Wednesday, January 07, 2004

BRACE YOURSELVES

Hillary is about to get the Trent Lott treatment...right?

Uh...right?

Uh, I mean she did just make a joke using racial stereotypes to boot...so we'll all howl and hound her out of her committee seats...right?
The New York Democrat made the remark at a fund-raiser Saturday. During an event here for Senate candidate Nancy Farmer, Clinton introduced a quote from Gandhi by saying, "He ran a gas station down in St. Louis."...

The director of a U.S. center devoted to Gandhi's teachings said the remarks amounted to stereotyping and were insensitive.

After being approached by The Associated Press to clarify the remarks, Clinton suggested in a statement late Monday that she never meant to fuel the stereotype often used as a comedic punch line that certain ethnic groups run America's gas stations.



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