Is Hillary Punch Drunk?

Vincent J. Curtis

26 Aug 2016

In a speech she delivered yesterday, the heroine of “Where’s Waldo” came out of hiding to accuse her opponent, Donald Trump, of being a racist.  She then disappeared in a cloud of smoke without taking questions from reporters.  There is no truth to the rumor that the smoke emanated from the controversy surrounding the Clinton Foundation, which, according to the Clintons, is all smoke and no fire.

The charge of racism was going to be a part of the Democrat campaign against whoever was the Republican nominee.  It was leveled at John McCain, especially every time a supporter used Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, as in “Barack Hussein Obama.”  Whenever the name of his opponent was used in full, McCain was expected to denounce his supporter who employed the formulation.  To use Obama’s full name was a “dog-whistle” to racists, though no one identified exactly who those “dogs” were.

Then, to rub in his victory, Obama was inaugurated with his full name, “Barack Hussein Obama,” by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Likewise, Mitt Romney was accused, among other things, of harboring racist beliefs on account of his religion, Mormonism.

Bob Beckel, when he was among the hosts of the Fox News’ show “The Five,” often hoped aloud that Ted Cruz would be the Republican nominee because the Democrats already had a ‘book’ on how to handle a Conservative.  They wouldn’t have to develop anything new to handle a Ted Cruz candidacy.  He would be labelled a racist, and a race traitor to boot.  Not really a “true” Hispanic, just as Sarah Palin was not really a woman. (just ask journalist Kirsten Powers, who believed the latter absurdity until Kirsten had a religious experience.)

It was always in the cards that the Republican nominee was going to be called a racist; it was just a matter of how it would be formulated.  Like a desperate, punch-drunk boxer, Hillary threw the racist punch in her speech yesterday.

Specifically, she said that Trump was “taking hate groups mainstream, and helping a radical fringe group take over one of America’s major parties.”  She said that Trump had a history of racial discrimination, and his businesses discriminated against African-Americans and Hispanics.  The proof of Trump’s racism was his support for the claim that Barack Obama was not born in America, a claim which actually originated in Hillary’s 2008 campaign against the self-same Barack Obama!

Let’s examine Hillary’s contention that the Republican Party is being taken over by hate groups.  Has Reince Priebus joined the KKK?  What about Paul Ryan?  Mitch McConnell?  Any member of the RNC?  No?  However, Dinesh D’Souza has a movie out that details the history of racism in the Democrat Party.

Her husband’s mentor, J. William Fulbright (D-AR), was a well-known racist-segregationist from Arkansas.  And Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) used to be a recruiter for the actual KKK in West Virginia.  In fact, the Democrat Party from the South right into the 1970s had a terrible history of racism and association with the KKK, including the beloved segregationist Sam Ervin (D-NC), head of the Senate Select Committee on Watergate.  Hillary worked for the House Judiciary Committee, headed by Peter Rodino (D-NJ), that voted articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon.

Hillary offered no proof that any of Trump’s businesses discriminated against African-Americans or Hispanics.  But facts point to the opposite.  Trump purchased a failing Golf Club in Florida that would not allow blacks to join for the precise purpose of racially integrating it.

Hillary has already said that Republicans are her enemies, and her concern for the fate of the Republican Party is must be touching to the members of that party.

Trump has been landing body blows against Hillary by pointing out that she sees the African-American community as a block of votes, not as individuals, and that she will only look after herself, her family, and her donors while in office.  It pays her politically not to solve problems because the continuation of those problems keep suffering people voting for her.  The problem of illegal immigration will never be solved during a Hillary presidency because she will keep raising the ante until the Republicans say no.  It pays her to keep Hispanics hoping she will, somehow, come through.

Blows to her head in the form of email scandals and the Clinton Foundation have staggered Hillary.  Body blows by Trump are proving effective.

Like a punch-drunk boxer on the ropes, Hillary is lashing out almost unconsciously as her training has taught her.  But her flailings are signs of desperation, not winning.

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