From a reader: why is our party tarnishing its reputation?

Posted by Michael on March 11, 2008 at 6:27 p.m. in Politics

Charles Allen, a member of that fine group of people who actually read Witigonen, sent in this question:

Why is it that the party’s elder statesmen/women have decided that this a great election cycle to tarnish their reputation? First we had Bill Clinton’s comments in South Carolina and now we have Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that: “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” It seems a shame that these individuals who have national credibility have decided that it is a better use of their time to attack other Democrats rather than the Republican nominee.

Good question. What do you think?

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Greed and a desire to win an election? I really hope not. Or I hope so.

If not, then it's just the same old racism repackaged with a modern look, and with the nasty aspect of it being used for political gain. As much as I have respected Hillary Clinton in the past (despite her vote for the war, which was inexcusable), her campaign's actions are really mystifying.

Posted by Ben on March 12, 2008 at 10:45 a.m.

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