Robert 'Sheets' Byrd
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| 2007-02-20 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday denied that her campaign traded money for an endorsement from one of South Carolina's most influential black politicians. In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton responded to questions about the consulting contract her campaign negotiated with state Sen. Darrell Jackson, who last week endorsed her candidacy rather than of top rivals John Edwards or Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. "Senator Jackson was someone who was involved in my husband's campaigns. He was someone we turned to for political advice and counsel and I'm proud to have him on my team," Clinton told the AP. Soon after the endorsement, Jackson acknowledged that his media consulting firm had negotiated a $10,000 per month contract with Clinton's campaign. Jackson has said he turned down more lucrative contracts from other candidates. Although he backed Edwards, the former North Carolina senator, in the 2004 Democratic presidential primary, Jackson said he now supports Clinton because she has the best shot of winning the White House. Mo Elleithee, a Clinton spokesman, said Friday that Jackson's firm will advise the campaign on "political matters in South Carolina, outreach, organizing issues" and purchasing advertising. Earlier in the day, Jackson introduced Clinton when she spoke to more than 1,500 people gathered at Allen University, a historically black college in Columbia. Clinton, who spoke to the AP during her first trip to this early voting state since announcing her White House bid, also said South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war. "I think about how many South Carolinians have served in our military and who are serving today under our flag and I believe that we should have one flag that we all pay honor to, as I know that most people in South Carolina do every single day," the New York senator said. "I personally would like to see it removed from the Statehouse grounds." Other Democratic hopefuls, including Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut, have said the flag should come down. The banner, which once flew over the Statehouse dome and now flies nearby, is the subject of an ongoing NAACP boycott. Clinton is one of several Democrats to draw huge crowds during campaign stops in the state, but she said during the interview that her party will have a tough time winning in GOP-heavy South Carolina. "I think it's going to be hard for any Democrat to carry the state," she said. "The Republican Party is very strong here." Clinton's visit comes close on the heels of Obama's two-day trip to the state in which he drew crowds of about 2,000 people. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 Old Democrat uniform: Robert 'Sheets' Byrd |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-02-20 20:06 |
| #11 She's evolved? Sorry FG, it starts and ends in the Lincoln Bedroom. |
| Posted by: john 2007-02-20 20:04 |
| #10 New Democrat Uniform, Pointy hat and White sheet? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-20 14:40 |
| #9 in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war. From party who sent prominent KKK members to Senate I think she was meaning that the nation should unite behind the Confederate flag. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-02-20 11:07 |
| #8 I'ma just waitin' on Edwards to take up the old Dean mantra: "I want to be the candidate for the pickup driving, Confederate flag toting, God-fearing South." Hillary's already stuck her foot in mouth with that flag comment, and then, added insult to injury with this payoff. I don't suspect she actually had much traction in S.C. (or most of the rest of the South, for that matter), so she's already written it off. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-02-20 10:49 |
| #7 The absolute corruption of the democrat party comes full circle. Now, the sleezy candidates have to buy off their supporters. It used to be the sleezy supporters paid off the candidates for future favors, now the future has been flushed down the toilet, so we demand payment up front, heh ? Hillary is also a complete asshole when it comes to money, (what a great president she would make). Didn't she spend over a million on lunch during her last campaign, and she didn't even have a serious challenge. Since Hillary actually never earned a penny in her life, her understanding of the value of money is non-existent. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-02-20 09:57 |
| #6 That statement she made about unifying proves that God does not strike people down with lightning for being hypocritical liers. Too bad, actually.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-02-20 09:47 |
| #5 Hillary also said South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war. Whoa! My irony meter just vaporized! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-02-20 09:45 |
| #4 He's lucky. Bitch could've shot him. |
| Posted by: The Ghost of Vince Foster 2007-02-20 09:17 |
| #3 The sleeze, hypocritical (and maybe criminal) factors emerge...again. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-20 09:01 |
| #2 ...And based on that comment about the Confederate flag, I'm guessing she's written off South Carolina. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-20 08:47 |
| #1 she's evolved. It's now payoffs instead of a trip to Ft. Marcy Park |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-20 08:32 |