Angry Clinton supporters flood Majority Whip Clyburn's office with racist calls-staff devastated [View All]

[Politics_Guy25]

This is outrageous. I hate having to use up another post on this but this is just beyond the pale.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06/04/clyburn-clinton-supporters-flood-office-with-hate-calls/

An angry and upset Rep. James Clyburn said Wednesday that his office has been deluged with nasty phone calls with racial overtones since his endorsement of Barack Obama a day earlier.

Clyburn told FOX News Radio’s “Brian and the Judge” that the callers identified themselves as Hillary Clinton supporters. Clyburn, an African-American and the third ranking House Democrat, said a white intern in his office was so upset by the calls that she had to be consoled by other workers and left the office early.

More excerpts:

Clyburn said some of the callers used “names that I would not repeat on this show today.”

“I was absolutely shocked, could not believe that this happened. I could understand people saying, ‘Why are you doing this or why would you not support Hillary Clinton?’ but to call me the kinds of names I have not heard since the ’40s and ’50s,” he said.

When's the last time Senator Obama's supporters flooded a congressional office with sexist calls? How about never.

This says a LOT. In the interests of party unity, I'll keep quiet but all I can say is I'm glad this race is over!