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Bill Clinton helped sink his wife’s chances for an endorsement from Ted Kennedy by belittling Barack Obama as nothing but a race-based candidate.
“A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee,” the former president told the liberal lion from Massachusetts, according to the gossipy new campaign book, “Game Change.”
The book says Kennedy was deeply offended and recounted the conversation to friends with fury.
After Kennedy sided with Obama, Clinton reportedly griped, “the only reason you are endorsing him is because he’s black. Let’s just be clear.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KingZkwan/ KingZkwan

    I can believe Bill Clinton made this comment. I always saw Bill Clinton as an outright racist just like Bush. I mean under Bill Clinton more Blacks went to prison that any other administration ever. The CBC went to Pres. Clinton to ask him to repel the unfair sentences laws Crack vs. Cocaine which where clearly racist but Bill refused. Bill Clinton never sacrificed any political capital on Blacks although Blacks called him a Black President. Any those statements Bill Clinton made about Obama dissing Jesse Jackson winning South Carolina in 1984 were calculated moves to stir up racist whites to support his wife. Bill Clinton exposed any good sense that he was a good President to Blacks in that statement. Yet I can’t see why anyone would still be following him or thinking he was good for the country after he only showed lip service. I rank Bill Clinton amongst the smoothest of racists but still a racist.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/handsomeblk_NYC/ handsomeblk_NYC

    What’s funny is this character bill clinton is the same dude who is an ambassador in haiti. After clinton is done with haiti it will be reduced to dust. Haiti is going through this because The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt in human history (1791–1804). leading to the elimination of slavery and the establishment of Haiti as the first republic ruled by blacks. All haitians came together and told the opressors enough is enough it’s pay back time !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    Not suprised at all. After researching policies that Bill Clinton signed into law. I stopped respecting him. Clinton signed into law that anyone who convicted of a drug charge will be ineligible for federal financial aid to attend college. This law affects Black people mostly. Like Laurence Fishburn said in School Daze, “it’s time to wake up!!!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1BillionaireMnd/ 1BillionaireMnd

    I have never liked Clinton as a person or President. Clinton is always about Bill Clinton only. It saddened me that so many people were going around saying that He was the first black President. Black America wake up. I think that if Bill Clinton truely had his way…all black folks would be fetchin him coffee…SAD!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/panamaniak/ panamaniak

    Haaaaa!! All of these Black folks back in the day talking about “Clinton is the first Black president”. Now you know what he thinks of you! I’ll never forget when the Secret Service made me cross the street when he and Hill were at Morningstar Baptist Church in Queens! Had to take an alternate route to the Chinese store!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Deyanju1/ Deyanju1

    Blacks in america are so brainwashed….clinton is considered the first black president why again…oh yea because he rolled a joint once in a while and cheated on his wife…good stereotype.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    @handsomeblk

    you are speaking the truth when it comes to Haiti.Yet, you are giving out half truth by stating Haiti is the only successful slave revolt in the entire history. I have to add to that because we have to concise when we share information to our community, so when we speak up in a crowd we have the correct ammunition to use. Haiti is the first black republic in the western hemisphere. However, I believe it was the palomares uprising in Venezuela, and also Gaspar yanga and others in Mexico. Just to put out there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    I am not surprise at all.If you look at the historical events that the Kennedy’s are associated with. JFK with the Civil Rights Movement, Bobby Kennedy with the integration of school through the Brown vs. The Board of Education and Now with Obama. They are a clan that are known as opportunist from their father and prohibition, investments and political flights.

    Bill, Bill, Bill! smh,I have a file somewhere that stated that you were chosen to run and be the president by the Bilderberg Group and CFR after a Boule, Vernon Jordan, introduced you to the Trilateral Commission. You and your wife had countless of individuals assassinated during your presidential term because they knew about your dealing here and abroad. for example, you had Commerce secretary Ron Brown assassinated.In addition, how about NAFTA? CAFTA? your investment in the SAUDI? how about ZIDERA(ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY & ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT)? how about the RWANDA GENOCIDE? where were you BILL? etc. etc.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    Yes indeed jazzpast

    the other events I knew nothin of but the Rwanda Genocide was very visible 2 me but not 2 the rest of the people I knew that had the degradation of calling this parasite “Black” because of his sexual affair!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/donslayer1/ donslayer1

    WOW!KEEP BELIEVING IN DEVILS, YOU’RE GONNA END UP IN HELL!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    if Clinton loves black people

    then

    Barack Obama is the re-incarnation of Malcolm X

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_AM_BACK_4_MORE/ I_AM_BACK_4_MORE

    you black people got fooled into believing that this man(clinton) cares about your race. and they wonder why blacks are the dumbest? if y’all think bush was bad? clinton was 1000000000000000x worse. blacks only liked him after he got his d*ck s*cked in the oval office. really?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/d6j8/ d6j8

    Better we focus on the future than the past .The Clintons may be who people say they are . Right now one of them is a member of the Obama administration .We would play right into the previous administrations plans by arguing the past and separating ourselves through debate of who they are . (Divide and Continue to Conquer). Better we look forward and find ways to work for the better . Support politicians who are concerned about our future , get involoved all elections . Not just the big ones . Not just the ones that other people people SAY we should get involved in . But all elections.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Eolufemi/ Eolufemi

