Bill Clinton doesn’t share Carter’s view that racism explains opposition to health care plan
By APTuesday, September 22, 2009
Bill Clinton parts with Carter on racism statement
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton says he doesn’t think racism is a principal factor in resistance to President Barack Obama’s plan for overhauling health care.
Interviewed Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Clinton said “there’s no question” racism exists in some outbursts in recent months. But he also said he believes “if he were not an African-American, all of the people who were against him on health care would still be against him. They were against me, too.”
Cinton said that “I sympathize with” former President Jimmy Carter’s feeling that racism accounts for the strenuous opposition to Obama, but said “that’s not what’s driving” Obama’s critics. Clinton said: “What’s driving them is they don’t want health care.”
Tags: Health care reform, North America, Political Issues, Race And Ethnicity, United States, Washington
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September 22, 2009: 11:17 am
It’s interesting. After last November’s election when the American people sent the first African American in history to the White House, the GOP decided it needed to undergo a bit of a face lift - actually a face dye - and hire a new RNC chairman. So what did they do? True to character they just had to hire the dumbest black guy they could find. Whenever the Republican party sets off to prove that they are not a party chock full of racists and fools or that they really give half-a-hoot-in-hell about poverty, they only end up reinforcing their utter contempt for the American people. It really is kind of funny when you think about it. Tom Degan |
Tom Degan