I suppose this is a response to the “Are you black enough” question: Hillary Clinton will be surrounding herself with wealthy black celebrities in a few weeks, according to the LA Times blog. Andrew Malcolm reports:

Do you remember all the hubub a few weeks ago when talk show diva and black billionaire Oprah Winfrey announced her support for fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama and agreed to throw an exclusive fundraiser for him at her Santa Barbara area home on Sept. 8?

Well, Hillary Clinton’s campaign will announce any minute now that Magic Johnson will host a fundraiser for her at HIS house six days later on Sept. 14. Co-hosts of the celebrity event will be musician Quincy Jones, a longtime supporter of both Clintons, Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown music empire, and Clarence Avant, another longtime music industry executive who is also African American.

“Senator Hillary Clinton understands the domestic and international issues better than anyone,” Johnson will say in the release. “and has the experience and knowledge to help lead our country and get us to a better place. We need a winner as our next president.”

Because, you know, she’s cahm tooh fahr frum whar she started frum to let Obama out-pander her.

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