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RENO — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday faulted chief rival Barack Obama's campaign for twisting her comments about slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Clinton was questioned by reporters about South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn's reaction to her comments last week that seemed to suggest that President Lyndon B. Johnson should get more credit for passage of major civil rights legislation rather than King.
Clyburn, in an interview in The New York Times, had expressed disappointment in the Clinton campaign over what she had said as well as former President Clinton's remark in New Hampshire about Obama telling a "fairy tale" in his opposition to the Iraq war.
"I regret the way that this matter has been used," Clinton told reporters. "The comments about it are baseless and divisive. I was personally offended at the approach taken that was not only misleading but unnecessarily hurtful."
She suggested reporters consider the sources of the criticism, much of which has come from the black community.
"I think it clearly came from Senator Obama's campaign and I don't think it's the kind of debate we should be having in our campaign," she said.
The Obama campaign did not respond immediately to a telephone message seeking comment Saturday evening.
Clyburn, one of the leading Democrats in South Carolina and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has said he will remain neutral in the Democratic presidential primary. South Carolina Democrats vote on Jan. 26.
But the reaction to Clinton's remarks — and comments by surrogates for her candidacy — have riled many in the black community. On Friday, her husband, former President Clinton, called the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program to say his comment about Barack Obama telling a "fairy tale" about opposing the war in Iraq has been misconstrued as a criticism of the senator's White House bid.
"There's nothing 'fairy tale' about his campaign. It's real, it's strong, and he might win," Clinton said in a phone interview for Sharpton's Radio One network talk show.
Clinton said his "fairy tale" remark on the eve of the New Hampshire primary — won by his wife — was only intended to describe Obama's claim to have exercised better judgment about the war, not as a sign of "personal disrespect."
Race looms large in the South Carolina primary, where half the Democratic electorate is black. Obama, the winner in Iowa, and Hillary Clinton, the victor in New Hampshire, are counting on a win in the state ahead of the mega-contests on Feb. 5.
Separately, the Clinton campaign named finance co-chairs Maureen White and Hassan Nemazee to help with fundraising.
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Associated Press Writer Beth Fouhy in New York contributed to the report.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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{"commentId":1357303,"authorDomain":"bluecollarbytes"}
What a twisted mess. Hillary is so easily offended, not that there's anything wrong with that.
It isn't just Obama's campaign that felt slighted, but many in the Black community. To be fair to Hillary, she resembles LBJ in many ways, who was himself a questionable character.
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#1 - Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:20 PM EST{"commentId":1358031,"authorDomain":"replytoj001"}
Reminder.....she has to be personally offended....it proves her words are being twisted and the boys are ganging up on her (otherwise she will tear up and cry again).
As Obama's support grows, and he is seen as a threat to Hillary, race will become a larger factor in the election. I wrote about this a few articles ago...Hillary and her surrogates will begin the slow injection of Obama's race into the election.
We will be reminded that Obama is black, and half black, and Hillary is the only real electable (safe white) candidate, because America is not ready for a black candidate.
Hillary, and the Democratic have long taken the black vote for granted and often feel they do not have to work for the vote, especially when the national election takes place.
Much more to follow.
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{"commentId":1358419,"authorDomain":"ratigan"}
For someone with such thick skin, having gone through the Republican mill, she sure is hurt often by people questioning her remarks.
I like Bill's comment though, "I was just calling him a two-faced liar, it wasn't a personal attack"
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1357820,"authorDomain":"cliffpotter"}
There was no need to discuss "intended" because the context of the statement was beyond question. What one can see from the comment by Blue above and the many other uses of this phrase is that each word in this article is "intended" to suggest that the comment could have meant something else.
Here is the complete statement in context:
But since you raised the judgment issue, let's go over this again. That is the central argument for his campaign. 'It doesn't matter that I started running for president less a year after I got to the Senate from the Illinois State Senate. I am a great speaker and a charismatic figure and I'm the only one who had the judgment to oppose this war from the beginning. Always, always, always.' "
"First it is factually not true that everybody that supported that resolution supported Bush attacking Iraq before the UN inspectors were through. Chuck Hagel was one of the co-authors of that resolution. The only Republican Senator that always opposed the war. Every day from the get-go. He authored the resolution to say that Bush could go to war only if they didn't co-operate with the inspectors and he was assured personally by Condi Rice as many of the other Senators were. So, first the case is wrong that way."
"Second, it is wrong that Senator Obama got to go through 15 debates trumpeting his superior judgment and how he had been against the war in every year, numerating the years, and never got asked one time, not once, 'Well, how could you say, that when you said in 2004 you didn't know how you would have voted on the resolution? You said in 2004 there was no difference between you and George Bush on the war and you took that speech you're now running on off your website in 2004 and there's no difference in your voting record and Hillary's ever since?' Give me a break.
"This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."
Nothing whatsoever in any of this suggesting in any way that this comment relates to Obama's run for president.
