Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

190. I totally get what you mean here Number23. Even Joe Biden,

as much as I love and respect him, has said some untoward things. And some other ranking Democrats who've made stupid, idiotic, ridiculous statements about black people and other communities of color.

Here's the difference:

Bill Clinton hails from the Deep American South. (I'm also a proud daughter of the Deep South.) We know very well the Republican playbook--how they play racial politics. The Clinton Machine knew damn well what they were doing to divide the party. It is not lost on me that folks on that team like Carville are also southerner and a strategist, so he knows better.

When HRC made those untoward comments about MLK, Jr. vs. LBJ, that struck many black folk wrong. But when she continued to make these statements (e.g., "hard working white people," and references to Bobby Kennedy's assassination after knowing the death threats Obama faced) and her husband added to the hate; their surrogates like Ferraro, Carville, Rendell, et al. ran to Faux News to play the race card. These events are a bit different from a "slip of the tongue" gaffe here or there, or a Harry Reid-type, brain-fart moment.

The Clintons KNEW what they were doing. They were deliberately doing it, and that's what I find so concerning. I'm baffled by how many of us just dismiss this as if the Clintons didn't know or didn't mean any harm. Of course they meant harm!!

I know we don't agree on this issue and I'm very passionate about it; I can't just dismiss this behavior, on top of the fact that they are close to the McCains and the Bushes--and are not afraid to adopt very Republican, rightwing ideologies or agree to war.

This is just something I cannot reconcile within. I think we as black folk are far too accommodating and forgiving. That has allowed the Democratic Party to take advantage of us, to misuse us especially when they need votes, to talk down to us, and to dismiss all of our concerns. We see it right here on DU. If the folk on DU are bad, imagine what the attitude is of the average, rank-in-file Democrat who isn't supposedly as politically astute as we are.

I still believe that the Clintons have much to atone for. I really do. And I do not believe that HRC has this in the bag. Not by a long shot. Democrats are making a huge mistake if they think she's can just waltz in the White House. I can't be any more serious than I am. However, I do understand your point and I take it to heart.