I think it was a dumb damn choice of words, and she should apologize for it, but I also assume that's not really what she meant to say.
IM: Dean got in some hot water four years ago for saying he wanted to appeal to people with Confederate Flag bumper stickers on their pickups. I think it was an unfortunate turn of phrase, but I think the idea is sound -- Democrats need to find a way to make inroads to the south.
That said, you're both right -- not only was Clinton's choice of words offensive, but come down to it, I'd rather alienate the crackers and lose than sacrifice my principles and win.
Then again, I have to face the reality that that kind of thinking could put McCain in the White House.
I think the upshot is that we need to find common ground, the things that make us all human and that we all agree on. Of course, that's abstract as hell and awfully hard to turn into actual policy, but I think we may be reaching a point like that, where we see that our similarities outweigh our differences.
Don't know. I'd like to see history made here, but...well, hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which fills up first.
Which should really be the Clinton campaign slogan.