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2016 Postmortem

2016-02-24T7:29:10+00:00

This story was written by Ben Smith. A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband, and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the presidential primary as the candidates head south to heavily African-American South Carolina. The comments, which ranged from the New York senator appearing to diminish the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement - an aide later said she misspoke - to Bill Clinton dismissing Sen. Barack Obama's image in the media as a "fairy tale" - generated outrage on black radio, black blogs and cable television. And now they've drawn the attention of prominent African-American politicians. "A cross-section of voters are alarmed at the tenor of some of these statements," said Obama spokeswoman Candice Tolliver, who said that Clinton would have to decide whether she owed anyone an apology. "There's a groundswell of reaction to these comments - and not just these latest comments but really a pattern, or a series of comments that we've heard for several months," she said. "Folks are beginning to wonder: Is this really an isolated situation or is there something bigger behind all of this?" ...snip http://www.cbsnews.com/news/racial-tensions-roil-democratic-race/

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Rush - is that you? pkdu Feb 2016 #1

nope..proud bernie supporter.. just a reminder of why she is called Mrs. Weather-vane berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #2

Posts from 2008 are getting pretty old. Roll on Super Tuesday and the wailing and gnashing of teeth. pkdu Feb 2016 #3

hilarious... 2008 way tooooo long ago.. give us a break.. berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #4

Yep - thought so... pkdu Feb 2016 #5

pkdu

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1. Rush - is that you?

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:31 AM

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berniepdx420

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2. nope..proud bernie supporter.. just a reminder of why she is called Mrs. Weather-vane

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:32 AM

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pkdu

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3. Posts from 2008 are getting pretty old. Roll on Super Tuesday and the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:35 AM

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berniepdx420

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4. hilarious... 2008 way tooooo long ago.. give us a break..

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:45 AM

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pkdu

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5. Yep - thought so...

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:48 AM

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definite smell of desperation.

I will vote for him if he wins Nom - you'd rather see President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruze than vote for Hillary. Got it. Move On.