“Clinton is no doubt shocked that a simple argument about experience versus inspiration becomes the basis for a charge of racial insensitivity. She is surprised that the very use of “fairy tale” in reference to Obama’s position on Iraq is taken as a sign of insensitivity, or that any reference to his self-confessed teenage drug use is immediately given racial overtones. But where, I ask you, do such studied and/or sincere expressions of racial offense come from? From a decades-long campaign of enforced political correctness by an alliance of white liberals and the black civil rights establishment intended to delegitimize and marginalize as racist any criticism of their post-civil rights-era agenda”. –Charles Krauthammer
I read the entire article, It was really enjoyable.
Plus hit the nail right on the head there.
There are some things that ya just got to really savor.
“But telling Obama to wait his turn is a tricky proposition. It sounds patronizing and condescending, awakening the kinds of racial grievances white liberals have spent half a century fanning — only to find themselves now singed in the blowback, much to their public chagrin.
Who says there’s no justice in this world?”
Notwithstanding the recent debate in Las Vegas, in which Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried to smooth over the perceived racial overtones of their campaign for the Democratic nomination, the contest in Nevada has again turned ugly. Subsequent to the endorsement of Obama by the Culinary Wokers Union, the state teacher’s union and a handful of Clinton supporters have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Democratic party establishment of 9 Las Vegas resorts as at-large voting precincts for the upcoming caucus. The obvious intent of the lawsuit is to limit the impact of the resort culinary union’s votes for Obama, claiming that it gives them unfair advantage over other voters. (A judge threw out the lawsuit today.)
The second story behind all this was Bill Clinton’s standard reaction to a San Francisco TV reporter asking him about the lawsuit brought by Clinton supporters. Once again, Bill lost his increasingly-famous temper. “You have asked the question in an accusatory way. If you want to take that position, get on the television and take it. Don’t be accusatory with me. I had nothing to do with this lawsuit”, Clinton fumed as he got in the reporter’s face. (If you haven’t noticed by now, Bill Clinton does not like unfriendly questions.)
Well, there you have it straight from the horse’s mouth. If Bill Clinton says he had nothing to do with it-then by golly, it must be true. Or is this another example of Clinton’s parsing of words? “It wasn’t me, but it could have been Hillary or her campaign.” Let me put it this way. If you think the Clinton campaign had nothing to do with this lawsuit, I have a nice bridge that would look great in your back yard. This is just another example of how the Clintons react to an upstart (Obama) standing in the way of what is Hillary’s rightful entitlement. They get mean; they get tough; they crush anyone who stands in their way.
As I said before, it’s fun sitting back and watching the Democrats tear each other to pieces over race and gender and now unions, showing the nation just how important those issues are to them. I would like to see Obama really take off the gloves and go after the corruption and shallowness of the Clintons.
Which leads me to my final point, which I think would be a great campaign strategy for Obama: Keep pushing Bill’s buttons.
gary fouse
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