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Okay, let's assume that this represents what it looks like it represents, that there is a massive "I ain't voting for no n....r" component within Clinton base. She has, after all, served as First Lady of Arkansas, not exactly the state with the best race relations record.
The truly troubling thing is that her staff are spreading this garbage around as reason to vote for her.
Like it or not, Ms. Clinton has basically proven herself complicit in the crimes and misdemeanors of the current administration, one that makes the Grant presidency seem like a model for ethics reform and good government, to a frightening degree. She supported the war, and seems to have pledged to continue it on present course, she didn't oppose Nafta, she has done nothing to oppose the national surviellence activites of this president, etc.....
It seems obvious that another Clinton presidency will play out as Bill in a skirt. Nothing will change. The obscenely rich will get richer, the safety net for the poor will continue towards their ultimate goal of disappearing forever, and the ethically challenged principles of Clinton 1 will be perpetrated ad infinitum.
Given the cowardice shown by the current crop of Democratic officials in allowing this sub-human monster of a president to continue his beserker approach to politics, can we as a free nation afford another Clinton administration? Hell, at least McCain beleives in something, and frankly that is beginning to look preferable to the situational ethics of the Clinton camp.
I for one do believe that things will change in an Obama presidency. And honestly, any change at this point is preferable to another period of business as usual.
