Am I the only one thinking... 
that the above 79% of African-Americans would be called racists by the MSM if they were White?
Posted on 03/17/2008 11:37:32 AM PDT by jdm
It’s my solemn duty as one of “Hillary’s new conservative friends” to relay these numbers with a salacious mmmm yeah:
Most voters, 56%, said Wright’s comments made them less likely to vote for Obama. That figure includes 44% of Democrats. Just 11% of voters say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of Wright’s comments.
However, among African-Americans, 29% said Wright’s comments made them more likely to support Obama. Just 18% said the opposite while 50% said Wright’s comments would have no impact…
Last Thursday, 52% of voters nationwide had a favorable opinion of Obama. That figure has fallen to 47% on Monday (see recent daily results).
Does this thing have legs? If you believe Melanie Morgan, Bob Beckel thinks it’s game over. I think he’s nuts. We’re a month out from the next primary, one in which Obama already trails badly so he has an excuse for a landslide loss already built in. Thanks to Ferraro and Billy Jeff’s fat mouth, Hillary can’t push this the way she otherwise might lest she be accused again of racial demagoguery, so she’s got three options: (a) cross her fingers and hope that the media somehow doesn’t get bored with this story over the next four weeks; (b) trust idiots like this to defend Wright publicly, thereby keeping his message of hope and racial retribution front and center; or (c) find a way to place Obama in the audience of one of Wright’s choicer sermons and leak it to the press around, oh, say, April 19. If none of the above happen, she’ll probably still win by a few extra points in Pennsylvania (thanks to her hundreds of thousands of midwestern crossovers), but Obama’s got a safety net two weeks later in North Carolina, where he’s up eight points. Can he hold onto that lead for six more weeks or is this the beginning of the end? Vote it out, baby!
Update: Needless to say, one of the superdelegates’ biggest fears in handing the nomination to Hillary would be alienating black supporters of the guy who won the most delegates, most states, and (probably) the popular vote and yet somehow still wasn’t good enough for the establishment. Given the racial split noted by Rasmussen, wouldn’t torpedoing him over his Wright baggage actually compound that? He was associated with a black nationalist — and therefore they had to nominate the white woman?
Update: Yesterday? Obama by three. Today? Hillary by two, her first lead nationally since March 6.
Update: Keep it coming!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
This thing is like watching a pennant race between bad ball clubs in a weak division. Oh, did I point out that I don’t care for either team?
Absolutely right!
It is fun watching the wild pitches, dropped fly balls and booted double plays though. All we need now is a bench-clearing brawl.
“among African-Americans, 29% said Wright’s comments made them more likely to support Obama. Just 18% said the opposite while 50% said Wright’s comments would have no impact…”
Half said his comments didn’t matter and 29% say it makes it MORE LIKELY that they will vote for him tells me that 80% of blacks believe the same as him. Just goes to show you why it is a waste of time for the GOP to court the black community. No matter what we do, we are just a bunch of racist whiteys.
Am I the only one thinking... that the above 79% of African-Americans would be called racists by the MSM if they were White?
is barack O’bama irish ?
What deep thinkers.
If he keeps this up, and gets the nomination, he'll be lucky to win Maryland let alone PA or OH.
Now, we are going to find out that Rush Limbaugh’s push to help Hilary recently is going to backfire big-time. She will be the Dem nominee and the MSM will make sure she is elected.
No, but they were gong to vote for Obama, anyway, so it’s a net loss for him.
It may well be that the world’s smartest woman and her staff did NOT know this stuff, and this is (in the good sense) a perfect example of “Swiftboating.”
For a while even I thought that he might not be a racist. I was wrong.
Yep, two teams we don't like trying to win the opportunity to play a team we aren't all that excited about either. I feel like a Cubs fan.
That’s coming during the convention.
Yeah right - all the pissed off blacks will flock to the polls to vote for her.
I think that BHO’s memoirs should be titled, the Arrogance of Elite Oppression! This fool needs to be kept far away from Lawmaking!
They may well do that if Harold Ford, jr. or some other black is the VP.
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