Vying for the Black Vote

I'm no Hillary fan but I think she is getting a bum rap on this one. She stated the obvious. The aspirations of the blacks during the civil rights era were actualized, in the legal sense at least, only when white legislators voted to change the law. The same is true of South Africa when in the last whites only vote, 70% of the white electorated voted to end Apartheid.

I think the point Hillary Clinton was making was that at the time of Lyndon Johnson the efforts of Martin Luther King and others in support of the civil rights movement might have gone to waste had it not been for the strength and commitment of Lyndon Johnson who was well known as someone who could work both sides of the legislature. I also think that voting based on race or national origin is something to be avoided in all events.

Tensions are high between Latinos and blacks. Likeability, Latino's trust Hillary. However, candidates are scared of the immigration issue. The media has been embarassed, their polls have proven to be wrong time and time again. WHY. intrusion of privacy.. pollsters and the media are not trusted because they represent corporate interestets. NOT the peoples. It is funny how NFL SUNDAY looks the same as CNN election commentary shows. WOW. NEwsweek free speech is something that the intelligent british cannot stop and niether can you.

Is it just me, or is the media stupid? I guess you can twist any remark if you twist hard enough. Hillary's comment was correct. MLK's dream was realized when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. LBJ just happened to be the President at the time. Reaching that point in history took blood, sweat, tears, and lives to accomplish. It all began when he said, "I have a dream". It was MLK's determination, persistence, and communication that helped a nation to better itself by influencing legislators in Washington to draft the Civil Rights Act. Hillary Clinton merely condensed into one sentence what I have taken several to say. She has done no wrong by saying so.

Newsweek seems to hate Hillary Clinton, all this media fuss about something so stupid just becuase clinton is a woman. There are other stories Newsweek should be covering and not destroying a career for a woman who has given 35 yrs to this beloved country.

Is it just me or is the media stupid? Hillary Clinton's comment had absolutely no bias in it whatsoever. MLK's vision WAS realized when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. LBJ just happened to be the President at the time. The signing of the Civil Rights Act was the culmination of much time, blood, sweat, tears and lives. It was Dr. King's vision, persistance, and communication that influenced a nation to have landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act drafted. Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill!

Hillary Clinton???s point was quite clear. In trying to minimize Barack???s appeal to people in general, she used MLK as an example to underscore her point that rhetoric alone is not enough to bring about change.

What Dr. King did by vocalizing a call for change cannot be negated, however, because it brought about the groundswell that we all are beneficiaries of. I suppose in Hillary???s mind those letters from a Birmingham jail were just an aside because the real work had to be done by someone else. That is why people are angry with her because it seems winning at any cost is what is most important to her and that means everything and everyone is fair game.

this is more of the same Clinton muscle flexing. Surrogates out there speaking poison for them and then saying 'oh, i didn't mean that'. Then they say what? we just want to play nice. Lame.

It is very clear that both the clintons were desperate and lashed out at Senator Obama knowing fully well that words do matter(who knows better than them) and created the controversy to get the white votes in NH, and now that she won the primaries there she is skillfully trying to put the blame on obama and smearing his campaign.Ofcourse it is going to hurt the african american sentiments especially the civil rights movement is very close to their hearts as so many of the eir lives were sacrificed for the cause and mlk's contribution to it trivialized in such a way is derogatory . Instead of skirting around and playing with words again by denying what she meant Hillary should be once be honest and apologise publicly for it and ask to be forgiven. That's what a true lead does by showing humility and grace what Senator Obama has done when he ackowledge his teen misgivings in his book. That definitely brings out the contrast between these two candidates.

Oh c'mon people! A person can make an argument out of anything. For example, if I said I like Oranges you could say yeah well Oranges are grown in the south and they had slavery in the south so you must like slavery. Anybody can do it, its not really that hard. And if black people want to vote for someone because they are black that is truly sad. Would they vote for Hitler if he was black, just because he was black. NO! Why? Because they know his agenda. Well, maybe you should take time to actually know what the candidates are saying instead of what mud the others want to throw at them. I am an independent, I vote for whom I think will do the best job. And the last thing I consider is the maelstrom of backstabbing rhetoric that flows from opponents. I implore the American people, white, black, repub, demo, atheist, or Christian, please research all the candidates, make your decision at home, and in your heart. Our country is deep in the "hurt locker" please don't let skin color, "color" your vote.

I have always liked Hillary, but she needs to back off this "divisiveness", NOW. WE want to win this election not alienate voters. Good grief!!!!

Hillary's comment came across to me a white male who is not particularly race sensitive as a poor choice of words. It seemed to diminish the accomplishments of Dr. King, and glorify a power for the presidency that the position does not truly have... I do not trust Hillary, I think she is power consumed and not authentic, I had at least liked the charisma of her husband, if not all of his character. I do not feel the Obama camp had anything to do with this, Hillary spoke the words, and it imediately struck me when I heard it a a foot in mouth moment that would have repercussions...