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| Democrat Fratricide: Union Leaders' Clash Over Endorsements A Sign Of Racial Polarization |
| 2008-05-15 |
| Thomas B. Edsall, Huffasnuffaluffagus Post Some black leaders within the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) are complaining that under Gerald McEntee, Hillary Clinton's strongest and most outspoken backer in the labor movement, union money is being spent to build white turnout for the New York Senator in what has become a racially polarized competition for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a number of sources. The conflict is emblematic of the intensifying hostility within Democratic ranks as the nomination fight slowly moves towards closure. The fact that the two leading candidates are a black and a woman has produced internal and external disputes involving civil rights, women's rights and a variety of other groups and leaders in the liberal wing of the party. . . . On the issues, Hillary! and Obama! are within three decimal places of each other. the only things that distinguish them are skin color, gender, and which sleazeballs they're associated with (e.g., Tony Rezko versus Marc Rich.) What else do they have to fight about? Read the comments boxes--there's some serious fratricidin' goin' on in there. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #1 I hope they skip fists and go straight to automatic weapons and car bombs. Nothing I like better than seeing red-on-red. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-05-15 12:29 |