Noting in the previous post that another Clinton supporter has stopped backing Clinton due to the negative tone of the campaign raises another point. When Republicans used these tactics they were condemned as being part of a “vast right wing conspiracy” by Clinton supporters. However, not only do they have no qualms about using the same type of tactics but when Obama supporters criticize the tactics this is spun as a sign of weakness.
Of course this is all Clinton spin. Protesting such tactics is not a matter of strength. It is a matter of principle. The question is not whether you can handle this type of tactics but whether you are ethical enough to oppose it and want to see an end to the dirty style of politics practiced by the Clintons.
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, who I mentioned in the previous post, was only one example of a protest against the tone of the Clinton campaign. James E. Clyburn also spoke out against Clinton, saying that blacks are “incensed” over some of his statements. he also told The New York Times that, “there appeared to be an almost unanimous view among African-Americans that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton were committed to doing everything they possibly could to damage Mr. Obama to a point that he could never win in the general election.”
The Clinton campaign has put this out today:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/garinOpEd/?sc=1818&utm_source=1818&utm_medium=e
to begin claiming they are subject to a double standard and they aren’t infact running a negative campaign. Its more whining of course, but you might like to have a thought about a good response to this, because I’m expecting to see a lot more of it.
I saw it earlier but didn’t bother responding as it is the same type of whining we’ve been hearing all along.
The primary problem with Clinton’s whining, as I’ve noted in response to other comments like this, is that they create a false equivalence between different types of criticism. There is a major difference between valid criticism of Clinton and the major complaints about their campaign such as the dishonesty of many of their attacks. They also ignore the fact that the criticism of Clinton’s character came about in response to the dirtiness of her campaign. If she hadn’t behaved that way then her character would not have become a major campaign issue.