NO QUARTER » Maya Angelou http://noquarterusa.net/blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Race-Card Nonsense: Why Dr. Maya Angelou Supports Hillary http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/06/race-card-nonsense-why-dr-maya-angelou-supports-hillary/ http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/06/race-card-nonsense-why-dr-maya-angelou-supports-hillary/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 22:04:45 +0000 Deb Cupples http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/06/race-card-nonsense-why-dr-maya-angelou-supports-hillary/   Most Americans who watch Oprah know of Dr. Maya Angelou as Oprah’s mentor, but Dr. Angelou earned acclaim years ago through her civil-rights leadership, poems and books.  Dr. Angelou is a national treasure, as Bill Clinton acknowledged when he invited her to recite a poem during his 1993 inauguration.

While some Obama supporters — e.g., Rep. James Clyburn — are busy trying once again to "play the race card" in some strange hope of benefiting Obama, Dr. Maya Angelou (who turned 80 last month) has been busy positively campaigning for Hillary Clinton.

Why?  Instead of paraphrasing a brilliant word smith, I’ll give it to you in Dr. Angelou’s own words:

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