Racism in the Democratic primaries

This Sunday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal I write about the racism within the Democratic Party as expressed by the Sen. Hillary Clinton campaign. For months she's flailed away at Sen. Barack Obama to find a winning coalition of voters. Early on it was her "Hispanic firewall." Of late, its been her kowtowing to what she calls the "working class."

What she really means is white people. Her campaign has done all that it can to tell voters that there is reason to fear Sen. Obama. That campaign was helped mightily by the ranting of Obama's pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which was in itself racist.

Democrats and so-called "progressives," of course, don't like to dwell on Hillary's politics of racism. It's getting harder to do as liberal media giants like the New York Times (a supporter of Clinton) begin (way too late, by the way) to write about her racist tactics. In today's NYT's editorial, writers dwell on Clinton's quote in USA Today in which she says: "Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans is weakening again."

They say that it would be a "terrible misake" if Hillary continues to press her candidacy by continuing to use tactics with "disturbing racial undertones."

I must tell you, if there were a Republican making such statements you can bet the NY Times would not be so measured and reserved in its criticism.

Democratic Party leader Howard Dean has already tried to take attention away from his own party's disgusting behavior by warning Republicans (Republicans?) not to use the Rev. Wright issues against Obama otherwise it would be considered racist. It's hard to keep track of Howard Dean's crazy talk.

Look, Republicans are going to vote for Sen. McCain because of foreign policy and taxation reasons. It's the Democrats who have split along race lines and the Clinton campaign has done all it can to play upon the split. The result may well end in white Democrats voting for McCain in the fall. But don't blame Republicans for that. That bit of disgusting racism is a Democratic Party problem.

In Nevada, you have to wonder why our elected officials who are superdelegates don't call Sen. Clinton on the carpet for this racist behavior. Their silent support is beginning to make me wonder whether they agree with Hillary and her racist message. But that's another column.

You can find my column in Sunday's newspaper or at Reviewjournal.com.