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Hillary's reckless exploitation of racial division could split the Democratic Party over race -- a tragic legacy for the Clintons.
  • You are REALLY reaching, here--this is shameless

    Obama supporters claimed a few days ago that Clinton should stop talking about her advantage with "working class voters" because Barack Obama won "working class African-American voters." So, today, she added "white" in order to address those Obama supporters' concerns.

    NOW, you write an article like this. Exactly what is she supposed to do? IGNORE her advantage amongst impoverished people in this country? The point is, lower income people are voting for HER. African-American people, whether impoverished or not, are voting for HIM. This is a fact. Pundits have been saying for months that Obama gets the African-American vote. Isn't that, by your same standard, "racist"???

    If you think that's racist, you REALLY need to educate yourself about what racism is and isn't. Don't use such a powerful word in such a diminishing way.

    Racism: prejudice and discrimination based on race.