SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, GUEST HOST: Tonight, Senator Harry Reid's racial
remarks about Barack Obama, calling him "light-skinned with no Negro
dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
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SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV), MAJORITY LEADER: I've apologized to the president that I could have used a better choice of words.
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O'BRIEN: The president forgives him.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This is a good man who's always been on the right side of history.
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O'BRIEN: But will the majority leader keep his job?
Plus, more from an explosive new book -- which GOP insider called Sarah Palin a reckless choice as John McCain's running mate?
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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Thank you.
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O'BRIEN: Why Elizabeth Edwards ripped off her blouse in a rage.
How Bill Clinton broke down over media coverage of Hillary.
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BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And I'm not going to play your games today.
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O'BRIEN: And the so-called conspiracy that led to Barack Obama's candidacy -- blowing the lid off back room politics.
Next on LARRY KING LIVE.
All right, stand by.
Good evening.
Welcome, everybody.
I'm Soledad O'Brien sitting in for Larry tonight.
Let's take a look at the excerpt from "Game Changer" that's ignited the political firestorm around Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Here's what it says, in part: "Reid believed the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama, a light-skinned African-American with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one, as he later put it privately."
Joining us tonight to discuss Reid's comment, his apology and all of the fallout, Jeff Johnson from BET, a news correspondent. He's also the author of "Everything I'm Not Made Me Everything I Am."
James Carville joins us tonight, as well, Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator.
Tara Wall joins us, conservative commentator, contributor to TheDailyCaller.com, a new political news Web site. Tara is also the former deputy editor of "The Washington Times."
And Nancy Giles is here with me. She's a social commentator and actress and contributor to "CBS Sunday Morning."
Nice to have all of you.
NANCY GILES, ACTRESS, SOCIAL COMMENTATOR: Thank you.
O'BRIEN: Let's get right to it.
Nancy, since you're here, why don't you begin.
What's your reaction to these words?
GILES: Man, you know, I'm embarrassed for Harry Reid. I -- I guess the first thing I would say was, Harry, how many black people do you know, OK, because there's not one Negro dialect. And this is something that's been sort of the bane of my existence for a long time, because I've never heard anybody call for one single white dialect. I mean, people are people. There are different kinds of ways of talking.
And, you know, it just -- it blows my mind and it's very sad to see what lies just below the surface of someone that one would think, as a Democrat, you know, might be a little more liberal-minded. It's just more proof at how having the first black president is blowing people's minds.
Source: CNN
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