Posted on 06/07/2008 5:42:13 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
How black is too black?
Millions of African-Americans celebrated Barack Obama’s historic victory, seeing in it a reflection — sudden and shocking — of their own expanded horizons. But whether Mr. Obama captures the White House in November will depend on how he is seen by white Americans. Indeed, some people argue that one of the reasons Mr. Obama was able to defeat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was that a large number of white voters saw him as “postracial.”
In other words, Mr. Obama was black, but not too black.
But where is the line? Does it change over time? And if it is definable, then how black can Mr. Obama be before he alienates white voters? Or, to pose the question more cynically, how black do the Republicans have to make him to win?
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His problem is not that he’s too Black, it’s that he’s too Red.
I’d love to be walking down the street with a rolled up newspaper and meet the moron/jerk who came up with “postracial”
You know that, and I know that. And we both know that if he loses because the American people finally figure that out, and vote appropriately, the media will report it as “white America is RACIST!”
They can't get it through their head that people fear Obama because he's a Marxist, not because he's black(ish). Why is that? Oh yeah, they're Marxists.
“seeing in it a reflection — sudden and shocking — of their own expanded horizons”
Talentless, LeftPropagnda journalist condescending to tell us knuckle-dragging, non-progressive whites about our “shock” over our oh so reluctantly “expanded horizons”.
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It’s irrelevant. Expect a steady stream of racism accusations. It doesn’t matter. Every one of the significant people or mentors in Obama’s life was an extreme leftist. Obama is in that mold. He is, first and foremost, a leftist.
What are these guys smoking?
If , If B. Hussein doesn't disply Black Grievance, His wife and his pastors sure do!
“the media will report it as “white America is RACIST!””
Who cares how the media reports it? Would you rather have an extreme leftist as President, and the media as happy as it could be?
Nonsense!
Heck, no! Why in the world would you think that? It was a comment on the media.
He is, first and foremost, a leftist.
And why whites will not vote for him, not because of his skin color.
“There is a reason for this. Race is one of the most contentious issues in American society, “
Race is one of the most contentious issue because the left defines people according to race, sex, or sexuality......
B. Hussein has built his career on “Black Grievance.” He knows how to exploit it, how to marshal it to his purposes, and when to discuss it and when not.
This is why a privileged, half-white, half Arab/African Muslim, product of fine schools does everything possible to make himself seem like one of the home boys and thus heir to the Great Black Grievance. Because the latter is heavily supported by white liberals, he’s been able to get pretty far with it.
The question is whether the politics of black grievance will have any support from people other than blacks and white ultra-liberals.
If BHO loses, the MSM will attribute his loss to the hidden racism of the American people. (nevermind that his ideology is to the left of Stalin)
My mother, who is a committed Democrat, says she’s voting for McCain. I suspect there’s a lot of that going on. On the other hand, I (a committed conservative and Republican voter for the most part) won’t vote for McCain under any circumstances.
Anyone who still thinks Obama is postracial hasn’t been paying attention. It’s like saying Hitler was post anti-Semite because he was part Jewish. And just as dangerous.
His color has nothing to do with it. If he was a conservative I’d be voting for him over a white liberal.
And too green, both in experience and in politics.
But that is what will be used to account for more beatings .. like those two guys the other day outdside a convenience store.
I tell ya folks ... there's a rough ride up ahead.
Don’t forget he’s also “articulate and clean.”
Bingo!
The message I get from Obama and his wife is that we’re too white for them.
That was before the "revelations" in the MSM about Rev. Wright.
There are also too many people making a living off it.
where??? iirc, it was the paper bag test...
Race is one of the most "contentious issues" because DEMOCRATS have made it an industry, with a revenue stream for their political business. Too bad....since they are such racists.
Get ready for a never ending stream of this kind of bilge from the racists of the American Left in the run-up to November, and in the aftermath, whether their anointed candidate wins or loses.
Implicit in the question is that most American voters are racists. Explicit is the claim that Republicans would actually be capable of exploiting that bigotry. Both are false.
In the first place, the Republicans are going to stay so far from issue of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Middle-Named's race that they're going to fall all over each other praising the wonderfulness of the opportunity to have an African-American in the race without actually mentioning that he's black. In the second place, even their fawning praise is going too be taken as yet another indication of their racism: "See? See? they're pointing out that he's black all over again! Subtle Racism, the worst kind!" In the third place even the most glancing blow on the driest statistic in the world is going to called a racist attack if it blemishes The Anointed One. And finally, the tsk-tsking of morons like the writer of the instant piece is going to be the background accusation against which far too many Americans wallowing in white guilt will find themselves driven, yet again, to make amends.
All we can do is refuse the confessional of white self-flagellation. The man behind the screen will demand your wallet and call you ugly names, but all your admissions of sin are in vain: you will never be forgiven in that booth. Don't even bother to try.
I voted for Lynn Swann for governor of PA. I guess I draw the line where the R changes to a D.
That’s been pretty obvious for some time now.
Blah, blah, blah.,Do these socialist ever get tired of listening to their own crap. It must be burdensome to think you are so important as to know not only what everyone thinks but how we should think.
The only reason he won is that he got “a lot” of anti-Hillary votes........AND her black base.
Eagerly awaiting more Abracadabra from the Dems.
It should have been ABUNDANTLY clear where the media stands on "race" after the Rodney King episode (where the MSM edited the video and failed to report all publicly available trial evidence, in order to incite riots, build new$ coverage, and push their agenda). The MSM has a template for all news stories, and all coverage must mesh with the convenient fiction. Black people (or any other minority) involved? OK, get out the template of Perpetual Victimhood, with white capitalists/Republicans/corporations/authorities playing the racist guilty party. If Obama loses, it will be all about voter ID requirements "keeping minorities from voting", hidden white racism, Republican dirty tricks, "swiftboating", etc etc etc.
Want to see real racism? Pay attention to the language used by the left to denigrate Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams, Janice Rogers Brown, Larry Elder, Thomas Sowell, Michael Steele, J. C. Watts, and even Condi Rice. They call them "race traitors", "uncle Toms", "Oreo", "Aunt Jemima", or "Quisling". When Nazis, skinheads, kkk, etc use such language (i.e. "race traitor"), it is rightfully labeled as racist and disavowed by decent folk, plus the MSM. Not so much the latter when the characters are interchanged.
Obama is black? I thought he was an Arab.
“is that they do not convey a sense of black grievance.”
I’m sick of “black grievance”. Grew up with that crap, all I ever saw it being was an excuse to sit on their butts and gripe.
Now it’s a national past time. We DO NOT NEED a part black or black of Obama’s stripe in the White House.
Exactly.
Agreed. Throw it on the pile with "gravitas."
Leftists are such idiots, it's maddening.
I remember when they used "gravitas" the first time during one of the Bush elections, and Rush played clips of almost every national news outlet using the word within a 24 hour period after the first dolt used it. Original, they ain't.
white guilt
I’m pretty sure we won’t be hearing much about “gravitas” in this one.
The best description of Obama had to be when Jackie Mason said he “looks like a doorman” on the Dennis Miller radio show.
He could look as white as Larry King, and it would not hide why whites really fear him: Louis Farakkhan and The Rev. Wright, his close friends.
Why can't that imbicile Doug Kmiec understand that?
Aha! Symbolism!
I like it!
excellent post.....
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