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@AWalker, WHEW!!! I'm glad you clarified because my mouth literally dropped after reading your post.

Yes, Al Sharpton also ran and didn't get anywhere close to John Edwards in SC. But I now see what the issue is. You think Clinton was merely making "factual" statements wrt to why Hillary's campaign was not losing. Most of those actually offended by it (mainly blacks) believe his statement were demonstrative of why he thinks Obama was not a serious candidate. Hence, "the other black guy won here too." IMO, drawing a parallel between a black guy who won two decades earlier while refusing to acknowledge the poor showing of "the other black guy" four years prior, among the same group/demographic undermines what you think he was suggesting.

This also speaks to what many of us experienced from our liberal friends who questioned our "real" motivations for supporting Obama. Our friends, yes our "friends" conveniently and consistently ignored how we have historically (upwards of 90%) supported democrat candidates who were 98% white...98% of the time. In their minds, it was only until there was a viable black candidate that we began to vote along racial lines. Previous voting patterns mattered not.

And I'm sorry, you're not going to convince anyone (not predisposed to thinking Milloy is racist) that Milloy referring to Rhee as Tiger Mom was pure racism. This is another matter on which we will not agree.

Again, I'm glad you realized that blacks in SC didn't vote for "the other black candidate."

by HogWash on Jul 17, 2012 11:43 am • link • report