You really, really need to check your facts. Clyburn was on the fence for months. Like many blacks in this country (me included) he was leaning toward Hillary Clinton. But Obama's success, coupled with the Clinton's increasingly hostile and dirty tactics, made him lean toward Obama. I watched Clyburn in a live interview say that he called Bill Clinton personally to tell him he was going with Obama, and Clinton cussed at him. I heard Richardson say Clinton went off on him. Hell, Teddy Kennedy said the Clintons went off on him too. John Lewis here in Atlanta called to tell them, and he too said it didn't go well. I liked and like Bill and Hillary, but they did this to themselves. You call Clyburn a dog, but it was the Clintons who acted like brutes, cursing and threatening and attacking people for having the temerity to back someone else. Tonight at the DNC, Clyburn said he liked the Clintons, still likes the Clintons. "I have no problem with them", he said.He then said he still fel t some of their comments could have been interpreted as racist, but that he still had no enduring problem with them.
How is that the posture of an angry dog? And I'm really, really confused. What did Obama do to Hillary? How can you in the same night attack Obama and men for a sexist plot against Hillary, then say she came out swinging and he was meek. She lost this fight, and you are saying you'll never vote for him. You are Black right? Then tell me how a respectful Black man like Obama who speaks with nothing but respect for women is worse than McCain, who called his wife the c-word in public? Tell me how you have contempt for Obama who has an intelligent, educated wife who I believe will bring more respect to the First Lady, while going with don't-say-too-much Cindy McCain? You're entitled to your opinion, that's the American way. But if I could understand it as something other than an odd hatred of Obama, or men, or Black men--or all three--that'd be nice. If you think a white multi-millionaire like john McCain who supported a senseless invasion that will cost us trillions is better for you than a Black man who understands the struggles of being both Black and not wealthy, that's your right. I'm tired, mad at myself for staying up this late and doing this instead of writing or job searching. But I say again--and finally--you seem to have a lot of hostility. I've read all your posts, and they seem to have a common theme of hatred for men, hatred for Black men, and contempt for Black people who dare say the world's not fair to them. i just don't get it. -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:56:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe, but he never resorted to the nasty, name-calling, baiting, disparaging, disrespectful tactics the Clintons did. No he had his rotweiler Clyburn and other blacks do it. He had those who hated Hilary do it. When Hillary was belittling him as nothing but a one-speech guy, who was respectfully disagreeing with her. when she shot nasty and really angry comments at him during their debates, Please I watched those debates. She did not let him get away with anything. She cam out swinging. He never fought back. He played the meek nice guy care. If the moderater talked about his problems, people felt sorry for him. *gag* he acted with calm and class and made his point, firmly. And I believe that had he lost, he'd have been out there doing his level best to help the Clintons win, despite how they treated him. What did Hillary and Bill do at first? Acted like poor losers, dropped out of sight, Bill going so far as to leave the country rather than be asked to campaign for Obama. They're getting their stuff together now, but it took a while. I say this as someone who liked Hillary long past the point when many men and women hated her, who defended many of her deeds as just tough politics, who sat in indecision for long moments in the booth here in Atlanta before finally casting my vote for Obama. I don't have a problem with her as a woman or anything like that. I just have a problem with the way they let their campaign against Obama degenerate. They messed up big, and everyone seems to realize that, them included. That is why I am voting McCain. There is nothing Hilary can not and say to make me vote for that man. She had it in her grasp and she lost it. It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.
