The utter lack of empathy exhibited by Clinton supporters is quite telling. Ethnic minorities voice concern with respect to Clinton's divisive tactics, and these individuals callously dismiss their well-founded fears. They refuse to even acknowledge the legitimacy of their concerns. In fact, they appear utterly indifferent to the plight of minorities. It is becoming evident that many Clinton supporters look upon her not as an agent of change, but as a bulwark against change. Clinton, they have concluded, is the defender of white privilege.

Nonsense, you say? Fine. Rather than continually dismiss the fears of ethnic minorities, try to mitigate these fears!! Convince ethnic minorities that Clinton will represent ALL segments of the U.S. population. Demonstrate that you empathize with disadvantaged peoples. When was the last time a Clinton supporter made an overture to nonwhites?!

Posted at March 13, 2008 11:35 PM in response to Moment of sanity - thank you, Keith Olbermann

Do Clinton advocates have any misgivings whatsoever about the tactics employed by the former First Lady? Do they empathize with the plight of ethnic minorities in any way? Do they have any idea how these tactics have affected the minority community? Do they realize that their candidate has aroused fear in the hearts of innocents? Do they even care?

Posted at March 13, 2008 11:17 PM in response to Graceful Exit or Slow Bleed?

"Racist machine" indeed. Clinton's tactics have aroused more fear and anxiety in the minority community than any white supremacist organization ever could. Her tactics - and the rationalizations of her increasingly unhinged supporters - are absolutely appalling.

Posted at March 13, 2008 11:08 PM in response to Damning the Black Vote

Indeed.

Posted at March 13, 2008 5:38 PM in response to My Neighbor Loves Hillary

Clinton's conduct - knowingly promoting race hatred, prejudice and stereotypes - is beneath contempt. She has shamelessly aroused fear and trepidation among minorities, perhaps in a desperate effort to deter them from participating in the political process. Clinton's campaign is reminiscent of the JIM CROW era, an era when Southern Democrats employed "divide and conquer" tactics in a vain attempt to perpetuate the status quo.

Posted at March 13, 2008 5:27 PM in response to She got our antipathy the old fashioned way: She earned it.

Perhaps Clinton gloated about the anxiety and fear that she has created in the minority community. Perhaps she cautioned him that this fear will only mount in the coming months. Perhaps she forewarned her opponent that she will continue to stir up race hatred and prejudice unless and until he yields.

Posted at March 13, 2008 5:21 PM in response to Graceful Exit or Slow Bleed?

The "kitchen sink" to which you refer includes flagrant appeals to BIGOTS throughout the land. And you casually dismiss it - oblivious to the fears and anxieties this "kitchen sink" arouses in the minority community. Does it trouble that Clinton's tactics have alarmed vulnerable minority populations? It doesn't trouble you in the least, does it? You, like the candidate you support, are prepared to cast ethnic minorities to the wind. They are just poverty-stricken barbarians, after all. Right?

Posted at March 13, 2008 5:05 PM in response to Moment of sanity - thank you, Keith Olbermann

Perhaps Clinton's Jim Crow "divide and conquer" tactics are perfectly acceptable to her supporters. Perhaps they, too, are fully prepared to stir up race hatred and prejudice simply to achieve narrow political objectives. Perhaps they are indifferent to the anxiety and trepidation such tactics create in the minority community. Perhaps they, like the candidate they support, have no scruples whatsoever.

Posted at March 13, 2008 4:55 PM in response to Hillary: "I Regret Deeply" Ferraro's Remarks

23-year old friend in Portland, eh? Does your 23-year old friend condone Clinton's "divide and conquer" tactics? Does your friend realize that Clinton's tactics have galvanized and energizied BIGOTS throughout the nation? Does your friend care about the harm these tactics are doing to vulnerable minority populations? Can your friend stomach this? If not, perhaps your friend should reconsider.

Posted at March 13, 2008 4:47 PM in response to My Neighbor Loves Hillary

Hillary Clinton is blind - blinded by her own megalomaniacal ambition and lust for power. She is blind to the extraordinary harm she is inflicting on vulnerable ethnic minority populations. She is blind and oblivious to the FEAR her tactics have instilled in long-suffering victims of prejudice and discrimination. She is so self-absorbed, so consumed by egomania, that she is blind to pain her actions are producing.

Posted at March 13, 2008 4:42 PM in response to Paterson Is Lucky He's Black and Blind