A Joan Didion essay titled "[this politician] Agonistes" notes how Jesse Jackson once referred to him as "nothing but an appetite." This politician was advised on race issues by the former president of the National Urban League, Vernon Jordan. Civil rights activists criticized this person for rushing home from a primary to supervise the execution of a brain-damaged African-American man, Ricky Ray Rector. In a speech to the Rainbow Coalition, this politician criticized th
A Joan Didion essay titled "[this politician] Agonistes" notes how Jesse Jackson once referred to him as "nothing but an appetite." This politician was advised on race issues by the former president of the National Urban League, Vernon Jordan. Civil rights activists criticized this person for rushing home from a primary to supervise the execution of a brain-damaged African-American man, Ricky Ray Rector. In a speech to the Rainbow Coalition, this politician criticized the (*) rapper Sister Souljah for her remarks on the Rodney King riots. This politician, who promised to "end welfare as we have come to know it," was called "our first black president" by Toni Morrison at the height of a scandal involving Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers. For 10 points, name this president who had a good relationship with the black community despite the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
A Joan Didion essay titled "[this politician] Agonistes" notes how Jesse Jackson once referred to him as "nothing but an appetite.
Bill Clinton [or William Jefferson Clinton]