Clinton Accuses Obama of Distorting Her MLK Comments

Instead of defending, explaining or apologizing for her comments, Clinton has twisted the issue into one she can blame Obama for.
For as long as I’ve watched the Clintons, I really loved them, but during this campaign I have become as disgusted with them as I am with George Bush. If Politics is filled with dirty liars who twist the truth to get elected, who have to be negative about the other person solely to discredit any hope that voters may have in the other candidate, can they then shed that habit when they get into the White House? Clinton is aquiring some bad habits. She will make a President in the Bush Order, nothing new, nothing changed. Obama offers a different style, a right ethic, and I pray he doesn’t stoop to this twisting and distorting and lack of culpability that the Clintons have accepted as the campaign standard.

please abc report on this on the nightly news. How is it possible that she made the comment, it was reported on the national news (at the time i do not even think the networks realized she had made a mistake) but she blames obama?
NOW THAT IS A NATIONAL STORY. PLEASE REPORT IT… YOUR RATINGS WILL SOAR.

Doug for some reason you are forgetting Obama never made the degrading comment about Dr. King, Obama never made the comments about him being a drug dealer, shucking and jivin’, hip black friend or a fairy tail. Clintons supporters aides, husband and staff did that. I can see that you want Clinton to win but you can only blame her for her comments not Obama. He has nothing to do with it. Obama is trying to bridge divides while Clinton is pushing this racism out to divide the country and hurt Obama campaign so she will win. Dude you are being used right now and don’t even know it. By making the statement she has she is counting on good people like yourself to get mad and lash out at Obama for something he never said. Doug no disrespect intended in any thing I’m writing but please please don’t let people fool us as a country in to more hate and division. May God bless.

Obama is the one who fools, besides Edwards. Obama says: Believe it, because I say so. But there’s nothing tangible to his offers. He offers only emptiness. Obama, I don’t want a preacher but a doer.

OOH my goodness!! Hillary Clinton is not feeling well! she is down in the polls: she is starting to choke on her words and look pitiful and sad>…. lets vote for her to make her feel better!! Is this what America is looking for!!1 Are those cookies ready grandmother!!!

Media, you should learn your leasson.
Please, please be very accurate and don’t play with the words as you have been so so unfair and mistreating Senator Clinton including President Clinton.
Best to check the records of Mr. Obama extensively and the words coming out of him attacking other candidates.
Thank you.

Clintons are not being beat up ladies. You are using this argument as a tactic for a win. Clinton made the comments about DR. King.
I see how this is going down. Women are choosing not to see Clintons comments and are going to stick with she is being attacked no matter what she says. So now its fear saying anything or the women will raise up against the media. You are all hypocrites. You want fairness for clinton but not for African Americans. Hmmm lets see how about the all of the female journalist question her from now on. That will cure this unfair defense. Here is something else to think about. YOU ARE DEFENDING SOMEONE WHO DEGRADED DR. KING. If it was not for him women would not have greater civil rights today. Think about truth instead of distortions ladies.

Note to media: The more you try to shove Obama down our throats, the more we will reject him.

Hey Erik — I grew up in Iowa and attended undergrad and grad school there. The attention Iowans receive every four years is always amusing, but the the Iowa Caucus is a joke. The fact that Obama won only confirms that fact. Iowans, especially college students, like to try and shake things up because it gives Iowa the only attention it EVER receives in the national press. Fact is, without a sitting president running, the winner of the caucus becomes president only 50 percent of the time. Flip a toss, it’s the same odds. Iowa means nothing.
As for New Hampshire. Well, Erik, did you hear Obama lost?

She said what she said about MLK, then after she caught some grief for it, came out a few hours later and tried to amend it, now she is blaming Obama? Right after she blames Obama, she misquotes him on the “jackpot” comment? I’m sure that’s Edwards’ and Obama’s fault……..

We will see in he end. God only knows what will happen. The fact is you don’t have to win ever battle just the war. To me its a good thing Obama came in narrowly behind. Clinton is now exposing herself to the country as someone who will do anything to win by using sexism, racism, fear tactics and union busting to do it. What is really sad with all due respect to you, is that you and others are so consumed by her winning you choose not to see the injustice. I’ll pray for you and this country. May God bless.

nom De plum — President Clinton NEVER said that it’s a fairy tale for a minority to be president. He said that the position that Obama took on the Iraq war is a fairy tale. Get your facts straight. People sure love to distort the truth.
The Clintons are not racist and for any one to say otherwise just disgusts me.

