All along the Obama-maniacs have used racism as their trump card.  Any criticism of him was racist, pure as simple. 

So according to this piece at the NY Daily News, that is also why Hillary won't quit:  Racism and bigotry.  So be happy all you non Obama-maniacs, according to this, the secret is out and the only reason you do not like him is because you are a racist bigot.

 Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit (emphasis mine)

While the case for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race is shakier than ever, one ugly reason for staying in could be found Tuesday amid the ruddy, sun-kissed Hoosiers who cheered her on to victory at the Indianapolis Speedway.

With Clinton posing alongside pioneering Indy speedster Sarah Fisher,

...a young white girl...

there were almost no African-Americans to be seen. Many in the white, working-class crowd were simply not ready to back Barack Obama - for reasons that are disturbing.

"I'm kind of still up in the air between McCain and Hillary," said Jason Jenkins, 32, who cited information from a hoax e-mail as a reason to spurn Obama.

"I'll be honest with you. Barack scares the hell out of me,"he said. "He swore on the Koran."

So they single out one crank who believed that idiotic email.  So if whites don't trust him for his alleged Muslim faith and his skin color, how does he attract any at all?

Obama did manage to pull in many white voters, but still encountered similar sentiments from a man who refused to shake his hand at a diner in Greenwood, Ind.

"I can't stand him," the man said. "He's a Muslim. He's not even pro-American as far as I'm concerned."

Such feelings leave Clinton and the Democratic Party in a tough spot. With the largest number of remaining delegates now being party insiders, they have to decide if Obama can overcome enough of that antipathy - essentially deciding if enough working-class whites will back away from the black candidate, whether because of the false Muslim rumors, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright flap or old-fashioned racism.

His recent comments about how middle class America is a bunch of bitter gun crazed religious bigots is revealing, even as it is not a shock.

Unshockingly we discover an upper class politician is out of touch with the people he claims to represent.  Unsurprisingly we discover that the liberal elitism we have all remarked on in the past is just as ingrained in Obama as any other liberal. 

For all his claims to be just a middle class guy who did well, his success, like so many others who claim to have that connection, has left him out of touch.  His claim to being a 2nd Amendment scholar has left his no idea why Americans love guns. 

Most revealing is that his roots in his church have left him clueless about how many people rely on their faith as an integral foundation in their lives.

Maybe that is the most revealing aspect, and one of the sources of the greater points of hypocrisy.

Obama's church and his mentoring by Rev J Wright have left Obama with a very cynical view of religion.

Obama's church and Wright himself are apparently more concerned with the Afrocentric message of despair than a message of hope in which most American's see their faith.  Faith in God and in their church to many middle class people gives them a solid foundation of hope and love they can cling to when life does send the twists and turns.

Obama's by contrast preaches despair and anger and ignores the positives.  Obama's religion, for all his comments about bitterness, is rooted in encouraging bitterness.

I find it interesting that his own church uses bitterness as a core value, and he himself has defended that bitterness as understandable, and now in another attempt at relativism he extends that bitterness, but with negative implications.

Is this just more liberal elitism, or is this a new twist?

With so much attention on Obama and his church, we cannot ignore Hillary and her mouth....

Saw this first one at Whatbubbaknows.com

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After stating something everyone knew, Geraldine Ferraro was skewered as a racist, and has quit from Hillary's campaign.

Breaking: Ferraro steps down

Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from her role as a member of Hillary Clinton's finance committee.

In a letter to Clinton obtained by CNN's Suzanne Malveaux — who spoke with the former vice presidential candidate shortly after she sent it to Clinton — Ferraro said she is stepping down so, "I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign."

In a phone conversation with Malveaux, Ferraro said she was not asked to step down by Senator Clinton or her campaign

Ferraro said thousands of people are part of the finance committee, saying it is not a staff position, but a voluntary one for those who raise money for the campaign. She also said she has raised $125,000 for Senator Clinton.

