Imagine if Hillary Clinton announced loudly and strongly that this Wright issue was nonsense.

[Buzz Clik]

The controversy would end immediately. And, she might actually get some African-American votes in the remaining primaries and in November if she wins the nomination.

That would show an aspect of her character that has been missing.

[Hepburn]

1. The aspect would be IMO....

...HONESTY. Hillary is a basically dishonest person because her ego gets in her way and she has to see EVERYTHING not as it is but spun in a light into which it benefits her one way or another.

JMHO

[spotbird]

2. LOL

And let the campaign revert to issues? Her only hope is to destroy Obama, the good news is this is the best she can do.

[havocmom]

3. Don't hold your breath. It's not easy being blue

But... if his speech really hits the mark, she will go with the flow. Her campaign has been part fear mongering and part wind sock. It'll be a dilemma for her if he rocks the place today. ;)

[polichick]

4. She won't put anything before her ambitions - not even the country.

[rateyes]

5. McCain did it.

So should Clinton. In fact, Obama has done it for Clinton. That's the reason I posted yesterday asking if anyone in the press has asked her that question.

I hope the moderator of the next debate asks it of Clinton. We'll see the character of the candidates in their response to this bullshit.

[Bullet1987]

6. IF she did that yes...it would gain her a lot of lost respect and likely some Black support

But at this point, she couldn't care about the Black vote anyway...and she's probably so happy this is happening.

[Buzz Clik]

18. "But at this point, she couldn't care about the Black vote anyway". I have marveled at that truth.

And I wonder why.

[Beacool]

28. Blacks abandoned the Clintons for Obama months ago.

As far as this election goes, there's probably nothing that Hillary could do to get back those voters. Blacks are voting for Obama at a rate of 76% in SC to 91% in MS.

She might as well concentrate in attracting the other voters: whites, hispanics, asians, etc.

[NightWatcher]

7. from the same "I'll take him at his word if he says he's not a Muslim" Hillary, yes right

[blm]

8. That would show an aspect of character she doesn't possess....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

She only displays graciousness to other Democrats when she thinks that display would benefit her.

[UALRBSofL]

9. I don't think she would because

Rev Wright was ugly toward them about the Bill/Lewinski scandal.

[theredpen]

12. Yes, and they certainly didn't deserve that.

:eyes:

[spotbird]

16. McCain said horrible things about Chelsea

and Hillary has obviously forgiven that.

[Evergreen Emerald]

10. Hold Clinton to a different standard. Where was Obama when his

campaign was calling Clinton racist? He was feeding the frenzy. He waited until after SC before saying anything.

Double standard on DU.

And, if you have been watching Clinton and her campaign--she has again and again refused to talk about it and said it is a non-issue. She has been the bigger person. Obama has played politics all along.

[Buzz Clik]

21. LOL! You've got to be kidding! Holy shit -- the racism was directed at HIM!

[Evergreen Emerald]

29. right. "Fairy Tale" is racist. Get a grip. The reality is that Obama uses race

to divide and win an election.

[Buzz Clik]

34. Geraldine Ferraro. n/t

[Beacool]

32. Yep, demanding that Hillary be gracious, but where was Obama

when both Clintons were crucified for remarks that were not intended to be racist? I never heard Obama say that he knew the Clintons well and that he knew that they weren't racists.

As for Wright, what he said about Bill from the pulpit and what he said about Hillary on Christmas day (of all days to spew venom), was disgraceful.

The Clinton campaign has done well by not touching this issue with a 10' pole.

[Buzz Clik]

35. "The Clinton campaign has done well by not touching this issue with a 10' pole."

That is a certainty.

Sadly.

[Beacool]

39. Why sadly?

As far as many of us are concerned, Obama threw the Clintons under the bus in SC. Bill's "fairy tale" remark was not racist, he probably would have used it against a white opponent. Hillary saying that MLK's dreams became a reality when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was historically accurate and not racist.

