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I have long rejected all the demeaning adjectives that Rush and the other Republican hit men have thrown at her over the years. But after watching Hillary and her campaign staff over the past months I really wonder. It is unconscionable for a Democrat to race bait. Make no mistake that the image of Obama as young , black, male, drug dealer that Shaheen injected into the campaign narrative was intentional and probably green lighted by top campaign staff. Then Mark Penn comes on Hardball with a smirk that would do W proud and launches an attack on Axelrod, drops a gratuitous reference to cocaine and claims that Shaheen was not part of the Clinton Campaign even though he is Co-Chairman. Howard Wolfson has appeared multiple times on tv, looking like a thug and acting like an attack dog who is willing to twist any statement for cheap political gain. And the candidate herself exudes a sense of entitlement by saying she has never given a thought to not winning. And then plays the victim when called something as heinous as disingenuous. I have always been sympathetic to Hillary because I have thought she became an easy target for all the RW'ers who wanted to erase the 60's and return women and blacks to their place of subservience to white men. But I am deeply disappointed by the tone of her campaign and the substance of her votes in the Senate. I hope that she gets rid of the staffers that have done so much damage to her persona. Although, I am a Dodd supporter I had always been comfortable that despite the Iran/Iraq votes, I would have no trouble supporting Hillary in the general election. I am no longer so certain.
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