"A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee..." said Bill Clinton to Teddy Kennedy.

[cherokeeprogressive]

And if mere accusations of racism aren't good enough; if you don't know who the guy in the white shirt is in the photograph below? Google George Wallace, former Governor of Alabama. In his 1963 inaugural address he said "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" which became a rallying cry for those opposed to integration and the Civil Rights Movement. And just looky there... who's sitting at his table with Poppy Bush? My oh my...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. lol!

[tk2kewl]

2. firewall

[Bonobo]

3. Omg! Street corners! nt

[BlueStateLib]

4. IT WAS THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL GOVERNORS MEETING, Portland, Maine. July 31 - August 2, 1983

In the summer of 1983, the governors met in Portland, Maine. Hillary, Chelsea, and I had a great time, getting together with my old friend Bob Reich and his family, and going with the other governors to a cookout at Vice President Bush’s house in the beautiful oceanside town of Kennebunkport. Three-year-old Chelsea marched up to the Vice President and said she needed to go to the bathroom. He took her by the hand and led her there. Chelsea appreciate it, and Hillary and I were impressed by George Bush’s kindness. It wouldn’t be the last time.

Bill Clinton, remembering George H.W. Bush’s kindness to his family shortly after meeting him for the first time during a conference of Governors in 1983, in his autobiography, My Life, 2004

George wallace was a progressive endorsed by the NAACP. Wallace in his early political life was a progressive, a liberal, a populist, some even thought a socialist. And he was a moderate on race until he lost the 1958.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/09/gov_george_c_wallace_a_progres.html

[dsc]

10. of course he was doing his fucking job

but the Bernie bro smear merchants just can't abide people doing their jobs.

[catnhatnh]

11. I remember Old Georgie Boy...

According to Carter (1995, pp. 236-37), "But no one who knew Wallace well ever took seriously his earnest profession - uttered a thousand times after 1963 - that he [had been] a segregationist, not a racist. ... Wallace, like most white southerners of his generation, [had] genuinely believed blacks to be a separate, inferior race."

This footnote from wiki nails the George I knew and was disgusted by. But skim the wiki bio and make up your own mind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace

[AtomicKitten]

5. k/r

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. yikes.

[Nanjeanne]

7. Actually I think he said carrying our bags. I'll have to check the correct insult.

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. I've heard it both ways.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-clinton-told-ted-kennedy-obama-coffee-years-game-change-article-1.197492

[Nanjeanne]

9. Tim Russet relayed it as carrying bags I think.