Clinton's New Base
Andrew Sullivan shows the nasty side of the Clinton base. Unfortunately, politics is becoming increasingly about smear campaigning not only in the US but also in the rest of the world. People in this country (Sweden) often think of our democracy as more honest, but this is not true. Prior to the 2006 general election, the Social Democrats handed out pamphlets comparing the opposition leader to paedophiles and mass murders. I think it’s difficult to sink lower.
The democratic election process seems to be increasingly about appealing to the ignorant. To actually offer better solutions is old school.
Sullivan is showing a fair representation of what is happening in WV. FYI homemade signs like the one above are not allowed in Obama's rallys. Clinton could have excuded the hundreds of similar signs like this from her rallies in WV but she did not. This is exactly the message she wanted to get out in KY and WV. People outside the country don't realize that little has changed in the remotre rural undereducated areas.