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In reply to the discussion: Ms. Clinton [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,950 posts)she is merely "inarticulate" which is a nice way of saying clueless, or had malice, I offer this.
Suppose that she is genuinely sincere and "inarticulate." Well, for a woman whose main selling point is that she has YEARS of experience, is that really accpetable? Forget the days of Bill, forget her days in the Senate, but a remark like this shows that she did not learn from the 2008 campaign, one where, at the very least, she allowed the men in her campaign (Bill and Mark Penn) to say things that, at the most charitable, were STUPID. Four years and a few hundred million dollars later, and you STILL cannot think of a way to avoid big pitfalls? I can get that she is not the of the cuff orator Bill is, who is?, but someone with thius much experience should know that when you try to pander to those "hard-working americans, white americans" you lose, because they will want a real conservative, or as Truman put it "they will vote for a a Real Republican every time." What is even worse is that, after Alison "I won't even admit I voted for Obama" Grimes got her ass kicked, after Bill put pressure not to allow Ashley Judd to run, Hillary still has not learned. At the very least, she genuinely needs to do a Stalin level purge of all the incompetent fools that have given her terrible advice for years, and yes, that may very well include slapping her husband and telling him to stop acting like he is going to be the Mayor of the palace while she sits on the Throne.
Now, if she is genuinely color blind, as in blind to suffering of those with color, then we have swum into the really dangerous waters. If Black people realize that the democrats are no longer even willing to slice them the sliver that was barely an alternative to outright starvation, then we might be in real trouble. Fortunately, the Libertarians/aka Tea party/aka Wolves in sheep's clothing are gettign behind Rand Paul. Sadly, some white liberals like Ralph Nader are getting behind him, because they think they can sick Paul on the war machine and the anti dugs machine, but keep him tame enough not to destory social security. The Minorities are looking at this and going "yeah right, like Rand Paul is NOT a racist." But, fast forward, to where the GOP polishes up a Nikki Haley or Susannah Martinez, and the black and brown people might look at the Democrats and go "Gee, if we have to choose between you stabbing us in the back and the GOP punching us in the face, we might take our chances, because you all made it clear that you are willing to sell us down the river."
To quote an old 60's rock song I am sure Hillary is familiar with "who cares what games we choose, there's little to win, but nothing to lose." If you want to keep the Black and Brown people on your side Democrats, you need to make sure we never reach the point where we have nothign to lose, and we are closer to that than we should be.
