I saw this column from a disaffected Hillary supporter in the Seattle Times today, complaining about the Clinton campaign’s “race baiting.” The silliness of the article was boundless, but this line in particular caught my eye:
When a kid [sic], the sight of black people being mowed down with water hoses in Alabama made a Democrat out of me before I knew what a Democrat was.
Since the racists hosing down black people in Alabama were largely Democrats, and since all of them believed in the very un-Conservative view that skin color matters more than the individual, does that mean he was inspired to become a Democrat because he also hated black people and wanted to see them assaulted with fire hoses?
I mean, I’m just askin’.
And if it’s really race-baiting by campaign surrogates that gets his goat, does that mean he’ll be voting for John McCain after hearing Barack Obama’s pastor imply that Hillary is a racist because she “fits the mold” of the rich white oppressor?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I don’t miss Seattle one little bit.
Yah, I envy your leaving this hell -hole. The kid and I are heading down down to Texas in a couple of weeks to check it out – we are contemplating a move back.