There's no way to avoid or rationalize it at this point.

[girl gone mad]

The Clinton campaign clearly plays the race card when it's convenient and beneficial for them to do so.

I gave them a pass after South Carolina, thinking there was a chance the media was just blowing it all out of proportion.

The Ferraro fiasco is the latest contribution to an obvious pattern of the Clintons and their cohorts attempting to diminish Obama's candidacy in a manner that is the political equivalent of pointing at him and shouting "Hey everybody, don't forget he's a black guy!"

It's not just dirty, it's unDemocratic. We can only hope it backfires in PA, but should she win by any margin, I hope she still faces increased pressure to step aside.

[LisaM]

1. Funny, I see it the opposite way. The Obama campaign managed to paint

Hillary as a racist right before each primary.

Tell me, deep in your heart, do you believe that Hillary Clinton is a racist?

[mathewsleep]

yes, obama some how makes one of hillary's supporters say something stupid right before primaries.

he's so crafty.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. No, I don't believe she is a racist.

But I do believe that she will use everything in the Rovian playbook up to and including race baiting and xenophobia to win.

She has no real moral compass and her only objective is to gain power for herself.

[JVS]

29. please see post 27.

[LaurenG]

7. No they did not, they said Geraldine needs to suck it up and apologize

and Senator Clinton needs to fire her.

[Hepburn]

9. Do I believe Hillary Clinton is a racist?

YES!!

:grr:

[OzarkDem]

16. Got proof?

[depakid]

40. Do I think you and people like you are full of shit?

well, figure it out.

You all are acting worse than anything you accuse Clinton of.

And I have news, it doesn't reflect very positively on your candidate.

[keep_it_real]

11. Hillary may not be a racist. Does she condone the use of racism

by those in her campaign? Y e s.

[dana_b]

21. guilt by association. she may not really be a racist but

many voters won't care. It's who she's hanging with, you know?

[Drachasor]

12. Alright, name 3 instances of this besides South Carolina (which is a debate unto itself, perhaps)

I'd love to see you try to back this up.

(As for South Carolina, I think much of the outrage came from citizenry and non-campaign related people. I don't believe anyone in Obama's campaign mentioned racism).

[last1standing]

17. Someone has to be racist three times before you will agree?

That's not only a high bar, it's disturbing.

[OzarkDem]

14. He keeps using the same dirty trick

and its only meant to cover up the fact that she is the better candidate - better qualified, better prepared to lead the country.

[jgraz]

37. Wow, I guess it's working since she's lost the nomination

:rofl:

[emilyg]

15. Of course not.

[John Q. Citizen]

19. There is nothing you can imagine that Hillary wouldn't do to win. She's amoral.

[Hepburn]

22. Is the Clinton campaign racist?

YES!! :grr:

[girl gone mad]

23. Look, I'm not an Obama fanatic.

I think this is only my first or second post in GDP. I honestly debated whom to vote for, even up until a few days before my state's primary. I think I gave them both a fair shake. I voted Obama, with reservations and with no real ill will felt towards Hillary.

I do not think Clinton is a racist, but she has shown a willingness to stoop to the level of bigots to pick up a few votes. As much as I think a Clinton presidency would be a net good for the country, her campaign has been a net bad for our country and for our party.

[salbi]

24. How do you put the blame on Obama???

Did Obama tell them to make these racist comments? I'm shocked how Hillary supporters keep twisting this to make themselves look good.

[JVS]

27. 2 kinds of racist.

Virulent (I hate groupX, they smell bad, they're inferior, the're parasites, they're destroying our culture)

Complicit (I have nothing agaist groupX personally, but I'm happy to pay them less because discrimination puts them in a hard spot (happens to women too), laugh at or even make a joke about them in order to have fun with other non groupXers, use their status as a tool against them when in competition, willing to support the confiscation of their property because I can benefit (see Germany))

While I have nothing to indicate that that Hillary Clinton is Virulent, there is a massive body of evidence mouting that points to her being a complicit racist.

