I have never understood

Racism or sexism or all that junk. The mess with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is just appalling. Up until now, I, perhaps naively, have thought it rather nice that whatever else, race and sex weren't really being brought into the fray. Well, unless you're Tweety (I have no idea why Chris Matthews is called Tweety,but it seems weirdly fitting). So this latest nonsense? Not pleasing. Supposedly both are taking a step back from ugly rhetoric, but let's be real, shall we? This is politics. And things tend to get dirty. It would just be nice if the two final candidates didn't start off the race looking like they need a long time under a shower before even thinking of getting into a bath.