When you imply you are greater than Martin Luther King, it probably isn't a good idea to show up at events commemorating the man. It might get you a less than festive reception.

Dogged by continuing racial tensions around her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton drew a smattering of boos on Monday when she spoke at a religiously tinged Martin Luther King Jr. rally put together by a union organizing predominantly black security workers.

The catcalls came when Clinton was introduced and her speech drew only tepid applause compared to the boisterous ovations drawn by many of the pastors and reverends — not to mention a hip-hop artist and slam poet — who took the podium before her.

This should have been a friendly crowd. That it wasn't should say something about the fraying of the Democrat coalition. Hillary Clinton cannot take black voters for granted -- and th insensitivity she and her surrogates have shown recently will not endear her to the black community if it continues.

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