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Hillary can't win the people you need to win in November
Hillary is desperately playing the race card by insinuating that she is more likely to win in November because she has won a higher percentage of less-educated white people. This assertion on its face is absurd, but the purpose of the comment is clear. Hillary want us to react by calling her a racist or race-baiter in an attempt to be perceived as the victim. Please do not take the bait. Please react to this in a manner that is equally calculating. This is what Obama supporters should be saying:
"Hillary is not winning African Americans and college educated people. Don't you have to win these people to win the presidency? She is only getting 10 percent of the African American vote. Democrats in recent history have never won the Presidency with only 10 percent of African American support. And the college educated. These are the "liberal elites". Hillary will never get elected if she loses these voters in droves to John McCain."











Comments (2)
i don't think the blacks and educated liberals will cast the vote for mccain in droves--that is the whole point of being non-white and educated. it means you are either able to reason things out logically (educated) or you know first hand what it's like to be treated differently (non-whites); however, it is plausible that they sure as heck will stay home and let hrc's white uneducated voters tough it out for her.
i am so disenchanted with hrc that it hurts. i feel the way she must have felt when bill finally got caught in his NUMBER ONE LIE. i feel so betrayed. i still cannot believe hrc and her clan are closet racist who are on their way to becoming badge wearing klan members.
May 8, 2008 12:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
IT'S THE PRIMARY.
I'm sorry to shout, but to suggest that because Clinton is winning only "10 percent of African American support" in a primary, running against a another democrat, that she wouldn't win those votes in the general election, with a democrat running against a republican, is ridiculous on it's face.
Come on. This is the same goofy proposition being put forth by the Clinton camp, for which you criticize it.
May 9, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
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