Bill Clinton SLAPPED by speaker in Atlanta

[gaiilonfong]

January 21, 2008
Read More: Bill Clinton
GOOD ON MAYOR FRANKLIN....bigdog will get the same in S.C> when the megalomaniac goes door to door.
Some drama in Atlanta


From the AJC:

With former President Bill Clinton standing not 20 feet in front of her, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin took what appeared to be a political shot at the former president's comments about Barack Obama's candidacy.

Speaking at the 40th annual MLK commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Franklin said the country is on the "cusp of turning impossible into reality. Yes this is reality, not fantasy or fairy tales."

Clinton, in supporting his wife Hillary's bid for the Democratic nomination, recently took heat for referring to Obama's dramatic rise as a "fairy tale."

Franklin has endorsed Obama, who spoke from the same pulpit at Ebenezer on Sunday.

Today, after Franklin's remarks, the crowd of more than 2000 rose to its feet —except for Bill Clinton, who sat in his front pew seat and clapped politely.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. So, they continue to lie and distort and get applause.

And use MLK as a political statement. Not using the race card?

[gaiilonfong]

5. Emerald do you ever read ANYTHING correctly

Not that I have ever seen

[Name removed]

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[durrrty libby]

30. God I love you. Tell it straight up J

Are so many BO supporters comprehension challenged, or flat out liars?


If they think this shit helps Obama they are delusional

After the whiplash from backlash they will still be clueless as to what happened

[Jamastiene]

47. Damn, I like you.

Show 'em who the boss is Maestro. I bow to your finesse. Consider yourself on my friend's list now. I haven't a clue what the DU friends list is used for, but I must do something to memorialize seeing your awe inspiring posts on this topic and others like it. :thumbsup:

:popcorn:

[journalist3072]

7. Precisely...and as an African-American, I am pissed off by Franklin's behavior

She knows damn well Bill Clinton was not calling Obama's candidacy a fairytale.

[Evergreen Emerald]

14. and to do it in a MLK speech, to inject politics is really a shame.

[gaiilonfong]

19. Emerald, Emerald

MLK was very political and he would have probably welcomed the debate.

Calm down everything will be OK

[Evergreen Emerald]

29. hey gaiilonfong

leave me alone. I do not mind talking about the issues, but I am having a problem with you following me around and attacking me personally.

[Jamastiene]

49. If a person is badgering you, it

wouldn't hurt to talk to a moderator in a private message about it. You shouldn't be badgered here with personal attacks. I do believe that's against the rules.

[Kucinich4America]

21. Injecting politics?

As if Bill Fucking Clinton making an appearance at the church when his wife is running for President is NOT "injecting politics"??

[Evergreen Emerald]

27. ummm...no presidents and ex-presidents usually attend MLK

dedications and celebrations. It is a day to set aside politics, not to use the race card. Obama does not have a corner on MLK because he is black. MLK was a great American leader--civil rights for all.

[gaiilonfong]

15. You have every right

But all the African American blogs I have been reading are the opposite from you.

[journalist3072]

23. It's called group think, my friend...and it's shameful. I prefer thinking for myself

I love my community, but I think for myself. I don't need someone to tell me how to think, thank you.

[gaiilonfong]

26. I said

you have every right to think what you do....BUT....from whaT I am reading it is NOT representative of a majority of the Arican American community , that is ALL I said. So think what you want

[butterfly77]

78. Thank you

[Tyler Durden]

61. African American Blogs...hmmm.

I seem to remember being EXCORIATED a while back for asking when Obama or his supporters would play the "Race Card."

Is it YOU who are wearing Obama's Race on your sleeve, Him, or both of you?

[CatWoman]

18. I'm with you there, Journalist

I don't know who is worse - the people who continue to try to make an issue out of this shit or the media who started it.

[Big Blue Marble]

24. And Bill callling Obama a kid,

that was OK too?

[Evergreen Emerald]

28. he is a kid, just like they called Clinton and JFK a kid when he ran at that age.

[Big Blue Marble]

32. A 46 year old United States Senator and Constitutional scholar is not a kid.

And when you denigrate him as such, you denigrate your own judgment.

[Evergreen Emerald]

36. oh Stop.

That is a red-herring and you know it. Your faux outrage is laughable. If you are suggesting that it is racist to call a 46 year old who is running for president a "kid" you are blathering.

Clinton was called a kid. JFK was called a kid. Anyone under the age of 50 running for President IS a kid.

[Big Blue Marble]

38. My outrage is not faux.

And as I just said kid is very close to boy.

[Evergreen Emerald]

39. not close enough

There is no racism in that remark. To suggest that there is--makes me sick.

[Jamastiene]

50. Oh, give it a fucking break.

Older people DO, IN FACT, call people younger than themselves "kid." There is no racial connotation to an old fart calling a young fart a "kid," none whatsoever. At least wait for something that really is racist to claim racism.

