Is "Unelectable" a code word for black?

[not_too_L8]

I keep hearing "there is just something about him" I think he's unelectable

[slackmaster]

1. No, it's a code word for female

:hide:

[marshall]

48. Then somebody better tell Bill & Hillary to quit using it pronto

SD's are not amused.

[Tellurian]

49. Obama is Unelectable ... that is code for Failure!

[marshall]

50. He will be when Hillary's through with him, if she has her way

It's all part of the Hillary!2012 campaign, doncha know.

[Tellurian]

52. 08 comes before 12 doncha know?

http://www.taylormarsh.com/images2/hillaryclinton_wideweb__470x308,02.jpg

[marshall]

53. Not for Hillary, though

[gorekerrydreamticket]

54. Wow, someone still has "Hillary is 44" in their sig! ....

Check it out!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Yup.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

3. I don't think so... we'll find out in November.

Stick a fork in Hillary. She's done.

[rudy23]

4. Yes.

What else would make the person who's winning *less* electable than the person who's losing?

[Shae]

37. It doesn't

unless you live in Hillaryworld.
(which is not the same as reality, btw)

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. No its a codeword for Hillary's presidential run.... n/t

[rudy23]

6. dupe

[Tim4319]

7. That, amoung a long list of other names.

[Bucky]

8. It's code for "I almost caught up to him".

[MonkeyFunk]

9. No

but I'm sure you guys will make it so, just to keep inventing stories about racism.

[not_too_L8]

21. not made up... "hard-working Americans, white Americans"

"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview published Thursday. She cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."

[murielm99]

26. Yes....

but I was just told not to play the sexism card.

:rofl:

[Lerkfish]

10. its possible, but I think its a last clutch at straws before drowning.

and less a racist comment.

[FlyingSquirrel]

11. It must be, because

Here's the current polling:



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5879965&mesg_id=5879965

Both Obama and Clinton poll well against McCain. They poll differently in different areas, each has their strengths and weaknesses. But they both have the ability to win an electoral victory this November against McCain.

[FrenchieCat]

12. No, it's not code; it's clear. It describes Hillary Clinton to a "T"!

[BklynChick]

13. absolutely. they would never say this about a white guy, "oh, we don't really know him," "there

could be an October surprise." these are all euphemisms for "he's black"

[OhioBlue]

19. Exactly - when the hell else have we ever needed

a back up candidate "just in case"

[TahitiNut]

25. The 'elitist' DUers were saying that about Kucinich a year ago.

By 'elitist' I mean the same condescending, arrogant crystal-ball-gazers who were predicting the 'inevitable.'

[butterfly77]

14. Yes...

[EFerrari]

15. Of course it is. n/t

[SoCalDem]

16. yep.. page 49 of the HRC codeword codebook

others are

blue collar
working class


just a tweaking of the republican favorites

values voter
heartland

[flowomo]

17. NO -- Bill Clinton's "electability" was questioned in 1992

during the primary. I recently read an article about that. And certainly George McGovern was widely considered unelectable in 1972.

[unapatriciated]

30. don't forget...

Kucinich and Edwards, their "electability" was also questioned. It's a political statement used when you don't have much else.

[flowomo]

31. correct...

so many of my favorites over the past 40 years have been dismissed as "unelectable" --- including McGovern (and he wasn't, it turned out)

[EFerrari]

35. But it didn't become a catch phrase. n/t

[endarkenment]

18. obviously

[elfin]

20. Yes, in Clintonworld - and "elitist" is code for "uppity" nt

[Demobrat]

22. Yes. n/t

n/t

[kenny blankenship]

23. No. I think what she said was "the Sheriff is getting nearer"

[Raine]

24. Yes nt

[murielm99]

28. What nonsense.

Everything is not racist. Plenty of us don't like him for political reasons.

By crying racism over every criticism, you are playing the race card.

[EFerrari]

36. Oh, please. Everything is not racist but racism is racist.

Consider the arc of the Clinton campaign. When was the last time she disagreed on POLICY?

By pointing out race baiting over and over again, we're pointing out using race as a wedge issue. And, btw, "the race card" is a phrase coined by RACISTS.

[Shae]

38. It certainly is . . .

If Rev. Wright had been a white man, he would never have been an issue.
But he was a big, scary black man, so we had to spend weeks listening to MSM playing clips of his sermons in a loop.

[EFerrari]

39. We're better than that and American voters are agreeing that we are. n/t

[Shae]

40. and that's why

she didn't pull an upset in NC.
And it is very likely she would have lost in Indiana if not for the dittohead crossovers.

[EFerrari]

42. And the purging of black votes in Lake County.

Thousands of them. We'll never hear about that on CNN but it happened.

[highplainsdem]

27. Only if "No" is a code word for "Yes."

Sheesh.

Google (with the quotation marks to get the words in order):

"gore is unelectable"

"kerry is unelectable"

"mccain is unelectable"

and so on with the name of any politician who's ever run for president, and you will see that word used again and again by people who sincerely doubt they're electable.

How in the world do you get so paranoid that you have to believe when it's said about your candidate that it indicates racism?

You know, you really do come across as KoolAid drinkers when you have to come up with outlandish theories like this to try to explain why not everyone in your party is as madly in love with Obama as you are.

I think he MIGHT be electable. And I will vote for him. But I believe HRC would be more likely to win the GE.

But Obama supporters aren't doing themselves or their candidate any favors by posting silly threads like this implying anyone who doubts he's electable is racist.

[rodeodance]

29. Its the code word for a woman running to be President

[tpsbmam]

32. No. Look at past campaigns....

This has been said about a wide variety of candidates. Don't you remember the pundits and his Democratic competitors jumping all over Howard Dean, calling him unelectable? I certainly do (since I was a part of his campaign).

[romana]

33. No

It's a word people who don't support a particular candidate throw around, and has nothing to do with race or sex. I had to listen to it repeatedly in 2004 with Dean, and when I challenged people to explain why Dean was unelectable, but Kerry was was, none of them could articulate their reasons. They were just buying into the stupid talking point.

It's a stupid word to use, no matter which candidate you apply it to. The only candidate who is unelectable is the one who doesn't get elected in an actual election.

Edited for grammar.

[Why Syzygy]

34. Absolutely.

[Thrill]

41. If Democrats stick together like Repukes do

It doesn't matter if our candidate is Half Black or a woman. It would be a landslide. But as usual. Just like the Democrats in Congress. We rarely stick together

[NashVegas]

43. "Unelectable" Is a Code Word for "My Opponent"

[NatBurner]

47. ^^

[stillcool]

44. Yes.

[Perry Logan]

45. Mostly, it's just a sign that Democrats have a MAJOR problem with self confidence.

This is understandable after fifteen-some years of biased news and rigged elections.

[Buzz Clik]

46. No. It's code for "not Hillary."

[graycem]

51. Yes..

that's the argument being made... Kerry was unelectable because he wasn't charismatic, Gore was unelectable because he wan't liberal enough? Clinton was unelectable because he couldn't keep his peepee in his pants. There's always an excuse. Democrats have got to stop doing the Republican's job for them. Geeze.

Obama is just as/more electable than Hillary. She started out this race with high negatives and those have been there for years, and they are solid, you're not changing those minds. If she is on the ticket, the Republicans who aren't excited about McCain and likely to sit home, will suck it up just to come out and vote against her.

And for anyone who believes he isn't electable because he's black, well, I remind you that racism and sexism go hand in hand.

[madmom]

55. If this isn't "playing the race card" I don't know what is!