Race emerging as issue in Democratic campaign

www.ChicagoTribune.com ^ | 3-12-08 | By Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons | Washington Bureau

[NoLibZone]

WASHINGTON — Despite the celebration of Barack Obama's electoral successes as evidence that the nation has moved beyond racial divisions, signs are emerging of a small but unmistakable race-based resistance to his historic White House bid.

Beneath Obama's easy win in Mississippi on Tuesday, exit polls show a state polarized along racial lines, with white Democrats there rejecting his candidacy 70 percent to 26 percent, while 9 of 10 blacks voted for him. It's a dramatic reflection of a recurrent pattern most pronounced in the South.

Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984 the first woman nominated by a major party for vice president and a prominent Hillary Clinton surrogate, refused to apologize the same day for saying that Obama essentially is getting a race-based, affirmative-action break at the expense of Clinton.

[tcrlaf]

“Race emerging as issue in Democratic campaign”

Well, DUH!

Live by the Race card, die by the Race Card...

(Must... Get... More... Popcorn!)

[The_Republican]

Klinton moral values (kitchen-sink + race-card + scorch earth) emerging in Democrat race.

[hsalaw]

Beneath Obama's easy win in Mississippi on Tuesday, exit polls show a state polarized along racial lines, with white Democrats there rejecting his candidacy 70 percent to 26 percent, while 9 of 10 blacks voted for him. It's a dramatic reflection of a recurrent pattern most pronounced in the South.

So if 90% of blacks vote for Obama, it's not race-based, but if 70% of whites don't vote for him, it's racist? Only a lib looney Obama-supporter could think that makes sense. Maybe that 90% of blacks are women-haters because they don't vote for Hillary. Or maybe they're the racists because they won't vote for a white woman.

[The_Republican]

Not only, the fact Hillary gets overwhelming women’s vote, and that I guess is for ‘Solutions’ she has come up with and nothing to do with her genitals.

[Jeff Chandler]

“Ebony and Ovaries” (Paul Shanklin)

[hellbender]

Or maybe they're the racists because they won't vote for a white woman.

'Speshly a ugly white woman, bro.

[The_Republican]

Hahahahahahahaahaha! You got link?

[hsalaw]

Not only, the fact Hillary gets overwhelming women’s vote, and that I guess is for ‘Solutions’ she has come up with and nothing to do with her genitals.

I thought so, too, but I have several female friends who are dems and would never ever vote for her. Of course, they don't like Obama's empty rhetoric either, so they're stumped. (I know at least two of them will vote for McCain, and never admit it.) But I'm not sure dem women will lock-step vote for Hillaty.

[dfwgator]

When has race NOT been an issue in a Democratic campaign?

[hsalaw]

She’d sure be hard to look at for four years. Not to mention her shrill voice screeching at us.

[Jeff Chandler]

Heard it on Rush; nearly busted a gut.

[wardaddy]

you damn right....even the GOP does it sans for a brave few

[I still care]

“He has demonstrated strong crossover appeal to independents and even some Republicans.”

Ha. With open primaries, maybe some Republicans are just voting AGAINST Hillary?

[D-fendr]

Actually the white dems rejected the Dali Bama’s white half.

[wardaddy]

that’s true

[singfreedom]

Oh, come now, Clinton is not the only one playing the race card. Obama wants to have his cake and eat it too! Anything even remotely touching on race is deemed totally out of bounds by his campaign-—from his racist, U.S. hating church, to his association with a criminal politician, and his links to the Muslim faith.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

LOL!!! and true.

[NurdlyPeon]

Well, as a white male, I give you all my word of honor that if Hillary were a man, and Obama were white, I still wouldn’t vote for either of them. Hope that helps.

[Dr. Ursus]

I’m sixty. I remember free speech in this country.It’s
depressing that we’ve lost it.