HellaDumb

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...405.shtml?s=et
Hillary Clinton's Arkansas Plantation

When Hillary Clinton used her Martin Luther King Day tribute to accuse Republicans of running Washington like an Old South "plantation" - she knew whereof she spoke.

In fact, when Hillary and Bill ran Arkansas, Dr. King didn't even have a holiday in his honor - at least not all to himself.

Instead, Arkansans celebrated a combination holiday that honored both King and Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who fought to allow the South to keep blacks enslaved.

And that wasn't the only example of the kind of plantation politics that characterized the Clintons' rule in Arkansas.

According to a 1997 Washington Times report:

"As governor of Arkansas, Mr. Clinton signed a law in 1987 that says the top blue star in the state flag symbolizes the Confederacy. Then-Gov. Clinton also issued proclamations designating a birthday memorial for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy.

"In addition, during his 12 years as governor, Mr. Clinton made no effort to overturn a state law that sets aside the Saturday before Easter as Confederate Flag Day."

In fact, life was so tough for African Americans on Bill and Hillary's Arkansas plantation that the NAACP sued Mr. Clinton under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.

"Plaintiffs offered plenty of proof of monolithic voting along racial lines, intimidation of black voters and candidates and other official acts that made voting harder for blacks," the Arkansas Gazette reported December 6, 1989.

The paper added: "the evidence at the trial was indeed overwhelming that the Voting Rights Act had been violated."

A three-judge federal panel ordered Gov. Clinton, along with Arkansas's then-Attorney General Steve Clark and then-Secretary of State William J. McCuen, to redraw electoral districts to maximize black voting strength.

Magish

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Sources hidden to avoid cheap shots? C'mon hella you know that gives you no credibility. Good thing nobody likes Hillary or people would be all over y0 azz right now

lojasmo

Hillary Clinton wasn't governor of Arkansas, dumbass. She ran a law paractice.

As if you needed your credibility decreased

Your source is shyte.

HellaDumb

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"And that wasn't the only example of the kind of plantation politics that characterized the Clintons' rule in Arkansas."

She is the "Mrs." half, right? When you get married, 2 become 1, remember?

lojasmo

Um no. Your source's mischaracterization of the role of the first lady in government belies the lack of journalistic integrity inherent in its reporting.

i.e. your source is shyte....whatever it is.

VIBEELEVEN

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woot for newsmax ! :banana:

HellaDumb

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Well it's noted that you're only focusing on the mischaracterization of the role she played, rather than her personal character. That says a lot.

lojasmo

There is nothing in the article that speaks to her personal character. Your use of a fallatious article to insinuate that H.C. is a racist does speak to your personal character, however. Fool.

Edit: Bwahaha! NEWSMAX! Bwahaha! Dumbass.

HellaDumb

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If you give her political credit for being the first lady and wife of Clinton, then she has to bear some of the Clintons' patently racist actions. What you are ignoring is that she was the wife on the Clinton plantation!

So do you have any problem with the stated facts of the article or the conclusion, or are you doing personal attacts against me because you are in a defenseless corner?

lojasmo

If you are speaking figuratively: The "plantation" of which you speak is the arkansas governmental structure...the first lady has no purview upon the government.

If you are speaking literally: The clintons never owned a plantation in Arkansas, IIRC

Sure:

Clintons never owned a plantation

Bill was governor of Arkansas for 14 years, not 12 as stated in the article.

There are two factual errors in your "article" off the top of my head. More than enough, in my opinion to discredit your entire "source" of "factual information"

My biggest problem is with your aparent lack of ability to grasp the dynamics of the processes of legislation and governance.

You also fail to recognize a fact which is obvious to the most minimally aware politico: Bill clinton was a staunch centrist, governing in a red state. Even if the facts of the article are (aside from the glaring errors) true...there's nothing in there that would surprise a person who has minimal political savvy.

Newsline:

BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON ARE CENTRISTS....BARELY BETTER THAN MOST REPUBLICANS! THEY ARE NOT LIBERALS>>>>HELLADUMB IS AN IDIOT

lojasmo

Oops

HellaDumb

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So when Hillary Clinton accused Republicans of running Washington like an Old South "plantation," and by you calling her "a centrist barely better than Republicans," isn't it reasonable to assume that the Clintons have inside knowledge of plantation politics, or are they just projecting their bigotry on the Republicans?

Magish

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I love it when you two fight because I don't agree with either one of you. Thus, it makes it very funny for me.

svo+wrx

+1 for the funny arguements between lojasmo and hella
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lojasmo

I think the Clintons are both fairly well educated people, and have, like, read some books or something, to be able to understand the sociopolitical workings of old south plantations.

Your source is bereft of supporting evidence, and is rife with misinformation.

Newsmax sucks *****.