Letters to the Editor
Sean Fisher
Published Letters: 1
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Hillary's poor choice of words
[Read the article: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear Mr. Conason,
I too was taken aback by Senator Clinton's remarks when I heard them played back on the Daily Show the other night. Like you, I do not believe she meant any insult. In my opinion, was simply stumbling in her attempt to prop up her argument for her continuing candidacy. I think this thesis is supported by repetition of the word "working".
If I may speculate freely, it seems to me that she initially was trying to describe her favored demographic (white working class voters) simply as working class, added the hard adjective, then decided she had to add the white adjective to be accurate. If you replace her line with "white working class Americans" it becomes far less offensive. I would not be surprised if she was quite tired when this occurred.
I must emphasize, however, that above is only to excuse her motives, not the unintended message that she sent out, which , as you say, has a Wallace like echo to it.
A final thought. You may get some Hillary defenders writing to you, who are dismissive if not contemptuous of your argument. I hope you will excuse their fervor given their understandable disappointment in the fate of their candidate.
Keep up the good work,
Sean C. Fisher