When asked if she had any regrets about what she said, Ferraro replied, "absolutely not."

"I am who I am and I will continue to speak up," she said. She added that she thought it was a shame that the Obama campaign was trying to block her First Amendment rights, and that she felt that was no way to conduct a campaign.

Her role on Hillary's campaign was a minor one, but obviously Hillary is happy to have a separation, as she is trying to blunt any suggestions she is racist or abides racism.

When asked how she felt about Hillary Clinton distancing herself from her remarks, Ferraro replied, "I am perfectly fine," and that there were no hard feelings. She said she understands what Clinton is going through, and understands that being part of a presidential campaign is "very hard."

Full letter:

Dear Hillary –

I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.

So here is what is going on.  Ferraro, the 1984 Democrat Vice Presidential nominee, has come under fire for essentially stating the truth.

Ferraro's Remarks About Obama Decried

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential candidate, for suggesting that Barack Obama only achieved his status in the presidential race because he's black.

In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was questioned about Ferraro's remarks. The Obama campaign has called on the New York senator to denounce them.

Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.:

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

So tell me, is that an ugly truth or just hate speech.  No one wants to admit that it is really the ugly truth.  Since his entrance into the national scene he has been groomed to be the first (real) black president.  And she is right, the democrats are enraptured with the concept of proving they are really as diverse as they claim, so they rally behind him as their totem.

Obama the man, the politician and leader is less important to the democrats than his race is, otherwise the more qualified people would be sitting in the final two.

Aside from being charismatic, he really has nothing in his resume to indicate he is really the best qualified person for the office.

Hillary ought not scoff too hard, she is benefiting from the same thing, being the first woman nominee, and Ferraro should also be an expert at the concept since Mondale chose her solely for her gender to appeal to the feminists.  Don't believe it?  See below.

Ferraro is defending her comments, somewhat surprisingly:

Ever since the DNC suspended the Florida and Michigan Caucuses, it was almost a sure invitation to litigation and controversy.

And who else would we expect other than Al Sharpton to make an issue of it.

SHARPTON THREATENS LAWSUIT OVER FL, MI

Al Sharpton is in Florida and said he is prepared to sue if Florida and Michigan’s delegates are seated as is. He said there are people who didn’t vote because they knew their vote wouldn’t count and “there must be a formula to factor” them in.

“There were many people that did not vote, because the DNC said their vote did not count,” Sharpton said on MSNBC. “Whatever way this is resolved, they must be factored in.”

Sharpton instead called for a re-do of the voting in both states. “There must be a way that people can exercise their right to vote who did not vote.”

Called it “absurd” that Michigan where uncommitted was on the ballot, would get their delegates seated as is.

”If they try to seat as is,” Sharpton said, he and the National Action Network are prepared to file suit.

As we noted in First Read this morning, Sharpton is in Florida to meet with local National Action Network chapters in Orlando, Port St. Lucie and Miami where they will plan to sign up people who will say they didn’t vote because they were “told their vote wouldn’t count. And we’ll do it in Michigan too.”

What no one wants to say is that Al only cares because Hillary would get the delegates if they were seated as is, and while he had is issue with Obama in the past, Sharpton would rather see Obama in the Whitehouse than Hillary...for obvious reasons, IMO. 

Now I will grant that it seems unfair to let her sweep the states when the Obama didn't even campaign and wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan, but then again, the DNC created this mess, so they need to figure out how to make it right.

When it comes to voters, elections and all the tricks in that trade, there is little to nothing I will not believe where Democrats are concerned.

Whether it was Al Gore in Florida crying "Every Vote (for me) must count" to Christine Gregiore who won with 1800 illegal votes after recounting until she won.

Now, Hillary has joined Al Gore with the "every vote should count" mantra as she tries to back door the delegates for Florida and Michigan with, of all things, a do-over:

Do-Over in Michigan and Florida?

