Clinton Wags His Finger at the Press --->>>

[Stephanie]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/01/24/2008-01-24_bill_clinton_says_obamas_campaign_brough.html

Bill Clinton says Obama's campaign brought race into presidential contest
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 4:00 AM

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Bill Clinton angrily denied Wednesday that his wife's campaign was engaged in any dirty tricks and declared that it was Barack Obama's side - not the Clintons - who injected race into the contest.

"She did not play the race card, but they did," he charged, saying he was quoting Clinton backers and civil rights leaders Andrew Young and John Lewis.

...

Former state Democratic Party head Dick Harpootlian, who worked for Bill Clinton in 1992 but has endorsed Obama in the 2008 contest, told CNN that the Clintons were engaged in a pattern of divisive comments meant to "suppress the vote, demoralize voters and distort the record."

He said the tactics reminded him of the godfather of dirty campaigning, Republican Lee Atwater.

The ex-President, whose staffers tried fruitlessly to pull him out of the Charleston restaurant where he had been stumping for his wife, lost his cool when asked about the Atwater comparison. "This is crazy. This rhetoric is getting a little carried away," he told reporters. "I spent all my life fighting those people."

Clinton said repeatedly that ordinary voters never ask him about race - even though voters asked about it four times at four public events in a row here.

Just before his outburst, a black woman at the Charleston event asked him how she should explain the "race-baiting in the news media" to young people.

In Greenville on Tuesday, a young man asked if he was hurting his legacy with black voters. Clinton later said he suspected the questioner worked for Obama.

Clinton accused reporters of carrying Obama's water.

"They are feeding you this because they know this is what you want to cover. This is what you live for," he said. "So they just spin you up. Shame on you."

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. sniff, sniff

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

[Whisp]

27. aaaahhhhh, poor Billie!

(Clinton advisors: lets try fakery act #142 - bring on those tears, people love tears, makes you appear almost human)

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. sniff, sniff

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

[Stephanie]

26. I think it's unseemly

Who wants a president who has to hide behind her husband?

[rodeodance]

3. and the press did not like the Truth. Good for the big Dawg

[Missy M]

11. Funny, before the primaries everyone complained....

about the media and how unfair, one sided, pro Bush they were and how they hate the media. The media destroyed John Kerry and Al Gore but when President Clinton calls them on it people on DU complain. Seems hypocritical to me. Clinton is right about what he said to them and he should be applauded.

[zanne]

4. Note to Bill; Back off before it's too late.

Not that I'd mind; I'm an Obama supporter, but Bill Clinton appears to be "taking over" Hillary's campaign. I don't think that's a good thing for Hillary.

[BootinUp]

5. This is some lousy reporting. I recommend you go straight to the video

if you want to know the truth.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4174011

[Stephanie]

18. I just watched the video.

I don't see any discrepancy. What are you referring to?

[DallasCowboy]

6. Bill is officially a joke...

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[Stephanie]

8. Damn George's teeth are unbelieveably disgusting.

What possible explanation could there be for that? Horrifying. Welcome to DU, DallasCowboy!

[AtomicKitten]

7. "I did not inject race into this campaign, the presidential campaign."

[SIMPLYB1980]

19. Thanks for reminding me of the Chris Wallace interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RLAKArfOe0

[Stephanie]

23. Watch the video - by the end he's literally wagging his finger at the reporter.

Then he says "shame on you" as the aides are trying to hustle him out the door.

[jefferson_dem]

9. Get a new shtick, silly Billy.

People aren't buying this one anymore.

[Medusa]

10. I've been disappointed in Bill

he's crossed a few lines he shouldn't have. I understand his deep desire to see Hillary nominated but he's using scortched earth policies i do not and cannot support.

[Windy]

14. the deep desire is for Bill to get back into the whitehouse. Not his wife.

Its painfully obvious and a shame for Hillary.

[ellacott]

12. He claims they never ask him about race

Yet voters have asked him about race at many of his events.

[Marie26]

13. Obnoxious

"The ex-President, whose staffers tried fruitlessly to pull him out of the Charleston restaurant where he had been stumping for his wife..." LOL. I can just picture that. Bill needs to realize that he's not the candidate here.

[ShortnFiery]

15. Seeing Bill Clinton act this "petty" makes me wonder if I didn't know the REAL Bill Clinton.

:shrug: Bill Clinton's obnoxious behavior continues to be an embarrassment to OUR entire Democratic Party.

[robbedvoter]

16. Slanted reporting as usual. If actual facts are relevant to you, video of what he said

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4174011

[Stephanie]

17. I just watched it.

The article is perfectly accurate.

[krabigirl]

20. I agree with him about the media, good for him! (don't toally agree about Obama, but the media)

[CorpGovActivist]

21. KNPnta

[Tennessee Gal]

22. That wagging finger is disgusting.

Thought I had seen the last of it.

[butterfly77]

24. Good..

they are the cause of all of this race baiting in the first place.

[Cha]

25. Yeah, good that bill clinton is such shameless liar

and wags his finger instead of the dog.