Reply #36: It sounds like we agree that Obama is intelligent, it would be unethical for anyone

[pampango]

to inject race into the campaign, and that intelligence and ethics are two different things. I'll add to that that both Clintons are very intelligent. I am sure you won't disagree with that.

To me it is fairly simple. If Obama can transcend his race and appeal to all types of voters, which is necessary to win the nomination, then he is a threat to Hillary. If voters perceive him as another Jackson or Sharpton, who appeals primarily to African American voters, he will have no more chance at winning the nomination than they did. If I can figure this out, I'm sure Bill had it figures out the day after the Iowa caucus.

After proving he could transcend race in the Iowa caucus, I just don't see the wisdom for Obama to reinvent himself in SC as another Jackson or Sharpton. I do see the wisdom from the Clintons perspective in reinventing Obama as being more like Jackson or Sharpton than a Black candidate who can transcend race. Let's face it, Obama can't win the nomination unless he can appeal to whites, so he won't be a threat to Hillary.

If you believe that Bill is intelligent enough to figure this out but to ethical to actually employ race in the campaign, you are entitled to your opinion and I to mine.

I do accept that there is a double standard in real life as well as in the campaign. There are things that Blacks can say that Whites cannot. There are things that women can say that men cannot. Republicans always make the case that we should all held to exactly the same rules and expectations. They often do not like it when minorities perceive bias or racism in something they have said or done, even though they proclaim that they meant no offence and that the minorities have said the same or worse themselves.

Would the world be a better place if we all were able to say whatever we wanted about any group without fear of misperception or judgment from members of that group? Sure, but there are many Republicans who will tell you that ain't the world we live in.