As Clinton and Obama supporters in the blogosphere go to war on identity politics, it's useful to step back and remember who the real bad guys are.
On the night of the Iowa Caucus, Bill “abort black babies” Bennett said:
Well, I think it’s, again, a wonder of America here. A remarkable breakthrough this year. As the other group said, 97 percent, in fact, Iowa rural, white, farming — farming state. Barack Hussein Obama, a black man, wins this for the Democrats. I have been watching him. I watched him on “Meet the Press,” I’ve watched him on your show, watched him on all the CNN shows — he never brings race into it. He never plays the race card. Talk about the black community — he has taught the black community you don’t have to act like Jesse Jackson, you don’t have to act like Al Sharpton. You can talk about the issues. Great dignity. And this is a breakthrough. And good for the people of Iowa.
What a complete jackass. I love walking past the Bill Bennett memorial high roller slot room here at in Vegas at the Bellagio. What a cowardly, opportunistic asshole this man is.
dnA, guest blogging at Carpetbagger, reminds us that black people don’t vote solely based on race.
What are the odds that more whites in SC will vote for Obama than blacks in SC will vote for Hillary and Edwards combined? Not that the results will prove anything, either way, it’s just illustrative. More blacks vote for white Democrats on a % basis than evangelicals vote for white non-evangelical Republicans. (Just ask Mitt Romney.)
© Jed Lewison