contest' the black vote? This article says she and Bill owned the black vote and Bill was the first black president.
How can she 'contest' something that she supposedly owns?

Isn't Davis' comment kinda racist?

[factfinder3]

HawkSprings,

I'm not weak minded. BRING IT ON!!!

[dallison7]

The BIG DOG is back!! Bill Clinton is the most impressive person in the political arena and with him on her team she will be very hard to beat. The only person alive who can outpace Hillary is Al Gore. However it ends up, it will most certainly be a landslide for the democrats in 2008!

Clinton/Edwards 2008

or

Gore/Edwards 2008

or

Gore/Clinton 2008

It doesn't matter... all are winners.

[scott4261]

I have had my disagreements with Bill Clinton. His "triangulation" with Republicans while he was president irritated the hell out of me. "Don't ask, don't tell" wound up pleasing neither side of the g a y s-in-the-military-debate. Then there was NAFTA, which serves as a reminder that we should have been listening to Ross Perot when he was talking about "the giant sucking sound" of jobs leaving the country. To say nothing of thee inequities brought on which has exacerbated the problem of illegal immigration and the blind eye our government turned on the employers who hire those illegal workers. There's much more, but that's just a couple of examples.

Still, Clinton managed to preside over a booming economy. The internet bubble had not yet burst. Even the working poor had a decent standard of living. There was a vibrant middle class. Nearly everyone was employed. Inflation was low. I was firmly planted int the middle class then. Now I'm struggling to hold on to my shrinking portion of the middle class. For me, that is the bottom line.

Does that mean I want Hillary as Clinton redux? Absolutely not. It is time to break out of the dysfunctional Bush-Clinton cycle.

My money's on an Edwards/Obama ticket.

[us_infidel]

What a difference 50 years makes. In 1957 they, would have hung Obama. Now, they're more likely to hang the Clintons! Get a ROPE! :)

[us_infidel]

It doesn't matter... all are winners.
Posted by dallison7 at 02:48 PM : Mar 02, 2007

Only to liberal democrats. To the rest of us, they are all LOSERS!

[scott4261]

Only to liberal democrats. To the rest of us, they are all LOSERS!
Posted by US_Infidel at 03:34 PM

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Do you realize that only about 30% of the country is in agreement with you? And you would follow Bush over the edge of your flat Earth.

[tuckerndfw]

I remember the 1960's and I don't remember Bill or Hillary being involved in the struggle for civil rights.

Not to say they weren't, but if they were, they must have kept very low profiles. I recently watched a PBS special about the civil rights era and the Selma march and it didn't mention the Clintons at all.

Convenient how they attach themselves to popular social issues after the fact.

[oleander8]

factfinder3...(a misnomer in fact) -- what are you smokin' and where can I get some?

[dallison7]

Only to liberal democrats. To the rest of us, they are all LOSERS!
Posted by US_Infidel

There aren't enough of you left to matter... the rest of your party grew a brain.

[zootallures2]

"the support of black voters"???? What major international bank or corporation is owned by blacks? And unless there is some major crime or huge attrocity that Obama or his family committed and got away with 100% free and clear, I doubt he has a chance against the Clintons. And the republicans should run Jeb Bush. Brother George is on a roll!

[hawksprings]

Posted by dallison7: "There aren't enough of you left to matter... the rest of your party grew a brain."

Republicans don't matter? And what is the Dembot majority in the Senate? 50 to 49? With one Dembot thinking of leaving the Dark Side and coming into the Republican light?

Yah, you guys won big.

[hawksprings]

This is a funny story. Hillary bringing in her husband, the first Black President to 'challenge' Osama for the black vote.

So which one is more 'black', Bill or Osama?

.

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, There you are, why did you run from the other section ??? ------ The only thing this GOP slash/bash/lie/spin campaign is doing is --- painting America as the "Axis of Evil"

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,,, The only reason our disabled troops are kept on active duty is to pump up the numbers on active duty -- Just as the data is contrived on the War on Terror & the twisted intell we all know now was wrong on Iraq, Iran & North Korea...

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, 88% of our National Guard is not capable of deployment... But the GOP or Fox won't tell you that, will they ??? --- Don't blame me, dems, Clinton or Carter ,,,, Blame your own messenger.

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, What happened?? Did you lose the will to fight ??? Bush's poll numbers are now 29% & sinking like a rock.

[j-whitman]

Secretary of the Army,, gone today
Surgeon General,, gone soon
Head of VA,,, next
Iraq is lost,, Afaganistan sinking like Bush's poll numbers
Our military severly damaged
New York & New Jersy's air space & sea ports sold to Sunni's... on & on it goes.

AND YOU IDIOTS ARE BASHING CLINTON & OBAMA -- LOL,,, YOU PEOPLE ARE THE "AXIS OF EVIL"

[j-whitman]

Have a very Bad Night Bushies,, You deserve it.

[thgdriver]

It's so nice to see the two of them so in love. They are not in love with each other, but in love, nun the less.

[thgdriver]

For the next two years or so the Demoncrats are in charge, They say they will fix it, when they don't, and I am telling you they won't. You all will have to rethink your voting habits.

[j-whitman]

Thg,,,, Republicans don't want it fixed,, It would be an admission of failures,
, It may be such a mess now the next 3 Presidents will be trying to fix it.

[j-whitman]

Thg,,
, The only reason our disabled troops are kept on active duty is to pump up the numbers on active duty -- Just as the data is contrived on the War on Terror & the twisted intell we all know now was wrong on Iraq, Iran & North Korea...
Have a nice night

[thgdriver]

j-we'll see, Nancy's head got so big at becoming speaker she demanded a giant economy size plane. You know how tough it would be to stop for fuel once in the speakers old plane. BOO HOO HOO. Just charge it to me and J. Q. Taxpayer.

With Al Hypocrite Gore as a spokesman for Global warming, you may as well have Hanoi Fonda back as you war protester spokesperson.

Oh, I forgot she is your spokesperson. I caught her act on TV.

Gotta go to bed. Nite J

[j-whitman]

Thg,, Before you go, here's another one for the Walking Liar --
-- WASHINGTON - President Bush's proposed federal budget would probably not produce its advertised surplus of $61 billion in five years, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Instead, Bush's February budget plan would produce a $9 billion deficit by 2012 if it were to be enacted, CBO maintained.

[gunnerv1]

Just Remember...These colors never run (unless your a liberal).