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Related: About this forumBill Clinton: Obama camp 'played the race card on me' (2008)
On the eve of Tuesdays critical Pennsylvania primary, former President Bill Clinton accused Barack Obamas campaign of playing the race card against him.
After the phone interview with Delaware radio station WHYY Monday night, a stray comment of his on the issue was also recorded before he hung up: I dont think I should take any s*** from anybody on that, do you?
The former president had been asked whether his remarks comparing Obamas strong showing in South Carolina to that of Jesse Jackson in 1988 had been a mistake given their impact on his wife Hillary Clintons campaign. No, I think that they played the race card on me, said Clinton, and we now know from memos from the campaign and everything that they planned to do it all along.
We were talking about South Carolina political history and this was used out of context and twisted for political purposes by the Obama campaign to try to breed resentment elsewhere. And you know, do I regret saying it? No. Do I regret that it was used that way? I certainly do. But you really got to go some to try to portray me as a racist.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/22/bill-clinton-obama-camp-played-the-race-card-on-me/
Man, I can't wait to have Bill Clinton back in the White House!
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(10,336 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)At a Pittsburgh press availability, Obama was asked about Clinton's charge that his campaign had drawn up plans to use 'the race card.'
Hold on a second, he said. So former President Clinton dismissed my victory in South Carolina as being similar to Jesse Jackson and he is suggesting that somehow I had something to do with it? You better ask him what he meant by that. I have no idea what he meant. These were words that came out of his mouth. Not words that came out of mine.
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I'm gonna miss No-Drama Obama. Don't agree with him on a few things, but I love his style.