Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Racists give Hillary wins in Indiana and Pennsylvania.

Kevin Merida of the Washington Post has released a blistering expose that sheds light on the real reason why Hillary Clinton won Indiana and Pennsylvania.

It wasn't Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos. It wasn't all of the various issues that Obama's had of late, with his pastor and his questionable associates and his wife's disparaging comments about America or his own disparaging comments about the 'bitter' Americans who form the bulk of the voter base in those states. It wasn't even that those voters may have legitimately thought over their votes and decided that she was a better candidate.

No, the real reason is simple: Racism.

His evidence:
  • A 20-year-old campaign worker says someone said something like "I wouldn't vote for a black person,"
  • Uncorroborated claims from a campaign worker about something said on a phone call,
  • A documentary film-maker (who also happens to be a Kennedy) says "Racism happens,"
  • A high school student says he heard of something happening, but wasn't there to witness it,
  • Another uncorroborated claim from a campaign worker that someone pointed to her t-shirt,
  • A Democrat voter saying he's scared that people might not vote for a black man,
  • A Democrat Hillary Clinton supporter writes a letter to the editor that shows his own lack of knowledge,
  • A statement from the Obama campaign that says that the campaign has been overwhelmingly positive, and
  • Obama is winning.
Clearly, we're all just a bunch of 'typical white people' who are bitterly clinging to our antipathy of people who aren't like us.

Wierd that all of the people mentioned as 'evidence' in this story about racism were Democrats, though. I must've read that wrong ...

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