Talk About Cringe-Inducing

Posted on May 8, 2008 by andrew

Did Hillary really say this?

So what is the Clinton case for staying? “Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. ‘I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,’ she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article ‘that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.’”

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I’m sure she didn’t mean to say that all whites are inherently hard-working Americans or that non-whites are inherently not hard-working, but that sure is what it sounds like she said. If the media cared as much about race as it does about class (and if Hillary still had a chance to win), this would be as big a gaffe as Obama’s “cling to” phrasing a few weeks ago.

» Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, race

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