Mediaite.com:
All day today, people have been talking about how influential Representative Jim Clyburn, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has endorsed Hillary Clinton.
This is especially interesting to news consumers who know about his
not-so-nice comments against Hillary and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, during her first run for president back in 2008.
In a New York Times interview,
he called the former president’s actions on the campaign trail
“bizarre,” saying that his efforts to help his wife secure the
Democratic nomination had alienated the couple from the black community
the moment he disparaged Barack Obama. Seriously, the article was titled, “Black Leader in the House Sharply Criticizes Bill Clinton.”
The Wall Street Journal covered
the fallout from that in 2008, writing that, “On primary night, Mr.
Clinton called Mr. Clyburn and they spoke for 50 minutes.” Then, they
wrote this:
Mr. Clinton called Mr. Clyburn an expletive, say
Democrats familiar with the exchange. Mr. Clyburn’s office would confirm
only that the former president used “offensive” words. Some day soon,
the congressman says, he’ll write about the incident. On Tuesday, he
endorsed Mr. Obama for president.
In spite of his 2008 endorsement of
Obama, during the announcement today, he said, “My heart has always been
with Hillary Clinton, but my head had me in a neutral corner.” Then,
the man who is involved
with not only the CBC, but the Democratic Faith Working Group,
the Democratic Steering and Policy Committe, and Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc., said he was ready to stop being neutral and “get
engaged.”
It's funny watching Black people, who called the Clinton's all kinds of names and accsed them of all sorts of
racist dispositions back when they ran against Barry in 2008, now all of a sudden embrace those two turncoats here in 2016 with Barry out the way.
