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Originally Posted by kingcap72
This really shouldn't shock anybody that Maya is backing Hillary. I mean, she's been tight with the Clintons for years. Not to mention, she spoke at Bill's first inauguration back in '92.
But the one thing that I like about this election is that you have all of these high-profile people backing candidates who DON'T look like them. Maya and Jesse Jackson are backing a white woman, Hillary, and Caroline and Ted Kennedy are backing a black man, Obama. It's good to see these people not automatically siding with someone who is of their race. Oprah, not included.
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Maya actually wrote a poem for the Inauguration. She is a great friend of the Clinton's, I don't think when Oprah started backing Obama that she was trying to force people, even her friends to support him. As much as I can't stand Oprah, she has the right to say who she believes in and backs publicly. Oprah aside he is a great Candidate. Toni Morrison who was was a big Clinton supporter is backing him. I think that these endorsements are great for the election and the democratic party. I was a big Clinton supporter/lover, however this election has made me re-evaluate what I think about them...I mean the comparison between Jesse and Obama, Bill made the other day really pissed me off, and it should anyone else who knows the hypocrisy of Jesse Jackson.
And now the Clinton's want all the delegates that all the democrats agreed early on to not campaign for, but of course Hillary skated the fine line to get them, now wants them to get counted since they are hers!!