2016 Postmortem

ebayfool

(3,411 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:19 PM Mar 2016

Hillary's Hypocrisy: Clinging to Obama After Her Racist Dog Whistles in 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/hillarys-hypocrisy-clinging-to-obama-after-her-racist-dog-whistles-in-2008_b_9011244.html

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I received an email today from a black elder asking me to reprint a column I wrote for an African American newspaper in April of 2008 detailing the persistent racism in the Clinton campaign as it tried to derail Barack Obama's historic run for the American presidency. She wanted me to "remind the American people of how far the Clintons had stooped" a mere eight years ago. I am reproducing the column below, following Sunday night's presidential debate, in which Hillary Clinton clung to the Obama mantle despite her -- and her husband's -- racist dog whistling against Obama in 2008.

New York City, NY -- In the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary [won narrowly by Hillary Clinton] -- a race in which Clinton had a 20-point lead only a few months ago -- the racism and hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign were laid bare for all a nation to scorn.

Desperate and willing to do anything to win, the Clintons resorted to a naked form of racism aimed directly at white working-class voters in the rural portions of the state. Their message: Barack Obama cannot win because he's black.

In the early stages of the campaign, it was Clinton's cadre who kept playing the race card. In New Hampshire, Clinton's co-chair, Billy Shaheen, accused Obama of being a drug dealer; then there was the photograph of Sen. Barack Obama in Somali garb leaked to the press by Clinton's staff.

In the midst of the constant barrage of posts about Sanders history, let's take a stroll down Clinton's Memory Lane, shall we?

(bolding is mine)

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Hillary's Hypocrisy: Clinging to Obama After Her Racist Dog Whistles in 2008 (Original Post) ebayfool Mar 2016 OP

Obama not only forgave her but had a visible relationship with her while she was SoS. To continue to YCHDT Mar 2016 #1

Oh no, no, no! To discuss her racism is very relevant ... ebayfool Mar 2016 #2

George Wallace and Shirley Chisholm became friendly colleagues, too loyalsister Mar 2016 #3

When it comes to the Clintons it just shows that they are exploitive and flexible in their racism. ebayfool Mar 2016 #4

YCHDT

(962 posts)

1. Obama not only forgave her but had a visible relationship with her while she was SoS. To continue to

Reply to ebayfool (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:21 PM

Mar 2016

... bring up water under the bridge issues between those two sounds like an act of desperation and fills the air with noise

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)

2. Oh no, no, no! To discuss her racism is very relevant ...

Reply to YCHDT (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:30 PM

Mar 2016

and that smelly desperation is wafting from those that cry 'fair game' when discussing Sanders history, while insisting Clinton's is off-limits! She is the candidate that wraps herself in the Obama flag - her racist history is indelibly attached to said flag.

Obama's perceived "forgiveness" is not relevant to the article cited - it's the voter's forgiveness (and forgetfullness) that matters. The dog whistles they employed were public ... not private.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

3. George Wallace and Shirley Chisholm became friendly colleagues, too

Reply to YCHDT (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 06:11 PM

Mar 2016

After running on the "segregation, now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever" platform he was shot. Shirley Chilsholm visited him in the hospital and they joined forces to work on economically liberal policies.

She and president Obama showed more generosity and forgivness than I think I would be able to. That does not absolve Wallace or Clinton of their past bigotry. Quite the opposite actually. When it comes to the Clintons it just shows that they are exploitive and flexible in their racism.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)

4. When it comes to the Clintons it just shows that they are exploitive and flexible in their racism.