RK ARCHIVE - Clinton's racist "Rocky" comparison

Why does the Clinton campaign always insist on turning everything into a racial discussion?
This is just another step in a pattern of Clinton campaign trying to make Obama "the black candidate."

This is her message to white voters: "I'm like you, and I'm the white protagonist who will stand up and fight the black antagonist, but you need to help me because he's winning now." Could there be anything more racist?

Additionaly, by conjuring up images of "Apollo Creed," they're linking Obama to Mike Tyson and other sorts of unsavory characters. When will this stop? Does the Clinton campaign have any shame?

Comments

I read the linked article and think your leap is pretty big (VA Breeze - 4/1/2008 1:20:25 PM)

many people while in PA compare themselves to Rocky
Clinton can do it all day long but the article doesn't add
anything about Apollo Creed

I am still pulling for Obama to win in PA! :)

I recall Obama's speech on race in Philadelphia (Silence Dogood - 4/1/2008 1:27:15 PM)

when he said conservative talk radio hosts have made a career out of debunking false allegations of racism in order to justify the claim that racism doesn't exist at all, and said it was damaging and harmful to our ability to talk about race openly and honestly in this country.

I can't help but feel like you're doing the exact opposite thing to the same effect. When people read racism into the tiniest, most insignificant things, it's harder for us to take it seriously when it actually does manifest itself in a significant, concrete way. I really wish you'd taken a moment to think about how ridiculous your argument sounds as a consquence.