Clinton said same thing as Obama in '91

Barack Obama has drawn fire over the last few days for attributing poverty as the source behind many social insecurities in this country.  Hillary Clinton flipped out at Obama for having the guts to make such a bold statement.

Though, it turns out that in 1991 Bill Clinton said virtually the same thing:

"The reason (George H. W. Bush's tactic) works so well now is that youhave all these economically insecure white people who are scared todeath," Clinton was quoted saying by the Los Angeles Times in September 1991.

And once again:

"You know, he [Bush] wants to divide us over race. I'm from the South.I understand this. This quota deal they're gonna pull in the nextelection is the same old scam they've been pulling on us for decadeafter decade after decade. When their economic policies fail, when thecountry's coming apart rather than coming together, what do they do?They find the most economically insecure white men and scare the livingdaylights out of them. They know if they can keep us looking at eachother across a racial divide, if I can look at Bobby Rush and think,Bobby wants my job, my promotion, then neither of us can look at GeorgeBush and say, 'What happened to everybody's job? What happened toeverybody's income? What ... have ... you ... done ... to ... our ...country?'"

Funny how the tables can turn in an instant.

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I really don't see the correlation between Bill Clinton and Obama's statements. Clinton is accusing the Republicans of attempting to get "economically insecure white men" to focus on other races. Where as Obama's words were taken to mean that people in small towns are bitter about their situation and focus on (political lightning rods) religion, guns and illegal immigration to make themselves feel better. Clinton's accusing Bush and the Republicans of dividing the nation on racial lines. Obama's quotes are being taken to mean that he is saying religion, guns and anti-illegal alien sentiment are simply comfort blankets.