The “W” Word

May 10, 2008 · 1 Comment 

by Greg Johnson So there is a dirtier word than “Nigger,” and that word is “white.” How else to explain the political establishment’s consternation over Hillary Clinton’s statement in a USA Today interview that she is more electable than Barak Obama because she has more support from working-class white people? This, according to a Democratic Party leader quoted by Peggy Noonan, is “unleashing the gates of hell.” According to an Obama supporter quoted by Noonan, “Even Richard Nixon didn’t say white, even with the Southern strategy.” Noonan herself adds, “To play the race card as Mrs. Clinton has, to highlight and encourage a sense that we are crudely... [Read the full story]

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