[Big Blue Marble]

55. Can you name one other senator whom someone has called a kid?

It is denigrating to call a U.S. senator a kid. Period.

[durrrty libby]

56. I call the Patriots and Red Sox my boys.Got a problem with that?

[MediaBabe]

83. Even I'm old enough to remember JFK being called a kid

Too young and too inexperienced for such a weighty position as president. And that went for anyone else in their 40s who applied for the job. Now, back to 'constitutional scholar.' Really? I haven't read that about Obama.

[journalist3072]

33. Yes....it was not some racial comment. Compared to 61 year old Clinton, Obama is a kid. So am I.

[Big Blue Marble]

37. Kid is awfully close to boy.

And when Clinton was his age, Clinton thought he was old enough to be president.
I thought so too. I voted for him.

[Tyler Durden]

62. Damn. I was right.

I SAID it was just a matter of time before either Obama or his supporters started playing the "Race Card."

I HATE being right sometimes.

[Big Blue Marble]

41. Racist or not you decide,

But calling a United States Senator a kid was extremely disrespectful

[journalist3072]

59. Obama acts like a fucking kid...He's like the kid in the school year who runs home to mom and dad

"So and so picked on me today. They don't like me."

By the way, just out of curiousity, do you or don't you think it was disrespectful when:

- One of the Obama campaign staffers referred to Hillary Clinton as "Senator Punjab"

- One of the Obama staffers said "Hillary Clinton is not a phony. She just plays one on tv."

- David Axelrod suggested Hillary Clinton was partly responsible for Butto's death

[Hutzpa]

64. YOU are acting like a fucking kid,

just because people are disagreeing with your views doesn't mean they should receive this

type of response from YOU.

You are pathetic.

[journalist3072]

65. No..I'm just dealing with the FACTS and telling the truth. Deal with it. eom

[Hutzpa]

69. What FACTS would that be .......I wonder,

these facts:-

Obama acts like a fucking kid...He's like the kid in the school year who runs home to mom and dad
"So and so picked on me today. They don't like me."

BWAHAHAHAHA


:rofl:


my stomach hurts!

[Bonobo]

72. That's what pass as facts for "journalists" these days, I guess. nt

[NikolaC]

74. Exactly

I am not a Clinton-shipper, but fair is fair. Those comments were taken out of context. I heard the whole segment and he was not calling Obama's candidacy a "fairy tale". However, how can we expect better when we live in a society where a quick sound bite is the gospel truth and some do not bother to do the research to back up any quick, on-the-fly, information that they get?

[butterfly77]

77. You said it before I could...

[Richard Steele]

60. Oh, come up for some frickin' AIR once in a while, Monica!

nm

[AX10]

2. Franklin, Durbin, and McCatskill...

are three Dems that I will NOT be supporting.
They want to use right wing talking points against us, then they don't get my support.

[Yael]

17. Why is it that anyone says anything you disagree with, it is a "RW talking point"

Think for yourself once in a while. Seriously.

[NavyDavy]

25. well they are using RW talking points

[Yael]

43. Do share

Please do let me know which of the above are RW talking points (including their origin) and not merely discussionsemployed by democrats criticing each other and their policies.

Once I see the cause, I will reconsider. For now, calling EVERYTHING that EVERYONE says a "RW talking point" is a RW talking point on its own.

;)

[cali]

68. Is that because Durbin and McGaskill

are supporting Obama? Because if that's the case you might want to add Pat Leahy and pretty soon Bernie Sanders.

[karynnj]

81. Will he then be the first to say that Sanders uses right wing talking points?

Along with Leahy?

[karynnj]

80. Do you live in Atlanta, Illinois or Missouri?

Durbin is significantly to Bill Clinton's left. It seems your definition of Right wing is saying anything negative about Clinton.

[onehandle]

3. Really? I almost forgot.

Thanks for re-posting this because I have no idea where the search function is.

This has been posted several times this morning.

Please post it again in five minutes.

:sarcasm:

[meegbear]

4. Ronald Reagan DIES his hair ...

[maddiejoan]

6. slapped him with what?

a big fat lie?

[Rex]

13. More political 'jargon' garbage.

People so love to hate Bill and Hillary. Makes me almost want to root for her out of spite.

[maddiejoan]

16. careful

that's how I got hooked ;)

[Rex]

40. hehe

;)

[Jamastiene]

52. I have been having those same thoughts.

"Makes me almost want to root for her out of spite."

[begin_within]

8. Damn... I thought you meant he got physically slapped. Oh well.

[bigtree]

10. a good example of how a distortion travels as truth

Clinton NEVER called Obama's candidacy a 'fairy tale'

And, YOU can't find one reference where that was said by Bill Clinton.

[Qanisqineq]

11. I thought Bill was referring to the Iraq war

and things Obama has said when talking about this "fairy tale".

You know, with all the bullshit flying back and forth, I'm beginning to really despise Obama and Clinton.

