Hillary supporters Flood Clyburn's office with Racist Calls

Hillary supporters defies logic, but not hate.

I agree with Chick. I think it's a scam. There are a few nuts out there, but Hillary can't be blamed for this one. I have a brother who is an idiot and I don't speak to him. Should I be held responsible for my brother being an idiot?

Sometimes I have to remind myself that this is the 21st Century. Some people seem to be stuck in the past.

But...I believe this is a very small minority of people. Most of us are more rational. We disagree, sometimes vehemently, but we respect each other when we base our differing views on facts.

I look forward to the general election campaign. There are clear differences in policy and thought process between Obama and McCain. The choice is between anachronistic thinking and futuristic thinking. The choice is clear.

For clarification, the "anachronic vs futuristic" thinking concept is my opinion, and I understand that others may see things differently.

Chick,

And first read of your comment insuls all Hillary supporters, not just some, but it appears that the other Carol did not interpret it as I did.

I am one who has been critical of some Obama supporters, but I have made a concious attempt not to make such statements apply to all Obama supporters, and I didn't do it with one liners.

Alan D.

The fact that you still are using a picture of Hillary as a witch on a broom as an icon indicates that you are among the those one the winning side who are not willing to give up their hate After enduring the insults and smugness of the neocons for so long, that is really scary and will not help convince Hillary supporters to vote for Obama. Fortunataely for Obama I do not attribute the deficiencies of his supporter to him, and I suspect he would disapprove of your icon as much as I do.

Point taken. Icon is out of date, will be updated. It became out of date yesterday, not after that "I am so great speech." I have never spread hate like language on Hillary.

The people who attribute anything an Obama say to him know themselves. This is just an example to show that such behavior is plain dumb.

If behaving badly on the internet or in real life loses vote to a candidate, many would pretend to be someone's supporter and act like morons. Actually that happens all time. Liberal blogs were filled with GOP supporters pretending to care for either Obama or Hillary in order to promote the bickering. People ought to realize that too. Random supporters are just random people. With the internet, who is who?

I dont believe that this happened.. I think this is a trumped of story to again make Obama out to be the victim... There are alot of vicious Obama supporters on here, I am not referring to you Alan, they do alot of attacking themselves. I can understand wanting to defend the one that you are voting for, but some of them on here are like children, in fact, I think children would have more common sense... It seems to me, if you want people to vote for your candidate, why, would you attack them, call them names, make fun of them, etc... Is this what Obama is all about ? If there was a person whose mind was not made up and came across this behavior, it would surely change my mind toward someone other that the one that they want to get into office... I think you need to set a good example for the public and with some of the supporters he has( and they say they are educated) I find that hard to believe, you can put anything online....I dont want to be associated with him and the company that he has supporting him... SOrry, you pick your friends, you have a say so in this...

"I dont believe that this happened.. "

Here is the link, reported by, all of news networks, FOX

FOX: Clyburn: Clinton Supporters Flood Office With Hate Calls

Unless you are saying Clyburn is lying.

For the record, I am not here to get votes for Obama. I could not care less who you vote for.

Hillary needs to rein her supporters in. She did cause some of this by not conceding Tuesday night.

Actually, that would be his whole staff that is lying, since it was they who were taking the calls, not Clyburn himself. By the way, the staffer that had to be consoled because the hate calls were so vicious was white.

As I've said before, we all need a little introspection. Some "supporters" on both sides (actually, all sides) have been displaying ignorant, demeaning and sometimes vitriolic behavior. But there are a few things to keep in mind:

1) The disrepectful and/or vicious "supporters" are not representatives of the campaigns. Like all of us here on Gather, everyone is expressing their own opinion and must take responsibility for their words and the ramifications of those words. Let's not confuse the voices of hateful people looking for an outlet with the candidates themselves.

2) Like real life, Gather people run the gamut from sexist/racist throwbacks to the cosmopolitan elites. The former are unwilling or unable to understand that this is 21st Century America, not some anachronistic time when it was less unacceptable to be those things . I say "less unacceptable" because it was never actually acceptable to be a sexist or a racist, but we've gotten beyond the days when we avoided calling people out on it. Neither is acceptable in any fashion and we should not allow people to think that it's okay just because you call yourself "traditional" or some other euphemism. As for the latter, perhaps some of them are too far removed from the masses that they fail to see how they are disproportionately impacted by the rising cost of health care, gas, etc. A $100 tank of gas hits a lot harder on someone working for a minimum wage than for a CEO making $10 million a year.

3) The general election will be less about personalities and more about issues. Obama and Clinton have essentially similar viewpoints on the major issues, though their means of getting to solutions may differ. But their overarching goals are close to each other. In contrast, both Obama's and Clinton's positions are diametrically opposed in most cases with McCain's goals and philosophies.

In the end, the choices are clear. The question is whether or not we will be civil in our discourse. Keep in mind that our commenting often comes to look like the partisan bickering that we so often are railing against.

As I said, perhaps some introspection is warranted.

IF Faux Noise reports it, I don't freaking believe it. If it is true, it's neoCONs impersonating human beings.

Does the Caller ID say Faux Noise?

Can I believe someone who hates Hill so much, he portrays her on a broom. Looks psychotic to me.

Obama, Clinton meet in Washington, sources say...,

V P job?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/stumped/?hpid=opinionsbox1

I believe it.

Hillary has shown her true colours. Hillary is a racist of the worst kind.

Hillary incites racism, and anything that furthers Hillary.

