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In reply to the discussion: Ms. Clinton [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)the black woman I am married to has always been a strong supporter of Hillary.
My wife has worked at fairly high levels in the federal government. She says that she always related more, as a professional woman, to Hillary, than she has ever related to Obama. The reason is that she has felt much more discrimination against herself at various job stages because she was a woman, rather than because she was black.
In 2008, we maxed out our personal contributions to Hillary's primary campaign. We also have a picture at a fundraiser of Hillary holding our infant daughter.
I have never felt for one second that Hillary or Bill were remotely racist; I think the opposite is true.
That said, I am not excited by the idea of Hillary as President, though I think we could do a lot worse. I would love to see an entirely new and exciting Democratic political leader.