As the undeclared Superdelegates evaluate whether they should come out now or later, one thing they are weighing is whether the contest needs to finish soon to avoid further damage to the presumptive nominee, Obama. Well, Hillary seems to be doing her best to push them to come out sooner with her divisive racial comments, below. She claims that Obama has a problem attracting white voters (which is factually false). She describes her base as “hardworking Americans, White Americans” which is at best bizarre and at worst an ugly dogwhistle to racist stereotypes of African Americans. The old Al Gore refrain of “It’s time for [her] to go” comes to mind…
Hillary Plays Race Card in 5/7 Interview
May 8, 2008 · 3 Comments
Categories: Barack Obama · Democrats · Hillary Clinton · News · election 2008 · opinion · politics · race
Tagged: blue collar, hardworking, Hillary Clinton, Obama, race card, racism, Ted Kennedy, white
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animar // May 8, 2008 at 2:59 pm
How nice- my Mom is Asian and My Dad is white so I guess that means that only half of me is a hardworking White American.
She HAS to go.
Peggy McGilligan // May 9, 2008 at 3:07 am
Don’t try to figure Hillary; she’s just told us she has a much broader base. Hence the pantsuits: http://theseedsof9-11.com
Hank Wilfong // May 9, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I agree with Peggy’s comment about Hillary’s “broad base”. To add some frivolity to it, I remember the jokes between the brothers over what is preferable in a movie–(Nah, I’m not going there.)
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