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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:21 PM
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Bill and Hillary Clinton are not racists, nor has the Obama camp claimed they are.
Let's move on.
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:30 PM
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1. No, they aren't
The people accusing the Clintons of being racists are just some of the Obama "supporters" on DU (really trolls from Free Republic who don't want Clinton or Obama to win and wouldn't vote for a Democrat anyway)
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:31 PM
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2. I haven't seen anyone on DU claim that
That's the OP's point. The only ones using that word are the Clinton supporters.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:32 PM
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19. That's how I've seen it.
Her side says that his side is saying....

But we never see exactly who on his side is saying it.
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:39 PM
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3. What was this Obama campaign memo implying? What about his spokesperson?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/read-obama-campaign-memo-_n_81220.html

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/obama_spokesperson_asks_is_there_something_bigger_behind_bill_and_hillarys_race_comments.php
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:41 PM
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4. The "pattern" is only a pattern of dirty smears. Race was not mentioned.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:42 PM
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6. Where do they call anyone racists?
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:42 PM
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7. They aren't stupid enough to directly call them racist
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:49 PM
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8. So why are you playing the race card?
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:52 PM
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10. I am not doing what the Clinton and Obama campaigns are doing
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:01 PM
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16. No, what the media is doing. We're bugs in a jar, and they're shaking it to make us fight.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:56 PM
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13. Senator McCaskill will also be endorsing Obama.
Isn't that great news? See, these things tend to sort themselves out...particularly among those who cannot be fooled about what is really going on.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvzT8keHzVS3YjP8BJDDrf64A_AwD8U4N5J00
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:53 PM
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12. So you will put words in their mouth?
They are not racists. I think this is a familiar term to many and it's easy to throw around.
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antiimperialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:41 PM
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5. Huffington Post, January 12th: Obama Camp's Memo on Clintons' Politicizing Race
Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has prepared a detailed memo listing various instances in which it perceived Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign to have deliberately played the race card in the Democratic primary.
The document provides an indication that, in private, the Obama campaign is seeking to capitalize on the view - and push the narrative - that the Clintons are using race-related issues for political leverage. In public, the Obama campaign has denied that they are trying to propagate such a perception, noting that the document never was sent to the press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/obama-camps-memo-on-clin_n_81205.html
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:51 PM
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9. Those bolded words are HuffPo's editorializations, aren't they?
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antiimperialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:53 PM
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11. Being bold don't make them false. Who made them bold is irrelevant n/t
Edited on Sat Jan-12-08 10:54 PM by antiimperialist
2+2=4 is the same as 2+2=4

race is race
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:00 PM
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14. What I mean is, that's HuffPo's words, not the Obama campaign's. You're buying the media hype.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:00 PM
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15. Saying that they are using race does not mean they are racists n/t
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:09 PM
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18. Some people are best ignored...
...if you know what I mean. ;)
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 11:07 PM
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17. Kick
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