Ex-Freeporter slimes Obama
January 14th, 2008 at 07:34am Pat Cunningham
Bob Johnson, who grew up in Freeport and went on to become America’s first black billionaire as the founder of Black Entertainment Television, made a THINLY-VEILED REFERENCE Sunday to Barack Obama’s admitted use of drugs as a teenager.
Johnson’s remarks were made during an appearance as a surrogate campaigner for Hillary Clinton at a church in South Carolina.
This is the same Bob Johnson who has DEMAGOGUED the issue of the estate tax, arguing that it’s racist. In truth, the estate tax affects only a handful of African-Americans, all of whom are wealthy.
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1. Applesauce » Ex-Fre&hellip | January 17th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
[…] couple of days ago, I told you HERE that Bob Johnson, a billionaire media mogul who grew up in Freeport, had slurred Barack Obama on […]
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