Jan. 23, 2008
Bill Clinton Slams Media, Obama Campaign
Angry Ex- President Chides Reporter For Going Along With Race-Related Tactics
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Play CBS Video Video Bill Clinton Lashes Out "CBS News RAW": Former President Bill Clinton became visibly upset when asked about accusations that his comments on the campaign trail made appeals to voters based on race and gender.
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Video Bill Speaks Out Against Barack Hillary Clinton's number-one supporter once again got into the middle of her ongoing feud with Barack Obama. Katie Couric reports.
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Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Hillary, on January 23, 2008, in Charleston, S.C.. (AP/The Post and Courier)
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Bill Clinton had harsh words for some of Barack Obama's supporters -- and the news media. "One more story. Shame on you," he said. (CNN)
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"This is crazy. This rhetoric is getting a little carried away here," Clinton said.
"She did not play the race card, but they did," he said.
According to reports, a South Carolina Democratic official who supports Barack Obama claimed the Clintons were borrowing a page from the Republican playbook: injecting race into the campaign.
That, apparently, was too much.
"This, this is almost like once you accuse somebody of racism or bigotry or something, the facts become irrelevant," Clinton said.
He suggested the Obama campaign and accomplices in the news media were promoting the charge.
"They're feeding you this because this is what you want to cover; this is what you live for, but this hurts the people of South Carolina," he told a reporter. "What you care about is this and the Obama people know that, so they spin you up on this and you happily go along."
"The people don't care about this. They never ask about it," he said. "And you are determined to take this election away from them." (Watch the whole exchange.)
The former president, with a habit of grabbing headlines as if he's a candidate himself, was clearly not pleased, Couric reports.
"One more story. Shame on you," he said. "Shame on you."
The exchange happened as Clinton was campaigning on the coast of South Carolina.
"I never heard a word of public complaint when Mr. Obama said Hillary was not truthful," and had "no character, was poll-driven. He had more pollsters than she did," the ex-president added. "When he put out a hit job on me at the same time he called her the senator from Punjab, I never said a word."
It was not clear what he meant by "hit job."
The former president has accused Obama of exaggerating his anti-war record and handing out undeserved praise to Republicans. Clinton said he personally witnessed Obama's union forces intimidating Nevada caucus-goers and said an Obama radio ad suggested how Democrats could keep votes from his wife.
Last year, Obama's campaign circulated a memo describing Hillary Clinton as "D-Punjab," a reference to her Indian-American donors. Obama has said that was a mistake.
Bill Clinton said civil rights leaders Andrew Young and John Lewis have defended his wife. "They both said that Hillary was right and the people who attacked her were wrong and that she did not play the race card, but they did," he said.
The Obama campaign strongly denied it's trying to make issues out of race or gender and called the Clinton charges "a sideshow."
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See all 712 CommentsThe Massachusetts senator, who endorsed Barack Obama''s White House bid earlier this month, said Clinton''s criticisms of the Illinois senator have been "over the top," and suggested the former president is getting "frantic."
Targeting Clinton''s recent spate of attacks on Obama, Kerry said, "I think you had an abuse of the truth, is what happened. %u2026I mean, being an ex-president does not give you license to abuse the truth, and I think that over the last days it''s been over the top.
"I think it''s very unfortunate, but I think the voters can see through that," Kerry added. "When somebody''s coming on strong and they are growing, people get a little frantic, and I think people have seen this sort of franticness in the air, if you will."
What John Kerry is REALLY trying to say is what everyone else has known for a long, long time - THE CLINTONS ARE PATHOLOGICAL LIARS.
A TRUE PROGRESSIVE would put down her campaign and support Obama for President. Isn''t this what we have all been wanting for so many years to have a Black as our leader !! What does she want , just power ??
As a progressive I am very offended by the Clinton-SPEAK.
A TRUE PROGRESSIVE would put down her campaign and support Obama for President. Isn''t this what we have all been wanting for so many years to have a Black as our leader !! What does she want , just power ??
As a progressive I am very offended by the Clinton-SPEAK.
Is he running against both of them ?? This is such a weird thing to do, run as a couple . Will Bill please shut his piehoe !
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Ha! That''s rich. I seem to remember Hilary blaiming the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for Trying to Smear her husband" and it turned out he''d done it to himself (I did not have sexual relations with that woman). Did Hil ever apologize to the Republicans for accusing us of soemthing we didn''t do? No, she didn''t. They are both liars.
It is really bad to point the young people in that direction !
Racism is a weakness, a fault in us. Some of us are more prone to it than others. It has nothing to do with skin color.
And that fake lame southern accent ! Oprah too. Give me a break !
I know when a racist is trying me ! Learned a long time ago !
It''s a racist cult ! Let''s be true ! Did you see the video with L.F. standing for the truth ! That is the way a true race baiting con artist talks ! Watch Rev. Wright and L.F. speak in the videos ! Truth and hope and all. Obama has learned much from his mentor Rev. Wright ! Where does Obama draw the line ? How much of that trash does he truly believe. Maybe he is just at that so called church to take con artist lessons ?
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Strange world out there as some people actually believe this type of lowdown insults.
Unworthy is the the word that comes to mind when reading about both the Clinton''''s.
"Who is the more foolish...........the fool or the fool that follows him?."
This is it
Can it be that there are other women out there that will vote for Hillary simply because she is a woman.
Wow! Scary!
All Hillary has done as the First Lady was to plan menus and serve tea. Hillary did not sit in on any important national or international meetings. Yet, she claims to have so much more experience than the other candidates.
DUH! Cmon gimme a break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXS_YrYp07Q&feature=user
That statement by Obama in 1995 says loads about him and his use of the word "change".
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