That photo, a police mug shot of the former football star taken at his arraignment, was significantly darker than the same picture that appeared the same week on the cover of Newsweek's arch-rival, Time magazine.
Second Time Clinton Campaign Accused of Pulling 'Race Card'
This is the second time that the Clinton campaign has been accused of pulling the "race card" against Obama. Former President Bill Clinton was accused of attempting to paint Obama into a corner as "the black candidate," unable to attract white voters, in the racially-charged South Carolina primary in January.
Bill Clinton's put-downs of Obama -- referring to the Illinois senator's opposition to the Iraq war as a "fairy tale" -- combined with Hillary Clinton's clash with Obama over the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- infuriated African American voters who make up 50 percent of South Carolina's Democratic electorate, resulting in Obama wining the Palmetto State by an unexpectedly huge landslide and setting in motion a wholesale abandonment of the Clintons by black voters.
The former president then added more insult by dismissing the significance of Obama's South Carolina victory by comparing it to Jesse Jackson's primary wins there in 1984 and 1988.
This blogger blasted Clinton in a January 28 column for "disgraceful conduct unbecoming of a former president" that "could end up costing his wife the Democratic nomination."
Two months later, my opinion of the Clintons has not changed. If, as DailyKos charges, they're continuing to play the "race card" against Obama, then they clearly do not deserve another four-year lease on the White House.
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Volume III, Number 15
Copyright 2008, Skeeter Sanders. All rights reserved.
Second Time Clinton Campaign Accused of Pulling 'Race Card'
This is the second time that the Clinton campaign has been accused of pulling the "race card" against Obama. Former President Bill Clinton was accused of attempting to paint Obama into a corner as "the black candidate," unable to attract white voters, in the racially-charged South Carolina primary in January.
Bill Clinton's put-downs of Obama -- referring to the Illinois senator's opposition to the Iraq war as a "fairy tale" -- combined with Hillary Clinton's clash with Obama over the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- infuriated African American voters who make up 50 percent of South Carolina's Democratic electorate, resulting in Obama wining the Palmetto State by an unexpectedly huge landslide and setting in motion a wholesale abandonment of the Clintons by black voters.
This blogger blasted Clinton in a January 28 column for "disgraceful conduct unbecoming of a former president" that "could end up costing his wife the Democratic nomination."
Two months later, my opinion of the Clintons has not changed. If, as DailyKos charges, they're continuing to play the "race card" against Obama, then they clearly do not deserve another four-year lease on the White House.
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Volume III, Number 15
Copyright 2008, Skeeter Sanders. All rights reserved.
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