Really, just shut the hell up. Get off the TV, you loser. And, while you're at it, take the rest of the dinosaurs with you.
I watch you occasionally, just to be amused at how utterly stupid and inflammatory a person can be, and still make a living as a "pundit". But you and yours are crossing the lines of common decency.
Tucker and his cohorts are trying to divide the Democrats along racial lines. They are trying to portray Democrats as being as racist and bigoted as Republicans, but we all know better. These demagogues, with their bully pulpits, and access to millions of homes and car radios, don't like the real story, so they are compelled to create the story. They will take any utterance, any nuance, any atom of any cherry-picked comment by Bill Clinton, or by some member of a candidate's staff, and twist it into a "subtle" racial attack.
Perhaps Tucker should remember that John Edwards is a native of South Carolina, which may help explain why the polls among whites are being kind to Edwards in that state. But, no; Tucker and his brain trust blame it on simple racism.
Perhaps the "racial divide" among South Carolinians polled is due to the fact that Hillary is better-known by white voters, and more trusted than Obama. Maybe it's just politics, Tucker, and not bigotry at all.
Perhaps Obama is stronger among black voters because FINALLY they have a candidate, after some 230 years, who is giving the status quo something new to think about. Perhaps black voters DO have something to be proud of, and I certainly don't blame them for supporting a black candidate, and especially a candidate who is fully qualified and capable of handling the job. Black voters have had virtually no other realistic choice but white candidates since they were FINALLY granted the right to vote. If this can be at all construed as "racism", it is not a negative kind; it's a proud kind, and there is one hell of a big difference.
Friends, Democrats, Liberals... please do not let these vapid opinionists turn our party, our philosophy, our ideology, into THEM. Don't let them drag us into a quagmire of racism and in-fighting over the color of a candidate's skin. They are desperately trying to do just that.
These mongers of hate would love nothing better than to rip us apart from the inside. Their empty-headed fans will undoubtedly fall for it, so the main thing we're going to hear for the next several weeks, or months, is that one candidate or the other won the nomination largely because he or she was able to capitalize on the bigotry of the American people.
But, no; that's how Republicans win elections. I will not be sucked into that game. When I am for or against a candidate, I will make it unmistakably clear that it is because of issues, records, and policies, and not because of something as shallow as skin pigment.
I apologize for the rant, but these wingnuts disgust me, and I can't help myself. There is little doubt that race AND sex are factors among some voters, which makes 2008 a potentially earth-shaking year for the USA. But we can't let 'them' turn it into a negative. We should recognize and celebrate the differences, the fresh air, the new perspectives, the utterly positive impact it will have on this nation if the tradition of electing old white men to the office of President is finally broken. This time, we have a buffet of prime candidates from which to choose, and I WILL NOT be dragged down to the level of these haters.
If I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong, because I'm here to learn.
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