[lbo-talk] who likes Hillary

[ravi]

On 4 Oct, 2007, at 9:02 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 07:55 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>>  the overwhelming majority - and I do mean overwhelming, 85-90% -
>>> of the black population supports not only Dems, but is very strongly
>>> behind Hillary Clinton. What does that mean?
>>
>> Very little, I'd say. But Doug, do you think it *does* mean
>> something? If so, what?
>
> As a white, relatively well-off leftist who's denounced the Dems as
> an obstacle to human progress on many occasions, I have to wonder
> whether that attitude depends on my own privilege.

Nah, you are just being faux anti-elitist ;-). I think you are quite  
right in your hypothesis on black support for the Dems. A 'dime' I  
guess can make a difference if you are black, gay, etc under- 
privileged or targeted group. If Hillary is nominated I quite  
definitely plan to pull that lever in her favour (though as Andie  
pointed out, it doesn't matter since I too live in a state that will  
vote Dem), though I find Michael and Carrol's thesis reasonable.

I wasn't kidding though in my response to your dig at Carrol. The  
black leadership is not solidly or significantly behind Hillary  
AFAIK, from Jesse, Al to Cornel West.

	--ravi