Larry King Transcript with Carole Simpson & Lanny Davis.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0805/09/lkl.01.html

Just reading it myself to see what was actually said & by whom.

[Bicoastal]

1. Clearly this thing got really ugly really fast.

[cliffordu]

2. This smacks of George Bush the jr idiot putting on that

fucking cowboy hat and rolling his sleeves up to appeal to joe sixpack.....


Gawd, I wish the folks of West Virginny would just flush her pantsuit out of here...I know they won't but.....

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. This seems to be the segment in question...

(Hope I'm not quoting too much)

KING: OK, Carole Simpson, your turn.

SIMPSON: Thank you.

I was going to make a comment about the white voters statement that is attributed to Hillary, but I decided I have a better point to make and I want to make it right now. And that is facts are facts, as Lanny talked about with the tracking polls and Hillary's comparison to McCain's numbers, if they were running against each other in a general election.

Do you know what my big fear is, is that Barack Obama is going to win the nomination and during the general election all of those white people that came out to vote for him in the primaries are going to get in that booth and are not going to vote for him, just like Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, when he was running for the governor of California. All the polls said that he was going to win and he lost by a large margin because people...

KING: Yes. What are you saying that America will not elect...

SIMPSON: ...said what was politically correct.

KING: You're saying America will not elect a black man?

Is that what you're saying?

SIMPSON: I am fearful of that. I am fearful that "God damn America" is going to pop into their heads as soon as they get into the polling booth.

KING: Lanny, do you buy that?

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MILLER: Sixty million people have voted for Barack Obama, most of them white.

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SIMPSON: Now we're talking about the Gen.

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DAVIS: I disagree with friend, Carole. I think America is ready to elect an African-American. I'm proud of what Barack Obama has accomplished and I'm proud of the way he's energized young people. I think he's benefited by being an African-American in many communities, including myself, who would love to have an African-American as president of the United States. I simply...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Uh-oh, close to the race card.

DAVIS: I simply say I think that it's -- I'm proud of the fact that we could elect an African-American, Carole. I just don't think that Barack Obama is connecting with working class people. It's not about race. Jimmy Carter lost Reagan Democrats not because he was black, but because he couldn't speak to working class people.

SIMPSON: Lanny, this country is about race.

DAVIS: He was white. So I am simply saying that what Barack Obama lacks is not because of his race. He is not able to connect with people who work for a living, with senior citizens, with Latinos...

SCHULTZ: Oh, come on, Lanny.

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SCHULTZ: You know, Lanny, you take a number from a poll and then you build a straw man argument against one of the most fabulous candidates this party has had in 50 years.

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