Bernie Would never be friends w/ anyone like Hillary's 2008 Racist friend & fundraiser:

[amborin]

This is Who Hillary Was Friends w/ During Her 2008 Campaign:

The New York Times

May 20, 2007 Sunday


Clinton Accepts Aid From a Divisive Figure

BYLINE: By PATRICK HEALY; Katharine Q. Seelye and Katie Zezima contributed reporting from New Hampshire.


DATELINE: NEW ORLEANS, May 19

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who has cast herself as an ally of African-Americans in rebuilding this city, this weekend accepted fund-raising assistance from a family friend who is controversial with many black and white victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The friend, Sheriff Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish, has been close to former President Bill Clinton for many years, and he is popular among some Democrats here. But Sheriff Lee has a long history of making divisive and derogatory remarks, sometimes aimed at residents of neighboring New Orleans, which is predominantly black, and his relationship with many black political leaders is turbulent.
Sheriff Lee drew notoriety shortly after the hurricane when some of his deputies helped prevent hurricane evacuees, most of them black, from crossing the Crescent City Connection bridge into Jefferson Parish. Sheriff Lee defended the move, saying his office had ''a duty to protect our people.''

Sheriff Lee was a host committee member for a fund-raiser here Friday night for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. The event, which the senator attended, was closed to the news media. A Clinton campaign spokeswoman declined to comment on Mrs. Clinton's views of Sheriff Lee's actions in 2005 or on his fund-raising support.

Phone messages left for Sheriff Lee were not returned. A Clinton adviser declined to discuss his role, citing the personal nature of his relationship with both Clintons.


Here are some shocking older posts on DU about this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5079848

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5187587



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Harry Lee hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in May. Hillary Clinton was in attendance at the fundraiser.

Both Clintons are longtime friends of Sheriff Lee.

Lee passed away in October of last year. At his funeral, a letter from Bill Clinton commemorating Lee was read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/politics/20commenc ...

http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/local_and_s ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lee

[ebayfool]

1. Stunning! What strange bedfellows the Clintons keep.

I remember this when it was happening:

Sheriff Lee drew notoriety shortly after the hurricane when some of his deputies helped prevent hurricane evacuees, most of them black, from crossing the Crescent City Connection bridge into Jefferson Parish.

Awful.