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Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by Dabear
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Racist Clinton campaign message, no surprise, and not the first time. Obama has two times as many states, more votes, more delegates. So what is the Ferraro/Clinton theory, that all of the people who voted for Obama are doing so because he is black and they are too stupid to realize it? Not only is the Clinton campaign racist, they're illogical. The Clinton campaign track and message: We the people are too stupid to choose our own President. Not only is Hillary willing to throw out the Democratic party, along with the Democratic process, she is also willing throw out feminist principles (racism and sexism are the same struggle). No wonder she didn't throw Bill out when he re-defined the term "Oval Office".
Re: Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by mithros

This isn't Hillary's campaign. Even they aren't that stupid.

Don't you see how this puts Hillary between a rock and a hard place. If she doesn't throw Ferraro under the bus, she'll never regain the support of the black community - even if she's the eventual nominee. On the other hand, if she throws a feminist figure head under the bus she'll lose support among her only remaining base.

I'm not saying that the Clintons wouldn't resort to race bating. It would be much more subtle and would use a lower profile surrogate.

Re: Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by tron_carter
People often forget that Hitlery was a GOLDWATER Girl. You know, Barry Goldwater, who opposed Civil Rights in the 60s. The Clintons have always been Republicans who ran as Democrats. It's really clever b/c they play both sides of the field that way. I'm not saying most or all Repubs are racists, but the Clintons LOVE black ppl as long as they know their place. Latinos who are falling for her will find out the same thing if a Latino ever were to challenge a Clinton for power. It's kind of like when white liberals are all for saying all of us are equal, but the moment they find out their daughter is banging a black or latin guy, they lock her in the basement. It's the "Not in my backyard" type of thinking. They want everyone else to be accepting, but the rules are different when it comes to theory vs. practice. And Geraldine is yet another example of a "liberal" white whose no different than a KKK. At least the KKK let you know where they stand. Bigots like Ferraro are the most dangerous kind. They're undercover. And in her twisted mind, she actually believes what she's saying isn't racist. That's the two-faced nature of a lot of white liberals.
Re: Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by Dabear
Right on.
Re: Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by JustAGirl
I think it IS her campaign. Her strategy from Day One has been to only focus on her "core" constituency and ignore everyone else. That's why she's been claiming only 'Big' states matter, that caucus states don't matter, and now (after SC), blacks don't matter. If women and Latinos started leaving in droves, she's say that they don't matter either.

The problem w/ this strategy is 2-fold: 1) it's very condescending to anyone who falls into any of those non-"core" groups (or those who do and still don't support her). And 2) it's ridiculous to say that only winning big BLUE states (save for maybe TX and parts of OH), is a winning strategy for November. I would think that Obama's appeal to voters in primarily Red states (plus winning metro areas in most states) would bode well for his chances in Nov. Are *all* the Clinton Dems in Blue states suddenly going to vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee? Not likely. He is still a "Bush Lite" Republican, after all.
Re: Racist Clinton Campaign No Surprise
by donnamp
Well, I think that the Democratic Party is finally showing their true colors. They talk about how racist the Republicans are and how they are behind the black people yet when a valid candidate who has African-American blood shows that he can run a successful campaign the racist comments come out. He is only where he is because he is black, he doesn't have enough experience even though he has more years as an elected official than Hillary does. He is an upstart that doesn't know his place. I guess if you try to be a successful black person as a Democrat you don't know your place. The Democrats want you to be beholden to them.
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