Bill Clinton on Obama

Former President Bill Clinton tried to get former senator Ted Kennedy to endorse Hillary Clinton for president in the 2008 election by describing Barack Obama this way: "A few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags."

This anecdote is revealed in a New Yorker article on the relationship between Bill Clinton and Obama:

Tim Russert told me that, according to his sources, Bill Clinton, in an effort to secure an endorsement for Hillary from Ted Kennedy, said to Kennedy, “A few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.”

Clinton is giving a keynote address at the Democratic convention this week in Charlotte, North Carolina.

And the Republicans are the racists?

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...gs_651489.html

Surprised you would believe Tim he works for NBC...

He's dead, Ekim. And he was a class act.

He's dead, Ekim. And he was a class act. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Ekim doesn't get out much. I wonder if he knows about Elvis.

If a Republican had been stupid enough to say this about Obama, can you imagine how the liberal press would have treated this?

If a Republican had been stupid enough to say this about Obama, can you imagine how the liberal press would have treated this? Originally Posted by NiceGuy53

It would have been the end of the world. If a conservative says anything that can be interpreted as racist, the press will crucify him.

I remember when Senator Byrd said nigger in an interview with Tony Snow. It was ok because he was a Democrat; and don't forget Byrd was a former Klan member.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIBJt-c2o0

He's dead, Ekim. And he was a class act. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

I know ,and yes he was...

I know ,and yes he was... Originally Posted by ekim008

Do you always refer to dead people in the present tense?

"he works for NBC"