{"id":34412,"date":"2010-01-13T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:30:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:12","slug":"halperin_affirms_clinton_racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

RUSH: Well, Mr. Snerdley was just doing a little show prep for me during my last monologue segment. He was watching MSNBC and the program hosted by Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) and she had on as her guest Mark Halperin, one half of the author team that wrote this big book out there. Finally they got around to talking about Bill Clinton\u2019s comment to Ted Kennedy. (doing impression) ‘Hey, Ted, come on, man! (laughing) A few years ago this guy would be getting us coffee.\u2019 So she asked Halperin, ‘Mark, was this really a racial comment or was he just talking about Obama\u2019s inexperience?\u2019 And Halperin came back and said oh, no, no, no! Not only was it a racist and racial remark, Andrea. After he made that comment to Kennedy, he then said to Kennedy (doing impression), ‘Ted, come on. Look, admit it. Let\u2019s be truthful here. The only reason you\u2019re endorsing the guy is because he\u2019s black, because of his race.\u2019 It was clearly a racist comment. Now, this is Wednesday. This book has been out and about since last Friday. So they finally got to the real story. The Harry Reid stuff. I mean, what Harry Reid said, it\u2019s true: It\u2019s just illustrative of somebody\u2019s thinking. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCIRPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here is the exchange between — I want you to hear this — Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) and Mark Halperin of TIME Magazine, the coauthor of Game Change. Here\u2019s the first of two bites that we have…<\/p>\n

MITCHELL: I talked to people to whom Teddy Kennedy spoke about this, and because of the Harry Reid racial issue, a lot of people are interpreting — inferring — from what you wrote that Kennedy was fuming over Bill Clinton, that this was like the issue in South Carolina where Kennedy was taking offense and others were taking offense — Jim Clyburn — of some of the things that Bill Clinton said and attaching a racial motive to it. What did you think was the impact of that in reporting on this?<\/p>\n

HALPERIN: It — it was…<\/p>\n

MITCHELL: Was it just that Obama was — knew he was jumping r-rank. He was too inexperienced, would have been getting coffee like an intern, let\u2019s say; or was it a racial motivation as has been suggested in some of the reporting on your book?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. So here\u2019s Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) giving Mark Halperin a chance to establish here for the record that Bill Clinton doesn\u2019t have a racist bone in his body. ‘Of course, Andrea! It wasn\u2019t a racist comment, simply talking about a jump in rank. He had no business running. He was too young.\u2019 Instead this is what Andrea heard…<\/p>\n

HALPERIN: Bill Clinton confronted him and said: ‘Let\u2019s be honest about this. The only reason you\u2019re picking Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton — someone you\u2019ve known longer and who\u2019s done more for you — is because of race. And that, again, inflamed Kennedy a little bit and made him more certain that the Clintons were too focused on race and not enough interested in trying to find the strongest nominee for the party.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, they thought Hillary was the strongest nominee and that Kennedy was being blinded by race. So Halperin had a chance here to set… Well, would have been tough to deny this because he did report that Clinton did accuse Kennedy of only choosing Obama because of race. Yeah, but she\u2019s basically saying, ‘Please, tell us it\u2019s not true! I\u2019m Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington)! Please tell us it\u2019s not true.\u2019 (laughing) Oh, on the contrary, Andrea! Pow, pow! Take this, Andrea! Sorry. I was depicting an assault. I take that back. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Chicago, and Bob. Nice to have you here, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello, Rush. I just got a quick explanation needed from you. You claim that Bill Clinton made a racist comment by saying that Kennedy was voting for Obama because he was black. But you said the exact same words about Colin Powell voting for Obama because he was black.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: So is your comment racist, too?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I didn\u2019t follow it up by saying that Obama is somebody that would get us coffee first.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right, but you specifically pointed out that second comment as being racist and you said the same thing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I was saying it about a black guy — a ‘light-skinned\u2019 black guy ‘without a Negro dialect,\u2019 but nevertheless, I\u2019m still saying it about a black guy. You know, Clinton was talking about Ted Kennedy.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The motivation of a racist — you know, if he\u2019s doing it just because of skin color — it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re saying it to a white guy or a black guy, right?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Look, when I say that Colin Powell is voting for him because he is black I was talking about black unity. I was talking about Colin Powell. He had to. I wasn\u2019t saying Colin Powell is a racist. I was saying that Colin Powell is loyal to somebody, the first black presidential candidate. It was almost as though he had no choice. But the way he did it strategically was designed to hurt McCain. Clinton telling Ted Kennedy (doing impression) ‘Hey, man, you endorsed this guy simply because he\u2019s black.\u2019 Come on! We all know that! Let\u2019s be truthful here. That\u2019s a whole different thing \u2019cause Clinton is accusing Kennedy. In the process, Clinton is exhibiting his own racism, which has been documented many times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Well, Mr. Snerdley was just doing a little show prep for me during my last monologue segment. He was watching MSNBC and the program hosted by Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) and she had on as her guest Mark Halperin, one half of the author team that wrote this big book out there. Finally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHalperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Well, Mr. Snerdley was just doing a little show prep for me during my last monologue segment. He was watching MSNBC and the program hosted by Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) and she had on as her guest Mark Halperin, one half of the author team that wrote this big book out there. Finally […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/\",\"name\":\"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T01:30:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T01:30:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: Well, Mr. Snerdley was just doing a little show prep for me during my last monologue segment. He was watching MSNBC and the program hosted by Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) and she had on as her guest Mark Halperin, one half of the author team that wrote this big book out there. Finally […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/","name":"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T01:30:12+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T01:30:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/13\/halperin_affirms_clinton_racism\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Halperin Affirms Clinton Racism"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}