Officials in Michigan and Florida are showing renewed interest in holding repeat presidential nominating contests so that their votes will count in the epic Democratic campaign.

The Michigan governor, along with top officials in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign and Florida's state party chair, are now saying they would consider holding a sort of do-over contest by June. That's a change from their previous insistence that the primaries their states held in January should determine how the their delegates are allocated.

Clinton won both contests, but the results were meaningless because the elections violated national party rules.

The Democratic National Committee stripped both states of all their delegates for holding the primaries too early...

...

Clinton has been insisting that the desires of more than 2 million people who cast Democratic ballots in the two states should be reflected at the convention, which would help her catch up to Obama in the race for convention delegates.

Obama takes a nuanced position:

Obama has said he wants to see the delegates from the two critical swing states participate, too, but not if Clinton is rewarded for victories in boycotted primaries.

OK, here is the ugly truth:  The Democrats can essentially create any dog and pony show they want to select their delegates, or for that matter, their nominee.  It is their party.  They dictate the rules, the procedure and the policies.

Polls show she is winning in Texas, RI and Ohio, so tonight becomes a huge win for Hillary.

Oh she is still trailing Obama, but her wins gave her some new found momentum and spirit.  That, coupled with her insatiable lust for power and her manipulation of the super delegates makes this race still too close to call.

The real dog and pony show will be in the convention where her super delegates may give her the nomination despite Obama's winning the popular vote.  Hillary loves voter intent unless it thwarts her ambition.

The real question in my mind is this: Has she and Obama expended so much bitterness and anger that they could not team up for the VP slot?  Could she play second fiddle to his president?  Or vice versa?

Edwards managed to swallow his pride and ride John Kerry's doomed coat tails, but Hillary is so besotted with winning, can she eat enough crow to proclaim Obama her number one man?

She should.  If she was smart, she would bow out gracefully, and deal with him to secure the VP slot, and give herself the edge to the Whitehouse in 2016. 

Because, if she wins the nomination there will be serious hell to pay.  Do you honestly think that Obama's many endorsers will not play the race card if he loses the nomination?  If Hillary comes from behind and wins, or if she parlays the super delegates to victory, the race baiters will start their BS about white privilage and all that garbage.

Bad enough if he wins the nomination, after which every criticism of him will be painted as racist, and should he lose to McCain it will be seen as "the man keeping the brother down". 

I personally expect riots if he loses either the nomination or the presidency.

No matter how this ends, it will be ugly.  Count on it.

Hillary's campaign has finally admitted by deeds that is recognizes it is losing.  Her campaign is slowly getting dirtier and dirtier, and her tactics nastier.

Clinton Campaign Starts 5-Point Attack on Obama

After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a “kitchen sink” fusillade against Mr. Obama, pursuing five lines of attack since Saturday in hopes of stopping his political momentum.

The effort underscores not only Mrs. Clinton’s recognition that the next round of primaries — in Ohio and Texas on March 4 — are must-win contests for her. It also reflects her advisers’ belief that they can persuade many undecided voters to embrace her at the last minute by finally drawing sharply worded, attention-grabbing contrasts with Mr. Obama.

After denouncing Mr. Obama over the weekend for an anti-Clinton flier about the Nafta trade treaty, and then sarcastically portraying his message of hope Sunday as naïve, Mrs. Clinton delivered a blistering speech on Monday that compared Mr. Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience to that of the candidate George W. Bush.

Way to go, popping in a bit of Bush Derangement Syndrome.

But her campaign (she denies any personal involvement) has really jumped the shark with this:

Obama slams smear photo

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of "shameful offensive fear-mongering" by circulating a photo as an attempted smear.

Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) had e-mailed a photo calling attention to the African roots of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

"The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat front-runner dressed as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya," the Drudge Report said. The photo created huge buzz in political circles and immediately became known as "the 'dressed' photo," reflecting the Drudge terminology.