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Op-Ed Columnist
Questions for the Clintons

By BOB HERBERT
Published: January 26, 2008
Charleston, S.C.


Here’s what Mr. Young, who is black and a former ambassador to the United Nations, had to say last month in an interview posted online: “Bill is every bit as black as Barack. He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack.”

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Pressing the point, Mr. Kerrey told CNN’s John King: “I’ve watched the blogs try to say that you can’t trust him because he spent a little bit of time in a secular madrassa. I feel quite the opposite.”

Get it?

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Mr. Obama is not a Muslim. He’s a Christian. And if he were a Muslim, it would not be a legitimate reason for attacking his candidacy.

The Clinton camp knows what it’s doing, and its slimy maneuvers have been working. Bob Kerrey apologized and Andrew Young said at the time of his comment that he was just fooling around. But the damage to Senator Obama has been real, and so have the benefits to Senator Clinton of these and other lowlife tactics.

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I just posted this 10 minutes ago.

Bob Herbert is the only oped writer for the NYT for whom I have consistent respect. His Talking-Head comments on TV are also unfailingly good.

in order to smear the good name of the Clinton's.

They only care about winning, no matter what the cost.

They are selfish, egotistical, and obnoxious. At this moment, I'm not so sure I'd vote for them (and yes, I mean them) in November. Supreme Court be damned. Maybe this country needs to be fixed by someone who ACTUALLY cares about fixing the problems of this country and I don't mean Miss I'll-do-it-from-day-one.