As another one of the few commenters here that is actually black, I agree with much of what you say. However, I think that you may want to look at Senator Clinton's comments in context. The inclusion of "hard-working" when blowing the racial dog-whistle (whether black, white, asian, whatever) is specifically intended to signal that WE are indeed hard-working and deserving of special treatment while THEY are the product of undeserved special treatment. Senator Clinton's use of the word was directly to support the "affirmative action is the cause of all my problems" crowd. This is as true as Reverend Sharpton's use of hard-working to support the "the man is keeping me down" crowd. Both are used and both are wrong. In the context of Senator Clinton's remarks it was the use of the term "hard-working" that provided the wind for the dog whistle and, thus, it is a valid topic of discussion in this instance. Of course, this is just my opinion. YMMV.

Posted at May 10, 2008 11:38 AM in response to McAuliffe: This Race Won't Go To The Convention

Could you list any parts of this "huge advantage"? Thanks.

Posted at May 10, 2008 11:27 AM in response to McAuliffe: This Race Won't Go To The Convention

"Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, defended the view that Zionism is racism, accused the United States of terrorism, repeated his view that the government created the AIDS virus to cause the genocide of racial minorities, stood by other past remarks ("God damn America") and held himself out as a spokesman for the black church in America."

1. Wright's "praise" of Farrakhan was pretty much limited to noting that not many people could get 1 million people on the National Mall.
2. Wright's comments on Zionism were specifically pointing out that he was not talking about Judaism.
3. Wright said about the AIDS virus that he did not think it was impossible for our government to do such horrible things since there was that "little" incident in Tuskegee.
4. Wright limited his statement about "God damn America" to pointing out the biblical reference (Isaiah 61) that he was using at the time.
5. He did not hold himself out as the spokesman for the "black" church. He said that he was there to speak about a conference that was being held about the state of the "black" church in America.

What scares people so much about this man that they have to lie about him? And, what office is he running for?

Posted at April 28, 2008 3:32 PM in response to Poll: Hillary Gaining Ground In North Carolina