[ccpup]

35. you're half right

he was talking about the Media's not fully reporting on Obama's alleged anti-war stance.

Since the famously anti-war speech he made on the Illinois State Senate floor, he has then admitted in 2004 that he wouldn't know what he would have done had he been asked to vote (not reported by the media), has taken the speech off his site (said it was "dated" and, again, not reported by the Media) and, since becoming Senator, he's voted lockstep with Hillary in the funding of the war, although they did differ on whether or not General Casey should be the Chief of Staff, US Army (she voted No, he voted Yes).

The anti-war candidate Obama is is one the media has created and not adequately questioned. This the "fairy tale" he was referring to.

[bdamomma]

58. if your despising Obama and Clinton, Edwards is the other candidate.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. Slapped? No. Unfairly Chastised By The Words Of An Ignoramus? Seems Like It.

[gaiilonfong]

22. Well the Mayor

is one of the most popular people in Atlanta.
But it fiqures as a Clintonista DLC'er...you would call people names, without proof.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. Clintonista DLC'er LOL. Talk About Calling People Names! How Weak. The Mayor Did Speak Ignorantly

That's not name calling, it's simple fact. It is quite readily known exactly what the context of Bill's comments were. For her to continue the simply wrong and ignorant meme that he meant it towards his candidacy, means she was being ignorant; period. That's not name calling. It's simple logical fact.

[kwassa]

66. you are the only one calling names here.

Ignoramus? You have just completely labeled the Atlanta mayor based on a single comment.

You might look in the mirror.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

67. Actually, I'm Not. Furthermore, To Openly Attack Him With Such Ignorant Statements, Would Make Her

as it relates to this context, an ignoramus.

Anyone who is in a position to know better, yet would continue to perpetuate the false meme of the 'fairy tale' comment, is an ignoramus. It's just beyond silly already.

[Hutzpa]

70. Theres no mirror for him to look at,

its already been smashed by him. He can't see or hear how ignorant he sounds.

[Sam Ervin jret]

76. Needing a mirror to hear one's own ignorance is not logical, neither is the rest of this thread, but

please continue. I'm sure the republicans who troll the site are enjoying themselves.

I am by no means expect you to edit your comments, just take a deep breath before you push "post message"

Is it necessary that we eat one another alive in order to make a political point?

[Hutzpa]

82. For someone that just showed up

yesterday.....I'll advice you to thread carefully with your use of the word troll,
because my head starts spinning when I hear it from a newbie.


:wtf: :crazy: :silly:

[uppityperson]

20. good to post link too. eom

[NoodleyAppendage]

34. I see the Clintonite brigade is swamping this thread. Good for Franklin!

Some of us still refuse to drink thr DINO/DLC candidate kool-aide.

All I know is I won't be ashamed of my bumpersticker after the general election is over.

J

[1620rock]

42. Using the word kid is like calling a black man boy???

...oh for God sake grow up.

[Sparkly]

44. "...referring to Obama's dramatic rise as a 'fairy tale.'".... *sigh*

:banghead:

[951-Riverside]

45. When will Blacks learn?

Bringing race into any discussion is a losing battle. Have they not learned America is reverting into its pre-60's ways?

[Occulus]

51. Ex-gay minitries, on the other hand, are perfectly fine.

:sarcasm:

If Obama doesn't get rid of the most recent ex-gay psycho creep, he doesn't deserve the nomination, and if he gets it, I'm writing something in.

I will not vote for him if he doesn't end this. As in, no more ex-gay people, no more homophobes, no more bigots.

I can't vote for people who have the support of those who think I'm sick and need to be 'dealt with'.

[Jamastiene]

53. Same here.

I will NOT be voting for Obama. He has already shown me he's a DINO who likes to spend his time with homophobes.

[BlackVelvet04]

46. You weren't trying to be misleading with the word

SLAPPED by any chance, were you?

Of course you were.

[Irishonly]

48. Class Act

It's wrong no matter who does it.

[book_worm]

54. I wonder how KO will report this tonight?

[bdamomma]

57. oh whew Mayor Franklin gave Bill a "take that".

[Tyler Durden]

63. Rude, and uncalled for.

A fellow Democrat and ex-president of NOTE.

Rude. Childish.

[WinkyDink]

71. Do you think this board will support you in your hatred of the last 2-term Democratic President?

[mdmc]

73. The bigdog was better then Nixon and Bush

:toast:
But he still caved on welfare reform and supported the drug war and free trade. Plus he was a bit of a sleezebag.

[NorthernSpy]

75. the Clintonite message is that blacks had better get back in their place...

... and leave running the show to "us".


If the Republicans were able to field candidates who took the interests and hopes of the black community seriously, then we'd be in trouble.

[butterfly77]

79. WHAT IN THE HELL IS HE GOING TO DO...

ONCE THE REPUBLICONS GET A HOLD OF HIM! The media is helping him now but if he wins the nomination they will be helping the Cons. I am speaking about Obama.