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aclyburn
Ah - but Hillary Clinton has.  Hillary Clinton has become the chief spokesperson for hidebound bigots nationwide.  She has employed tactics that have delighted bigots across the land - questioning the intelligence of minority voters, the credentials of minority candidates, and the commitment of minorities to this republic.  Bigots - for the first time in decades - genuinely have cause for celebration.  And we have Hillary Clinton - not Bush - to thank for for it.    ]]> tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.183244 2008-03-13T14:57:52Z 2008-03-13T14:57:52Z

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aclyburn Southern Poverty Law Center's site?  If so, you would undoubtedly understand my concern.  Will Hillary's inflammatory and incendiary remarks/tactics give rise to prejudice and violent attacks against hapless innocents?  Will her words/actions prompt some members of the majority population (already disaffected by an increasingly depressed economy) to target vulnerable minorities?  Don't dismiss the possibility because it is too horrible to contemplate, or because in your estimation, it is unlikely.  Confront it.  Ponder it.  Will this occur?  Will Hillary Clinton's words drive some jaundiced individuals to commit unspeakable acts?  Moreover, does she even care?  This unprincipled, unscrupulous demagogue is knowingly endangering a long-suffering, socioeconomically disadvantaged minority group - a group that represents a mere 12% of the population - to further her own narrow aims.  How does this would-be presidential aspirant differ from Strom Thurmond and other (hypocritical) segregationists, who employed such "divide and conquer" tactics to maintain their stranglehold on power?  How many lynchings and race riots did such tactics produce?  Hillary Clinton claims to be tolerant and broad-minded - but in truth, she is a throwback to an earlier era - an era when self-serving charlatans jeopardized the lives of the powerless to enhance their own power.         Far too many prominent citizens have excercised caution with respect to Mrs. Clinton's flagrant attempts to "divide and conquer" the electorate.  Their silence is being interpreted by many as either tacit approval and/or indifference.  Does someone have to PERISH before they  recognize the dangers inherent in Clinton's strategy?  How will they react when, in the near future, an African-American professional is assaulted by some ill-educated brute ranting about "Affirmative Action," etc., etc.?  Hillary Clinton has apparently concluded that oppressed minorities are expendable.  If one or two hate crimes occur, so be it.  Do others share this sentiment?  If not, they must disavow these tactics in no uncertain terms - before Mrs. Clinton and her surrogates claim their first victim.         ]]>