Letters to the Editor
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No Racist
HRC is no racist. Neither is her husband.
But there's no doubt that they've tried to portray BHO as the black candidate, instead of a candidate who was black. They've pushed to marginalize him, to put him and his supporters on the periphery as much as possible.
That's okay, I guess, even though it's not a road I like to see people take. It's politics. It's better than Willie Horton, some at least.
But let's not fool ourselves about this tactic. Let's not try to say that it never happened, that it was ham-handedness in two of the most savvy politicians in the last two decades. These two don't make these kinds of mistakes.
Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action. Arguably, the dog whistle (exactly what it is, but c'mon, it's just politics) is the third time.
The pattern has been established. But it's just politics.
HRC is no racist. But neither will she be the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States. And those who would condemn Iraq to a hundred of years of war by voting for McCain, because their chosen one has lost? It's okay if you vote for more death. It's just politics, after all.