2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Most Powerful Endorsement Yet-Travon Martin's mother endorses Clinton for president [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)There's nothing mean spirited about bringing up a candidate's past when it comes to endorsements. Clinton's race baiting in 2008 will always follow her around and undercut endorsements, which I feel is perfectly relevant to bring up when we are talking about nominating someone for the GE. The primaries forum are about the primaries too.
Nowhere did I slam Sybrina Fulton, my "slam" was on Clinton and almost the whole of the Democratic establishment that is backing her.
Like the PP endorsement, I understand where Fulton is coming from and don't hold it against her, I do however hold it against the establishment that this is the candidate they have used their power to help make inevitable.
I will be voting for Clinton when she (very likely) wins the nomination, and it will make me sick, but I won't blame myself or others that vote for her, rather the establishment that pushes a moderately conservative corporate warmonger as the only viable option against conservative insanity. I just don't know if as many Democrats will vote at all, it's hard to get excited for someone that uses race baiting and gets away with it because of her power and privilege, and who serves corporate America so well.