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Hillary ?Disloyal? To Hispanics!

Although entirely predictable, the following would be funny if it weren?t so sad (HatTip to reader Jian Li):

February 12, 2008 -- A prominent member of the national Democratic Party has circulated a sharp e-mail saying the removal of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle was disloyal to Hispanics and should give ?pause? to superdelegates and voters.

The e-mail from, Steven Ybarra, a California superdelegate who heads the voting-rights committee of the DNC Hispanic Caucus, was sent to fellow caucus members in the hours after word broke that Solis Doyle ? the most prominent Latina in Clinton?s campaign ? would be replaced by another close Clinton loyalist, Maggie Williams, who is black.

One of the many problems with identity politics is that every crumb thrown to a member of one group is an act of blatant ?disloyalty? to all other groups.

The Democrats seem increasingly less like a political party and more like a precarious confederation of conflicting tribes.

Full post as published by Discriminations on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).