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There is a clear pattern emerging from the Clinton campaign, but it's not the one Hillary Clinton wished to suggest.
Hillary's recent words underline a clear pattern in the way both the Clintons have been using race in this campaign. However poorly worded, Hillary's recent words suggest the fundamental reason the Clintons have betrayed the honorific title of "first black president" once bestowed on Bill Clinton by the great American writer Toni Morrison:
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
"There's a pattern emerging here," she said.
The African-American community has clearly recognized and understood the implications of this pattern of racialized discourse, and has almost completly renounced and rejected the Clintons as a result. Results from the Indiana and North Carolina primaries this week indicate that over 90% of African-Americans voted against the Clintons.
Since the election of a Democratic President in November depends so heavily on the African-American vote, all superdelegates need to be asking, in spite of Hillary Clinton's claims to the contrary: Who really has "a much broader base to build a winning coalition on"?
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Peggy Noonan, a republican die-hard was making comments about it....All I will add is that Operation Chaos has been a total success....
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The racialized, gendered, and agist assumptions in your message amaze me. If you are truly concerned about creating a gender, age, and race-inclusive politics in this country, you should be promoting and using language that suggests such inclusiveness.
I liked Clinton early in her campaign, but the pattern of racialized language and tactics that developed in her campaign has turned me and many off.
Of course, I'll still vote for whoever is the Democratic nominee, since any Democrat will do a better job than the Republicans at addressing the real issues confronting this country. And that is what we all need to keep in mind and emphasize in our discussions with each other.
I've been shocked by the vicious tone of many comments on this blog site, which is, after all, supposed to be devoted to BUILDING UP the Democratic Party, not tearing it down--
So while we all should pursue vigorous CIVIL debate over the reasons we favor one candidate over another, in the end this should all be directed toward BUILDING the strength of the Democratic party for the November election. Otherwise it is short-sighted, narrow-minded, and ultimately self-destructive.
--Toward Democratic Victory in November for whoever wins the nomination!
It's fine with me. Hillary has her demographics as does Obama. The key is - can each deliver theirs to the other if it happens.
If neither can - then both have failed.
That's period end of statement.
In the minds of half the party - Hillary is a better candidate - no racism at all. She has more experience and is better in the trenches.
Since that half happens to be working class Whites its cool. Wouldn't matter if it was a coalition of Asians - Military Workers and half of the Black vote and half of the White men - A coalition is a coalition.
The trick is delivering your coalition to the party when it needs it. This coalition must not turn for any reason for both people.
This race is about the War in Iraq and the Economy. It's about Health Care and Education.
The issue is not about whether whites or blacks vote for Clinton or Obama--it's about how either candidate attempts to use certain evidence to support their respective claims to be the best candidate for the Democratic party.
It is the way the Clinton campaign has USED such evidence that has turned me off.
But you are absolutely right, that in the end the most fundamental issues of this election are the big ones you mention, which is why I will vote for whoever ends up being the Democratic party candidate, and I hope everyone on this "Democratic PartyBuilder" list will have the same attitude!
cheers,
Last I heard (ahem):In a unanimous decision at the last official meeting of black people, former president Wiiliam Jefferson Clinton’s Black Card has been officially revoked.