Comments on: The Knives Come Out http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/14/the-knives-come-out-2/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mockin'bird http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/14/the-knives-come-out-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73874 Mockin'bird Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:23:18 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/14/the-knives-come-out-2/#comment-73874 As Dr. King said,"...not by the color of their skin, but, by the content of their character." Mrs. Clinton and her surrogates are of bad character. If I were an older black voter, I would be experienced in seeing the bad character of both the black, and the white, race hustlers. But I'm a older white voter, and I am experienced in seeing the bad character of both the black, and the white, race hustlers. As Dr. King said,”…not by the color of their skin, but, by the content of their character.”

Mrs. Clinton and her surrogates are of bad character.

If I were an older black voter, I would be experienced in seeing the bad character of both the black, and the white, race hustlers.

But I’m a older white voter, and I am experienced in seeing the bad character of both
the black, and the white, race hustlers.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/14/the-knives-come-out-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73841 martian Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:08:37 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/14/the-knives-come-out-2/#comment-73841 I don't see Obama as blameless in this mess. It's obvious to me that he and his campaign staff have been looking for ANYTHING they could pounce on to bring up the race card and make him the victimized racial underdog in this contest. It takes a real stretch to take what Bill Clinton said as racial in any way, and I'm no fan of Slick Willie, but Obama's supporters managed to find a way. I guarantee he and his staff see it as the best way to pull the black vote away from Hillary. He has pretty much had the younger black vote fron the beginning but he's using this to go after the votes of the older (over 40) black voters who have still been mostly supporting Hillary. That said, I'm sure Hillary is (or was) trying to very subtly play the race card with her remarks. It was predictable (and predicted by several different people) that she would do so after Iowa. This could end up harming both of them - her for cynically playing the race card to win and Obama for being a whiner and playing it up as a victim. I don’t see Obama as blameless in this mess. It’s obvious to me that he and his campaign staff have been looking for ANYTHING they could pounce on to bring up the race card and make him the victimized racial underdog in this contest. It takes a real stretch to take what Bill Clinton said as racial in any way, and I’m no fan of Slick Willie, but Obama’s supporters managed to find a way. I guarantee he and his staff see it as the best way to pull the black vote away from Hillary. He has pretty much had the younger black vote fron the beginning but he’s using this to go after the votes of the older (over 40) black voters who have still been mostly supporting Hillary.

That said, I’m sure Hillary is (or was) trying to very subtly play the race card with her remarks. It was predictable (and predicted by several different people) that she would do so after Iowa.

This could end up harming both of them – her for cynically playing the race card to win and Obama for being a whiner and playing it up as a victim.

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