Hillary's Nazi Confederate Option
Hillary's last gasp is to say that white working class people who voted for her won't vote for Barack Obama. She assumes every white person that voted for her in the primary won't vote for Obama in November.
Personally if I was a Hillary voter I would be offended by her campaign strategy. She's basically saying anyone who votes for her is a racist and won't be able to bring themselves to vote for a black man.
I realize there are racists in America. On any given day there is a klan rally, a nazi gathering, or a celebration of the Confederacy. It is my opinion however that these elements in our society are extremely small. All estimates are that about 8% of the country would never vote for a person of color. That's much lower than Hillary claims. She claims all the whites voting for her won't vote for Barack.
I am not as cynical as Hillary. I realize race is still an issue but I don't think it's as big an issue as she thinks it is. Sure, there may be some percentage of white folk who voted for her that won't vote for Obama. But the opposite is likely true in that there are probably black people who voted for Obama that won't vote for Hillary or McCain. These percentages though are not game changers and would likely wash out.
Still if Hillary truly thinks we are a nation of racists and if she thinks every working class person that voted for her won't vote for Obama then she might as well go all in. Down south she should drive around in the General Lee screaming "Long Live the Confederacy!" and "Segregation Now! Segregation Forever!". In the north and midwest she can don a Nazi uniform and yell "Seig Heil!!". Attending a klan rally just might put her over the top.
Hillary's only hope is to convince the Super Delegates that whites won't vote for Obama. It's cards on the table time for Hillary. If she believes that then she needs to prove it. Seig Heil Hillary.
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/snark on
Armed with godly testicular fortitude and hoisted by her own petard, Hillary Clinton continues to campaign in the state of denial. At this point, the Dems might want to consider using a tranquilizer dart.
/snark off
Posted by: EvilPoet | May 9, 2008 12:39 PM
I think that is a crock unless she is talking about the Republican crossovers that voted for her. I do now think A Democratic Unity Ticket with Obama as president and Hillary as vice president would satisfy party factions, lower the temperature, lead to a landslide victory in November.
Obama would bring to the marriage the young, the black, and the liberal suburbanites. Hillary would attract her proven constituency of older voters, women, whites, workers and Hispanics. Hillary would bring the supposedly missing experience to the table killing that issue for Repugs.
On to victory. Yesterday I heard that Hillary wants Veep. I don't know if Obama can handle her and Bill but that would work for me.
Posted by: Jim | May 9, 2008 01:23 PM
Maybe it is Bill's preference of Black women that has Hillary's panties in a knot. If Hillary was VP how long would it take before Bill was hitting on Michelle Obama? At this point Hillary is punching holes in her own ship. If she were the VP candidate Barak would be overshadowed with all the negatives about Hillary. Everything would be Bill and Monica and no substance to the campaign. Hillary won't even win her next run for Senate. She really is toast.
Posted by: VVWKB | May 10, 2008 06:38 AM
I wasn't surprised to hear the Borg Queen say this but what the heck is up with her supporters? If I thought Obama held those views I woulld pull my support for immediately.
The Hillbots seem to share Hillary's opinions.
It's so strange.
Posted by: Christopher | May 10, 2008 05:09 PM