Another Clinton Aide Compares Obama To Jesse Jackson |
| Published: February 25, 2008, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential race, race, racism, hillary clinton |
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It's just a compliment, jeez guys. Despite the backlash against President Clinton when he compared the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama to that of Rev. Jesse Jackson after the South Carolina primary, a top Clinton advisor evoked that comparison again today. Long-time Democratic National Committee member Harold Ickes, who served as deputy chief of staff for President Clinton and is a top aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton, made the comparison at a breakfast with reporters today when asked if he thinks stretching the Democratic primary on for three more months will hurt the Democrats in a general election. We have two really strong and very good candidates. This party has been blessed to have a woman who, I think will be the next president of the United States [and] to have a powerful spokesman in the form of Sen. Obama and he is, that's one of the reasons I supported Jesse Jackson in 19894 and 1988, I thought we needed a strong, powerful candidate, a black candidate, running for [ Full article ] |
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