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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
When all is said and done, if you lean conservative and say this type rubbish, you really must have meant it. When you lean liberal and say this type stuff you didn't mean it and all is forgiven. The double standard and hypocrisy speaks for itself.
Now President Clinton has reportedly stated to Sen. Kennedy something to the effect that "in years past he (then Sen. Obama) would be serving us coffee." This was during the 2008 Presidential Bid by then Sen. Clinton. But he really didn't mean it.  |
I'm not sure that I agree. In keeping with the tone of the quote, Had a conservative said what Reid said, I would have assumed he meant it, and as with Reid, he meant it as well...and it is true. Obama is palatable to some white people in politics on both sides of the aisle in part because of what Reid stated.
I personally hadn't heard of the aforementioned Clinton quote so I can't comment much on it, but again it is a true quote. However, having little context with the Clinton quote, something about the quote itself doesn't sit right with me. It could be a factual observation, but within a certain context it can also be a thinly veiled insult.