BET’s Bob Johnson Slams Obama over Hillary
For some reason, Clinton and her supporters deem it fashionable to sling mud at Barack Obama when they should be outlining their vision for this country. Here’s what BET co-founder and Hillary supporter Bob Johnson had to say about Obama at a Clinton campaign rally in South Carolina:
“And to me, as an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood –Â- and I won’t say what he was doing, but he said it in the book -– when they have been involved.”
Johnson is saying two things here that deserve some attention: 1) He assumes that Black people are indebted to the Clintons because of what Bill did for minorities when he was president; 2) Obama was busy smoking weed on the block while Bill was fighting for Black people.
Johnson can support whomever he wants, but swiping at Obama for smoking weed when Bill Clinton admitted to doing the same thing (the only difference being that he didn’t inhale) is straight up hilarious. Especially when you realize that Obama was a civil rights lawyer and community organizer before becoming a senator. Not to mention that you can tune in to BET at anytime of the day and find people doing that something that Johnson was complaining about. Here we have a guy who has moved beyond the race line and worked diligently to attain the politics of inclusion, and all Hillary’s tap-dancers can do is think of ways to denigrate him?
Absolutely disgraceful. Seriously, dawg.
Update: Bill Clinton compiles list of Obama attacks. *Smh* [CNN]
