Hillary Clinton’s anti-Sanders smears are completely out of control THURSDAY, NOV 5, 2015 10:13 AM

[UglyGreed]

Hillary Clinton’s anti-Sanders smears are completely out of control: Why her latest Bernie broadside is utterly hypocritical

Clinton is now suggesting that Sanders has a race problem—which is rich, considering her record on the subject

Hillary Clinton has already used Bernie Sanders’ comments about gun control to cynically accuse him of sexism. Now, she’s using his comments on gun control to imply that he’s a racist.

“There are some who say that this [gun violence] is an urban problem,” Clinton said on Friday, speaking to the Charleston, South Carolina NAACP, in a clear reference to Sanders. “Sometimes what they mean by that is: It’s a black problem. But it’s not. It’s not black, it’s not urban. It’s a deep, profound challenge to who we are.”

Clinton running an ad highlighting her support for gun control is politically smart given Sanders’ idiosyncratic record on the issue. But her willingness to smear a left-wing opponent is cynical and particularly remarkable coming from a candidate who has supported some of the most anti-black political initiatives of the past three decades.

Hillary Clinton embraced welfare reform, a major assault on poor people in general and poor black women in particular, and she brazenly stoked racist prejudice during her losing race in 2008 against Obama. She is also a very recent convert to the idea that the system of mass incarceration erected by her husband’s administration is a racist disaster (and something, as I will explore in my next story, that gun control measures often abet).

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/05/hillarys_clintons_anti_sanders_smears_are_completely_out_of_control_why_her_latest_bernie_broadside_is_utterly_hypocritical/

[nc4bo]

1. SSDY. Eom.

[DCBob]

2. What she said it perfectly correct..

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"some who say that this is an urban problem.. sometimes what they mean by that is: It’s a black problem. But it’s not. It’s not black, it’s not urban. It’s a deep, profound challenge to who we are."

There is nothing wrong with that statement.

You and other Bernie Brethren are desperate to push this racism/sexism thing. Get over it.

[JaneyVee]

6. Everyone on DU would agree with that statement 100%

Unless Hillary says it.

[mcar]

8. Yep

[artislife]

3. She sounds a bit like Trump to me. nt

[monmouth4]

4. This BS talk will lose the primaries for her. n/t

[Nitram]

5. My goodness, the Bernistas think everything is about Bernie, don't they?

Clinton did not name Sanders. She never used the word racist. She was criticizing Republicans who are on record calling it an "urban problem." Calm down, guys! there's no "there" here.

[JaneyVee]

7. Guilty conscience.

[mcar]

9. They need to find a there there

to keep up the pretense that HRC is "smearing" Sanders.