The Civil War In The Democratic Party

An excerpt from James T. Harris:

Civil war has broken out in the Democrat party and this time the war really is over race. Clinton, Inc. represents the old south -- Blacks are all right as long as they know their place, don’t get to uppity, follow, never lead, got it?  The lion share of AAD’s (Americans of African descent) that support all things Clinton, are the old guard of the civil rights generation, those born before 1960. i.e. Al Sharp ton, SC Johnson and almost all of the old AAD’s that are in congress.

Obama represents the north – the fighting 54th, fighting for the freedom of a generation enslaved by group think politics.  Obama represents the post civil rights generation, those of us who never experienced “the struggle” and are thereby beholding to the old guard of the antiquated movement. ...

This is a generational conflict and it is fueled by power, resentment, greed and good old racism. The old guard, who refuses to embrace the future for fear of losing the memory of their past, has entered into a Faustian deal with the Democratic machine, a deal that Obama threatens to destroy.

Comments

[Maven]

You know, I'm not a democrat, but I don't really buy this line of thinking. To me, the fight really represents the desire of two politicians to become president, race and gender aside. I've seen "old guard" who support Obama, and younger people who prefer Clinton. I don't know why everyone (in the media especially) needs to make it about race or gender.