Posted on 08/26/2008 11:02:55 PM PDT by Schnucki
The arrest this week in Denver of some gun-toting, meth-fuelled white supremacists supposedly bent on assassinating Barack Obama neatly fits a narrative that has considerable appeal for many observers of the 2008 campaign.
There’s a common view among Democrats and their supporters in the media that the reason Mr Obama is struggling to gain a lead in the polls in what should be a banner year for Democrats is simple: racism.
Four fifths of Americans say that the US is on the wrong track; Republicans in Congress are heading for a setback of historic proportions; the desire for a change in political direction is palpable.
But Mr Obama is running neck and neck with John McCain. And it’s clear from detailed polling data that Mr Obama’s big problem is among working–class white voters (rednecks, in the derisive popular description favoured by their civilised, educated betters). QED: a black man can’t get elected President.
There are lots of things wrong with this idea other than the general tone of scented– handkerchief–in-front-of-the-nose patronising metropolitan elitism.
*snip*
Instead, Mr Obama faces two problems. The first is his failure to connect with voters on their economic anxieties. This seems to be a direct result of his decision to campaign on the loftier goals of change and renewal, and not on unemployment and falling real incomes.
The other concern was a widespread doubt about Mr Obama’s suitability to be commander-in-chief. Macomb voters are much more focused today on national security than they were 25 years ago, and they worry about Mr Obama’s inexperience. They also express doubts about his patriotism, often citing the incendiary antiAmerican remarks of his mentor in Chicago, the Rev Jeremiah Wright.
In short, Mr Obama’s biggest problems lie in his own perceived political weaknesses, not in the colour of his skin.
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I’m still trying to figure out if Obama is:
Stupid
Naive
Evil
All three
"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
You left off ‘aware puppet’
Four-fiths of Americans think we’re on the wrong road?
Maybe. But that doesn’t translate into victory for Obama. Because half think we should be ruled by Dems, and of the half that don’t want a Dem in office, half of them are unhappy because they think Bush has appeased the Dems far too much.
Thats why the sum of those two groups do not make a majority for a Dem. And this is why we have elections.
I think you are correct, the left believes the MSM (CNNCBSNBCMSNBCABC)is fair and balanced but Fox isn’t.
Maybe he is the ultimate Manchurian Candidate. I once thought Clinton was, but he was a pragmatist compared to the uber liberal desires of the Most High Obama. Someone is behind his ascension. And he will be a willing puppet.
Good point. Too many of these political commentators see the world in black & white - never any shades of gray. (no pun intended)
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
~ C. S. Lewis
“This seems to be a direct result of his decision to campaign on the loftier goals of change and renewal, and not on unemployment and *falling real incomes.”
You can’t blame overseas ratmedia for getting this wrong, but they doing the job overall. We must read foriegn papers to get the truth.
* real income has gone up, much to the surprise of the democrat “experts”
stupid naive evil and a liar communist.
You are very likely correct in your analysis; thank you!
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