Obama promised us “change” in Illinois too — but failed to deliver anything. He has NEVER inititated or supported the kind of fundamental changes that would improve our lives or rid Illinois of the politics as usual that has crippled it. On the contrary, he has supported, and benefited politically and financially from our corrupt system here.
The media has an obligation to provide a more insightful and meaningful exploration of Obama’s record — or rather lack of a record – on the issue of “change” in Chicago and Illinois.
This guy is a first class con man. He hasn’t done anything while on our payroll as our senator but cut deals to enrich himself (e.g. Rezko) and his wife (tell us, Michelle, what was the deal Obama cut that more then tripled your salary to $350,000 at the U of Chicago Hospitals immediately after he was elected to the senate?).

Well it’s obvious it’s going all over the world it’s no fair tail nor was MLK but someone is twisting media around and it’s obvious.

Convincing yourselves that minority americans are better served by staying on the plantation of the clinton legacy, screams of your willingness to give up your voices to those who are oblivious at best or worse to those who desire to be your master’s. Waking up this country from the darkness of its past will help heal it, the future knows this is true and so do the americans who see the potential to cast off these shackles we have burdened ourselves with for so long. Keeping this country from reviving from its slumber, props up the dealers of this hate and empowers them with no end. It is time to keep moving forward and not look to the past anymore.

Lucy, Obama never pushed this. Fox, Drudge, Politico and black radio picked up on her comments. Don’t blame Obama. Your are really angry with the media but the media would not have this story to talk bout if Clinton had not made her NOTracist but DEGRADING comments about MLK. After reading your post I apologies you to you but the facts are Obama did not push this. Clinton would be better off owning up to it, apologies and move on. I know by experience of being one African Americans are very forgiving people. Take care.

So Senator Obama made Senator Clinton make her remarks to Fox News? I thought Senator Clinton was the strength candidate . . . getting forced to make this type of gaffe by the inexperienced candidate is going to hurt that claim.
Pathetic.

Lucy:
This isn’t about racism, this about Senator Clinton making statements, that at least on their surface, seem to marginalize/diminish the role MLK and JFK played in the advancement of civil rights. Recall Senator Clinton tried to diss Senator Obama with the false hope comment during the debate. When he pointed to MLK and JFK, she countered that it took LBJ to get something done–in essence prove her argument that it takes actions not words. The only person she has to blame is herself, but given her track record I won’t count on that happening anytime soon.

Clarifying his statement, president clinton reminds one of the trent lott remarks regarding jesse helms … fyi he had the decency to resign.
Slicing down to the facts of how the clinton legacy enriched the minorities of this country we only have to look to the minority of the ceo, benefitting ken lay, tyco, worldcom …
Moving away from this generation who suffers this embrace that their america still is unready for a minority president is the best medicine to cure her.

Obama promised us “change” in Illinois too — but failed to deliver anything. He has NEVER inititated or supported the kind of fundamental changes that would improve our lives or rid Illinois of the politics as usual that has crippled it. On the contrary, he has supported, and benefited politically and financially from our corrupt system here.
The media has an obligation to provide a more insightful and meaningful exploration of Obama’s record — or rather lack of a record – on the issue of “change” in Chicago and Illinois.
This guy is a first class con man. He hasn’t done anything while on our payroll as our senator but cut deals to enrich himself (e.g. Rezko) and his wife (tell us, Michelle, what was the deal Obama cut that more then tripled your salary to $350,000 at the U of Chicago Hospitals immediately after he was elected to the senate?).

Although a loyal Dem, I have lost all respect for Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and her campaign this past week. She keeps attacking Obama instead of just talking about the issues.
After reading her stand on the issues on her website I can see why. She has no new ideas, in many cases she just watered down Edwards or Obama’s plans.
The hypocrisy of her talking about being the champion of the middle class is a real joke. She only started talking about this after Edwards took second place in Iowa. Edwards has made helping the middle class one of his main topics for years, yet Hillary just ‘adopted’ it as part of her agenda. Are we American voters that stupid that we won’t notice her huge change in tactics and recognize them for what they are a sign of; a politician with no real message of her own.
Please read Edwards and Obama’s websites where under issues you’ll find their positions and solutions on our most pressing problems. Stop deciding on sound bites. Decide because the candidate makes sense on the issues.And remember that Obama and Edwards are not taking big corporate donations from the health care industry, the pharma industry or the oil industry, that should speak volumes about who’s best interests they will have in mind as our next president.

Rooting for the past to return is without doubt not progressive and in some ways traditional, dare I say conservative. Relinquishing power and promoting the future posterity to take the reigns of government should be the goal of the previous generation. Burying the past with its burdens allows the new and invigorated to coalesce and live that “fairy tale”.

