Reprehensible to you because it clearly and truthfully lays out the situation. The Hill and Bill show stooped to new lows in this race. No way will she be offered VP. Chronic lying race baiters don't make good running mates.
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], satvadude108 <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > The Card Clinton Is Playing > > > > By Eugene Robinson > > Friday, May 9, 2008; Page A27 > > > > From the beginning, Hillary Clinton has campaigned as if > > the Democratic nomination were hers by divine right. > > <snort> > > > That's why she is falling short -- and that's why she should > > be persuaded to quit now, rather than later, before her > > majestic sense of entitlement splits the party along racial > > lines. > > Says Robinson, as he prepares to do his best to > foster such a split. > > > If that sounds harsh, look at the argument she made > > Wednesday, in an interview with USA Today, as to why she > > should be the nominee instead of Barack Obama. She cited > > an Associated Press article "that found how Senator > > Obama's support . . . among working, hardworking > > Americans, white Americans, is weakening again. I have a > > much broader base to build a winning coalition on." > > > > As a statement of fact, that's debatable at best. As a > > rationale for why Democratic Party superdelegates should > > pick her over Obama, it's a slap in the face to the party's > > most loyal constituency -- African Americans -- and a > > repudiation of principles the party claims to stand for. > > Here's what she's really saying to party leaders: There's > > no way that white people are going to vote for the black > > guy. Come November, you'll be sorry. > > This is a despicable accusation, but it's the kind > of vicious racially charged garbage we've come to > expect from Obama supporters. And clearly it's > sanctioned from the very top. Obama could stop it if > he wanted to, but obviously he doesn't want to. > > <snip> > > Let's examine those premises. These are white Democrats > > we're talking about, voters who generally share the party's > > philosophy. So why would these Democrats refuse to vote for > > a nominee running on Democratic principles against a self- > > described conservative Republican? The answer, which Clinton > > implies but doesn't quite come out and say, is that Obama is > > black -- and that white people who are not wealthy are > > irredeemably racist. > > No, that isn't what Clinton is implying. That's what > *Robinson* is saying right up front. > > And he knows it's off the wall. The people in question > are what's known as Reagan Democrats, swing voters, > whose commitment to the party isn't all that strong. > Attracting their support is always iffy for Democrats, > no matter what color the candidate. > > No doubt there are some racists among them, but they > have plenty of other reasons not to vote for Obama. > > > The other notion -- that Clinton could position herself as > > some kind of Great White Hope and still expect African > > American voters to give her their enthusiastic support in > > the fall -- is just nuts. > > Straw man. An unenthusiastic vote counts just as much > as an enthusiastic one. Wisely, African Americans just > don't tend to vote for Republicans, even if they aren't > thrilled with the Democrat. > > > Only in Camp Clinton does anyone believe that his > > supporters will be happy if party leaders tell him, in > > effect, "Nice job, kid, but we can't give you the > > nomination because, well, you're black. White people > > might not like that." > > Very ugly straw man. *Nobody* in the Clinton camp > believes Obama's supporters would be happy in that > event. But the almost equally as large number of > Clinton supporters aren't going to be happy if she > gets passed over for the nomination because of > Clinton-hatred, misogyny, and false charges of race- > baiting from the media and the Obama camp, either. > > Obama and his people set this up to be an ugly > campaign, and now they're reaping the whirlwind. > > <snip> > > "It's still early," Clinton said Wednesday, vowing to > > fight on. At some level, she seems to believe the > > nomination is hers. > > Nonsense. She certainly thinks it *ought* to be hers, > given who she's running against and how poor his > chances are against McCain. > > What a reprehensible column. >
