Chris Rock questions Bill Clinton's Obama support
Appearing on David Letterman's Late Show on Monday night after Bill Clinton, comic Chris Rock gave the former president a seriously hard time for what he saw as a tepid endorsement of Barack Obama.
It's hard to imagine that Clinton is still trying to game the system for his wife, holding back support for Obama so she can be a contender in 2012. But it's even harder to imagine that Clinton is having trouble endorsing a guy he doesn't like; this is a guy who had the country convinced he wasn't cheating on his wife until there was DNA evidence against him.
Whatever the reason, Clinton seems to be repeating the kind of late-game critical comments that caused trouble for Al Gore in 2000. But Rock has a much funnier way of calling him on it.
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why are you mentioning race in this context?
The only time Chris Rock brought up race was in a joke about Michael Vick and Sarah Palin...
Posted by: Eric Deggans | September 25, 2008 at 04:55 PM
I am SOOOO sick of hearing about the "race card" (remember, Obama is half WHITE, too), but can't help but think that Mr. Rock supports Obama, at least partly, because everyone thinks Obama is (100%) black - or is it just mandatory that everyone in Hollywood HAS to be a Democrat? I find that odd, too since the rich are notoriously Republicans but, it seems, EVERY very rich and famous person is a Democrat?
Posted by: Baffled | September 25, 2008 at 04:46 PM