They love Bill again down in SC:
Bill Clinton is finally turning out to be the huge asset his wife expected him to be eight years ago.
"For black voters in South Carolina, Bill Clinton’s angry 2008 outbursts have faded into the past. But for the first 'first black president,' it’s proving a bit harder to move on."
"Hillary Clinton -- growing increasingly close to Barack Obama, the man who defeated her by 29 points here in 2008 -- is expected to defeat Bernie Sanders handily here on Saturday, a stunning reversal of fortunes for both the candidate and her husband who encamped here as her top surrogate eight years ago."
"The defeat of the Clintons here struck a dual blow to a pair of 1960s liberals who view themselves as civil right stalwarts -- it put Obama on the clear path to victory -- and represented a personal rebuke to the former president, who enjoyed a special connection with black voters since his days of campaigning in the heavily African-American area of southeast Arkansas."
"Yet for South Carolina’s black voters, 2008 was just another hard-fought election -- most Clinton supporters have come back around to the pair after watching them have Obama's back for the past eight years."
“We forgave him,” laughed Mariah Chapman, a retiree who came out to Kingstree Thursday morning to hear Hillary Clinton speak at a town hall. Of course she remembered the incident when Bill Clinton described Barack Obama’s opposition to the Iraq war “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” But eight years later, it has not shaken her resolve that the Clintons are the best choice for protecting Obama’s legacy."
“Even though Bill Clinton put his foot in his mouth, we overlook that because Hillary went back and supported Obama,” she said. “We really owe her. We just so appreciate the dedication she has shown to President Obama.”
"Older African-American women like Chapman -- once the backbone of Obama’s backing in this racially polarized state -- are expected to deliver for Hillary Clinton here the way white millennial voters did for Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire."
"I vaguely remember Bill saying a bunch of stuff," says Shonika Burns, a 40-year-old project analyst for a health care company, and an enthusiastic booster of both Clintons -- now. "It's politics, nobody remembers that stuff. Bill was my first president, the first one I ever voted for. And I was for her [before Obama emerged as a serious contender] -- but I had to vote for Obama... I feel very, very good about her now."
If anything, it's Bill Clinton -- buoyed by broad support from black voters throughout his political career -- who is still haunted by the past. “It does feel better because, contrary to a lot of the coverage in ’08 … most African-Americans liked them both,” Clinton told POLITICO of his wife and Obama while campaigning in Rock Hill Thursday. “That kind of got lost in translation… I feel good, we both feel good. It feels good, like I’ve come home.”
"In 2008, the "fairy tale" remark was interpreted at the time as a larger attempt to undermine a black candidate’s legitimacy. Clinton, according to people close to the former president, was deeply stung by claims that he was out of touch when it came to talking about race in the 21st century. But his 2012 convention speech in Charlotte, which buoyed Obama when he needed it most, along with Clinton's service as secretary of state, did much to repair Obama's relationship with the Clintons -- and cemented the kumbaya narrative with black voters here."
“What’s happened since [the 2008 campaign] is the Clintons have come closer together with the Obamas," said former state Rep. Bakari Sellers, who followed Bill Clinton around the state as part of a “Truth Squad” eight years ago, correcting his distortions of Obama’s record.
"We’ve been able to recognize that,” Sellers said. “It makes it a lot easier for people to understand that people evolve and friendships evolve. Have people forgotten it? No. But if Barack Obama can embrace her, then so can I.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/bill-clinton-south-carolina-redemption-219811#ixzz41HF9E7Z8
The fairytale remark for the record was about Obama's Iraq war record not about him as the potential first black President. I do think that some of what Bill said was taken with the most uncharitable interpretations.
Bill Clinton is finally turning out to be the huge asset his wife expected him to be eight years ago.
"For black voters in South Carolina, Bill Clinton’s angry 2008 outbursts have faded into the past. But for the first 'first black president,' it’s proving a bit harder to move on."
"Hillary Clinton -- growing increasingly close to Barack Obama, the man who defeated her by 29 points here in 2008 -- is expected to defeat Bernie Sanders handily here on Saturday, a stunning reversal of fortunes for both the candidate and her husband who encamped here as her top surrogate eight years ago."
"The defeat of the Clintons here struck a dual blow to a pair of 1960s liberals who view themselves as civil right stalwarts -- it put Obama on the clear path to victory -- and represented a personal rebuke to the former president, who enjoyed a special connection with black voters since his days of campaigning in the heavily African-American area of southeast Arkansas."
"Yet for South Carolina’s black voters, 2008 was just another hard-fought election -- most Clinton supporters have come back around to the pair after watching them have Obama's back for the past eight years."
“We forgave him,” laughed Mariah Chapman, a retiree who came out to Kingstree Thursday morning to hear Hillary Clinton speak at a town hall. Of course she remembered the incident when Bill Clinton described Barack Obama’s opposition to the Iraq war “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” But eight years later, it has not shaken her resolve that the Clintons are the best choice for protecting Obama’s legacy."
“Even though Bill Clinton put his foot in his mouth, we overlook that because Hillary went back and supported Obama,” she said. “We really owe her. We just so appreciate the dedication she has shown to President Obama.”
"Older African-American women like Chapman -- once the backbone of Obama’s backing in this racially polarized state -- are expected to deliver for Hillary Clinton here the way white millennial voters did for Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire."
"I vaguely remember Bill saying a bunch of stuff," says Shonika Burns, a 40-year-old project analyst for a health care company, and an enthusiastic booster of both Clintons -- now. "It's politics, nobody remembers that stuff. Bill was my first president, the first one I ever voted for. And I was for her [before Obama emerged as a serious contender] -- but I had to vote for Obama... I feel very, very good about her now."
If anything, it's Bill Clinton -- buoyed by broad support from black voters throughout his political career -- who is still haunted by the past. “It does feel better because, contrary to a lot of the coverage in ’08 … most African-Americans liked them both,” Clinton told POLITICO of his wife and Obama while campaigning in Rock Hill Thursday. “That kind of got lost in translation… I feel good, we both feel good. It feels good, like I’ve come home.”
"In 2008, the "fairy tale" remark was interpreted at the time as a larger attempt to undermine a black candidate’s legitimacy. Clinton, according to people close to the former president, was deeply stung by claims that he was out of touch when it came to talking about race in the 21st century. But his 2012 convention speech in Charlotte, which buoyed Obama when he needed it most, along with Clinton's service as secretary of state, did much to repair Obama's relationship with the Clintons -- and cemented the kumbaya narrative with black voters here."
“What’s happened since [the 2008 campaign] is the Clintons have come closer together with the Obamas," said former state Rep. Bakari Sellers, who followed Bill Clinton around the state as part of a “Truth Squad” eight years ago, correcting his distortions of Obama’s record.
"We’ve been able to recognize that,” Sellers said. “It makes it a lot easier for people to understand that people evolve and friendships evolve. Have people forgotten it? No. But if Barack Obama can embrace her, then so can I.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/bill-clinton-south-carolina-redemption-219811#ixzz41HF9E7Z8
The fairytale remark for the record was about Obama's Iraq war record not about him as the potential first black President. I do think that some of what Bill said was taken with the most uncharitable interpretations.
It was a tough campaign and both sides went a little overboard at times.
But for me, I'm glad the Clintons and the Obamas are so unified. As Mark Halpern once said strangely enough, the Hillary and Obama turned out to be a love story.
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Change-Clintons-McCain-Lifetime/dp/0061733644/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456491413&sr=8-2&keywords=game+change
But for me, I'm glad the Clintons and the Obamas are so unified. As Mark Halpern once said strangely enough, the Hillary and Obama turned out to be a love story.
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Change-Clintons-McCain-Lifetime/dp/0061733644/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456491413&sr=8-2&keywords=game+change
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