Repercussions of The Clinton Race Baiting Southern Strategy
posted in Socio-Economic | | EMail This Post | View blog reactions | Print This PostThe Southern Strategy is basically a republican strategy that has been consciously and widely employeed since the 60’s by republicans to play to the racial fears of whites in the South to get them to vote against the candidate favored by Blacks (always the Democratic nominee in presidential politics). It’s a strategy of using racial polarization.
Hillary Clinton, for the first time at least in a presidential campaign, employeed this strategy within the Democratic party against a fellow Democratic candidate.
The Blogger at ‘Colored Girls Who Have Considered Cutting Off Their Hair’ says in a piece called “Will The Real Hillary Clinton Stand Up!”; which is a message to other women from a women about why she no longer finds the Clinton’s trust worthy and can’t support Hillary even if female, says:
“Hillary Clinton is a chameleon. Until her defeat in Iowa, Hillary Clinton assumed her candidacy was inevitable. Not until Barack Obama became a real threat to her candidacy did we see any sign of emotion. Don’t get it twisted her emotion was birthed from fear which then turned to anger then with the ruthlessness of pit bull, the Clinton’s set out to do what they do best.
They have embarked on a strategy of talking about race (divide & conquer). Bill and Hillary Clinton have succeeded in making an election that was about gender and age (experience) into one that is about race. It didn’t matter that the Obama’s campaign has resisted any temptation to campaign on race. Don’t be deceived the Clintons decided to play the race card in order to achieve the polarization of the white vote that they needed to offset that among blacks.”
Another Blogger and democratic voter, Shawn at the Dallas South Blog published a post on January 15th entitled Robert Johnson et. al. tears down Barack Obama to lift up Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid .
Amongst thoughts echoing what I and others were saying about Clinton race baiting, the stricking statement that stuck out to me was when Shawn states “I now see what Republicans mean when they accuse the Clintons of being divisive.”
Even though I voted for Bill in my first opportunity at the ballot box in ’96, I was tired of the Clintons and their suffocating crap before they were out of office; and was glad to see them go. When talking to people who favor the democratic side of the isle over the last 8 years in general, and Blacks of that persuasion in particular; I could hardly move them off their adoration for Bill, nor usually get them to concede any negatives.
In one week Bill and Hill did that all by their lonely. Point being that, Bill has lost a lot of his luster; and damaged his cache’ with many.
Also in another post entitled Bill Clinton goes off on CNN’s Jessica Yellin, part of divide an conquer strategy, Shawn says “I went into this seeing two good candidates, actually three, that the Democrats had to offer. Now that a fourth, Bill Clinton has entered, its looking like Obama, Edwards, or nothing for me.”
I think these views, and you can read mine all over this site in post like Obama And Clinton Truce: The Ballot or the Bullet; reflect where a lot of people are moving — where a lot of people are moving who Hillary would need to win in November to get the nomination; who may just stay home, or vote for Cynthia McKinney on the Green Party ticket in protest.
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