The Big 'What If' (How will Black Americans react if Obama is defeated?)

WaPo ^ | 9/14/2008 | Randall Kennedy

[mojito]

....Never before have my emotions been so exercised by a political campaign. For one thing, never before has a candidate so fully challenged the many inhibitions that have prevented people of all races, including African Americans, from seriously envisioning presidential power in the hands of someone other than a white American. With intelligence, verve and elegance, Obama has opened the public mind to the idea of a black president and made that idea broadly attractive.

The senator's progressive politics, cosmopolitan ethos and pragmatic style have turned me into an enthusiastic supporter, and I savor the prospect of his triumph. But I'm watching this election very closely as I teach a course about it this semester. And I know that the conclusion to this electoral drama is far from determined. Yes, political gravity would seem to favor the Democratic candidate after two terms of Republican control of the White House. Yet the possibility is very real: Barack Obama could lose.

[Windflier]

Obama does not have a middle America platform nor does he have the experience Americans are comfortable with. He has a liberal record (curse of death in Presidential elections) and questionable friends on top of it all.

I've explained those key basics to my liberal family, but they're mesmerized in the rapture of the crowd euphoria. They are not computing, and are setting themselves up for a nasty disappointment.

I also believe that our side will produce the first black president. And, that person will be enthusiastically supported by us because they will be the best person for the job. It's the same reason we've reacted to Sarah as we have. Not because she's a female.

With liberals, it is always form over substance. Rhetoric over reason. Fluff over facts. And, belief over logic. It's why they've propelled the quisling Obama to heights he should have never known in this life.

I'm hoping that our side wins the election by a landslide. Number one, to remove any question as to the will of the people. Such a win will also take the wind out of most violent protests. Thirdly, it will produce a repudiation of left-liberalism with authority. This is my wish.

[Kickass Conservative]

After talking to many liberals during this “Obama” election cycle, I have figured out that the role of victim knows no Racial or Ethnic bounds.

It seems that a plague of Liberalism has permeated all levels of our society.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Thanks. The message is getting out.