DISQUS

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Gee, had he said that during his senatorial campaign, he might've beaten Frank Lautenberg.


Great show of courage there, Rob. NOT!

kitty · 1 year ago

Not surprised that Andrews is only coming out with this after the fact. He’s my congressman and one of those blue dog Democrats you always hear about…voted to invade Iraq, sides with Bush more often than not, etc. The messed-up thing is that machine politics have the NJ Dems on lockdown so he can’t be primaried out. In fact Andrews’ wife just won the House seat he left to run against Lautenberg. She ran solely to serve as a “placeholder” until the machine can put in their choice. Gee, wonder who that will be now?


I’m quite bitter about being denied real representation all these years.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

I guess he won't be getting any calls from Bob 'booty shaking' Johnson,or that Tubbs-Jones who would disagree with everything he said. Missy Hillary ain't never played the race card, she is a good white lady.

Phia · 1 year ago

You know there's going to be so many "tell-all" books coming out of the Clinton campaign that will make Scott McClellan's What Happened look like Winnie the Pooh

Afroamericawriter · 1 year ago

Please give this guy a profile in courage award.

Anonymiss · 1 year ago

Win at all costs --- that is not an attractive quality in the least.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Hillary Clinton was standing next to Bob Kerrey when he made the 'madrassa' comment and said Senator Obama should stick to making uplifting speeches to 'underperforming youth' while the big guys control the government.
Sen Clinton was smiling and clapping.

How could her 'campaign' not approve? Is she separate from her campaign?



Clinton approved. That's what matters.

Ronnie B · 1 year ago

Wait a second. Andrews became "aware" of this in April??


And now he's voicing his outrage? Please.



I'm thinking that if the Clinton people asked *him* to participate in the race-baiting, they probably asked others.



Why did no others come forward? Prolly because it might have changed the outcomes Ohio and the rest of Pennsy-tucky.

heartsandflowers · 1 year ago

Good. Let it all come out now. I was just flipping past CNN and they said something about Obama making overtures to Clinton - to Clinton!!! Are you friggin' kidding me?! Now she doesn't want to be VP. Ha! That speech tomorrow had better be worth it. They are mud to me along with all their supporters. They need to make sure Obama gets elected and then they need to be GONE!

Anonymous · 1 year ago

[Wait a second. Andrews became "aware" of this in April?? And now he's voicing his outrage? Please.]


He said he made his comments only after his primary election with Sen. Frank Lautenberg was done (on June 3rd) because he "didn't want people to think I was trying to win over Obama supporters in the primary."



Why aren't others stepping forward? Scott McClellan could probably give a good explanation.



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TruthSeeker · 1 year ago

ronnie b,


Also, they must have thought him receptive to use that line of argument with him. Surely they wouldn't have called someone like Clyburn with that suggestion. I wonder if there is any personal benefit to him speaking now? If African Americans hear this, it would pay dividends for him at the ballot box in the form of a backlash perhaps.

Michelle · 1 year ago

the caller explicitly discussed a strategy of winning over Jewish voters by exploiting tensions between Jews and African-Americans.


I totally saw that strategy at work well before then, in one of the debates between Ms. Hillary and Senator Obama. It made me furious and sick.



It was the debate where she was calling on him to denounce and reject Rev. Wright and Minister Farrakhan. She brought up the "Jewish community" in this nasty possessive way, and he was talking about needing to work in coalition and struggle through the difficult work of that.



She was clearly into using the divide and tensions for her own gain.



I was practically yelling at the computer screen as I read the transcript:



"Hey white Christian lady you are not benevolent in this, your people (not Black people) are the ones who terrorized my people for centuries in Europe and I know that you and yours would sell us down the river in a heartbeat anytime it benefits your plans. So white Christian lady, you are NOT my friend -- stop pretending like you are "protecting" white Jews from those big bad Black people."



Oh yeah, that strategy came RIGHT from the very top no doubt in my mind on that.

Jill Tubman · 1 year ago

Yes, the divide and conquer strategy employed by Clinton is notable because ultimately it was counter-productive. In a way, that says a lot about how far we've come as a country. Though it doesn't say great things about Clinton's cynical attitude toward race, religion and ethnicity as exploitable.

Michelle · 1 year ago

Yes, the divide and conquer strategy employed by Clinton is notable because ultimately it was counter-productive. In a way, that says a lot about how far we've come as a country. Though it doesn't say great things about Clinton's cynical attitude toward race, religion and ethnicity as exploitable.


Thank you, Jill.

rikyrah · 1 year ago

This couldn't be a surprise to anyone who had been alert.


Pitting Black against White.



Pitting Black against Latino.



Who the hell do you think has been shoveling the ' Obama has a problem with The Jews' memo every 10-14 days from the very beginning of this campaign.



None of this is surprising. It's obviious.

evita · 1 year ago

Bill was out there saying whatever he wanted, especially racist ish. Is he going to endorse Obama too? Will her RECANT the stuff he told people from PA, OHm and WV?

Nita · 1 year ago

@kitty said..."Not surprised that Andrews is only coming out with this after the fact."


Story of the Clintons' campaign.

This is why I refuse to jump on the 'we're all one happy family again because Hillary gave a speech' like everyone else this past weekend. Never again will I trust them. Never-again.



They sicken me. But so are a lot of Democrats as well, to be perfectly honest.