2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis is Who Hillary Was Friends w/ During Her 2008 Campaign:
May 20, 2007 Sunday
Clinton Accepts Aid From a Divisive Figure
BYLINE: By PATRICK HEALY; Katharine Q. Seelye and Katie Zezima contributed reporting from New Hampshire.
DATELINE: NEW ORLEANS, May 19
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who has cast herself as an ally of African-Americans in rebuilding this city, this weekend accepted fund-raising assistance from a family friend who is controversial with many black and white victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The friend, Sheriff Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish, has been close to former President Bill Clinton for many years, and he is popular among some Democrats here. But Sheriff Lee has a long history of making divisive and derogatory remarks, sometimes aimed at residents of neighboring New Orleans, which is predominantly black, and his relationship with many black political leaders is turbulent.
Sheriff Lee drew notoriety shortly after the hurricane when some of his deputies helped prevent hurricane evacuees, most of them black, from crossing the Crescent City Connection bridge into Jefferson Parish. Sheriff Lee defended the move, saying his office had ''a duty to protect our people.''
Sheriff Lee was a host committee member for a fund-raiser here Friday night for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. The event, which the senator attended, was closed to the news media. A Clinton campaign spokeswoman declined to comment on Mrs. Clinton's views of Sheriff Lee's actions in 2005 or on his fund-raising support.
Phone messages left for Sheriff Lee were not returned. A Clinton adviser declined to discuss his role, citing the personal nature of his relationship with both Clintons.
Here are some older posts on DU about this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5079848
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5187587
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Harry Lee hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in May. Hillary Clinton was in attendance at the fundraiser.
Both Clintons are longtime friends of Sheriff Lee.
Lee passed away in October of last year. At his funeral, a letter from Bill Clinton commemorating Lee was read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/politics/20commenc ...
http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/local_and_s ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lee
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Never heard of New Orleans either.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)Hillary can't be held responsible for anything she did or said, didn't do or didn't say, before today. The same will be true tomorrow.
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)And rec
Gene Debs
(582 posts)dchill
(38,502 posts)There are limits!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...is probably far more true than any of us would like to admit.
Old joke:
Satan appeared to Barack Obama and said: "Give me your soul and I will make your the most powerful person on the planet. You will be the American President for eight years."
Obama told Satan to go fuck himself.
Satan appeared to Hillary Clinton and said: "Give me your soul and I will make your the most powerful person on the planet. You will be the American President for eight years."
Clinton said to Satan: "Where do I sign?"
Satan whipped of his mask, revealing his was Lloyd Blankfein, and said: "You don't have to, I already did when I wrote you the last check."