1.0 link 81286 <![CDATA[Pro-Clinton BET Founder Attacks Obama, Hints At Past Drug Use]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/13/proclinton-bet-founder-at_n_81286.html Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, injected himself into the middle of a flaring campaign controversy on Sunday. During an appearance with Sen. Hillary Clinton, he seemingly raised the specter of Sen. Barack Obama's youthful drug use.

Speaking to a crowd in Columbia, South Carolina, the African-American business tycoon chastised Obama for a memo his campaign put together documenting instances in which Clinton or her surrogates made allegedly racially-insensitive statements.

"I am frankly insulted," Johnson declared, "that the...

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