    It was pretty obvious what Clinton thought Obama just by his previous comments. The real question is whether we’re going to fall for the divide and conquer trap.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/U_InquireMi/ U_InquireMi

    More Brothers were sent to jail under Bill Clinton’s Presidency. Even before he was President he had a history of Racism as Govenor. Plus, Bill Clinton signed that trade agreement with China which pretty much caused our economic problems today. Plus he depleted military funds that’s why Bush did what he did, and I’m not defending Bush at all. But yes Bill Clinton is WAYYY worst than Bush.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JJAKAJ/ JJAKAJ

    f**k klinton…that kracka aint about s**t…he the one that made the 3 strike s**t…racist honky azz b***h

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    Oh give me a f**king break. Bill Clinton is not a racist. Black people are just blinded and drunk on love with Obama. Black people have their heads so far up Obama’s ass that I can’t tell where one begins and the other ends. Knock it off with this racist nonsense. Bill Clinton is not a racist. The only way Obama could beat Hillary Clinton was by calling Bill Clinton a racist. Anytime a black person labels someone a racist it automatically triggers a demagogic witch hunt.

    Bill Clinton was right when he told Ted Kennedy that Kennedy was only endorsing Obama because Obama is black. To be honest, I believe that we would have been better off with Hillary Clinton. Obama is not doing anything right for the same black people that are kissing his ass. It is disgusting to see. Unemployment for black people is at 15 percent and you still kissing Obie ass. You don’t see Obama firing at the private sector. He is even hesitant to tax the wealthy. What good is Obama for black people? You tell me. It wasn’t at 15 percent when Bill Clinton was president. Black people can be perfectly stupid. Black people don’t think about their finances. How can you call Bill Clinton a racist when Bill Clinton spent a large amount of his time trying to keep black people alive. Who was the first president to make AIDS awareness a priority? Who was the only president that would not hesitate to call the private sector out for discriminating against minorities? That president was Bill Clinton. Obama runs away from the fact that the private sector is retaliating against black people. Obama does not give a rats ass about black people. Obama is just another House Negro.

    Black Americans are perfectly stupid when it comes to politics. How could you call Bill Clinton a racist when most of Bill Clinton’s policies were for the benefit of black people? When last I checked AIDS was black people’s number one issue. Who addressed it? Bill Clinton. What is Obama doing about it? Nada. Who’s hiring black people now? Look at the Obama administration. I don’t see one dark skinned person on it, and Bill Clinton is a racist? Knock it off. Even Emperor Bush hired Condoleeza Rice. Come on with the bulls**t, black people. Black Americans are perfectly stupid when it comes to politics. Theodore Roosevelt was right about that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/quesh1/ quesh1

    I think if you don’t have all the facts you shouldn’t be commenting first of all. I don’t Clinton is a racist but for you to say Obama is doing nothing. Yes things were better when Clinton was in office but the economy was on it’s was to what we have now a recession. It takes a while for the economy to hit rock bottom. Years and Years of bad decisions being put into play that in the end results in what we have now. A lot of ppl being unemployed not just Blacks. I also don’t feel just because a black person is in charge he should go and incorporate all black ppl around him. They should put ppl who are qualified for the job. I just think some ppl in this world is so caught up with playing the race game and the also have some idiocy statment to make about it. Yes it’s 2010 and yes I know racism still exist, but for you to say that Obama is just a House Negro please. It just shows what type of level you are on. SMDH. This is sad!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    I don’t like Rush Limbaugh to much but he aired Clinton out over Ron Brown. Just youtube Bill Clinton fakes crying at Ron Brown’s funeral

    I never did get why people would even consider this guy the first black president. Other than leaving with a 128 billiob dollar surplus he did’nt anymore for black than Bush.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iiRockMySocks/ iiRockMySocks

    I believe that the majority of my generation is fooled. Fooled by the lack of knowledge. True there is internet access but hey, everything online isn’t true… [im 19] Honestly, the only thing I really know about Clinton is that he got sucked up in office, smoked weed, and was caught in a great amount of scandals. Both him and Hilary.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    Quesh1. I do have all of the facts. If you were so intelligent you firstly, wouldn’t have to acknowledge it and secondly, wouldn’t be so vulgar. I am entitled to my own political beliefs. I graduated college. I can speak English quite well, and I have a better understanding of ideology than you do, evidently. You are just drinking the Kool-Aid and getting drunk from it. It is you that is drunk on love with Obama. If you think that Independents are going to run to Obama in 2012 you are sadly mistaken. I personally am voting for Sarah Palin. You can do whatever you want. Obama is a House Negro. Just deal with it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/quesh1/ quesh1

    Monte_Brown I wasn’t being vulgar just voicing my opinion! No one asked about your level of education hell I really could care less if you did or didn’t have an education. But you know it really don’t take an educated person to really be informed about the facts. I don’t care what independents are going to do in 2012. It’s 2010 and Obama is President so it is what it is! We will just have to see what happens in 2012!!!!

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