Victoria, I should shut up and forget this countries history. Forget that people died and families were destroyed because of America’ s racist past. I don’t think so miss. I’m a african American OBAMA supporter! Do I feel Hillary is racist NO. Did she degrade Dr. King YES. Only she is to blame for what she said not Obama.
Respectfully I have to tell you please learn to see and accept the truth instead of what you want to believe.

Obama’s foreign policy experience consists of a college course in international relations and watching “From Russia with Love” one night with his wife while the kids were asleep. Oh – and he occasionally makes a long distance call to Kenya to talk with his relatives. (That’s “foreign relations,” right?) Combine that with two years of experience in the U.S. Senate, most of which was spent simply campaigning for president, and you have a sure-fire winner. Sure, this guy is ready to assume the most powerful position in the world. LOL

Jon. Hilary’s foreign policy experience is confined to tea and crumpets with foreign dignitaries wives! So what’s your point. since you “wanna-go-there”. What are you 12! Stop (cut & paste) from other news blogs and come up with something original! I read that on CNN.

From Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune:
“All this pro-Barack hope and change and excitement, all these delicious, Barack-inspired comparisons to the Kennedys and Camelot and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s all quite overwhelming, until you consider what’s been cut out:
That Obama is only a few short years removed from taking orders in Springfield, in the Illinois State Senate, and you know how clean Illinois politics is. So as we wait for Obama to transform our politics, let’s hold our breath and see who turns purple first.”

Oh please. Michelle Obama goes on national television and insists that blacks will “wake up and get it” by voting for Obama simply because he is black and you’re whining about the Clintons.
Where is your outrage at the Obama campaign, which is clearly using and insulting blacks by implying they lack the intelligence to think for themselves, examine the issues outside of skin color and vote based on anything but race?
The Obama campaign’s “vote your race” philosophy is a disgrace. Keep in mind, however, that if race is held out as a reason to vote FOR someone, it must also be a reason to vote AGAINST someone. You can’t have it both ways.

If you ask someone a question and they begin their response to you with “Well, I’ll be honest with you,” as Obama did to the Washington Post reporter who asked him about his indicted pal Rezko, close your eyes, cover your ears and brace yourself, because a whopper load of BS is going to hit you in the face. I thought used car salesmen were the only ones still using that cheap psychological sales ploy. I guess con men like Obama still like that line also.

I think its sad that we as Americans will never get it. The ignorance that we continue to live in. As we vent our insults about each other, shows our ignorant we are. We can disagree without being so disrespectful toward one another. And we claim to be a Christian nation. Where is the love. We have an obligation to our children to be better than that. God’s is not the author of confusion. God is the God of Hope, the God of Love, and the God of Peace. We need to take time and hear what God is saying, and what he has been saying for generations. Dr King once said, “that we will either learn to live together as brothers or die together as fools. People can vent to the anger, and say all the nasty thing they want to say about Obama, but it won’t work this time. We are not fooled by this ploy. We are here to unite and heal this nation from the ignorance and division that has cause us to hate and disrespect one another for so long. I pray that we will understand that God chooses his leaders. Man looks on the outside, but God looks at the heart. So, let us pray for our leaders that
God has given to us. After, they rejected Moses, and Christ. But they were sent by God. May God Bless Our Nation.

If Hillary is speaking…she is lying.

Totally agree with Kimbers who wrote:
Her campaign is killing the party. During the past week, she has pit women against men, Whites against Blacks, Hispanics against Blacks,young against old, older women against young women and if her supporters actions today are any indication, she is now quietly supporting Union busting. She is shameless, no tactic is beneath her in her quest towards the presidency.
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Well said.
If she wins, Hillary will likley be the most devisive President in history.

Hello fellow bloggers, lets not deteriorate to the same low levels of twisting facts like many a media outfits. Be objective, support your candidate, dont misrepresent facts by taking things out of context. Someone has tried to criticise Mrs Obama; that was clearly out of context, as wrong as trying to label Mrs Clinton as racist. However, I think Mrs Clinton should learn to be more careful in her choice of words next time. But then again, someone of her level ought to know better, she claims 35 years of experience in the public sector.

Sen Obama needs to distance himself from Sharpton. When someone from Sen Clinton’s camp crosses the line, she fires them. I have not seen that ACTION from Sen Obama’s camp. If he can not stand firm within his own camp,then how is he going to run this country? Are we going to 4 years of the race issue dividing our country? BTW, I’m tri-racial… and a women… I could roll in pity on many fronts..but prefer to rise above!

Obama is not playing the “race card” anymore than these other politicans are playing the “race card.” If you’re not going to be honest with others, people – please at least be honest to yourselves. Don’t make assumptions about a person’s behaviors if you do not understand them. Many decisions are made within a political campaign that can seem to have entirely different motivations. Please think about this.

