{"id":5673,"date":"2008-08-25T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T09:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/08\/hillary-delegate-called-an-unc.html"},"modified":"2008-08-25T09:45:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T09:45:35","slug":"hillary-delegate-called-an-unc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/08\/hillary-delegate-called-an-unc.html","title":{"rendered":"Hillary delegate called an “Uncle Tom” by Obama supporter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember this story when Democrats say the Republicans are the ones injecting race into this election<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A black Hillary Clinton delegate on Sunday accused state Senate President Emil Jones of calling her an “Uncle Tom.”
\nJones — Barack Obama’s political mentor — denied using the racially loaded slur against Chicago political consultant Delmarie Cobb, but two aldermen who said they witnessed the Saturday night exchange back up Cobb’s account.
\n[…]
\n“If people are still making digs at the Hillary Clinton people because we supported her, that is not going to bring us on board. It makes us feel as though we’re outsiders, and we’re Democrats,” Cobb said. “The litmus test for being black is [seen as] supporting Barack.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great way to bring the Clinton supporters into the fold. This should be an interesting convention, don’t you think?
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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