WSJ: Clinton Used Expletive In 'Unpleasant' Conversation With Clyburn

From a story in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal:

Among the party leaders Mr. Clinton alienated over time by his angry tirades was South Carolina's Rep. Jim Clyburn, the third-ranking House leader and a civil-rights-movement veteran.

Before South Carolina's primary, Mr. Clyburn admonished Sen. Clinton for suggesting President Johnson deserved more credit than Martin Luther King Jr. for civil-rights laws. On primary night, Mr. Clinton called Mr. Clyburn and they spoke for 50 minutes. "Let's just say it wasn't pleasant," Mr. Clyburn says.

Mr. Clinton called Mr. Clyburn an expletive, say Democrats familiar with the exchange. Mr. Clyburn's office would confirm only that the former president used "offensive" words. Some day soon, the congressman says, he'll write about the incident. On Tuesday, he endorsed Mr. Obama for president.

Comments

[rolitt]

More material for a SNL skit. This was uncalled for how disappointing.

[Zoolie]

I think it was Wrangel that has had to keep AA's in Harlam from picketing Bill's office.

[Mygirl]

Shame on you Bill Clinton as I point my finger at you.

[the964kid]

I use 'expletives' often when talking about the Clintons.

[Illinoissuburbanvoter]

Me too!

[SuburbanMalcontent]

Hear hear!

[ggmome]

My neighbors, hear them all! I have to hit the mute button so I won't hear her whine, and toot her own horn. Oh there are some very bad words, and motions, coming from me at the TV! I even get text messages from my friends using them!

[Wanjiru]

...to be fair, I myself have been using expletives very often recently..­.

...mostly in reference to Bill and Hillary Clinton...

...dipshit­s!...

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[DCtrain]

Bill should just come right out of the closet and do what he does best.... only think about Bill and Bill's legacy.

[sierrarisings1]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121262109484746703.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

NO VP Obama camp Cause Bill Clinton can NOT be VETTED

[Nonamnesiac]

Bill thought that Congressman Clyburn was Sister Solja. Typical of the campaign tactics he engineered. It's time for Bill to get over it, join hands with his Party, and sing with the rest of us -- We Shall Overcome (maybe not all the way, but for now there is an Afro-American as the standard bearer of one of the two major political parties) and get Barack Hussein Obama elected President.

[mrfredlanejr]

To Hell with both of the Clintons and her unpatriotic sexist racist supporters­...she ran a horrible campaign, Bill became more of a liability rather than an asset, and her decision to not apologize for her vote on the Iraq war was another misguided political blunder. Period!

[PADDYWHACK]

Bill used to have a compass,he followed his schwantz around like a divining rod.Now he's going in circles,he may need to get it remagnetized.

[StaggerLee]

It's that famous kink, he needs to get it straightened ; )

[hoodrat]

Methinks there is a reason for that kink - 0

[yngcelt]

Someone really needs to knock Bill on his fat white redneck butt!

[vietveter]

I am glad that I am not the only one that is tired of BC pointing his finger and telling the rest of the world how to think, act and vote.

Give it a rest, Bill.

[ggmome]

Amazingly, they have no idea just how much they are disliked, and have the collosal termerity to think the country loves them. Truth be told, the parts of the country that she won big in are those who were all over the net spewing it, during the 90's. Now tell me about hypocrites. I just hope no body drinks their Kool Aid, cause come November, those leopards won't vote for them, cause leopards don't change spots, nor change their heritage!

[ccrnjr]

Everyone beware of the Republican's operation chaos. They didn't nominate a good candidate and now they are hoping that by sowing disarray in the democratic camp they can win in November. The nomination process is done and time to move on. Of course, the republicans will use these opportunities to turn democrats against each other. The contest is over, we have a winner, now we can move forward and focus on McCain(Keating Five, Phil Gramm, UBS, Wendy Gramm, ENRON, 100 years in Iraq, etc.)

[lizr]

thanks cc.

excellent point.

Focussing our hostility on the Clintons is a dumb distraction that only serves MCCain and the Bush Crime Family.

Remember them?

Forget the Clintons. Sooner the better.

[SharonB]

Poor Bill. Not only are people daring think and do other than what he tells them to, those same people are telling the world what he is really like in private when things don't go his way.

I hate when that happens.

[longislandlol]

Could the machiavellian mind of Bill's been thinking of LBJ in order to associate Hill with LBJ? Even then was Plan B to install Hill as LBJ a.k. a.- a vice president who was not the JFK first choice? I've read somewhere that Barack is an amalgam of Martin Luther King and J.F.K.--- and in his not so sub-conscience mind- did Bill offer up his jealous streak to Clyburn-- L.B.J. should never have crossed his lips-- Clyburn should write a book about this-- and it should be psycoanalyzed by top authorities on the words some brilliant people say that they don't really mean to say.. but why do they say them?

[ggmome]

The book would reveal, a good history of how power has been corrupted in this country!

[CostaMesaJoe]

BOW DOWN BILL.

You got owned.

[TIMLHOWE]

Rep. John Lewis himself said that Clyburn was lying in SC, pushing Obama and playing the race card on Bill.

Im sure whatever the Prez called Clyburn - he deserved 100%.

And Im sure it was accurate too.

[c1ee]

Care to cite sources?

[Shadowmann1]

Crack kills.