DOOLEY Observed: Carol Moseley Braun Calls Rival Ex-Crack Head

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Carol Moseley Braun Calls Rival Ex-Crack Head

January 31, 2011
Chris Sweda/ASSOCIATED PRESS

As someone who covered Carol Moseley Braun's historic race for the U.S. Senate way back in 1992, I can say from experience that she's rarely boring. And so it was on Sunday when the former senator called a rival for the Democratic nomination for Chicago mayor a former crack addict during a candidates' forum.

Apparently fed up with accusations from Pat Van-Pelt Watkins, a preacher and community activist, that Moseley-Braun hadn't been in the trenches fighting for the African American community in recent years, the former senator and ambassador lashed out:

"Patricia, the reason you didn't know where I was the last 20 years is because you were strung out on crack."

"I was not strung out on crack. I don't have a record. I in fact have spent years of my life working and fighting for this community as the only black United States senator from 1992 to 1998, as the only ambassador. So I don't want to hear it from you, sweetie."