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The Race Card, Then & Now



 
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The Race Card, Then & Now
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGannIn its final days, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign has come to echo George Wallace's 1968 run.

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By Dick Morris & Eileen McGannIn its final days, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign has come to echo George Wallace's 1968 run.Like Clinton, Wallace as a candidate stalked the Northeast exploiting white anger. Like her, he bypassed the nation's more educated and liberal parts to focus squarely on those who felt left behind, rallying animosity against elites.But behind the mask of populism, it was race that fueled Wallace's campaign from the start. And it is race that has brought new life to Clinton's campaign in its final days.Like Wallace, Clinton doesn't address racial prejudice squarely, but cloaks the appeal to our darker fears in seemingly neutral issues. He used opposition to school busing; she has played off Obama's alleged elitism and ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.To be fair, neither appeal is totally invalid.Busing failed to integrate our schools and led, instead, to greater segregation as whites fled to the suburbs and/or to private schools.

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