Clinton’s “Mississippi” Comment is back in the news…
Remember when, while campaigning in Iowa, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said this:
“I was shocked when I learned Iowa and Mississippi have never elected a woman governor, senator or member of Congress. There has got to be something at work here…How can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi? That’s not the quality. That’s not the communitarianism, that’s not the openness I see in Iowa.”
Well, apparently Barack Obama’s campaign is going to try to hold her accountable for the comment. Her comment made a lot of Mississippians mad, and she has not apologized for the comment. I would like to see her try and explain just exactly what she meant. Either way, it will definitely hurt her even more than she is already hurting.
Plus, with our large African-American population (especially in the Delta), I don’t think she has a chance of carrying The Magnolia State.
It’s definitely going to be an interesting weekend. Oh, by the way, Hillary will be in Canton tonight. According to the Clarion-Ledger, she will be at the state Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Hamer Day Dinner. It begins at 7:30 in the Canton Multipurpose and Equine Center. Tickets are $125 each. Bill will be in Hattiesburg, Meridian and Tupelo on Friday.
