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Clarke Doesn't Expect 'Unintended Consequences' From Supporting Clinton

Unlike David Paterson, Representative Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn is staying on message for the Clinton campaign, and just told me she thinks it’s a little early to write off Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid.

“I think things will become a little bit clearer after she completes her race. But in addition to that, I think some benchmarks she will be looking at, and her campaign will be looking at, what the D.N.C. rules committee comes out with on May 31 around Michigan and Florida, because I think it’s pretty clear that part of her strategy depends on how Michigan and Florida are resolved.”

Clarke went on to say that Clinton "is clearly still running her race, and I support her in that. And we’ll get a better sense when these indicators become a bit more clear.”

Clarke downplayed the suggestion that she’d face any backlash for supporting Clinton after her district voted for Barack Obama (40,828 for Clinton, 53,775 for Obama).

“There’s been some indication in some parts of the country with some members that, you know, there have been, I guess, unintended consequences around their support for the Clinton campaign,” Clarke said. “I don’t get that feeling here. Certainly people have made their preferences known to me, in my constituency. We didn’t have a landslide in the 11th Congressional District, so, I don’t think it’s quite the same as in other districts where it was a wider margin of victory.”

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Greg Jones (not verified) says:

From Blacks4Barack !
Demand To DNC: Kick Hillary Out NOW !
Insinuates That Obama Could Be ASSASSINATED !

Now, things have gone way too far. Friday, in an appearance in South Dakota, Hillary Clinton justified her reason for staying in the campaign by referring to the fact that presidential hopeful 'Robert Kennedy was assasinated in June'...implying that the same could occur to senator Obama. THIS IS SICK !!! Regardless of how the pundits try to spin this as just another misspeak, the statement speaks for itself and displays the diobolical mentality of Hillary Clinton.

It is unclear as to whether she is actually hoping that Obama would be killed, therefore giving her an open path to the Democratic nomination, or if she may be signaling her desire to some sick, warp minded homicidal maniac. Whichever be the case, her statement is automatic grounds for the Democratic National Committee headed by Howard Dean to demand that she remove herself from the race. If he does not, American Democrats should demand HIS stepping down !

This can not be tolerated. ANYONE who would wish the death of another human being in order to win a political position is sick, dangerous, maniacal, deranged and totally unfit for any political position, particularly President .

CONTACT THE DNC....
HILLARY MUST BE EXPELLED NOW !!!!
FLOOD THE PHONE LINES...CALL THE DNC TODAY !!!

CALL DNC: 202-863-8000
HILLARY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM ALL POLITICS INCLUDING N.Y. SENATE !!!!!!!

Greg Jones
www.Blacks4Barack.org

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Yvette Clarke is in for one rude surprise

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Yvette Clarke is in for one rude surprise

BrooklynRon (not verified) says:

Regarding this story, please see http://www.brooklynron.com

Sincerely,
Ron

J-John (not verified) says:

The black bobble-heads, like Yvette Clark, who have provided cover for Hillary's thinly veiled race baiting MUST be made to politically pay. These hacks somehow think they are royalty. In their cretin minds it is their will and not the will of the people that is sovereign. This inversion of representative democracy is the price paid for for an apathetic electorate.

Hopefully, the remedy will be an electorate that remains energized after Obama. Hopefully, Yvette Clark will never be able again to form her silly lips in the shape requisite for saying she feels safe in ignoring the overwhelming wishes of her constituents because there was no landslide. Hopefully, new blood will enter the Democratic Party's candidate selection process and will, with an endorsement by President Obama, sweep the ossified dinosaurs like Clark into the dustbin of history.

And not a moment to soon!

His Future Is Greater Than His Past.. (not verified) says:

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Clarke has allowed Hillary's RACE-BAITING TACTICS without strongly speaking out for it to STOP.

Like Hillary, "his future may be far greater than his past."

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