It's even more disturbing to see some of Hillary's supporters defending her choice to make her first political ad an ALL white ad.  Hispanics, Asians and Blacks DO live in Iowa, ignoring and/or dismissing them is not going to win their votes.  

There are BLACK and HISPANICS that live in Iowa.  On Obama's site was a picture of a black family, in Iowa that had a fundraiser, so they DO EXIST.  I understand what the diarist is referring to, but this state is predominately WHITE, so I would think she is trying to relate to them.  Whatever.

That's ridiculous.  So in this argument, it'd be okay if she had an ad in New York that didn't have any white people?

If she runs an ad, gives media releases all over the country touting the ad, having it on YouTube, etc., that ad soon becomes a general campaign message.  

How many of those people were real?  C'mon, that guy in the straw hat that she's walking with?  They just happened to film all those people that perfectly?  Right.

She's running to be the president of a diverse country.  All her ads should be diverse.  All of them.  In today's campaigns, when an ad that runs in one state is all over YouTube and your candidate's campaign team releases it and gives it to media outlets all over the country, that ad becomes a general campaign message.  I don't care if that ad was shown in the north pole, it should have some diversity.

And I know about her campaign staff.  If you add up all her advisers, media people, etc, it's still not that diverse.  However, it's certainly more diverse than her opponents', including Obama, but especially Edwards.

AMEN

As someone who's been the token minority I think its a stupid requirement

For the record I am white man working as a community organizer with African Americans.

Hillary Clinton called Obama, a Black man, "naive and irresponsible" which is actually a very racist and segregationist code word. She is not stupid and knows exactly what she said. It is very humiliating knowing that Obama has a wife and children. Listen, I know the history of our country.

And some "closet racists" hidding in the democratic party actually like that insult. Think.

see my comment to dAndrews above.

I think the point is that they could have found people of color if they had thought of it. Ad production value gives a lot away about how thought out it was.

She is secretly appealing for the "Robert Byrd" vote.

Thanks for getting that info.  And if you think about it, minorities are WAY over-represented in the Democratic Party when you compare it to the Republican party.  Thus, that 6.1% is perhaps over ten percent when you consider JUST the Democrats.

Either way, in the year 2007, that ad is unacceptable.  If I wanted that sort of treatment, I'd be in the all-white party, the Republicans.

Usually you present facts to back up your arguments. Here you haven't. You are citing a fact and then trying to make it seem as if somehow Hillary and/or her ad people disregarded those facts and intentionally left people out.

Hillary has a very long history of being an inclusionalist. She respects people for who they are, not what their race is. How dare you or anyone else suggest otherwise.

Pointing out that Hillarys first ad is ALL white is not race baiting.  It's disturbing.

I get your point.  And thanks for the link.  I am not suprised regarding Edwards, as I have never been impressed by his campaign and wouldn't expect them to be on-the-ball.  However, I guess I expected more from Hillary and that's why I got so upset.  Her ad made me think of the term, "invisible", and then when I saw all-white, I got annoyed.

Iowa is 91% white now.  There are way more latinos there than people think.  Afterall, who works on all those pig farms?  Latest estimates are that IA has 6.1% ethic minorities.  And, when you consider that most minorities are Democrats, then perhaps any ad up there in Iowa should include some non-white faces.  That's all.

Btw, I have seen Edwards' campaign team in NH and they are as white as any Republican campaign team.  Ironic, considering he is the one running most to the Left.  But I have never had any faith in Edwards' campaign or even HIS campaigning abilities.  But I would expect more from Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Sorry...typo...I meant Jgarcia not iamready

I get your anger here but I think there is another angle you should consider again.

The non-white population is 6.1% and probably slightly higher given who is under-counted and some estimates range as high as 9% (see short article linked below).

The proportion is surely far higher among Democratic voting and Democratic-leaning voters.

It is higher still in several counties and large cities, presumably rich targets, though obviously there will be other ads.  

There is no growth in Iowa's white population while the minority population continues to increase rapidly, according to new US Census data released last week:

Henning [coordinator of the State of Iowa's data center] says in Iowa the percentages are nowhere near the national level, but she says for the first time, one Iowa county has a minority population over 25-percent. Henning says Buena Vista County has a minority population of 25.1% of the county's total population. Henning says Crawford County has the second highest minority population at 20.9% [these are rural counties with small populations, to be sure].

Henning says some of the larger counties, Polk has a minority population just over 15% and Scott county just under 15%. Henning says a total of 14 of Iowa counties with more than 10 percent of their population being minorities. Henning says from 200 to 2006 the minority population has led the growth in Iowa. She says the total population changed by just under two-percent but the Latino population increased by 39.1%, and the black population 18.2%. Henning says the white non-hispanic population grew by only zero-point-one percent.

Darwin Danielson, Iowa's minority population increases, still behind rest of country, RadioIowa, August 9, 2007

Given these facts, why would the campaign's first ad not represent at least some of the diversity in the state, particularly given that minorities are the only growing populations in the state?

It strikes me as an omission in one of two ways. Either members of these minority groups were not in attendance in the campaign stops in the ad or footage of them was not included in the ad.

Why would the campaign not want to include the whole of Iowa in their kickoff ad?

The true measure of helping minorities is what you do in office and throughout your life, not who you put in your ad.

While "in office" the Clintons sold out black & hispanic people to wannabe slavers under mandatory minimum laws some of which Clinton signed into law. While he was going through his glorious days as "the first Black President" blacks and hispanics were filling up the prisons under Clinton. RAPIDLY. He knew too. And when did he choose to feel bad about it? On his last day in office, he pardoned around 36 of them, saying it was "unconscionable" and talked about the injustice of the laws, some of which he helped become law. Hey, but at least, "he felt their pain."

Hillary can color her "inner cirle" the colors of all the rainbow, they too will discover that they'll always be expendable for more money and power.

You do realize there is more than one Latino in Iowa?  Some may take offense to your snide comment.

Once again, a good post, Steve M.  I usually like jgarcia's posts, but I think he went overboard here.  I showed Edwards' ALL-WHITE ad, and that gets a ho-hum "well, I expect that stuff from Edwards. His campaign is horrible."  This should not be an issue.  It is indeed silly.  You simply CAN'T plan campaign stops with minority placements.  How dumb would that be to script a campaign stop film with "product placement" in mind?  This is not Hollywood, nor would I want a racially planned ad.  The whole notion is silly.  Notice how the freshly signed on posters "win" and "allmiview" act like the self-anointed race policemen?   Of course, we have also been treated to the exact opposite spectacle here, namely that Clinton is a RACE PANDERER who is too concerned about appearing chummy with blacks.  

Disgusting, to say the least.  

please see my 4:06pm reply to "bruh21" above.

Seriously.

I've posted links to Clinton's campaign video from other states, like South Carolina, that is extremely diverse. I've posted links to her incredibly diverse campaign organization. But, the detractors seem to be studiously ignoring these links.

They are obviously more interested in rhetoric than being educated.

please see my 4:06pm reply to "bruh21" above.

Perhaps I was a little hasty.  But just look at it from my (or other people of color's) point of view.

My intention was not to impugn HRC's character or anything.  Just that her campaign must consider people's sensibilities.  ALL the candidates' campaign staffs should.

please see my 4:06pm reply to "bruh21" above.

please see my 4:06pm reply to "bruh21" above.

I'm glad that you "get it", my friend.  I guess it IS true that if one isn't a minority, it's hard for them to understand.

I still like Hillary Clinton.  But, like you, I feel a little hurt and disappointed.  And if and when I ever see her face to face, I will tell her exactly that.  They need to hear it from people like us, so they can change their behavior for the better.