tag:ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com,2009://8/tag:ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com,2008://31.41756- Comments for Hillary Declines to Denounce OR Reject Racist Supporter Movable Type 4.24-en tag:ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com,2008://31.41756 2008-02-28T03:00:08Z 2008-08-04T16:51:35Z Hillary Declines to Denounce OR Reject Racist Supporter You know I don't much care about this. But I have no problem judging her by the very standard she set. The Essence: A day after lecturing her presidential rival for not rejecting a controversial minister's support, Hillary Rodham Clinton... You know I don't much care about this. But I have no problem judging her by the very standard she set. The Essence:

A day after lecturing her presidential rival for not rejecting a controversial minister's support, Hillary Rodham Clinton declined Wednesday to reject one of her Texas backers who commented on Barack Obama's race.

During a series of satellite television interviews, Clinton was questioned by Dallas station KTVT about comments by Adelfa Callejo, a local activist who supports Clinton candidacy. The interviewer quoted Callejo as saying "Obama's problem is he happens to be black" and asked Clinton to respond.

And then:

The interviewer asked Clinton whether she rejected or denounced Callejo's comment.

"People have every reason to express their opinions, I just don't agree with that," she said, adding "You know, this is a free country. People get to express their opinions."

Uhm, pot...Calling pot...

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