The media fanned the race flames and Obama didn't say one word in the Clintons' defense. He knew better, Hillary had campaigned for him, raised funds for him, by his own admission he had modeled his first year after hers and he also sought her advice. So, he KNEW that they weren't racists and yet, not only didn't he say a word in their defense, his campaign pushed a talking points memo that Russert waved at him in one of the debates. That's at the point that Obama lost me forever, if he becomes the nominee I will not vote for him.

[Buzz Clik]

43. "if he becomes the nominee I will not vote for him." Really.

That says much, and nothing more needs to be said.

[Tarc]

11. Unfortunately for you and the other O-Bots, it isn't nonsense

The voters have the right to know that a close friend and adviser of Obama's speaks with such vile venom. it says much about the man who only distanced himself from such a person when the relationship was no longer politically convenient.

[KittyWampus]

23. you mean like Hillary and Doug Coe and the rest of her Prayer Cell?

[Tarc]

30. I already debunked this non-point of yours in your own thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5135283&mesg_id=5135923

Don't spread your swill all across the DU, please. Stay on topic.

[lligrd]

13. She'd Gain A Shred Of Respect Back From Me

but I'm not counting on it.

[Buzz Clik]

22. Indeed. It would be a start. Right now, her glass is empty.

[durrrty libby]

14. And if Obama cared about the party and the country he would step down

That would show that there is a some decency under all that Fraud

[goldcanyonaz]

15. Like Obama did for her in South Carolina? She didn't make him join that church, or did she?

It's hard to keep track around here, because everything is the Clintons fault.

[Buzz Clik]

17. No one said this was her fault, now did they. No one.

Quit sucking on your thumb.

This is a chance to do something positive. And your reaction? Paranoia.

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Yeah! Obama's 20 year relationship with Pastor Wright is ALL HILLARY'S FAULT!1!!!

Unfuckingbelievable.

[Buzz Clik]

25. And who said it was her fault?

Your reading skill is "unfuckingcomprehensible".

[Tarc]

31. Your initial point is what is really "unfuckingcomprehensible"

This is a mess of Obama's creation, and it is not nonsense. There's no reason for Clinton to toss Obama a life ring on this one, he has to sink or swim on his own.

[Buzz Clik]

36. There's plenty of reason for her to move this issue off the table.

The ONLY reason she will not -- the singular justification for not addressing it -- is because her ambitions supercede the unity of this party and the healing of this country. That is the only explanation, and it has been demonstrated in every aspect of her campaign.

[Tarc]

37. No, there isn't. Your reasonings border on the ridiculous

This is a mess of Obama's own making.

Clinton is not obligated to help him out of his 20-year support for a race-bating divisive twit.

[Buzz Clik]

42. No one said it was her fault. No one said she was obligated. No one.

(What is wrong with you people)

It was an opportunity to do something positive for the good of the Party. But .... that's not her primary objective, is it.

[golddigger]

20. Unbelievable...damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. This is

Obamas mess. It's not for Hillary to come and bail his ass out everytime he get's an a JAM.

[Buzz Clik]

27. More raging paranoia. Why would stopping this mess amount to being "damned"?

[elixir]

24. Blame Hillary for everything. YOu forgot to mention 9/11. Obama made this mess, he shld clean it up

[Buzz Clik]

26. And who said it was her fault? She has the opportunity to move this along.

Doing nothing is her choice, but the controversy is not her fault.

Clear enough?

[jackson_dem]

33. Ironic. Obama did nothing for at least a week when the Clintons were swiftboated on race

[RichardRay]

38. I asked for too much? I wanted Bill, too...

And nobody seemed to think that was a good idea. I figured it would be a pretty good shot to help Clinton get a lot of black Americans back on her side. If this issue sinks Obama's campaign she's going to have a hard time with that constituency unless somebody does a LOT of damage control.

[Buzz Clik]

40. It will take more than damage control. She needs numbers. Big numbers of excited people.

She has done everything in her power to push Obama over the cliff, including offend every aspect of his constituency -- black, young, educated, etc. A grand gesture on her part would go far.

Wait for it....


here it comes ....


crickets.

[ORDem]

41. What's that saying ... something about pigs flying? .... n/t

:eyes: