A delusional candidate?

Okay, I don't really know what to say to this ... Senator Clinton *actually* said last night that she "doesn't believe racism has played a part in this presidential election" ... She said this while whining to anyone who would listen that sexism has run rampant throughout the campaign season.

So, to be clear, she thinks she has fallen victim to sexism, but no that no one has voted against Senator Obama on the basis of race. As one Senator famously once told a colleague, "You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts."

If Senator Clinton had said "I think there's been some racism and some sexism, and I'm ashamed of the media for ignoring the latter" I would have agreed. But when 20% of those polled in Kentucky said race was a factor in their decision, and more than 90% of those voted for Clinton, how can she pretend racism hasn't played a part?

Or when Obama's offices in Indiana and West Virginia were vandalized, painted with clearly racist sentiments, how can a candidate for President turn a blind eye?

The odd question I have is this: why has Senator Obama continually told his staff not to report incidents of racial hatred to the media, leaving his volunteers (one of whom was told "I ain't voting for no black guy. I hope they hang that guy from a tree.") at a loss for what to do? And why, when the vandalism at his Indiana office was discovered, did he tell staff there not to release to the media photographs of the hate-filled garbage? Could it be because he wants to avoid the appearance of whining? Could it be because he doesn't want people to say "Oh, look, another black guy crying about racism?"

Why, then, does Senator Clinton have no such problem being "another woman crying about sexism?" And what does it say about her that she wants to play what has traditionally been a "man's game" but she lacks the ability to lose gracefully, as Senator Obama has done with those racist voters? Does it mean that, for all her vaunted experience, she lacks the maturity to deal with loss? After all, remember when she told Senator Obama "Politics is a contact sport. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen?" Well, to paraphrase another cliche, what's good for the gander is good for the goose, Senator. Quit crying. And quit pretending that you and only you have fallen victim to the age-old prejudices that still plague the country. It's unbecoming.