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WA98070 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-21-08 01:35 PM
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Is head of AFSCME, a Clinton supporter, race baiting....
On MSNBC News this morning around 10:15 Pacific, Andrea Mitchell interviews Jerry
McEntte, head of AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municiple Employees) was on MSNBC at about 1015 PST today.
I could hardly believe the race baiting class warfare he seemed to be proclaiming:

Discussing the new MSNBC McClatchy poll, Andrea asks: What does she (Hillary) need
to do to improve her position with those who earn more money, with the suburban
voters and importantly with African American voters who seem to have really rejected
her this year?

“Well, I don’t know Andrea, if they’ve rejected her as much as they have embraced
Barack Obama. It is true that uh, he has, uh what you would consider to be the African
American vote. I’ve looked at some polls, as a matter of fact he told me personally
many many months ago that he would suspect that by, near to the end of this process
he would carry 80 percent of the African Americans out of pride in terms of a candidate.

I think that would be difficult for her, as you well know Anderea. Before Barack
Obama really got into the race, or before he really took off, African Americans
were very much in favor of Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton as well. Now that has
basically changed.

But I would ask the people that are the so called UPPER CLASS
VOTERS, and independents of that sort that if they would look at the programs, if
they would look at the policies, I think that they that would give HRC another look
as a candidate.”
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