Should the Clintons come out and say "We think Robert Johnson WAS talking about Obama's coke use"

[Proud2BAmurkin]

Yeah no, didn't think so.

[quinnox]

1. good point

[Bicoastal]

2. So which movies do you think will get nominated for Oscars this year?

I'm thinking Sweeny Todd, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Atonement (even though I didn't see it...), and Juno.

Anybody else?

[jab105]

4. I LOVED "Into the Wild"...

I hope it gets nominated for something also:)

[Bicoastal]

6. Didn't see it either...maybe a best actor nominee...

...but I doubt it'll get one for best picture.

[cali]

8. Haven't seen Atonement, but the book is fantasitc n/t

[Cha]

10. Johnny Depp won a Golden

Globe for best actor in a Musical/Comedy! Depp is also on the front of my Rolling Stone..looking ever so good.

[THUNDER HANDS]

14. 3:10 to Yuma should be in there

that was a GREAT movie. Best western since Unforviven.

[spotbird]

3. It was about the Swift Boat smear of

Obama's drug sales. Disapointingly, for some, the real smear hasn't made the radar.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. It's all going to make the radar sooner or later

I didn't know there were any sales. Has he said that?

[spotbird]

11. No, it's bullshit

I'm watching Matthews and the context of the comment was clear.

It only related to the drug use Obama mentioned in his book, not the Swiftboating. I stand corrected, in that narrow area.

[cali]

7. they should come out and say that they

disagree with Johnson, and believe that Obama's work for civil rights has been important. duh. not hard to do, murkin.

[DJ13]

9. they should come out and say that they disagree with Johnson

Oh yeah, I can see Mrs. "Im not appologizing for my vote supporting Bush's war" Clinton saying something like that.

[emilyg]

12. Hell, hell, hell NO

[ProSense]

13. The campaign has already posted Johnson's official statement

1/13/2008
Statement from Bob Johnson on His Comments Today in South Carolina

"My comments today were referring to Barack Obama's time spent as a community organizer, and nothing else. Any other suggestion is simply irresponsible and incorrect.

"When Hillary Clinton was in her twenties she worked to provide protections for abused and battered children and helped ensure that children with disabilities could attend public school.

That results oriented leadership -- even as a young person -- is the reason I am supporting Hillary Clinton."

link

Billl Clinton has weighed in:

The former president said Johnson needs to be "taken at his word," adding that "nobody knew" what he would say and "it wasn't part of any planned strategy."

link

So the official version is that Johnson was referring to Obama's community service when he said:

"To me, as an African American, I am frankly insulted the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues — when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood; I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book — when they have been involved," Johnson said.

link

(wink, wink)

[sniffa]

15. Should this 3 day old fish continue to start new threads mentioning cocaine use?