Congressman Ed (Edolphus) Towns is quoted in The Brooklyn Paper saying he's "bothered" by Hillary Clinton's race-baiting remarks that have drawn condemnations across the Democratic spectrum.
Even Clinton's staunch backer up there in Harlem, Congressman Charles Rangel, has said the New York Senator's comments were "dumb."
“It bothered me because that’s not what I’m about,” Towns said.
Then, almost remarkably, Towns seemed to use that very disappointment as a justification for endorsing Clinton in the first place.
“This nation is about ability and performance. That’s why I’m backing Hillary Clinton — and I’m still backing her, even though that comment bothered me.”
What?
Triggering the controversy, Clinton effectively said (with evident approval) that struggling whites will not vote for Obama but that they love her.
Anyway, in addition to Ed Towns, the other Brooklyn Congressmember who's still with Hil, despite representing a district that went for Barack Obama in the Feb. 5th primary, is Yvette Clarke, who like Towns is African-American.
Last week Clarke greeted Obama with whooshing enthusiasm on the floor of Congress, where Obama was taking a kind of pre-victory tour.
But Clarke, though she must privately be desiring to go with Obama, is apparently staying with her New York leader. Her precise feelings are hard to gauge because she hasn't said much publicly.
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