Clinton Sees Herself on a Mission to Save Democrats from Themselves.

Emit

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Mon Apr-14-08 11:58 AM
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Clinton Sees Herself on a Mission to Save Democrats from Themselves.

Edited on Mon Apr-14-08 12:04 PM by Emit

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How elitist is that!?

She's letting the Republicans define this race for us, the people.

Clintonites are frustrated because they can't say in public what they think in private?

What is that 'code' for?

"What Clinton Wishes She Could Say" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9564.html

In a nutshell, the "top targets" include: "Obama�s radioactive personal associations, his liberal ideology, his exotic life story, his coolly academic and elitist style..."

All the irrelevant, surface distractions Hillary has tried and failed to bring Obama down with and that have no merit in the big picture of the more important issues we face with our failing economy, cost of living, mortgage crisis, Iraq and the shredding of our Constitution, outsourcing, lossed jobs and health care, just to name just a few.

We are told that "blue-collar whites, Jews and Hispanics" won't vote for him ... that "many Jewish voters are itching for a reason to break with the party and side with Republicans, who have embraced the Israeli cause with passion."

We are warned of "...deep cultural divisions � and that�s in the Democratic Party."

Here's a subtle warning: "Those issues are all in-bounds. What about the issues that most journalists and probably McCain himself will consider out-of-bounds but that, if recent history is any guide, will echo nonetheless in the general election?"

What? Will McCain do what was done to him in 2000 and claim Obama fathered an illegitimate black child?

Sounds ominous, no? I mean, after all, "Polls show a significant percentage of Americans believe � falsely � that he is a Muslim."

He's an "exotic character of uncertain values and weak patriotism," prone to "...impromptu sociology lesson(s) in San Francisco..."

The frustration emanating from the Clintonites comes from being unable to say in public what they think in private. Little wonder why. Bill Clinton�s comments comparing Obama�s support in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson�s were certainly impolitic. But it�s absurd to contend, as many Democrats indignantly do, that they amounted to a shocking low blow or to �playing the race card.� The reaction underscored the essential prissiness of the Democratic contest so far. One can be sure the general election will not be such a delicate affair.

:wtf: Impolitic? Prissiness?

What is it exactly that Hillary is wanting to say? What is too exotic? That Obama is too black? Not white enough for middle America? Too Muslim? That, as Hillary supporters here love to (erroneously) say, Obama is a racist? An Anti-semite? His preacher is a racist? An Anti-semite? They're not Pro-Israel enough? They scare white America?

Forget the truth of the matter. God forbid that we support the truth and defend Obama in any truthful manner. It's all about perception, and lying and deceit, so truth and goodness matter not.

Forget that Obama is winning, that he has motivated thousands of voters to the polls. Forget that his grassroots campaign has proven to be one of the most effective and well-run campaigns in political history. Forget that Obama has proven time and again that he can handle the heat by, yikes, talking plain truth! Forget that Hillary has used Republican-style methods of triangulation, distraction and tired, conciliatory, 'Third Way', status quo politicking that may have worked well for Bill but comes off as pandering to every which crowd she comes into contact with. Forget that she can't counter Obama on her own merit, and has nothing to resort to but the same nasty techniques as the repugs. Forget that she has forged alliances with both Murdock and Melon Scaife, Kingmakers of the Vast Right Wing, in a desperate effort to defeat Obama because she has no other alternative.

Here's what I say to Hillary and her supporters who want so desperately to "say what they can't say in public":

Project much?

While you think you might be "saving" us, are you blind to what runs just beneath the surface of these veiled threats and innuendos of racism and prejudice?

And you have the audacity to call yourself Democrats?

You should all be ashamed.

Stop pandering to the Republican playbook.

Let's hash this out like real Democrats. Bring it on!

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