As you all know, a few days back, Bob Johnson made some rather stupid comments about Barack Obama. The next day, Bill Clinton came to Johnson’s defense, saying his words basically asking, “who are you going to believe…me or your lying ears?”. In an interview with WVON (Chicago) radio, Clinton said that Johnson was commenting on Obama’s community organizing, not his admitted teenage drug use, when he said:

“As an African American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues, when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood that I won’t say what he was doing but he said it in his book… “

Later, in this same tirade, he likened Obama to Sidney Poitier’s character from “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?“

According to Bill Clinton, he “listened to it on the tape and I think we have to take him (Johnson) at his word.”

Well, I wonder how this squares with the latest development. Bob Johnson has issued a public apology to Barack Obama. In it, he says the following:

“I’m writing to apologize to you and your family personally for the un-called-for comments I made at a recent Clinton event. In my zeal to support Senator Clinton, I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry. I hope that you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail.”

I would imagine that, after trying for days to dismiss this as overhyped, the Clintons, at least Bill Clinton, have to have a little egg on their face. Johnson is admitting that the comments he made were as insulting as the rest of the public thought them to be. This should be a lesson for all candidates. Be mindful of who speaks for you.

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