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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCondoleezza Rice During Katrina: 'We Clearly Have A Race Problem'
rosierifka ?@rosierifka
Condoleezza Rice During Katrina: 'We Clearly Have A Race Problem'
HuffPo from 2011:
"The airwaves were filled with devastating pictures from New Orleans. And the faces of most of the people in distress were black. I knew right away that I should never have left Washington. I called my chief of staff, Brian Gunderson. "I'm coming home," I said."
"Yeah. You'd better do that," he answered."
"Then I called the President. "Mr. President, I'm coming back. I don't know how much I can do, but we clearly have a race problem," I said."
read more: http://huff.to/oWAmOX
related:
"Video surfaces of Obama in 2007 suggesting racism slowed aid to post-Katrina New Orleans"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/video-surfaces-obama-in-2007-suggesting-racism-slowed-aid-to-post-katrina-new/#ixzz28DYDj6CY
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Condoleezza Rice During Katrina: 'We Clearly Have A Race Problem' (Original Post)
bigtree
Oct 2012
OP
Yeah, because her 'husband' was clearly helpless without her, superhero that she is.
Indpndnt
Oct 2012
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valerief
(53,235 posts)1. Although she finished her shoe shopping before returning to DC. nt
jsr
(7,712 posts)2. No shit, Sherlock
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3. Well she clearly didn't help much
But I wonder if she finished shoe shopping so at least her time wasn't all a total waste of time.
malaise
(269,182 posts)4. Please ignore the idiots
Last edited Wed Oct 3, 2012, 01:18 PM - Edit history (1)
Obama was speaking in a public setting and his comments were publicly recorded and aired ages ago.
This is no hidden tape.
Fuck the ReTHUGs - they can't find anything useful. Let them try some good old race-baiting - they need diversion for tonight..
bigtree
(86,005 posts)6. it got the Obama campaign's attention this morning
34m Ben LaBolt@BenLaBolt
Notable that the Romney campaign denied that they (re)released the 07 video in Politico today, but the RNC did not.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)5. Yeah, because her 'husband' was clearly helpless without her, superhero that she is.
Funny how she's suddenly the competent one in that admin. Where was she when actually needed? You know, like when wars were being started on false pretenses?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)7. she could have been talking about P.R.
in fact that is what it sounds like and what makes sense given who she is talking to.