Re: I would explain it to you
by
Mujokan
05/09/2008, 7:48 AM #
You didn't actually provide any further explanation for the comment that might explain why she wasn't saying she had the white racist Democrat vote.
If she'd been just talking about the primary race, I could give an argument why her comments were justified.
"I was referring not to whites voting for me based on race, but working-class blacks voting for Obama based on race. That's skewed the working class vote. If not for that, the working class would all vote for me, because I understand them better than Obama"
- Doesn't that mean you are calling blacks racist for voting for Obama?
"No, they have legitimate reasons for voting for him. People vote on their interests. Working class people vote for me because I represent them better than Obama, but Obama's election would have a positive effect on race relations. Therefore it's fine for working class black people to vote disproportionately for Obama. Though I represent their economic interests better, he represents some of their other interests."
- OK, I see, you were just saying that white working class people don't have the reasons for voting for Obama that black working class people do. Thank you, Mrs. Clinton.
The problem was that she was talking about the general election, where there's a much bigger gulf between McCain and Obama. You can't just splice in "McCain" into the above argument.
I think what happened was that she got a bit confused between the primary campaign and the election campaign. I think it's crazy to say that Hillary is actually a racist! I could never believe that of her. Unfortunately her comments didn't make any sense, and can be interpreted as her saying the Democrats should back her over Obama out of fear of the white racist Democrats defecting to McCain.