Hillary Tells Blacks: Republicans Run the White House "Like a Plantation"

[MystikWizard]

Even though this news was reported in 2006, I can't believe I never heard about it. If this doesn't show you how low Hillary will stoop to try and garnish votes, I don't know what does.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton drew criticism Tuesday for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech in which she told a mostly black audience at a Harlem church that Republican leaders have run the House "like a plantation" and the Bush administration will go down as "one of the worst" in U.S. history.

Responding to the speech, House Speaker Dennis Hastert called her remarks "a little bit over the top."

"I've never run a plantation before. I'm not even sure of what kind of association she's trying to make," said the speaker, a Republican from Illinois. "If she's trying to be racist, I think that's unfortunate, but I'm not going to comment any further on that."

One of Clinton's Republican congressional colleagues from New York, Rep. Peter King, said the senator "should be ashamed."

"It's definitely using the race card. It definitely has racist connotations. She knows it," King said. "She knew the audience. She knew what she was trying to say, and it was wrong. And she should be ashamed."

However, the host of the event where Clinton made her remarks Monday, activist Al Sharpton, disagreed with the criticism.

"I absolutely defend her saying it because I said it through the '04 elections," he said.

Defenders of Clinton also have pointed out comments made in 1994 by former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, shortly before Republicans won a majority in the House, in which he said Democrats "think it's their job to run the plantation" and that "it shocks them that I'm actually willing to lead the slave rebellion."

A spokesman for Clinton also defended the remarks, saying she was pointing out that the GOP House leadership has stifled substantive debate.

Unlike the Senate, where the rules allow the Democratic minority to extend debate and block legislation, House rules allow the GOP leadership to set limits on debate and dictate how legislation will be handled. In recent years, House Democrats have complained of Republicans running roughshod over them, although Democrats had the same power to control the agenda during the 40 years they held the House before GOP control.

In her speech Monday, Clinton, who has never served in the House, told the audience that "when you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about."

Clinton, whose husband, former President Bill Clinton, was the second president in history to be impeached, also offered harsh criticism of President Bush.

"I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country," she said. Clinton also apologized to a group of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in the audience "on behalf of a government that left you behind."

Asked about her comments, White House spokesman Scott McClellan, said they were "out of bounds."

"Sounds like the political season may be starting early," he said.

Polls put Clinton at the front of the pack of potential 2008 Democratic presidential nominees. She is running for re-election this year in New York.

CNN's Mary Snow and Candy Crowley contributed to this report.

 

[PER4MER]

Wow.

Reruns already.

 

[texpatriot]

^ Yeah, and for the record, she was dogging Republicans not "Blacks."

Of course if they were so concerned about the "Black Vote," I can think of a "Republican Presidential Debate" that they could have attended a couple of weeks ago.

But nah, we'll just rehash more innocuous shit that serves nothing more than an attempt to sever as a diversionary tactic.

Nice try though!

 

[MystikWizard]

^ Yeah, and for the record, she was dogging Republicans not "Blacks."

You can put all the spin on this you want, what she said was as clear as day and you know what she meant by it.

Not that I like Guiliani, but if he would make a comment like this if the Democrats were in office, you would be blasting him to High Hell and back.

It was a dig at Republicans, however a racially motivated unfair dig, meant to appeal to emotions of the Black population, that was not warranted. It was a stupid remark and you know it.

 

[letme]

I would like to hear the audio of this,to see how much she changed her dialect and speech pattern,as she does when in the deep south .

 

[naughty899]

^ Yeah, and for the record, she was dogging Republicans not "Blacks."

Of course if they were so concerned about the "Black Vote," I can think of a "Republican Presidential Debate" that they could have attended a couple of weeks ago.

But nah, we'll just rehash more innocuous shit that serves nothing more than an attempt to sever as a diversionary tactic.

Nice try though!

and there was a black sponsorsed debate democrats could have attended too, but it was on big, scary fox news, so of course all the dems ran away

 

[letme]

so in other words R.D. it is ok for HRC but not GWB ?
Tame is now ok...... I see........

 

[MystikWizard]

so in other words R.D. it is ok for HRC but not GWB ?
Tame is now ok...... I see........

Always have to love the double standard in this country with many of the Democrats.

 

[RandomAccess]

so in other words R.D. it is ok for HRC but not GWB ?
Tame is now ok...... I see........

Give it a rest. . . old news. Poor choice of words? Sure.

