Letters to the Editor
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They're just black votes
It has been really difficult to read Joan's writing during the campaigns. She seems to be bending over backwards to explain and excuse Bill and Hillary's incredibly bad behavior, poor decisions and out-right dishonesty. While at the same time constantly repeating the Clinton's talking points: Obama is inexperienced; Obama is too sensitive; the media is ganging up on her; if he thinks it's bad now, wait until the Republicans get hold of him.
HIlary and Bill's comments about MLK, and the Obama "fairy tale" while maybe not racist on their surface were condescending and dismissive, and very clearly used one of the psychological weapons of discrimination ("come here, boy") to belittle Obama and his supporters. People correctly understood the tone of their words and responded accordingly. Then, as usual, Clinton (and Joan) complained that it wasn't fair.
Now I am curious to see if she has anything to say about the Jesse Jackson comments or even a follow up to Glenn Greenwald's excellent post.