DISQUS

michaelt · 1 year ago

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080508...


who's vetting hillary?

nashcountync · 1 year ago

"People misunderstood that phrase."

Uh, yeah, sure, whatever. The Clintons must be stopped.

naschkatzehussein · 1 year ago

I just want to say that the AmBlog posts are on a roll today. Woo woo! I am beginning to sour on so-called progressive sites which are trying to stay "neutral" and out of the fray. Democrats, indeed, all right thinking people, cannot stay silent on what is going on.

shanobama · 1 year ago

Except instead of being a victim of profiling, Bill Clinton actually is a horn dog.
She was giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Sometimes smoke means there is a fire.

bill__free · 1 year ago

with Hillary' peoplr threatening to defund the DNC, how about we the people threaten to vote ONLY for obama and no other dem on the ticket??

bill__free · 1 year ago

Hillary's people

HereinDC · 1 year ago

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You Go Girl!

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CitizenX · 1 year ago

took you 14-15 years to mention this?

allainjules · 1 year ago

Thank you Toni for true !

Go away Hillary, people are decided
Go Obamo go !

http://allainjulesblog.blogspot.com/

KISSman · 1 year ago

It sure is funny how a comment like that can be twisted into something else. As we saw in South Carolina, Bill sure ain't as black as we all once thought.

jr · 1 year ago

"only whites need apply"-sign outside of Hillary's office

ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith) · 1 year ago

Now, now, Toni, it's a little late to be changing the meaning around. She's let the interpretation of Bill Clinton as "the first black POTUS" stand for over a decade, and only now she has started to come forward to clarify.

As a person of color I had absolutely no problem with how people interpreted her statement, at the time. In many ways Bill was the first POTUS to ever pander to black folks in such a way that he didn't seem like he was uncomfortable doing it. Bill would show up at black churches and speak on the pulpit, he seemed very comfortable being around large numbers of black folks, and let's face it, not to get all stereotypical but for a middle age white dude from Arkansas he had a lot of soul. All in all, Bill in many ways was the first black POTUS simply because he actually seemed like he gave a darn about black folks and not in the "oh those poor people" kind of way. Also, it helped that unlike most other POTUS candidates and nominees, he didn't mind being in a room full of people and being one of the few white guys.

Now, with the passage of well over a decade, we are either seeing his true stripes, or money and a sense of achieving everything he wanted has left him with no major need to continue to be cordial. Whatever the reason, taking Morrisons comment in the context of this election is a bit difficult given all of the things that have happened that have utterly shattered many peoples view of the Clintons.

Toni Morrison may be getting some pressure to recant her previous statements, but I for one thought they were very appropriate, for 15 years ago.