Posted by
Loyal Democrat on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:37:08 PM
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The criticism of Hillary for her change in accent while speaking to predominantly southern black audiences is bewildering. The fact is, her actions are actually quite commendable, for they show a wilingness of a politician to speak in a language that can be easily understood by the target audience.
If Hillary had addressed an all Japanese audience in authentic Japanese, people would be impressed. If she gave a speech at a Muslim mosque in perfect Farsi, the kudos would flow. But let her speak to a predominantly black audience in genuine ebonics, and the catcalls begin. Such condemnation is improper, and those that launch it should be ashamed of themselves.
It is obvious that Hillary's critics are just jealous of her ability to communicate with the people that toil faithfully in the Democrat fields, and the critics only embarrass themselves by displaying their lack of empathy for those in society that eschew proper English in favor of their own brand of communication. This is just more proof that conservatives are racists, whereas leftists realize blacks cannot communicate using white speech patterns.
Hillary and Obama really do need to team up, for they could create the ultimate Democrat weapon: a "clean" black guy that can talk nearly as good as white folks, and a white gal that can rattle off cornpone jus' lak sheeza sittin on da fronpoach waiten for de chitlins to finish up on de frya. So go nurse your jealous nature you stuffy conservatives. Democrats know how to talk to black voters, and that just sticks in your craw. |