Sure Sounds Like It
Hey folks,
What does this even mean? Seriously. To me it sounds an awful lot like he was talking about race. I want you to think about this for a second. Imagine right now if John McCain or ANY MEMEMBER of the Republican Party said this.
"If we don't, in the words of President Roosevelt, dark will be the future," he said. "I'm betting on light — I hope you are, too."
We have an election coming up with the first viable Black Candidate going against a Candidate that could not be more White. But it was not McCain nor a Republican that said this. It was Bill Clinton. According to the AP -Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 12, 11:52 PM ET
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary.
Speaking at the National Governors Association's semiannual meeting, Clinton noted that on the one hand, following the early stages of the Democratic primary, "the surviving candidates were an African-American man and a woman."
A White Woman.
Clinton's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, battled for the Democratic nomination into June with fellow Democrat Barack Obama, son of a white mother and black father.
Why bring in the race of his parents? Who cares? He is Black. Right? Is he not Black enough because his Mother was White? Is he? What is the point?
But this achievement was overshadowed by a growing distance between Americans, said Clinton.
"Underneath this apparent accommodation to our diversity, we are in fact hunkering down in communities of like-mindedness, and it affects our ability to manage difference," Clinton said.
What does like mindedness mean? They both were basically saying the same thing. The only difference between the two was how far into Socialism they want to take this country. Sex. Race.
Clinton developed his 44-minute speech from themes he said he drew from a new book, "The Big Sort," by Bill Bishop.
He cited statistics compiled by Bishop that found that in the 1976 presidential election, only 20 percent of the nation's counties voted for Jimmy Carter or President Ford by more than a 20 percent margin.
By contrast, 48 percent of the nation's counties in 2004 voted for John Kerry or President Bush by more than 20 points, Clinton said.
"We were sorting ourselves out by choosing to live with people that we agree with," Clinton said.
Clinton has often meshed big picture admonitions with new books whose ideas he admires. He drew similar conclusions in 2000 following the publication of Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone," on the decline of civic engagement in the United States.
Among the approximately two dozen active governors in attendance Saturday were some of the 11 who backed Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Gov. Timothy Kaine of Virginia said he wasn't worried about how President Clinton might view his support for Obama.
"We're human beings, too, so there are feelings, but we understand this is a team sport, and we come back together as a team," Kaine said.
After weeks of not speaking to each other, Obama last month reached out to President Clinton and asked him for help winning the White House. Clinton had portrayed Obama as too inexperienced to be president.
Among other things.
Clinton concluded his speech by reminding governors, who are marking the association's centennial, that the issues they face today are similar to problems President Teddy Roosevelt grappled with a century ago.
Those include inequality among rich and poor, immigration and energy policy.
So, redistribution of wealth, Universal Health care Amnesty, and Global Warming BS.
If those issues are dealt with, "We're about to go into the most exciting period of human history," Clinton said.
Yeah, the country could turn into the USSA The United Socialist States of America.
"If we don't, in the words of President Roosevelt, dark will be the future," he said. "I'm betting on light — I hope you are, too."
So what does this statement mean? Does it mean that if we do not quire a bigger government with more control and power in your private lives, we will become a dark country? The only way to save us is the government? Or is there another meaning behind this statement? Could Hilary still be holding out hope? Could he be sending a message? I do not know, but it sure sounds like a race based statement to me. I could of course be wrong.
Peter
Source:
AP -Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization
Hey folks,
What does this even mean? Seriously. To me it sounds an awful lot like he was talking about race. I want you to think about this for a second. Imagine right now if John McCain or ANY MEMEMBER of the Republican Party said this.
"If we don't, in the words of President Roosevelt, dark will be the future," he said. "I'm betting on light — I hope you are, too."We have an election coming up with the first viable Black Candidate going against a Candidate that could not be more White. But it was not McCain nor a Republican that said this. It was Bill Clinton. According to the AP -Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 12, 11:52 PM ET
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary.
Speaking at the National Governors Association's semiannual meeting, Clinton noted that on the one hand, following the early stages of the Democratic primary, "the surviving candidates were an African-American man and a woman."A White Woman.
Clinton's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, battled for the Democratic nomination into June with fellow Democrat Barack Obama, son of a white mother and black father.
Why bring in the race of his parents? Who cares? He is Black. Right? Is he not Black enough because his Mother was White? Is he? What is the point?
But this achievement was overshadowed by a growing distance between Americans, said Clinton.
"Underneath this apparent accommodation to our diversity, we are in fact hunkering down in communities of like-mindedness, and it affects our ability to manage difference," Clinton said.
What does like mindedness mean? They both were basically saying the same thing. The only difference between the two was how far into Socialism they want to take this country. Sex. Race.
Clinton developed his 44-minute speech from themes he said he drew from a new book, "The Big Sort," by Bill Bishop.
He cited statistics compiled by Bishop that found that in the 1976 presidential election, only 20 percent of the nation's counties voted for Jimmy Carter or President Ford by more than a 20 percent margin.
By contrast, 48 percent of the nation's counties in 2004 voted for John Kerry or President Bush by more than 20 points, Clinton said.
"We were sorting ourselves out by choosing to live with people that we agree with," Clinton said.
Clinton has often meshed big picture admonitions with new books whose ideas he admires. He drew similar conclusions in 2000 following the publication of Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone," on the decline of civic engagement in the United States.
Among the approximately two dozen active governors in attendance Saturday were some of the 11 who backed Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Gov. Timothy Kaine of Virginia said he wasn't worried about how President Clinton might view his support for Obama.
"We're human beings, too, so there are feelings, but we understand this is a team sport, and we come back together as a team," Kaine said.
After weeks of not speaking to each other, Obama last month reached out to President Clinton and asked him for help winning the White House. Clinton had portrayed Obama as too inexperienced to be president.
Among other things.
Clinton concluded his speech by reminding governors, who are marking the association's centennial, that the issues they face today are similar to problems President Teddy Roosevelt grappled with a century ago.
Those include inequality among rich and poor, immigration and energy policy.
So, redistribution of wealth, Universal Health care Amnesty, and Global Warming BS.
If those issues are dealt with, "We're about to go into the most exciting period of human history," Clinton said.
Yeah, the country could turn into the USSA The United Socialist States of America.
"If we don't, in the words of President Roosevelt, dark will be the future," he said. "I'm betting on light — I hope you are, too."So what does this statement mean? Does it mean that if we do not quire a bigger government with more control and power in your private lives, we will become a dark country? The only way to save us is the government? Or is there another meaning behind this statement? Could Hilary still be holding out hope? Could he be sending a message? I do not know, but it sure sounds like a race based statement to me. I could of course be wrong.
Peter
Source:
AP -Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization
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