“We have worked with Hillary Clinton, and we need Hillary Clinton now more than ever,” Rangel said.
He MUST be talking about the CBC. Because
In 1992, Bill Clinton won receiving 39 percent of the white vote, 83 percent of the black vote, 61 percent of the Hispanic vote and 31 percent of the Asian-American vote, Jarvis said.
In 1996, Bill Clinton increased his percentage of white support to 43, while gaining 84 percent of black vote, 72 percent of the Hispanic vote and 43 percent of the Asian-American vote.
It's obvious she need us (AND the CBC) a lot more than we need her.
Black Superdelegates in Congress Who Support Clinton Resisting Calls to Switch to Obama
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
By: Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, BlackAmericaweb.com
The 14 Congressional Black Caucus members who support Sen. Hillary Clinton are standing firm on their commitment as Sen. Barack Obama approaches the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and national discussion continues over her statements on race.
In an interview last week Clinton said, “working, hardworking Americans, white Americans” would support her instead of Sen. Barack Obama, suggesting a racial split among Democratic voters that favored her. She said she was referring to information previously published and the comments were not intended to be divisive.
Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, a longtime Clinton supporter, had sharp criticism over the weekend for Clinton’s remarks, calling the comment “the dumbest thing she could have ever said,” according to an article published in Newsday. Also in that article, he acknowledged that there are certain groups of voters that politicians realize they will not attract.
But still while speaking at a New York fundraiser for the senator, he encouraged support for her, according to an article published in Newsday.
“We have worked with Hillary Clinton, and we need Hillary Clinton now more than ever,” Rangel said.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again
Black folk are gonna take care of these Negroes. Not a threat, just a statement of fact. The commercials for their opponents write themselves.
Commenters
According to commenters over at Atrios', Chris Matthews just called Hillary "the Al Sharpton of white people."
That's an odd thing to say, even for Matthews.
I think that is
I think that is white ethnic codespeak for calling her a low-life hustling a**hole.
I think that is white ethnic
That's not quite how I understand it.
Al is the very personification of racism to guys who never met a Black person until adulthood. He puts everything that makes them uncomfortable about his clients right in their face.
By equating Al and Hillary, he's put her on a whole new level. Chris has issues with women, and never liked Hillary, but all things considered, that's pretty deep.
Chris Matthews never had any
Chris Matthews never had any dealings at all with black folks until he joined the Peace Corps.
I know. I suspect most of
I know. I suspect most of his current dealings with Black folks are on a prefessional level.
Election Results
Most important election of the night:
Mississippi’s First Congressional District.
This didn’t ‘lean GOP’. It was SOLID GOP.
The Democrat WON, by 8 points, even after the attempts to swiftboat Childers by using Obama and Dr. Wright.
Mississippi, SB.
Mississippi.
This was Hillpatine’s last card.
First, Hastert’s seat.
Then, the Louisiana seat a couple of weeks back.
Tonight, Mississippi.
This was it. The last ‘ argument’ Hillpatine had against Obama to the SuperDelegates - his potential to be a ‘ drag’ on downticket Democrats.
Childers WON a solid GOP seat in MISSISSIPPI.
Biggest election of the night.
Chris Matthews and Black Folks
Chris Matthews never had any dealings at all with black folks until he joined the Peace Corps.
Even then, wasn't he around Africans? They sent him to live with a family in Louisiana to prepare for his stint w/Africans ...
He's still painfully clueless and definitely has major issues with women ...