She is criticizing Obama for being unable to win over the working-class white people. By saying this is her base, she is implicitly saying that she will win the other traditional democratic groups (educated elite, blacks, etc…).
Personally I don’t think it’s offensive what she said. It’s true. She gets a lot of support from working-class whites. She stated it in a stupid way, but whatever. I am happy that it’s bringing her down though, because I’m sick of her shit.
WTF is going on with the super-delegates though? If my representation hadn’t already endorsed, then I’d never vote for them in a subsequent election.
What I don’t understand is the assertion by Sen. Clinton that, because she has more support from “hard-working” whites, and does better with Democratic-leaning independents, that she has a “broader base” from which to launch her effort at the White House, should she be the nominee. The results seem to indicate that her base is at best exactly the same size as Sen. Obama’s base, given that they’ve managed to split the vote and the delegates damn near down the middle, though she’s behind in both (where they both contested the outcome).
Oh, for Pete’s sake! I’m an Obama supporter, but Hillary Clinton is not the devil, nor is she a racist, nor does this statement imply that she is one. If you watched the youtube cite above, it’s pretty obvious that she corrected herself from “working-” to “hard-working” because she was about to say “working-class,” which many would have considered insulting. And she added “white” because the magazines or newspapers she was paraphrasing had said white and because the polls have been showing the racially divided figures, not because she thinks only whites work hard. You’d have been all over her if she had said “all working-class Americans” because it wouldn’t have been true for the black working-class. And even if she had truly thought that only white people worked hard, she wouldn’t be stupid enough to say so - and not even her worst enemy has accused Clinton of being stupid! Finally, she wasn’t saying that she was doing better; she was saying that several prominant news organizations were saying it, which I assume is true or she wouldn’t have said it (being that it’s so easily disproved). As to why she said it at all, well, she has to come up with something hopeful until she actually decides to throw in the towel. If there were articles suggesting she was picking up steam among a good sized demographic, that was something she could put forward.
It’s not necessary to hate Clinton in order to support Obama better. Why do you force the worst possible interpretation on her words and actions? If the worst thing she’s ever said is that quote, she’s led a pretty blameless existence. I don’t think she’s the best person in the world, and as I said, I’ve long since decided to support Obama, but in some ways I think Clinton would make a very good president, and if she magically became president I wouldn’t think it a bad thing. (well, I would because the democratic process would have been by-passed and also because I’d be forced to believe in magic, but not because she ended up as president).
Holy Christmas, you folks are going directly against the message Obama has been trying to convey - you shouldn’t hate your opponent, but rather find a way to work with him or her. You can be for someone or something without thinking the alternative is the anti-Christ.
Of course, when it comes to the Republicans, by all means go to town!
I am disturbed by all the suggestions that Obama will offer Clinton the VP spot. That would give a lot of Republicans who are thinking about voting for him pause, including myself.
I believe the consensus, at least on these boards, is it would be a terrible idea. My personal feeling is it would hand the election to McCain on a platter.
In her mind. It’s pure political spin, nothing more.
Did anyone see George Will’s column today (at least it was today in my paper)? It’s pretty funny, even if you don’t like Will. He does a good job of lampooning Hillary’s spin about how she is still a viable candidate and that she is in the lead by some measures.
I’m starting to wonder how Hillary herself sincerely believes she still has a chance to win. Underneath all the political smoke and rhetoric, what’s really going on in that head of hers? Is she so exceptionally cynical and selfish that she’s willing to risk damaging her party? I know a lot of people would say yes to that but I don’t believe it. I suspect something more akin to a deep personal denial. She’s probably been expecting to become the first woman President since grade school. Everything in her life and career has been geared to that one goal. She’s been taking it for granted that it will happen. She expects it like she expects snow in the winter. She thinks it’s her fate and she just can’t believe it’s not happening now. Coming to grips with not being the one to make history is a tough pill for her to swallow. So much so that she’s refusing to accept reality and persisting in self-delusion.
Nevertheless, if Flickr is permissible, 