But, ya know, Bush HAS run this country like a plantation!

 

[letme]

Do me and others a break.
Give up the "fact" GWB stole the election(s) OK ?

 

[MystikWizard]

Give it a rest. . . old news. Poor choice of words? Sure.

But, ya know, Bush HAS run this country like a plantation!

I find it a real interesting choice of words given the nature of the audience.

I wonder why she didn't use these same words in predominantly white gatherings?

 

[Raincoat Massacre]

You can put all the spin on this you want, what she said was as clear as day and you know what she meant by it.

Not that I like Guiliani, but if he would make a comment like this if the Democrats were in office, you would be blasting him to High Hell and back.

It was a dig at Republicans, however a racially motivated unfair dig, meant to appeal to emotions of the Black population, that was not warranted. It was a stupid remark and you know it.

Bush and his lakeys are racist bigot pigs and I think leaving thousands of people which the majority of was black, to rot in a god damn football stadium is, forgive me if I say so, RACSIST.

 

[MystikWizard]

Bush and his lakeys are racist bigot pigs and I think leaving thousands of people which the majority of was black, to rot in a god damn football stadium is, forgive me if I say so, RACSIST.

You advocating the political-powers-that-be the use of the race card is doing far more harm with race relations in this country than not using it.

If there is clear evidence of racism, like I feel is going on in Jena, LA, then we address the problem in a civil, professional manner, and work towards correcting the problem.

Bringing this up in political speeches and taking casual cheap shots like Hillary did is a disgrace.

 

[PER4MER]

I ♥ that this is where the anti-Hillary crowd is at...pulling up old news articles about her.

When the arsenal is empty, what other choice remains?

 

[MystikWizard]

I ♥ that this is where the anti-Hillary crowd is at...pulling up old news articles about her.

Well, the truth hurts about your candidate, doesn't it?

One's character plays a big factor in determining a President. Don't you think?

Nobody said you couldn't do the same with any of the candidates we endorse.

When the arsenal is empty, what other choice remains?

Well, with Hillary, the arsenal keeps on coming.

**Insert Hillary Cackle**

 

[RandomAccess]

You advocating the political-powers-that-be the use of the race card is doing far more harm with race relations in this country than not using it.

I turn off the "ignore" for five minutes, and. . . WTF? I mean, WTF!?!? Are you even TRYING to be coherent, here? That sentence makes no sense whatsoever. ". . .political-powers-that-be. . ."? The President? Congress?

Race relations in this country are far more damaged by ignorance, ambivalence and arrogance than by people actually TALKING about it!

Sure, let's brush those ethnic groups under the rug & not talk about 'em, maybe they'll go away! While we're at it, let's ignore the queers, too!

 

[iman]

Very old news, but you are right, she was criticized for these comments - not by African-Americans, but by rightwing Republicans and Hillary Haters. Odd how the Republicans develop a race consciousness when it provides an opportunity to criticize Dems.

 

[White Eagle]

No one at the event was offended, so I don't see a problem other than the pugs running the government like a plantation.
And the 20%ers cannot find anything new to post so what else to do? Dig up old news.

 

[MystikWizard]

No one at the event was offended, so I don't see a problem other than the pugs running the government like a plantation.

Like I said, if Guiliani would have said it and was critiquing Hillary in office, you would all be having a fit. Tell it like it is.

Just like if that newspaper would have printed "Fuck Hillary Clinton" or "Fuck the NAACP" instead of "Fuck George Bush", everyone would be up in arms.

Why do so many people have problems drawing lines down the middle and being honest with the issues? I've given my Republican Party plenty of criticism. But in your eyes, no Democrat can do any wrong on any issue whatsoever.

And let's not kid ourselves. This is done because there are so many people, especially on here, that think one dimensionally to say that all Democrats are Pro Gay and all Republicans are Anti-Gay. And therefore, every issue that comes out that puts Democrats in a Negative light, the spin gets turned way up to defend them. Case and point right here. But if you look, Republicans are turning around and we have several up for nomination that are supportive of gay rights.

But to distort the actual truth in these issues because of one's personal biases and perceptions is wrong on all levels.

 

[Raincoat Massacre]

But your candidates are so busy fucking themselves we don't even have to do anything other than sit back and watch. It's much more fun watching gay republicans and their fake outrage over comments Hillary makes while they ignore that the Republicans throwing the gays to the religious wolves.

Amen