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Hillary tries to mend ties to blacks

AP, Compton
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign tried to mend ties to black voters Thursday when a key supporter apologized to her chief rival, Barack Obama, for comments that hinted at Obama's drug use as a teenager.
The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev. Martin Luther King and promised to assist with the rebirth of this troubled, largely black city.
Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, apologised for comments he made at a Clinton campaign rally in South Carolina on Sunday that hinted at Obama's use of drugs as a teenager. Obama is running to be the first black president.
Johnsop initially denied he was talking about Obania's; drug' use, saying he was referring to the Illinois senator's days as a communityorganiser.
Johnson backed away from that explanation Thursday, two days after Hillary Clinton said during a nationally televised debate that she considered his comments "out of bounds."
"In my zeal to support Senator Hillary Clinton, I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry," Johnson said in a written statement. "I hope that you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail."
Johnson's comments and remarks by both Clintons before the New Hampshire primary last week had alarmed several black leaders and drew a rebuke from
Obama and his top aides.
It began when Hillary Clinton gave an interview in which she seemed to discount King's role in the civil rights movement. Later, former President Clinton cast aspects of Obama's candidacy as a "fairytale."
Obama and Hillary Clinton later called a truce in the controversy, and Clinton offered another olive branch Thursday when asked whether she would consider choosing Obama as her vice presidential runningmate.
"I can't think that far ahead because it's bad luck. I'm very superstitious, and I don't want to be presumptuous," she said. "But he is an extraordinary man and has so much to give our country'. I hope however this works out he will be a ' major figure in American politics f for years and years to come."
Johnson's apology' and Hillary Clinton's visit to Compton was her latest effort to reconnect with the black community after she and Obama engaged in a bitter exchange of words over the issue of race.
In Compton, Clinton praised King and promised to assist with this city's rebirth.
"'Those who say it can’ t be done are usually interrupted by those who are doing it, " she said during an appearance at a church, quoting noted black novelist James Baldwin.
Hillary Clinton pledged to help Mayor Eric Perrodin with his goal of "birthing" a new Compton, which has struggled with crime and poverty.