How Obama can woo low-income whites [Affirmative action for poor whites-even racists can be wooed]

Capital Times ^ | 8-18-08 | Peter Beinart

[SJackson]

The post racial candidate's folks can't get over the race thing, tolerant folks that they are.

BTW, this is an outstanding idea, best idea since McNamara's absurd Project 100,000.

I want to see Harvard populated by the dumbest, and Ameican Corporations run by known unachievers.

The authors job is safe.

[Secret Agent Man]

Obama’s solution? give them robert downey jr makeovers, fake their birth certificates, and include them in for ‘reparations’. /s

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m pretty sure that “low-income whites” are too busy clinging to their Bibles and guns to care about anything B. Hussein Obama has to say.

[ovrtaxt]

Yeah, cracker reparations! A winning issue if ever I heard one! Throw in a couple of free scratch-off tickets and it’s a sure thing.

[Be_Politically_Erect]

His outlook on the human condition and individuality would sell better in India.

I can see it now...an Obama bumpersticker...”CASTE your vote for ‘O’ !”

[Bernard]

The history of post-Vietnam presidential elections is littered with Democratic nominees who thought they could run on policy and ignore symbolism

Too bad the author didn't name one of those issue-based Democrats. I am too busy clinging to symbols that I can't think of one right now.

[Mobile Vulgus]

It’s a lie to say that Obama “really, really doesn’t want his campaign to be about race.” That is ALL he wants it to be!!

[groanup]

How Obama can woo low income whites...

Easy, buy 'em. That's what this is all about, really. Remember when you heard someone say that when the people learn they can vote themselves largess from the treasury the Republic was finished?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Race will be central to this campaign because McCain needs it to be. He simply doesn't have many other cards to play.

What utter nonsense. At Saddleback McCain showed that experience indeed DOES matter without bringing up race once.

[Thinkin]

---

OH YEA !!!
I can get down with this !!!
I want some !!!
Bitter white woman here…… blacks had the vote Long before BWW (bitter white women)..
We could have gotten farther, faster and be making more $$…….
if affirmative action didn’t kick us BWW to the end of the line…. :-D s>

[stylin19a]

Notre Dame political scientist David Leege estimates that 17 to 19 percent of white Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents will resist voting for Obama because he is black.

if this is even remotely accurate..Obama loses...

[Jack Black]

A good article explaining why class based afirmative action is WORSE than race-based AA.

Class-Based Affirmative Action Would Be Worse

[ovrtaxt]

You go girl! Getcha some recreations!!! It’s the MAN holdin ya down baby!

[Thinkin]

The only person that ever held me down was.........myself..

[ClaudiusI]

He’d probably give them some of his supporters to lynch after the election if he thought he could get their votes.

[ovrtaxt]

One could take that several different ways...

[Thinkin]

Trying to be funny.... and failed...

[ovrtaxt]

lol I got a kick out of it!

[SJackson]

The only person that ever held me down was.........myself..

You're ahead, STOP! :>)

[SJackson]

I can see it now...an Obama bumpersticker...”CASTE your vote for ‘O’ !”

That's the real problem, how do you figure out what caste you're in.

If I'm a doin OK white guy, do my kids get to be down and out if they work to put themselves through school?

And what about my put upon grandfather? Don't I get a bump up for him?