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 Hole in argument #4: Hillary is just playing the game of politics, exploiting voters and opponents, and trying to win.
  • Fine. That is true. The analysis here is not that she is breaking any rules. In fact, she is playing by the same racially divisive rules we have had since this nation was founded. It isn't a question of whether what she is doing is right or fair or even within the bounds of modern politics. Rather, it is a question of how she is winning. It is like pulling the curtain off the wizard, but not condemning him for his actions.
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  • Do you know to what extent she framed the terms of this election, and to what extent Obama did? If from the beginning of the election cycle Clinton cast herself as the candidate with experience, all your critiques are dead-on. But what if she used it as a rebuttal to Obama's message of change (since her Clinton-ness means she couldn't possibly beat him at the change game)? Does that alter your analysis at all, if she didn't pick experience, but rather realized that she couldn't be the candidate of change and so tried to embrace the role Obama had put her in by trying to convince the electorate that experience was better than change? I actually don't think it hurts your argument at all, because then your analysis becomes more about how she is using "experience" to beat "change" (and it's racial undertones, etc). I also don't know how you would prove who framed the terms of the debate, but it's interesting to think about. -- Amanda
 Hole in argument #5: Hillary means "remember Bill" when she says "experience"
  • She doesn't need to code "Bill" . . . she refers to him and to his presidency with regularity.

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