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Finally,
admitting that he took a jab at Obama’s teenage drug use, ardent Clinton supporter, Bob
Johnson has issued a statement of apology to Obama for his “inappropriate”
remarks.
In a
statement, the BET founder said: "I'm writing to apologize to you and your
family personally for the un-called-for comments I made at a recent Clinton event.” Johnson added
that in his enthusiasm to support Clinton,
“I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry. I hope that
you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail.”
The apology
comes after Sunday’s campaign event for Clinton in South Carolina, when Johnson
said, "As an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama
campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill
Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in Black issues, when
Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood that, I won't say what he
was doing, but he said it in his book... When they have been involved; to say
that these two people would denigrate the accomplishment of civil rights
marchers, men and women who were hosed, beaten and bled, and some died... To
say and to expect us now all of a sudden to say we are attacking a black man.”
Many Blacks
are not surprised that Johnson would make such a comment against Obama, as he
is widely viewed as an Uncle Tom. “He’s a sellout! Just like he sold out BET,
he is selling out Obama to the Clintons,” said
irate Miramar
resident, Paula Hill.
But Johnson
emphatically denied that he was alluding to Obama’s drug use, but after the
response from the public and the media scrutiny, Johnson said he was referring
to Obama’s track record as a community organizer. His most recent statement
indicates that his first response was a lie and may have driven another nail in
his coffin with many Blacks.
Hillary Clinton
has maintained the position that anyone in her camp or any supporter who tries
to use negative campaigning has been asked to leave. She also justified keeping
Johnson as a fundraiser because she believed his first statement. Now that
Johnson has come clean, the question is: Will Clinton now separate herself from
him and his money or will she give him back his campaign contributions?
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