August 11, 2008
We're so racist
New York Magazine outdoes itself with not one, but two articles on how Americans are racist if they don't elect Obama:
Why isn’t Obama doing better in the polls? The answer no one wants to hear.
Although to John Heilmann's credit, he does end the article with the possibility that maybe it's not just race (but still mostly race) that may lose Obama the election:
For many Democrats, Obama’s eventual residence there has long seemed a foregone conclusion. But cast your mind forward twenty years and imagine looking back on this election. Would it really seem strange from that vantage point if the first black major-party nominee—a guy with a thin résumé, no foreign-policy credentials in an era scarred by terrorism, a background alien to much of Wonder Bread America, and the full name Barack Hussein Obama—lost? No, it would seem inevitable. That Obama has convinced us that the opposite outcome is even possible is testament to his many gifts. The next three months will show whether they include a talent that would serve him very well in the Oval Office: the ability to conduct a necessary, indeed vital, conversation that no one really wants to have.Posted by Karol at August 11, 2008 12:07 PM | TrackBack
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How can the Democrats think that victory is a foregone conclusion. Congress approval ratings are now at 14%. (Congress approval ratings were 26% in 2006 when Republicans lost control.)
Reid and Pelosi ratings are at 9%. The lowest ever recorded rating for Congressional leaders.
Let's face it. America hates Democrats right now.
I think it is testimony to American's lack of racism that Obama has overcome the Congressional Democrat anchor to be tied with McCain.
Posted by: Jake at August 11, 2008 08:25 PMSo I've read the artcle and now I'm waiting to walk my dog so I can finally put that trash to good use. I feel so enlightened now that I know that voting for someone with more than 3 hours of experience brands me an African American fearing racist. What garbage. So should we all now feel compelled to vote for Barack lest we reap a race riot afterwards? What is this crap article attempting to report?
Posted by: Ari at August 11, 2008 11:14 PM