[fishwax]

43. complicit indeed

and it's shameful.

[walldude]

28. No I don't, but her supporters are making it difficult..

I have seen 3 posts today on Obama being a Muslim.. On Fucking DU. Oh wait, they didn't exactly say that, they said "his father is Muslim, his grandfather was Muslim, just sayin". That's what Obama supporters are talking about. Then when one of us has the audacity to claim that's race or religion baiting, we are told "but it's the truth". When Hillary made her McCain statement, we were told "but it's the truth, she's just stating the facts" When we saw the 3am ad we were told, "that's how the grown-ups play politics". When Ferraro made her comments we were told "nothing wrong with saying he's black" Which is true there is nothing wrong with that. But when she said "he's only in the position he's in because he's a black man", then I have a bit of a problem with it. I have learned in my one week as an Obama supporter that anything Hillary says is ok, it's "grown-up" politics. Well, let the grown ups play their little games, the youth is coming up fast and they are going to stomp all over the status quo. I wish John Lennon were alive to see this.

[Window]

32. Deep in my heart, I do not believe Hillary Clinton is a racist.

But, I do believe she is mad as hell at Barack Obama and the successful campaign he has run.

This mess is of her own doing, not Obama's.

[Johnny__Motown]

38. I believe neither Clinton cares how they win. they may not be racist but will still use it as needed

[Jillian]

41. Exact;y! They sure played it well in SC, didn't they?

The Obama campaign has been using his race as a shield so no one can touch him.

[Bullet1987]

44. How the fuck can Obama be responsible for something

Clinton supporters and surrogates are clearly saying themselves and is visible through quotes? I mean, what the fuck is running through some of your minds to blame Obama for something his campaign didn't even say?!?!?

[LaurenG]

2. I wish I could K and R this a thousand times. nt

Keith is going to do a special comment about her tomorrow.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Dirtiest campaign by a Democrat I have ever seen

It just makes me ill.

[emilyg]

18. And how many have you lived through? Just asking.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I knocked on doors for Kennedy in 1960

Is that enough?

[emilyg]

30. Yep. Enough. That's when I started.

[Tatiana]

4. Keith O just said he's going to give a special comment tomorrow night on the Clinton campaign. n/t

[keep_it_real]

13. Can't wait to hear that.

[polichick]

The true colors of Hillary Clinton are plain and clear - and UGLY!

[Kittycat]

5. It's a clear window in to her campaign.

This isn't the first time, the second time, nor the last time we'll be seeing this - I'm sure. As evident by Clinton's refusal to immediately remove her. They have a serious problem, and I have a feeling - it's going to come to an ugly end.

[AgadorSparticus]

8. her campaign is REALLY revolting. I'm so disgusted...nt

[FrenchieCat]

10. It just hurts me.....

it really does!

[Medusa]

20. It hurts the party more

it hurts each of us when she uses these kinds of tactics. but it's win at all costs and if the cost is our winning the 2008 GE, then she'll do it to position herself for 2012. She's beneath contempt at this point.

[Bread and Circus]

26. Thank you. Kicked and Recommended. It is un-Democratic.

[DearAbby]

31. She has not DENOUNCED or REJECTED this

is she racist? Her silence speaks volumes.
YES!


Edit to remove Hillzilla, out of sympathy for Godzilla.

[girl gone mad]

33. and it's probably too late at this point.

The denouncement and rejection should have come immediately, before the MS election. Letting Ferraro's statements linger was an act of tacit acceptance.

[DearAbby]

34. I agree n/t

[meow mix]

35. and her DU support approves of racist tactics

figures

[apocalypsehow]

36. Yep - agree 100%. K & R.

n/t.

[slinkerwink]

39. we ARE supposed to be the party of civil rights, not racism!!

[David Zephyr]

42. Now we know what the stench was in Hillary's "kitchen sink": Racism.

Systemic racist appeal is the only consistent message from the Clintons' campaign.