Obama campaign strategist (and Adolf Hitler lookalike) David Axelrod stated last night that Hillary won Indiana because Rush Limbaugh mobilized Republicans to cross over and vote for her. He claims that 10% of the Indiana electorate were Republican crossovers and Hillary did very well among them. Obama Campaign Points Finger at Rush

"There were elements of the Republican Party, including Rush Limbaugh, Sen. Clinton's new ally, who were urging people to cross over and vote for her," said Axelrod, referring to the Limbaugh-led "Operation Chaos," a bid to disrupt Obama's path to the nomination and prolong a divisive primary battle. "She obviously was somewhat a beneficiary of that."

Let's have a reality check here folks. It seems Mr. Axelrod is suffering from Cult-Aide syndrome. You know, that mysterious disease of sudden memory loss that affects Obama supporters. Because what Adolf, I mean David, Axelrod neglects to mention is that it was his savior, I mean client, Barack Obama who began this mischievousness of courting Republicans to cross over and be Democrats for a Day over a year ago. Bush Latte: Obama "Democrat for a Day" scheme in Florida, not only in Nevada?

But this is not about some “hard sell” to recruit voters to become permanent Democrats. Not at all. After the primary, you may re-register back to the Republican or Libertarian parties, or revert to your previous status as an Independent! There will be plenty of time before the general election in November 2008.

Not enough proof for you? How about this? And if that is not enough proof that Obama has been the one behind all of this, take a look at the results.

Of course, Obama has carried Republicans in more states than Clinton has thus far, and has long pointed to this as evidence of his potential general election crossover appeal.

Notice the pattern? The Obama campaign starts something, then works their voodoo convincing the rest of us that is was actually Hillary or anyone else that was behind it all. The whole meme is that Obama is someone fresh, someone new and someone that preaches a "message" of hope and new politics. While conversely Hillary is polarizing, is responsible for the war and is willing to do anything to get elected. And people are buying into this bullshit. How about a few more examples? Let's source this pattern out and get to the bottom of things. It all started with Michelle Obama's pronouncement in November 2007 that despite Hillary's large lead among African Americans black folks would wake up. Michelle Obama: 'Black Americans will wake up and get it'

"First of all, I think that that's not going to hold," Mrs. Obama said of Clinton's current numbers in an interview with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski. "I'm completely confident." Acknowledging a certain reluctance in the African American community to back her husband for president, she said that support would come -- but it would take time. "Black Americans will wake up and get it," Obama said.

Michelle Obama has never been one to mince words. She is a strong supporter of black segregation dating back to her days as a Princeton student. In fact her senior thesis (now permanently scrubbed until after the election) did precisely lament the fact that she has always considered herself a victim because of her race. Mrs. Obama as an Ivy League schoolgirl

In her 1985 Princeton senior thesis, “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community,” Michelle LaVaughn Robinson lamented that white professors and classmates always saw her as “Black first and a student second.”

Yes, victimhood was a trait used by Michelle Obama early on. It is little wonder that she gravitated to the church where victimhood was the sermon du jour every Sunday during that most segregated hour in America. As Michelle saw it then and still sees it now, white folks would never accept her as is, they would always think of her as something less than them. So to her, segregation was the only acceptable way for her as a black person to be.

“further integration and/or assimilation into a White cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant.”…

And this concerned her so much that she wondered if all black folks at Princeton felt the same way. She had it in her mind that being black was something more important than being a person. So her own identification started with the premise that she was black first and human second. I will make no mention of the fact that science has proven this assumption to be incredibly wrong. But don't tell Michelle.

“I wondered whether or not my education at Princeton would affect my identification with the Black community. I hoped that these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of identification with Whites as a result of the educational and occupational path that Black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still maintain a certain level of identification with the black community. However, these findings do not support this possibility.”…

So in other words, in the world according to Michelle, hanging out with white folks made people forget that they were blacks. And that is according to her, something really bad. I don't expect she was one of the people around the country that joined in singing Michael Jackson's "We are the World." She is more of the James Brown "I'm Black and I'm Proud" type of person if you ask me. But then Hillary pulled off an impressive upset win in New Hampshire shocking the Obama campaign and the political pundits. And almost immediately afterward Obama's Campaign Co-Chair Jesse Jackson Jr., son of Farrakhan friend Jesse Hymietown Jackson, and Grand Wizard of the JJJ announced Obama's strategy very plainly. Watch for yourself: How convenient that JJJ neglects to mention the tireless work Hillary provided immediately following 9/11 and how she took a leadership role as the following video demonstrates. And then the infamous South Carolina memo surfaced that put it all into perspective and proved without a doubt that the Obama campaign intentionally played the race card to steal away Hillary's strong African American support. With his impressive win in North Carolina last night Obama once again received 90% of the African American vote. Does anyone actually believe that any group of people have the same political beliefs 90% of the time? If it was possible we wouldn't have all the fighting and gridlock that has become commonplace in Congress since the beginning of our country. So it has to be something other than politics that unites 90% of the blacks. And I am quite certain that what it is that unites them is race. They support Obama because he is half black but he identifies as a black. Sort of like Joe Lieberman being an Independent but caucusing with the Democrats. Only difference is, they give Lieberman a Chairmanship and he takes it seriously. Obama, not so much. After Hillary's outstanding win in Ohio the buzz promoted by the Obama campaign was that Ohio voters were racists and that is why Obama lost so decisively. Exit polls from several sources promoted the same belief. Race mattered more in Ohio primary than in any other state

In exit polls conducted for the Associated Press, 20 percent of Ohio voters surveyed said the racial backgrounds of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton loomed important in their vote.

But what is not mentioned in this article is the percentage of blacks that voted for Obama. It is as if race can only be seen as a detrimental factor if white people use it to form their opinions and cast their votes. A full 87% of blacks in Ohio supported Obama for the nomination but what made the headlines were those 20% of Ohioans polled that considered race in their decision. The 87% black vote we are supposed to ignore or somehow gloss over. And that appears to be exactly what Donna Brazile and the DNC expect us to do. Donna Brazile, the one that started the race war against Bill Clinton has concluded that blue collar white voters are part of the past and no longer a necessary part of the Democratic coalition which she sees as blacks, young people and overeducated whites (no offense to Uppity Woman). Brazile vs. Begala on CNN: Brazile's Blowout

But, Paul, you're looking at the old coalition. A new Democratic coalition is younger. It is more urban, as well as suburban, and we don't have to just rely on white blue-collar voters and Hispanics.

Before the election results came in last night SusanUnPC of No Quarter said something very important in response to a comment I made at the beginning of a thread. And my apologies in advance should I embarrass her for pointing this out. But in my opinion she is a very wise person that many more of us should listen to. Indiana & N.C. Results Thread

If all I’m capable of is looking at my arm, seeing the color of my skin, and voting accordingly, I am not worth much. Imho.

And that is the crux of all of this nominating process. What started out as a race of ideas has become a race about race. And this diary has pointed out several examples that back up the claim sufficiently. Many of us in the Hillary camp are distraught at what this race has become. We feel strongly that the Obama campaign has played unfairly. We know that they have successfully exploited people's fears of the consequences of having a frank and honest discussion about race. And they have used it at every turn and do so with the tacit acceptance of the Democratic elite. In case any of you forgot, it was John Kerry that said specifically that what made Obama uniquely qualified to be President was his race. Never mind that Geraldine Ferraro saying essentially the same thing only a week or so previously and was vilified and attacked mercilessly as a racist by the Obama campaign. Open Mouth, Insert Foot [Updated]

the color of Obama’s skin makes him uniquely qualified for president and even reach out to the moderate Islam world (VIDEO BELOW).

The message I get from this whole experience is quite clear. It is ok to be a racist if you are an Obama supporter. What the hell has happened to our Democratic Party?