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#2 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:38 AM EST{"commentId":1358430,"authorDomain":"ratigan"}
That last statement comes right out of Karl Rove. There's no way to defend against the idea that the Clintons are running a subliminal campaign against Obama's race. Because it won't be overt, it will be covert.
Though I agree, that this isn't racially based.
Her response, that Obama is stirring a race war, is racially based and is evidence of running a campaign against the Black candidate.
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#3 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:42 AM EST{"commentId":1357894,"authorDomain":"TBK"}
"I regret the way that this matter has been used," Clinton told reporters. "The comments about it are baseless and divisive. I was personally offended at the approach taken that was not only misleading but unnecessarily hurtful."
This lady is so full of crap it's flowing out of both ends, she honestly believes her own rhetoric.
What she should regret is she made the statement just like she voted for the war but now refuses to stand on her record as a matter of record.
She really should seek treatment for her bipolar disorder issues, maybe then her and Billy can resolve all their fairy tale issues.
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- 2 votes
#4 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:54 AM EST{"commentId":1357951,"authorDomain":"appleannie"}
Obama has the big head, no doubt about it.
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- 2 votes
#5 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:45 AM EST{"commentId":1358086,"authorDomain":"bobneve1"}
TBK
This lady is so full of crap it's flowing out of both ends, she honestly believes her own rhetoric.
Apple Annie
Obama has the big head, no doubt about it
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Once again we see "it's the media stupid"! Twisting words, taking things out of context. Petty little scoundrels trying to peddle their wares.
If you stop trying to bash her or him and get to the issues we might just have a President that will do this Country some good. Instead of the 7 years of destruction we have just been through under the GWB Dictatorship.
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- 1 vote
#6 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:36 AM EST{"commentId":1358236,"authorDomain":"TBK"}
You live in your media "stupid" world and I'll live in the reality that this lady as President would be the destruction of our government and constitution as we know it.
Hillary Clinton and GWB are synonymous with one another.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1358386,"authorDomain":"gpnavonod"}
this lady as President would be the destruction of our government and constitution as we know it.
Is there anything left to destroy........after Bush/ Cheney?
Actually, any Democrat.....would be an improvement.
But she, no doubt, has the best chance in November.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1358441,"authorDomain":"ratigan"}
"But she, no doubt, has the best chance in November"
I really don't know where this stuff comes from (intuition, I suppose), but there is plenty of doubt. Look at the polls, think about the hatred the right feels towards Clinton. It ain't a sure thing.
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{"commentId":1358786,"authorDomain":"gpnavonod"}
the Right will not be voting Obama either......bet the ranch on it!
So forget them going Democrat
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{"commentId":1359075,"authorDomain":"appleannie"}
Obama has no backbone. He left Refko's wife sell him a house for under market value. He is a whore.
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- 1 vote
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TBK
You live in your media "stupid" world and I'll live in the reality that this lady as President would be the destruction of our government and constitution as we know it.
ok.....Thanks for your permission......[ If YOU felt it was necessary]
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{"commentId":1358254,"authorDomain":"kthegreat123"}
On Sunday, January 13, shortly before 9am, MSNBC aired a clip of Hilary Clinton and stated that what she said on the clip is the reason behind the racial controversy that has being going on in the debate recently. The problem is, the clip MSNBC aired was not the actual clip that caused the controversy. In the video shown, Clinton only says that Obama is not like JFK or MLK eventhough he implies that he is. Now, I am a black man, and if I didn't know what actually caused the controversy, I would have lost respect for Obama and his supporters for playing the race card base on what was shown by MSNBC in the time frame indicated above. For the records, this is what Clinton actually said that is causing all this controversy and you can form your own opinions instead of having this biased MSNBC spinning things for the Clintons: "Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act. It took a president to get it done...The power of that dream became real in people's lives because we had a president" capable of action.
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- 3 votes
#7 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:24 AM EST{"commentId":1358311,"authorDomain":"doubledemon"}
Wow, thanks for that kthegreat,
We have all been led to believe by some on Newsvine that MSNBC is hopelessly trying to do everything in its power to get Obama elected and Hillary discredited. Your factual reporting here is evidence of the opposite. Thank you for your post.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":1358686,"authorDomain":"bobneve1"}
Thank You kthegreat123 "
Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act
I lived through both Dr King the LBJ era. My butt still aches where it got kicked marching for Civil Rights and against the War. There was nothing in Senator Clinton's words that disparaged either of them.
TBK
You live in your media "stupid" world and I'll live in the reality that this lady as President would be the destruction of our government and constitution as we know it.
The Constitution has already been torn up and thrown in your face. GWB is a Dictator that has pretty much destroyed the Government as we know it. His removal from office can not come soon enough for me.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1358502,"authorDomain":"agio"}
So Hillary Clinton is blaming her opponent for something that she herself said. How very presidential.
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- 3 votes
#8 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:23 AM EST{"commentId":1358680,"authorDomain":"sedonaredrock"}
watch for the death of the Democratic party if clinton is our nominee.
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- 2 votes
#9 - Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:35 PM EST{"commentId":1358710,"authorDomain":"BeneluxBandit"}
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