Bill Clinton: Race, Gender Key in S.C.

[jefferson_dem]

Source: AP

Bill Clinton: Race, Gender Key in S.C.
Jan 24, 6:23 AM (ET)

By CHARLES BABINGTON

DILLON, S.C. (AP) - He's not on the ballot but Bill Clinton seemed to dominate the South Carolina presidential campaign, disparaging Barack Obama and journalists and predicting that many voters will be guided mainly by gender and race loyalties.

The former president suggested that his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, may lose Saturday's Democratic primary because many black voters will side with Obama. The unusually direct comment on the possible role of race in the election was in keeping with the Clintons' bid to portray Obama as the clear favorite, thereby lessening the potential fallout if it proves true.

Voting for president along racial and gender lines "is understandable, because people are proud when someone who they identify with emerges for the first time," the former president told a Charleston audience Wednesday while campaigning for his wife, a role he has played all week.

His comments and a later outburst with a reporter came on a day when Obama continued to challenge Hillary Clinton's candor and trustworthiness. He said his chief rival has indulged in double-talk on bankruptcy laws, trade and other issues.

The atmosphere grew more charged after Clinton's campaign aired a radio ad in South Carolina suggesting Obama approved of Republican ideas. Obama responded with his own radio spot that says, "Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected."

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[Warren Stupidity]

1. Bill, shut the fuck up with your divisive crap. nt.

[MissDeeds]

6. Couldn't agree more

I am so sick of him spouting off. Can't the election be about the issues and not race and gender? Of course if that were to happen, John Edwards would be the one in the media spotlight.

[Maribelle]

8. Tell MSM to stop chasing after him, tossing loaded questions at him ...

and to stop cutting and pasting words out of context.

I have never once seen Bill chase after the cameras since he has left office. Not once.

[snooper2]

11. THANK

YOU

[Demeter]

2. IF True (Very Unlikely) Then Its Hilary's Luck that Women Outnumber Men

Too bad she's ticked off so many with her actions and her words.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. That's what Obama's counting on - getting all of the Black and anti-female votes.

That's his Hope.

[jefferson_dem]

4. So Bill is simply expressing Obama's "hope"?

Too funny.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. "Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected"

Obama has now sunk to the level of believing his own slogans -- slogans first propagated by the GOP.

The pedestal now stands unmounted.

:evilfrown:

--p!

[IsItJustMe]

7. HRC and BO need to get over themselves. With that being said though, I can understand why this race

seems to have come to name calling and belittling one another. Our media has had a steady hand in stirring this all up.

[DemCam]

9. Very distorted piece...no surprise there.

[Baclava]

10. Issues? What Issues?

We don't need no stinking issues....