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It's been the talk of the blogs since Friday. Did a prominent Clinton adviser use the N word in describing voters in Indiana?
If you believe one version of a YouTube video circulating on the Internet, Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign chairman Mickey Kantor described Indiana voters as "white ni**ers" during a scene from the "War Room" movie about Clinton's 1992 campaign. The creator of the video calls it "racism" by the Clinton campaign.
But if you believe another version of the same incident in a different YouTube video, it doesn't appear that Kantor used those words at all. The creator of the response video writes: "The audio and video on this clip are directly from the DVD of The War Room. This clip is identical to the disputed clip posted earlier in the day, but without subtitles. You decide what was said."
The Clinton campaign responded quickly, calling the video a hoax and arguing that the original video had been "doctored."
So here are the two videos. Watch for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
The first video features subtitles to tell the reader what's being said...
The second video disputes the claim in the one above...
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Vote Hillary commented on Did a Clinton adviser use the N word?:
Has anyone checked to see who made this video? Wondering if this person has any connection to the Ob... -
Carla commented on Did a Clinton adviser use the N word?:
Why is everyone surprised?... -
GGi commented on Did a Clinton adviser use the N word?:
It appears that Stephanopolous initially recoils when Kantor enters the room, both he and Carville g... -
Darnell commented on Did a Clinton adviser use the N word?:
It would come as no surprise at all, I have seen the word spewed by many of her supporters online in... -
Jeff commented on Did a Clinton adviser use the N word?:
I've listened to both clips and in the original, I can clearly hear the word "worthless". The only t...
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