Obama didn't start out with 90% of the black vote...The Clinton's ... keep race on the table

[Emit]

Barack Obama didn't start out with 90% of the black vote...

Headlined on 4/25/08:
How Hillary Clinton Won Pennsylvania

by Hargrove

The Clinton's have pulled out all stops to keep race on the table...

~snip~

When Bob Johnson showed up to repeat Geraldine Ferraro’s message, he used a hypothetical to highlight something that was not in the original message, namely, if a white person was running for president, "would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?" Which presupposes that’s what Barack started out with, when that’s not true. Leading up to the primaries, 57 percent of black voters favored Hillary, while only 33 percent favored Barack. But by the time the Clintons reached the South Carolina primary, they had diminished Martin Luther King's contribution to civil rights, characterized the black vote as for "pride," racialized Barack's political success, and were under suspicion for mailings that falsely claimed Barack is a Muslim. At the end of all that, Barack Obama had 80% of the black vote.

Bob Johnson knew that Barack Obama didn't start out with 90% of the black vote, so why did he say that? ... Because it furthered the racial idea that the Clintons were trying to communicate, namely, that African Americans are voting racially, and white Americans should do the same ... Because Geraldine Ferraro's comments and language were highly racialized, and typical of a certain racial idea, we quickly concluded the obvious, namely, a claim that an African American obtained something beneficial because of his race, had to mean, what it has always meant, that he received something undeserved. ...

So Bob Johnson restated, for the Clintons, the idea that Barack Obama's success was the product of racial voting, by falsely stating that African Americans gave Barack Obama 90% of their votes, before they knew anything about him. He went on to characterize the racial attitude, on Barack's behalf as aggressive, suggesting that African Americans, who support Hillary, are being pressured to reject her in favor of Barack. Then he spiced it up by suggesting that African Americans are in such a tither about Barack's candidacy, until they can't be "rational," and white people aren't allowed to talk about it.

~snip~

For New Hampshire, CNN devised a racist report including Baracks African grandmother, falsely claiming that she did not want her son to marry a white woman ...

For Ohio, CNN rolled the drumbeat for a seeming defection, involving an Obama advisor and some Canadians, in which it was claimed that Barack wasn't serious about NAFTA reform. Long after it was established as a lie, CNN repeated reported it as if it was true. Meanwhile, at every opportunity, CNN identified Barack's support racially, activating two social ideas: suspicion and racial alienation.

For Pennsylvania, CNN continued to highlight African Americans as Baracks base of support, using the map analysis of voting trends, for increasing opportunities to do so. Then CNN went to work to heighten the implication of the Clinton theme, namely, that white people should vote racially... Finally, CNN encouraged white people in Pennsylvania to vote racially, by highlighting the idea that black people are voting racially.

~snip~

Bill Clinton is a master of social manipulation. He has single handedly pulled off, what maybe the most extensive, manipulated, racial divide, in America's history. ...

~snip~

The Clintons "speak" to our unconscious, prompting us to see Barack racially, and not as he is. The majority of Americans actually want Barack Obama to become president, but deep in the recesses, of their unconscious minds, there is a wealth of racial misinformation, and beliefs, that the Clintons are stirring up.

~snip~

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_hargrove_080424_how_hillary_clinton_.htm

edit title

[Emit]

1. 90% of the black vote

why has this become the new meme

It's repeated here at DU constantly

I don't get cable, so I have to ask, is it being repeated by all the talking heads, too?