This has been one of the saddest things to watch. A person who was respected, admired, and supported by so many progressive Americans becoming so desperate for power that she resorts to the politics of division and blatant race-baiting to try to get that power.
"The Clinton campaign has intentionally inflamed these simmering antagonisms: black versus Hispanic, black versus white, black versus older women, white collar versus blue collar, young versus old, under-educated versus college grad...For the dull-witted, Clinton's surrogates are sent out spell it out in capital letters. Obama used cocaine (Bob Johnson). Obama's middle name is "Hussein" (Bob Kerrey). Obama is a master of "shuck and jive" (Andrew Cuomo). Obama is another Jesse Jackson (Bill Clinton)." ~ Jeffrey St. Clair
This campaign has brought out the worst of the sexism and racism that we all know still haunts America. the sexism has come from Obama supporters and, especially, the media. The racism has come from Clinton supporters, the media, and unfortunately the Clinton campaign and Clinton herself. Thus, the idea that Obama will pick Hillary Clinton as veep is one of the most ridiculous things i've ever read. the first ticket headed by an African American will certainly NOT have a race-baiter in the veep slot.
Clinton as veep?
can you say HELL NO?
i can.
and Obama can.
yes he can.
Jeffrey St. Clair has written an unfortunately right-on article called "The Gothic Politics of Hillary Clinton: Courting Jim Crow" at CounterPunch. the whole article is here:
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair05212
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some excerpts:
"Adhering to Penn's fatal calculus, Clinton has endeavored to re-segregate the Democratic Party electorate into demographic segments and then pitted them against each other. The Clinton campaign has intentionally inflamed these simmering antagonisms: black versus Hispanic, black versus white, black versus older women, white collar versus blue collar, young versus old, under-educated versus college grad."
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"What was once coded is now explicit. Clinton openly talks about her appeal among "working, hard working, white voters." The implication here is that blacks are lazy, shiftless and on the welfare dole and that perhaps only half of their votes should count. But shouldn't someone remind her that her husband dismantled welfare? Perhaps her former mentor Marian Wright Edelman should make the call."
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"For the dull-witted, Clinton's surrogates are sent out spell it out in capital letters. Obama used cocaine (Bob Johnson). Obama's middle name is "Hussein" (Bob Kerrey). Obama is a master of "shuck and jive" (Andrew Cuomo). Obama is another Jesse Jackson (Bill Clinton). Obama's story is a fairy tale (ditto). And, most recently, Geraldine Ferraro told the Los Angeles Times that Obama is a "sexist" (most black men are, right?) and she won't vote for him if he is the nominee.
To sum up: Obama is a drug abuser, a huckster, a secret Muslim, a con artist and a misogynist. And that's without dragging Jeremiah Wright into the scenario."
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"If Obama survives the primaries and falls to McCain in November, Hillary will attempt to remake the Democratic Party in her own image. It will replay of the origin of the conservative DLC, designed by her husband and Lieberman to keep the party from falling into the hands of Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition. This time the C will stand for Clinton."
yep, that's what Clinton is promising us: a return to good old days of racist conservative democrats and Lieberman-style warmongering.
Hillary Clinton has run the most divisive campaign in recent memory for the Democratic nomination. she has completely adopted the race-baiting hate-mongering of Karl Rove & Ko. With her dishonest and race-baiting campaign she has lost all claim to be any kind of progressive. and any Democrats who have joined in this race-baiting or excused or condoned it should be ashamed of themselves.
Clinton may now have only 2 words left on her mind: vice president. i have 2 better ones: primary challenger. we need to find a real progressive to fill the seat of the junior senator from New York.
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