Saturday, July 08, 2006

First Hillary, now Biden: Dems dis Indian-Americans

From CNN in 2004:

During an event (in Missouri) for Senate candidate Nancy Farmer, (Hillary) Clinton introduced a quote from Gandhi by saying, "He ran a gas station down in St. Louis."

From AP yesterday:

Facing criticism, potential 2008 presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden has been forced to explain his recent remark that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

There is a difference, however. Hillary immediately backed off her lame-brained comment. Biden told MSNBC yesterday about his observation, "It was meant as a compliment."
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