Letters to the Editor
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@ Dr. Zachary
You say: "this isn't about racism, in the sense that HRC or Bill or GF are racists; it's about keeping the subject of race in the news, thus allowing the folks who inclinations to view the world through racist lenses...to view BHO not as a candidate who happens to be black, but as the black candidate."
What qualifies you and other posters to state with such certainty that the Clinton campaign is doing any such thing? Do you have an inside track with someone working on the campaign? Have you worked on the campaign yourself? How are you all so dead certain of this Clinton heart of darkness you so firmly believe in? And why are you so cavalier about insulting those who don't agree with you and who support Senator Clinton?
BTW, while y'all are nattering away about Geraldine Ferraro and the Clintons, much of the rest of America is getting very, very upset about Rev. Wright. The video clip is all over the Internet and the reader comments are not pretty.
In case no one has seen it: In the unabridged (Fox) version, Wright tells his congregation that Bill Clinton has been 'riding the black community like Monica Lewinsky', as the reverend does an on-camera bump and grind. He doesn't spare Hillary, on his way to eviscerating white America at length. Instead of 'God Bless America', Wright proposes black Americans sing "Goddamn America'. All in all, it's a pretty damning bit of showmanship.
Remember, Obama has described Wright as his spiritual mentor of 20 years, the man from whom he borrowed the phrase "Audacity of Hope", his 'old uncle'. His is the church that Obama has chosen to be a member of for 20 years. He was married in Wright's church, his kids attend it. Wright is apparently part of Obama's inner campaign circle.
Mainstream America isn't going to blame the Clintons for this video (and rightly so). But it is going to be very, very unhappy about what Obama's embrace of Wright's church says about Obama and his judgment, or lack of it.