Commentary: Clinton at risk of losing Latino vote

Anyone else notice the subtle racism in various voter groups?

If Hillary Clinton loses the Democratic nomination for president, she might be able to trace her troubles back to when she lost her grip on the Latino vote.

Bill Clinton called it. The ex-president may have doomed his wife's candidacy with his meddling but he was right about one thing: Several weeks ago, he told Spanish-language radio host Eddie "El Piolin" Sotelo that Latinos would "determine the nominee of the Democratic Party and the next president of the United States."

So they might. Just not in the way that the former president imagined.

When he made his prediction, Hillary Clinton was leading Barack Obama among Latinos by a 2-1 margin. No mas.

No one would dare say they are courting the "white" vote.  No one talks about how blatantly racist it is to go after voters who are simply one color or another, yet here we are.  Why can't a politician stand up and say "I don't care about the Latino vote, I care about the American people's vote."

Because it's not the politically correct thing to do.  It's fashionable to throw whites under the bus, but not to call out Latino and Black groups for their racist undertones.  If people want to be treated as equals, they have to include people other then themselves in their groups.  Otherwise, it's hypocritical to give them the airtime at all.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com