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wowimthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 01:03 PM
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27. You're misinformed about what racism is... it can be disguised as a southern smile...
If you try to undermine a voting block to gain power by using race then that is being a racist. What the clintons have done is mask their candidacy in conciliatory terms while under the surface they are trying to politically undermine Obama's candidacy by raising the issue of race to explain his electability.

"He can't win and you know he can't win because people are not going to vote for him because he is black." This is their racist appeal to the nation. Obama is bi-racial though. "Jesse Jackson ran a good campaign." Again, using race. He should have said, Edwards ran a good campaign too. It's as though Bill was running for the presidency against Obama. His racism is oh so subtle but it's there even if he doesn't think he's a racist because this kind of racism has to do with keeping "power". And he will undermine the will of an electorate to keep that power.
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