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So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by "hard-working Americans, white Americans," and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candidate, just can't cut it with that crowd.

"There's a pattern emerging here," said Mrs. Clinton.

There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Republicans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limited to the South. Now the Clintons, in their desperation to find some way — any way — back to the White House, have leapt aboard that sorry train.

He can't win! Don't you understand? He's black! He's black!

I don't know if Senator Obama can win the White House. No one knows. But to deliberately convey the idea that most white people — or most working-class white people — are unwilling to give an African-American candidate a fair hearing in a presidential election is a slur against whites.

--Seeds of Destruction

DailyKos diary (as usual, the comments are equally edifying)

The "Bitter" End -- worthwhile read

DailyKos diary: 'If Hillary did not mean "white Americans" statement in a racist way, why hasn't she clarified?'

Hillary's "white Americans" comment causing a quick firestorm (from 5/8/08)

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Washington's Great "No Inflation" Hoax