Anybody who would openly make statements about staying in a race and then conjer up Robert F. Kennedy.

Uh, are we wishing and hoping for Obama's assassination. Yes, she is that wicked and evil -- yes!

Please God, KILL him so that I can get what I want -- if it be your will. You did it once, do it again.

Anybody who would openly say that White people do not WANT you Senator Obama -- Yes, I believe it.

And maybe, just maybe, I might know people who worked in the White House while the Clintons were there -- possibly "invisible people" like the people who do the cleaning, you know, the people that no one pays attention to, the ones who are to do their work, but are never seen, and maybe their saw a whole lot that the public never sees and maybe they aren't seen, but they DO talk

YES, I most definitely believe this about Hillary.

Hold on to your Icon, Alan. You are spot on.

Many of the people on this thread want to judge Obama with misfacts.

Like he is a Muslim -- clearly misproven, yet they come here to defend Hillary with NO FACTS.

I call that unbelievable, Alan.

Excellent article.

By the way, Alan. Of course they are saying Clyburn is lying. Is he speaking for or against Hillary?

I guarantee you that if his words were pro-Hillary he would be telling the truth, no matter what the report stated. But since the report makes a statement anti-Hillary, of course he is lying.

The reactions are so predictable Alan, you can go to Vegas and bet on them; it's guaranteed.

In fact, I wish I could do it with certain personalities here on Gather; I would be rich.

The greatest consolation IS that the world is watching this fiasco. They see it, and they also see who the perpetrators are. Even here on Gather, people from various parts of the world have spoken to me about the bias of individuals against Barack Obama, and FOR Hillary Clinton; it is so obvious that it can be cut with a knife.

It has nothing to do with sexism; that is a myth perpetrated by the perpetrators. The U.S. is one of the few nations that seems to have issues with female leaders. This too, has been brought to my attention by people from other nations. It seems that you can hone your vision by listening to the views of those from other nations, on the outside looking in.

It has been stated that the sexism issue is a smokescreen from someone crying "wolf". I encourage you to seek out people outside of this country Alan, and talk to them if (key word, being "if" you want a rude awakening.) But like Jack Nicholson said, so many cannot handle the truth. The truth being that the fish in the fish bowl do not want to awaken to the realization that they are so totally immersed in it, they are "all wet." But those who are on the outside looking in see it.

Go ahead, Alan and talk to some of them and see what they tell you. Some of these people will find any ridiculous excuse, without foundation, and then let those outside the fishbowl tell you what they see, why it is these people are doing it. Clarity, clear vision hurts sometime.

I'm going to bed, but before I do --

Let them know that all of this is for NOUGHT.

There is a day of reckoning, and they shall all have to answer for every unrighteous judgment.

That ought to sit very pretty in their gut.

. . . I hope I didn't say anything vitriolic and/or nasty.

Did it occur to you this is more of Operation Chaos tactitcs? TAgging all Hillary supporters as racist, will not unite the party!

Lady Neeetah,

He's got the Democratic nomination and you are hurting Obama and the chances of a Democratic victory in Novermber more than you are helping him by continuing to bash Hillary. The real racists are about to come out of the woodwork and I am certain they will provide you with enough targets.

What Hillary said about many of the white voters who did not support Obama could have been said about them if Obama was 100% white. They also probabaly did not vote for John Kerry and for of the same reasons. They are financially insecure, worried about their own and their kids' future, feel the deck is stacked against them and won't vote for any candidate who they think doesnt see them. When Hillary talked about people who feel they are invisable it hit them hard because they have felt that way for a long time. Obama had it right in his race speech when he said he understood why some whites are bitter about affirmative action programs. When you are down in a hole, all you want to do is get out and anyone who seems to be in your way when you are trying to crawl out is not on your side,

My point is posting this was to show that what supporters say, cannot be attributed to a candidate.

Well said Carol. However you can't discount Nalitah's interpretation. That's not my interpretation of what Hillary said in the last few weeks. I fully understand the other interpretations however. Regardless, these racist calls, the Obama supporters response and counter attacks, they stop right there. Everyone is responsible for what they say. Obama never said anything completely out of line during this campaign. The only statement that caused stir was that 'bitter' comment. For someone who has been on the spotlight 24/7 for the last 16 months, it would be unfair to take we say and attribute them to him. Does not make any sense.

I'm sorry. I'm just not surprised or shocked.

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These are racist bigots that support racist bigots nothing more. Hillary was not my first choice for the nominee, but I would have supporter her had she gotten it. They only "supported" her because she felt she could give them something, and because she was not black. Some support -- attaching her name to such ugly actions.

The Hillary hate Psychosis is great.
What she really said "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it"
The subject was the length of the Campaign. The milestone in time was the RFK assassination. I heard it, I understood it.
What the Psychotic Hillary haters heard in their hate filled head was her call for Obama's death.
She's a racist?
Doesn't anyone remember the Clinton Jokes?
Bill Clinton chose Harlem for his post Presidential office so he could be close to his people.
The man (republiCons) are harassing Bill Clinton, they can't stand a black man make good.
Racist indeed.

Perhaps they were Obama or McBush supporters, trying to give Clinton a black eye and it seems they succeeded.

I can't speak about what I don't know, I believe this happen, but I don't believe that Hillary should be held solely responsible. People can think on their own. I believe that this was wrong in ever aspect, but unfortunately that is the world we live in! There is always someone to hate someone and will do their best to bring the other one down. I have seen this many times on T.V when the campaign ads are on, for any one running for any position!