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Dems get a taste of their own “Uncle Tom” smear

How’s this for blue-on-blue action?  From Politico:

African-American superdelegates said Thursday that they’ll stand up against threats, intimidation and “Uncle Tom” smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama.

“African-American superdelegates are being targeted, harassed and threatened,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), a superdelegate who has supported Clinton since August. Cleaver said black superdelegates are receiving “nasty letters, phone calls, threats they’ll get an opponent, being called an Uncle Tom.

“This is the politics of the 1950s,” he complained. “A lot of members are experiencing a lot of ugly stuff. They’re not going to talk about it, but it’s happening.”

After civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) switched his support from Clinton to Obama earlier this week, other black superdelegates have come under renewed pressure to do a similar about-face. A handful have bowed to the entreaties in recent weeks, including Georgia Rep. David Scott, but many say they are steadfast in their support for Clinton and resent strong-arm tactics to make them change. 

Obama’s “audacity of hope intimidation” is inspiring, n’est-ce pas?

Sucks, doesn’t it?  Think about it next time before whipping out the “Uncle Tom” smear against a black who happens to think differently from the moonbat groupthink that is so pervasive today.

February 29, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | bigotry, Hillary, Obama