[VIDEO LINK BELOW] Former President Bill Clinton told CNN Monday that he thinks some of the criticism directed at President Obama is racially motivated, but added that not all of Obama�s detractors are racist and urged his fellow Democrats to remain focused on trying to enact health care reform.
�I believe that some of the right-wing extremists which oppose President Obama are also racially prejudiced and would prefer not to have an African-American president,� Clinton told CNN�s Larry King in an interview to air Monday evening. �But I don�t believe that all the people who oppose him on health care � and all the conservatives � are racists. And I believe if he were white, every single person who opposes him now, would be opposing him then. Therefore, while I have devoted my life to getting rid of racism, I think this is a fight that my president and our party � this is one we need to win on the merits.�
Clinton later added, �I really think that we should disaggregate lingering problems of discrimination from the attacks to which the president is subject.�
Clinton was reacting to Rep. Joe Wilson�s, R-South Carolina, outburst when he shouted �You lie� at Obama during the president�s joint address to Congress and former President Jimmy Carter�s assessment that racism is an issue for Obama in trying to lead the country.
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Bill “Bubba” Clinton’s association with any facet of morals or morality is purely a figment of his delusional narcissism. For him to weigh in on any topic of morality takes the definition of chutzpah to new, uncharted heights.