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FirmhandKY -> RE: Latest Democratic Dirty Tricks (5/3/2008 7:40:00 AM)
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ORIGINAL: cjan
"There you go again", Firm, ( in the immortal words of Ronnie Reagan).
Everyone knows that politics is a dirty game played by both sides, thank you very much. What seems to work so well, in this country, whose citizenry is so easily manipulated, is to toss out inflammatory, red herring , comments and issues, in order to distract and exhuast the limited attention span of the average voter.
How's that KY holding out ?
Some points, cjan.
As some posters have said, dirty tricks seem to be a part of politics, and I don't expect that to change. Neither do I approve of them, but they seem to be an unalterable part the US political landscape.
The reason that I posted this thread (and will continue to update it) is that there is a certain segment of the population - and posters here - who seem to think that "their party" doesn't stink. To me, this seems especially true of the ones who support Democrats, and even more so of those who support Obama.
Currently, I've not made a final decision about who I will vote for is this election. I don't particularly like any of the choices or probable choices, but I do have some leading thoughts.
In particular, I don't like the Obama's campaign's messianic, non-specific type of campaign. It smacks of hypocrisy and manipulation.
So the reason for this thread is:
1. To chronicle all three candidates "dirty tricks" as they are exposed.
2. To specifically chronicle the Obama's campaign's "dirty tricks",
3. To specifically chronicle Democrats "dirty tricks".
So here is the next one, apparently from the Obama campaign against Clinton:
The Hillary Clinton campaign has run on a platform of 90’s nostalgia, but it won’t like this flashback to 1992. A video making the rounds today shows James Carville, George Stephanopolous, and Mickey Kantor conferring over polling results for Indiana. Kantor, who would become a member of Bill Clinton’s Cabinet and an adviser to Hillary now, offers a pungent view of Indiana voters that gives an idea of the contempt in which Democrats hold white, working-class Americans:
Kantor: Wait, wait, look at Indiania — 42-40. It doesn’t matter if we win. Those people are shit. Oh, excuse me … How would you like to be a worthless white nigger?
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What makes this worse is that Kantor gives that creepy, sotto voce whisper while saying this, knowing how bad it sounds but obviously unable to stop himself from saying it. Neither Carville nor Stephanopolous challenge Kantor, at least not in this clip. All three appear to agree that Indiana voters are worthless for Democrats even when they supported Clinton.
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However, the disgust for the white working class comes through much more clearly in this video, and the fact that it comes from a former Clinton Cabinet official and current adviser makes it all the more compelling.
Indiana voters go to the polls in less than a week. Will they figure out which campaign despises them less?
The article has a lot more detail, as well as the video's of the altered and unaltered event. Interesting reading.
Firm
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