Bill Clinton to appear with Hillary in Selma

[wyldwolf]

White House rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Selma, Ala., on Sunday to mark the anniversary of a bloody civil rights struggle -- with a surprise addition, former President Bill Clinton, nicknamed the first black president.

This will mark Bill Clinton's first public appearance to bolster his wife's 2008 bid and comes as she and Obama are competing for African-American votes. The former president will be inducted into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame -- the game plan floated earlier had the New York senator picking up the honor for him.

Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said the last-minute addition came as the ex-president was "rearranging his schedule to be there" because it was "an event he did not want to miss."

Obama and Hillary Clinton will speak from pulpits of two Selma churches blocks apart Sunday morning. They are participating in ceremonies marking the 42nd anniversary of marches and violent clashes that led to African Americans winning voting rights.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/03/sweet_column_bill_clintons_hil.html

[Alamom]

1. Thank you WW, but I believe President Clinton will not be in Selma

for either speech. He will be arriving later for his induction into the National Voting Rights Museum Hall of Fame. It's unclear (at this time) if he will be there in time for the Bridge Walk.



Sunday's Selma Event to Be a Stage for Obama -- and Clinton(s)

By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 2, 2007;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101877.html


The main events this weekend will occur Sunday, when Obama speaks at a unity breakfast and then delivers the keynote address at Brown Chapel AME Church, the most historic church in Selma and the place where demonstrators organized for the 1965 march. Lewis plans to attend that service.

A short distance away, at precisely the same time, Clinton will speak at First Baptist Church.

Later that afternoon, Obama and Clinton are planning to participate in the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where Lewis and his fellow demonstrators were turned back by baton-wielding police in 1965.

President Clinton plans to fly in that afternoon for his induction into the Hall of Fame at the National Voting Rights Museum, where his wife originally planned to represent him.



Senator Clinton will not be riding anyone's coattail(i.e another bashing post title). She is on her own until after the main events of the morning.

However, it has been reported that the Reverend's Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, along with Alabama Rep. Artur Davis will be present at Brown Chapel AME Church.

Rev's Jackson and Sharpton could have changed their plans. There is no updated guest or dignitary list, except for Senator Clinton's husband*.




* Don't most candidates travel with their spouses (& families) when schedules permit?
Is Senator Clinton being held to a different standard? A double standard ?

[Missy M]

2. Another subtle hit piece on Hillary....

of course Bill Clinton will be there, he is being inducted into the Hall of Fame for Voting Rights. It never mentions if Obama's wife will be there. Every presidential candidate appears at events with their spouses and it should be no different for Hillary.

[Ethelk2044]

3. Question

How can it be a hit piece when it clearly states, that the spokesman said he will rearrange his schedule in order for him to be there. If he had previous plans on being there his spokesman would not have stated that.


Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said the last-minute addition came as the ex-president was "rearranging his schedule to be there" because it was "an event he did not want to miss."

[Missy M]

4. What difference does it make if he rearranged his schedule...

or not. He is being honored and has every right to be there for that reason and also as Hillary's husband. It is the implication that he is going to help Hillary and if so, what is wrong with that. Will Obama's wife be there? Do you think Obama is there for political reasons too, of course he is.

[flpoljunkie]

5. What difference doees it make? It shows how worried the Clintons are about Obama

How the joint Clinton trip came about was a subject of some debate: The senator's advisers dismissed the suggestion that the former president is rushing in at the last minute to help his wife's standing among black voters. But they admitted that the decision was made yesterday, more than a week after Hillary Clinton made her plans to go to Selma.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content//article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101877.html

[Tellurian]

6. It shows nothing of the kind..

their decision might have been made for reasons not mentioned in the article.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Really? Hillary's advisors "admitted that the decision was made yesterday." Coincidence, hardly!

[Tellurian]

8. As a Democrat, the Washington Post, doesn't tell me what to think

If you read this OP there is nothing even close to intimating fear of Obama in the article.
The only "fear of Obama" statement came from the WashingtonPost, a RW rag, and your post!

[politicasista]

9. This should be interesting

:popcorn: