OK, so it’s not a surprise that Hillary Clinton has been projected the winner of the WV primary. But did you know that no Democrat has won the White House since 1916 without winning the WV? Democrats carried West Virginia in 1992 and 1996, but lost the state—and the White House–in 2000 and 2004.
Hmm.
Electability, folks.
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Go Hillary?
Hillary could not win a dog catcher seat in the black community!
How ANY person of African descent could support her, given her naked lowest-common-denominator appeal to the racial divide, is beyond me. I mean, support whomever you please but recognize that at a certain point one must speak out against what is clearly wrong.
What is truly tragic is that the legacy the Clintons had built amongst their most consistent and ardent supporters — blacks — is destroyed. She’ll never recapture the African-American vote again. Of course, she may not care since she has opted to work out of Karl Rove’s playbook.
There’s a lesson black folks should learn from the seeing the real Clintons — the same Clintons that spearheaded the Rev. Wright smear campaign and brought Farrakhan into the last debate: Democrats are no different than Republicans in many respects. Race trumps everything, unfortunately!
Chaz – you are entitled to your opinion and I’m entitled to mine. Go ahead – keep believing that it was the Clintons who played the race card, when in it was actually Obama. Are you the one who emailed me the Rush Limbaugh BS about Rev. Wright? Perhaps if you did your own research, you’d discover that a whole lot of us knew about the Wright story a long time before it became MSM news. This story came out over a year ago. Kinda hard to blame it on the Clintons, now isn’t it?
One thing I haven’t done on this blog – I have not attacked Obama. No matter how tempted I’ve been, I haven’t done it. And to be perfectly honest, I’d love to know who died and left you the spokesperson for the black community.
You don’t speak for me. Please take your race-baiting BS elsewhere.
Amen VJP, Amen!
I ponied up some more dinero for our girl tonight. I hope thousands join me.
Chaz needs to head over and read some of the posts on BAR. He might learn something.
Like how BO has no agenda for the black community (Hillary does). How BO hasn’t spent any money in the black media (Hillary has). Who blew off the “State of the Black Union” event? (Hint – it wasn’t Hillary.)
While we are fighting among ourselves. Democrats just went 3 for 3 in special elections for the House
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_county/MS_Page_0513.html?SITE=MSJADELN&SECTION=POLITICS
All 3 are D pick-ups and these last 2 (LA and now MS) were very red districts in very red to pretty red deep south states.
Is there a tsunami getting ready to roll over the gop this fall or what? Wow!
Did anyone see this?
Amazing.
Well, Ms. Brazile, at least that is a new line. Before we were just uneducated racists and bitter white trash henchmen. I think we are making progress with Obama supporters!
The point is well taken from your original post that Barack Obama has some reaching out to do to the white, older, blue collar democrats who have consistently supported Hillary in the primary, not only in West Virginia but in all states.
Thank you, anon, for understanding my point.
The flip side of your WV point is that no republican has won the WH without Ohio.
RCP polling average;
Clinton 47.7 McBush 42.3 with the last 2 polls Clinton +10 and +11
Obama 42.3 McBush 45.7 with no poll showing Obama in the lead.
Food for thought….
hillary is going to the end , a civil war awaits in denver this summer, the only person to stop a war is her, as for the other guy in the race my call now tim kain is his VP.
Yes, the story came out over a year and a half ago, which is precisely what Limbaugh asserted. If it’s BS, as you suggest, then flush it out and make it plain. Who’s his source? I’m no fan of Limbaugh, or anyone of his ilk, but I believe him, given how Hillary has been playing to the racial divide of late.
Black folk are not sheep that vote blindly, even along color lines (see results of Rendell-Lynn Swann Pa Gov. race). We vote our interest, plain and simple.
Hillary has the talent and experience to have defeated Obama on the strength of her own merits. She did not have to resort to character assassination and race-baiting.
There is a clear line of demarcation we can all use to discern when ANY candidate crosses the line between contrasting their attributes with those of their opponents. But when politicians begin to bring into question the character of their opponent, they have crossed the line. Hillary did that during the last debate when SHE brought up Farrakhan. She gave credence to the William Ayers fiasco. She threw gasoline on the Rev. Wright issue.
She has profoundly hurt this man in the minds of millions of Americans. He may not ever recover from this character assassination. There’s no criticism he has leveled at her during this campaign that impugns her character. And he’s had opportunities to take the bait, ie, Bosnia lie (or ‘misspeak’), the lie about the woman and her sick child that the hospital repudiated, where the $109 million came from. He’s taken the high road.
She lost me (and I dare say, millions of other loyal black Democrats) that night. And to add insult to injury, she race-baits in a desperate attempt to win a nomination she can’t win. The woman is through when it comes to African-American voters. Of all people, the Clintons have a feel for the nuances of black culture. THEY KNOW BETTER. How disappointing this is.
Now, you can dismiss this as partisan rhetoric if you are so inclined. I’m being honest when I assert these things. Vivian, you got your work cut out for you. You can self-justify if you want, the Clintons have ruined their legacy with the black political collective in our country. The Clintons have shown their true colors.
One more thing. I may not be “the spokesperson for the black community,” my sister, but clearly I am rooted in the 90+ percent of African-Americans — people from all educational, economic strata and regions — that support Barack Obama.
That puts YOU in the less than 10 percenters. Now, who made you the spokesperson for the black community?
“But when politicians begin to bring into question the character of their opponent, they have crossed the line.”
Character matters, Chaz. If Clinton’s long-time pastor and mentor were a race-bating white hate-monger, you’d say she was unfit to be President based on that association.
Anon, by that same standard, how does Hillary pass the character test? Moreover, Rev. Wright is NOT Barack Obama. He is Jeremiah Wright.
On the other hand, Hillary — not an associate — lied multiple times about Bosnia snipers and the woman with the sick child. Yet her character was not brought into question by Obama.
Let me put it to you another way, Anon. Take a look at this video. In it you’ll find the man credited with delivering Pennsylvania to Hillary. And by the way, a man mentioned in the past as a viable presidential and vice presidential candidate.
He was by her side during the last debate when she brought up Farrakhan, another controversial and vilified person that scares white people. Someone you can exploit to play to fears rooted in the racial divide. (I take note you referenced Wright in your post, so obviously this tactic worked with you)
Now, before you watch this video, remember, he may run for president one day. Will this video hurt him? Will people attempting to impugn his character use this video?
Here’s another (rhetorical) question: Why didn’t the Obama people use this video to counter Hillary bringing up Farrakhan?
The bottom line is, people should be judged on their words, actions, policies, record, etc, — not on those that are in their sphere of influence!
The Rev. Wright issue was bogus from the start — the product of a desperate attempt to defame a man who has lived a clean life. If you can’t find anything on him, find someone near him, anyone, as long as you assassinate his character. This is everything that is wrong with our politics and country now, and I hope Obama does not fall prey to it, even if he loses the election. Now here’s the video:
Chaz – First of all, it doesn’t matter how Rev. Wright got brought up or who did it. That is irrelevant. And we should be thanking our lucky stars that it came up sooner rather than in October when it could have spelled instant defeat.
Second, you’re mad about the affect that Rev. Wright has had, that’s not Hillary Clinton’s fault. The fact that certain people had a reaction to this is all them. The fact that there are not-well-informed, ignorant people in America is not something that Hillary Clinton had anything to do with.
Also, last I checked, as free individual, you have a choice about which church you attend. Your choices speak to the person you are. It’s not defamation to associate me or anyone else with the church we attend and the clergy who provide us spiritual guidance.
Last, way to go on promoting party unity. If Obama is the post-partisan candidate and he is above the politics of the past 200+ years of American history, it is odd that you as his supporter would not be adopting that ethos too. I’d advise you not to attack Clinton supporters. If you have a problem with Hillary Clinton, feel free to write her directly.