Bill: Hillary Attacked Because Husband is Male

Former President Bill Clinton, under fire from the most powerful Black member of Congress for his racially-divisive rhetoric on the campaign trail, said today that Hillary Clinton is being attacked by rival Barack Obama’s surrogates “primarily because her husband is male.”
“I don’t know if Obama is trying to play the gender card, or the sexual-orientation card, or what,” said Mr. Clinton, “But I don’t think it’s a coincidence that his people are going after Hillary’s spouse for allegedly playing the race card and her husband just happens to be a man.”
The remarks come during a week when House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-SC, said the former president’s “bizarre” conduct had “incensed” the Black community and could damage his wife’s presidential prospects if she should become the party nominee.
Mr. Clinton said Rep. Clyburn’s comments were part of “a secret Obama campaign strategy to highlight the masculinity of Hillary’s spouse and pander to that bigoted segment of the electorate that still doesn’t think America is ready for a male First Lady.”
“No matter what Obama says publicly,” Mr. Clinton added, “Everybody knows who this campaign is all about.”