Some Black posters here, as well as in the Black Political Blogosphere, have been pointing out the Southern Strategy that Clinton has been using on Obama.
I was actually shocked that someone in the MSM- Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, actually brought it up; from where I read, it's been a deliberate attempt to ignore that the Clintons are trying to 'Willie Horton'-ize, Barack Obama.
The Black Blogosphere, however, has been all over this - connecting the dots of this quite obvious attempt to use a Southern Strategy.
Big hint: telling a Black person that the racism they have been trained to recognize, because our SURVIVAL in this country depends upon it-" isn't there", isn't a good idea. That this is some sort of 'coordinated effort' by Obama supporters, doesn't fly.
Like, we didn't have anything better to do, but come up with this ' fantasy' of the Clintons using a Southern Strategy. We're pointing it out BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US. To think that the pattern would just ' fly over' Black folks' heads, and that we would just shuffle along and vote for Miss Hillary -uh uh.
As a Black person, I HAVE to take this racist bull when it comes from a Republican.
But, I'll be damned if I'll accept it from a Democrat.
I.DON'T.THINK.SO.
And, for those who ask, ' Well, why doesn't Obama speak up about this?'
You know damn well why he doesn't speak up about this, but I'll explain it to you.
The reason why a racist strategy is so harmful to a Black candidate is BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WAY OF OPPOSING IT. If they stand up and say, look at those SOB's pulling this racist shit on me, you know what will happen?
Oh, he's just saying that because he's Black.
I've been getting that BS from the so-called Progressive Bloggers on this and other sites - like they can't string this together and see a pattern.
And, that's part of the Clinton's Southern Strategy - they know it, which is why they're doing it.
So, why don't you click on a few of the links below and educate yourself. Because, this isn't going away. We know The Southern Strategy, and its racist underbelly when we see it, whether used in Alabama & Texas, or in this case, Iowa and New Hampshire.
LINKS:
Hardball Transcript,December 19th - report on canvassers raising ' electability' issue BECAUSE OF RACE
Just in case you thought Kerrey's Apology MEANT ANYTHING
He's Black! He's a Muslim! He's Black!
Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama: A Modest Translation
Bob Kerrey on Obama-Fear This Man, He's One of THEM
Not the kind of history this bitch wants to make
Easy as 1-2-3
Clinton Acolytes' Racist Attacks
The Real Race Card
Some advice from the field
Bill Clinton on Charlie Rose about Obama:Who does he think he is?
Is Hillary Clinton trying to 'Willie Horton' Barack Obama?
Hillary Clinton Comes out AGAINST Retroactivity for Drug Sentencing
BTW, it began in Iowa, at the Black and Brown Issues Forum, when Hillary Clinton declared that she was AGAINST retroactivity with regards to drug sentencing.
I wrote some days ago that the Black folks on Daily Kos were canaries in the mine about this issue, and I was attacked for it. Believe us, don't believe us, it's real, and it's so not going away.