Apparently, South Carolina is a black state, so it doesn't count. Way to f*** over the party's most loyal voters, Bill. No wonder African Americans see Dems as taking their votes for granted. Heck, now the Clintons are being openly abusive to black voters, apparently thinking they can win without them in November.
Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson (ABC News)
Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here."
This was in response to a question about Obama saying it "took two people to beat him." Jackson had not been mentioned.
Boy, I can't understand why anyone would think the Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign to paint Obama as "the black candidate."
Bill's remarks were such a blatant attempt to marginalize the role African Americans in our democracy, that the media is now openly hostile. What else can they be, without appearing to condone such disparagement as fair play?
For Bill Clinton, Echoes of Jackson in Obama Win (Washington Post)
On Saturday, as Sen. Barack Obama was sweeping up the South Carolina primary, former Pres. Bill Clinton was busy downplaying the significance of Obama's impending win, casting it as a function of the state's demographics and the Illinois senator's heavy African American support. "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88," Clinton said at a rally in Columbia. "Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here."
It was a sour note on which to end the contentious Democratic race in South Carolina.
No longer an elder statesman, Bill Clinton is now regarded as a sore-losing racial provocateur. At least Democrats still have Jimmy Carter. As much as Bill's behavior hurts himself, it is most damaging to our party, to race relations, and to America.
Democrats set for trench warfare (Financial Times)
Even before the polls had closed on Saturday, Bill Clinton, who has been widely attacked for allegedly "playing the race card" in the last two weeks, sought to downplay Mr Obama’s victory by comparing it to that of Jesse Jackson, who won the same state twice in 1984 and 1988. Mr Obama’s victory was built on the overwhelming support of African Americans, who make up half of South Carolina’s electorate, and whose support divided 81 per cent to 17 per cent in his favour (John Edwards barely registered).
In response to a question about whether Mr Obama had beaten "two Clintons" as opposed to just Hillary, Bill Clinton replied: "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice, in ’84 and ’88. And he ran a good campaign. Senator Obama’s run a good campaign here, he’s run a good campaign everywhere." The implication was clear: Mr Obama is a black candidate whom blacks disproportionately support.
The media will not allow this one to be spun.
No tip jar today. Nobody benefits from what Bill said. Not Clinton, not Obama, not anybody.