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Why can't Bill Clinton stop race baiting? (Original Post) Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 OP
He likes to hear himself talk. Punkingal Feb 2016 #1
He's either seriously racially tone deaf, or he REALLY hates Obama. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #2
Another possibility loyalsister Feb 2016 #5
Wondering if subconsciously he wants her to fail. Jackilope Feb 2016 #7
Lotsa passive-aggression comes out when Bill campaigns for Hill. Divernan Feb 2016 #12
i think he hates Obama. i think she does, too. Punkingal Feb 2016 #8
I think that's the glaring reality that the establishment Democrats CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #20
So many failed 2008 Clinton campaign CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #10
I don't think they know what to do when they have real competition. Punkingal Feb 2016 #11
That's exactly right. Spot-on analysis! CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #19
Uh oh, he's pointing his finger too. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #3
Because of THIS - he has nothing else to go on.... Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #4
thats a keeper! nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #15
I think he is rogue Z_California Feb 2016 #6
He tried that in 08 and 'almost' ruined his reputation. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #17
I don't think he wants to share the White House with Hillary as an equal. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #9
I think in his mind, he wants to be the only democratic President of his generation. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #16
I suspect he was trying to appeal to blacks by saying that we're all the same femmedem Feb 2016 #13
He learned his trade at the knee of george wallace SwampG8r Feb 2016 #14
He really should stop dressing like Mr. Rogers Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #18

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
20. I think that's the glaring reality that the establishment Democrats
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:25 PM
Feb 2016

would like to keep on the down low.

Of course, HRC never fritters away an opportunity to use someone if it can politically benefit herself or her campaign.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
10. So many failed 2008 Clinton campaign
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:45 PM
Feb 2016

tactics. It's very bizarre to see these proven losers resurrected.

Then again, maybe this Clinton incompetence is a gift.

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)
11. I don't think they know what to do when they have real competition.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:52 PM
Feb 2016

They get angry, they flail around, and their true colors begin to show...by that I mean elitism, and a sense of entitlement. No different from George HW Bush, who felt his was his turn in 1988. He had no vision, it was just his turn to maintain the status quo.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
19. That's exactly right. Spot-on analysis!
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:20 PM
Feb 2016

HRC's campaign was actually pretty decent until Bernie started making inroads in Iowa. Then, they started imploding.

That's exactly what happened in 2008.

We had heard that Hillary had "learned so much from 2008" and that things would be different.

No. No you didn't.

I think that they erroneously believe that when they are in a real contest--that they must try to beat the other person down. That rarely is a winning strategy. Usually attacks backfire, and they leave people questioning why they support the attacker. Clinton has some strengths, but they get hidden under the piles of crap that she flings at her opponents.

Z_California

(650 posts)
6. I think he is rogue
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:36 PM
Feb 2016

The inept campaign team has to be driving him crazy and he knows he is (was) one of the greatest politicians ever so he's probably pretty confident "winging" it.

Please proceed Mr. President.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
9. I don't think he wants to share the White House with Hillary as an equal.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:39 PM
Feb 2016

I believe he wants to be the only President Clinton in his lifetime.

femmedem

(8,207 posts)
13. I suspect he was trying to appeal to blacks by saying that we're all the same
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:23 PM
Feb 2016

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because we share dna. I think he is awkwardly trying to make the point that race is a social construct rather than a scientific fact.

But his statement is an enormous fail, because race isn't so much about dna as it is about about history, culture, privilege.

SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)
14. He learned his trade at the knee of george wallace
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:48 PM
Feb 2016

When he learned the business in the 70s he had local neighbors like wallace to act as mentors. Southern governors of the dem variety were in transition then . if i could remember the govs of fl la.tx ga tn at the time it would.show.some pretty harsh names to be associated with.that old school dem governance requires going to power to assure them no change will.come.while selling change to the masses effectively getting them to vote against their own interests. These guys were pretty much a bunch of half converted cross burners and they are unfortunately the only practical examples.clinton had in his formative years.
Its not his fault he had bad teachers.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
18. He really should stop dressing like Mr. Rogers
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:16 PM
Feb 2016

I get that he's trying to communicate the "retired grandpa" thing but it makes him look like he just got up from a nap.

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