Here's an endorsement that Hillary Clinton doesn't want: in the course of supporting her for the Democratic nomination, the former Clinton-era diplomat Andrew Young dealt out double-edged praise in saying Bill Clinton had "probably gone with more black women" than Barack Obama. Classy. As AP reported it:
Young also quipped that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has her husband behind her, and that "Bill is every bit as black as Barack."
"He's probably gone with more black women than Barack," Young said of former President Clinton, drawing laughter from a live audience. Young, 75, was quick to follow his comment on Bill Clinton with the disclaimer, "I'm clowning."
Deborah Mathis on BlackAmericaWeb.com, cuffs Young around the head firmly for his line that the former president was "every bit as black as Barack":
Now, it is no secret that many black people have a special affinity for Bill Clinton, and some seem to honestly think of him as a brother, but Young's statement is as preposterous as author Toni Morrison's assertion that Clinton was the country's first black president.
"Has Andrew Young lost it?" wonders the Faithful Progressive blogger:
Has he lost his marbles? Mr. Young keeps stepping in it. Remember last year, when he had to quit his sleazy post as the head of "Working Families for Wal-Mart?" (Here it is, in case you forgot: In an interview with Thursday's Los Angeles Sentinel, he defended the charge that Wal-Mart runs mom-and-pop stores out of business saying "those are the people who have been overcharging us." The rub came in his elucidation: "I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs, very few black people own these stores.")