Might want to turn on meet the press right now on NBC and have it playing in the background. She is spinning Obama again. Russert just told her that he wanted to stay talking about her. I’m sure later we’ll hear that Russert was picking on her and distorting her when he is quoting her own words at her.

Let’s see… to Sharpton words like … “lynching” and “fairy tale” are now racial. Forget that many whites & American Indians were also lynched!! And MLK was the only champion of Civil Rights… I remember the riots after his death… in all major cites EXCEPT Indy where RFK was at the time. Now there was a person that influiced the movement. It took alot of citizens to unite in the civil rights movement. And lets see who arises to the occasion this time? I’m not seeing Obama out there!!

I remember that period of America’s history very clearly too Denise. And all the years since. What I see in Obama is a man who is out there representing exactly what all the years of struggle were for. That the common denominator that we each have is that we are all Americans, inspite of or perhaps because of our differences. He is a man who is willing to represent all of us, even those who disagree with him. He is running his campaign as he lives his life, with quiet strength and integrety. I happen to think that it’s a great thing, to want the best for America and believe that under good leadership Americans will rise to the occasion and we will all be better for it.

I’ve already been to his web site. I’ve been to Edwards’, Clinton’s and Obama’s web sites. I have read through all the plans. I have researched all the canidates. Wouldn’t be able to make a decision with out all the information. I’m now watching the candidates for their leadership actions. That’s why it an important moment for all of these candidates. Are they words or action? No doubt you saw a different Hillary than I did. We all have our own history we bring to the view.

I can’t beleive the Obama Campaign is accusing the Clinton Campaign of making tthe election racial. I am also shocked that more was not written about the below qoute in the press. Why is Hillary being taken to task and Obama campaign via Jesse Jackson Jr. is not taken to task on the qoute below. The below comment by Jesse Jackson Jr. are balantly racist. They are anti female and are accusing the Clinton’s of not carring for the Black victims of Katrina because she did not cry during the Hurricane Katrina Crisis. I recall the Bill Clinton and Bush Senior raised money for the victims-as did the whole country. Obama’s campaign is reaching new lows. He is the candidate for change all right change for the worse. Please read below
Here’s one key quote:
…there were tears that melted the Granite State. And those are tears that Mrs. Clinton cried on that day, clearly moved voters. She somehow connected with those voters.
But those tears also have to be analyzed. They have to be looked at very, very carefully in light of Katrina, in light of other things that Mrs. Clinton did not cry for, particularly as we head to South Carolina where 45% of African-Americans who participate in the Democratic contest, and they see real hope in Barack Obama.
And:
We saw something very clever in the last week of this campaign coming out of Iowa, going into New Hampshire, we saw a sensitivity factor. Something that Mrs. Clinton has not been able to do with voters that she tried in New Hampshire.
Not in response to voters — not in response to Katrina, not in response to other issues that have devastated the American people, the war in Iraq, we saw tears in response to her appearance. So her appearance brought her to tears, but not hurricane Katrina.

LISTEN!!! LET’S CLEAR THE AIR BY FIRST SAYING BILL IS NOT THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. LET’S NOT GIVE HIM PROPS LIKE THAT. HE HAS NEVER BEEN BLACK AND KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT BEING BLACK. OUR STRUGGLE HAS NEVER BEEN AND WILL NEVER BE HIS STRUGGLE. OBAMA IS SHAKING THE NATION WITH HIS VIEWS, THOUGHTS, PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. THEY ARE ALL AFRAID THAT HE COULD WIN. WHO IS BILL TO DEFEND HIS WIFE. HE CHEATED ON HER IN FRONT OF AMERICA. HE LIED TO AMERICA, HIS WIFE AND CHELSEA ABOUT IS AFFAIR. BILL IS A COOL LIAR AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. HE’S A SMOOTH MANIPULATOR AND WILL DO WHAT HE CAN TO DISCREDIT BARAK. LOOK AT WHAT THE CANDIDATES STAND FOR, WHAT THAT SPEAK ABOUT AND LISTEN. LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND YOU WILL SEE BARAK OBAMA IS THE REAL DEAL AND HE WILL BRING ABOUT CHANGE.

The real news story here is that black leaders are willing to support the Clintons even though they abandoned Rwanda in 1994.
I’m not some anti-Clinton freak – there are a lot of those – with a consipracy theory.
The 1994 Rwanda Genocide was real. Over 800,000 blacks were really butchered to death at a murder rate 5 times the Holocaust.
Clinton helped whites in Kosovo but not blacks in Rwanda and not a peep out of our black leaders – or media for that matter.
What’s going on?