I knew when Bill ran in 1992 he didn’t have the character to be president, I didnot vote for him either time, and am very honored to say I did not vote for his man-looking wife.

“However I don’t think in most cases people were even saying Bill himself was a racist- - they were saying he was USING race.”

Neat trick. “USING race” for political gain but not being racist.

Cheeky, nudge-nudge, oh-so-vague racial manipulations like Bill Clinton’s are among the most despicable.

With regard to the “I think that they played the race card on me.” statement on the radio interview and his next day denial of same, the documentation renders Bill a proven liar.

Again.

But I do not think that Bill’s original comment in SC mentioning Jesse Jackson’s campaign was a conciously racial thing; In fact OBAMA said that in an interview on ABC in January - he was asked if he thought it was an attempt to minimize him as “the black candidate” and he said NO - he said that at the time of Jackson’s presidential campaign Bill was into politics himself so it was natural for that example to occur to him. He was just giving an example of someone who had done well in SC but had not gone on to win — yeah he was dismissing Obama’s success, that’s political spin - - but I do not think it was an intentional attempt to dismiss Obama as “just the black candidate”. However I do see how some people took it that way - - and the media and some Obama supporters encouraged the misunderstanding. And if you heard the interpretation before you watched it, it was already planted in your mind.

However I don’t think in most cases people were even saying Bill himself was a racist- - they were saying he was USING race.
btw I am an African American who voted for Bill Clinton twice and voted for Obama in the primary (and neither one was because of their race).

Another thing a lot of folks were upset by was Bill’s “fairy tale” comment. I saw just a one sentence soundbite of it, and his tone was just dripping with contempt. The way it was presented (I can’t remember in what story I saw it) I thought he was referring to Obama’s entire campaign as a fairy tale- -and to me it sounded like the equivalent of “What is that foolish Boy thinking with this fantasy that someone who’s not white could be President?” I was upset and felt sort of betrayed. Then I later saw a longer video of it and I realized I had misinterpreted what Clinton was talking about. He still had a sort of sneering sound but I no longer thought it was a racial thing. Context can make a lot of difference - - sort of like the experience of some who have taken the time to seek out the longer videos of Rev. Wright on the TRINITY YouTube channel or the truthabouttrinity blog and realized that it was a bit less offensive when they learned more of the context…. and were less likely to judge him so harshly if they learned more about his life his experience in the Marines and the Navy, how the white people who know him dont think he is a racist, how much the church has done for the community.

And Obama is only HALF black. Therefore, Clinton has him beat on both counts.

Vote for Hillary!