Posted on 09/19/2008 2:45:39 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
... David Gergen told about 600 guests attending a dinner at the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday that John McCain and Barack Obama are locked in a virtual tie and the Republicans could pull off an upset.
"Race has, and is, the big gorilla in the room that you can't get around," Gergen said. "We have made a lot of progress but we're not there yet. It gives alot of unpredictability to what we do."
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MSNBC exit polls during the Democratic primaries showed that among those questioned in AR, MS, WV, and I believe PA, race did play a factor in how some voted. But, it was Democrats who stated that race played a factor in how they voted, not Republicans.
So, are Democrat Sebelius, Quasi-Democrat David Gergen, Jack Cafferty and even Barack Obama using race-baiing tactics?
Sebelius and Gergen really sound like they are using race-baiting tactics.
Obama is on record as saying that Republicans are going to say "did I mention he's black?" and that Obama doesn't look like those on paper currency. Race-Baiting?
Link to what CNN's Jack Cafferty said below.
Jack Cafferty: "Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it's one that nobody's talking about... Yet the polls remain close. Doesn't make sense...unless it's race."
I’d blame the cold Alaskan express.
Doesn’t Gergen understand that Obama is a socialist? And I don’t care what color he is, I don’t want a socialist (closet Muslim) running this country!
David Rodham Gergen speaks.
Gergen is nuts
They’re Master Race Baiters!
>> “Race ... is, the big gorilla in the room...”
ROFL! Did Gergen just call Obama a big MONKEY? Didn’t Howard Cosell get fired for a similar offense?
“Race has, and is, the big gorilla in the room that you can’t
get around,”
Oh my macacca, what a racist statement.
I think he just forgot the word “reverse” before racism.
Easy there Gergen. You're getting awfully close to offending somebody with that phrase.
“Doesn’t Gergen understand that Obama is a socialist? And I don’t care what color he is, I don’t want a socialist (closet Muslim) running this country!”
Either people are ignorant or they don’t care that Obama is a socialist. I pray that socialist, infanticide-supporting Obama isn’t elected in November. His policies would be a total disaster!
We don’t want socialism in America! If people want it so badly, they should move to Canada or Western Europe!!!!
Hey,Dave baby....if it was Rice vs Edwards this November for whom would *you* be voting?
Yah...I thought so.Racist! Sexist!
Note to DG...it’s not racism, David, it’s Liberalism!
True in a way - I’m not going to vote for some communist thug just to prove to Gergen and his ilk that I’m not a *racist*.
Somebody should tell them the Democrat Party primary is over.
Liberals are apparently trying to come up with yet another conspiracy theory to explain a potential Obama loss.
Remember when Carter advisors came up with the conspiracy theory of George Herbert Walker Bush speaking with Iranians to try and keep US hostages in hostage mode until after the election was over?
Leftist Liberals don’t need to explain why it would it be an upset if McCain wins? If he wins, they’ll be upset.
Seriously though, why would it be an upset if McCain wins. They started out this spring running for the respective parties. They each won. They each received the support of their own party, and the party faithful.
Why would it be an upset if McCain wins? The Democrats seem to think it’s manifest destiny every four years, that their candidate will win. And failing to convince the U.S. public each time, they lose, declare it all so unfair (like a 12 year old kid), and fall on the floor kicking and screaming for another four years.
He said "big gorilla" not "gorilla with big ears".No problem.
If we assume that Republicans are voting for McCain(R) then the conclusion you can draw from Gergen here is that it is the Democrats who are racist if they don’t vote for Obama.
Forget Gergen. He's the cheapest political whore in Washington. He'll say anything for the highest bidder, who appears to be the leftwing a-hole this time.
And I intend to show them just how racist I really am. McCain/Palin 2008
They are not trying to make pre-emptive excuses for losing. They are attempting to intimidate in advance the feeble-willed, uncommitted voter, who doesn't want to be a "racist" oh horrors, -- to insure victory.
Then these Obama supporters are sexists!!
easy enough to turn it around.
Funny how they aren’t saying that sexism could cost sarah Palin being elected VP.
Gergen is an idiot and, having sold himself to the highest bidder on multiple occasions, a WHORE!!
Race-Baiting + Intimidation.
It has been well known for some time that David Gergen is also a Socialist in supports people like the O.
He is one we should throw out of the party.
Probably stolen from David Burge:
My thoughts exactly, although I couldn't have phrased them half so eloquently.
Yeah, if he weren’t black,he wouldn’t be in the race. He is way above his pay grade. Go back to the senate and make some money.
Blacks vote 90+ percent for liberal black candidates. On the negative side whites still vote up to 60 or 70 percent for white candidates, obvious racism.
I think that is what Gergen means.
It is no wonder that Napoleon I referred to Talleyrand to his face as "Sh*t in a silk stocking".
Not to be judgemental or anything.
The wimps are starting to suck their thumbs.
“Look at that little monkey go!”
Race IS the biggest issue in this campaign. Most Americans would LOVE to elect a black man or a woman as president. Problem is Obama is unelectable because of his extremism and utter lack of a track record in anything other than graft.
By statistical analysis only 6% of whites wold not vote for a black man. This is more than offset by in excess of 90% of blacks who will vote for any black person regardless of any other factor.
Why is Obaqma not a runaway? Because he can not be trusted.
No, David. Obama is a dope who can’t make any sense without a teleprompter. Color is not the issue.
Gergen is a master.
Does anyone really think Gergen has anything to add to the discussion?
Democrats and their excuses:
2000: Gore won, Bush stole election with help of Supreme Court and hanging chads.
2004: Kerry won, Bush stole election with help of Diebold voting machines.
2008: Racists!
There’s just one problem here Mr. Gergen. Republicans and conservatives have their usual reasons to avoid voting for Obama. But there aren’t enough cons and pubs to elect McCain. If Obama loses due to racism, it will have to be due to independent and/or Democrat racism. Put that on your forehead and comb it over.
It's about time somebody in the MSM called democrats on their racism.
No, I blame racism for Obama even being in the race. If black folks didn’t automatically vote for him at a 90+% rate, he would be a footnote in history.
Only two times politicians get that high a vote: dictators with no opponent in the election and Republicans in Utah.
Gergen is the biggest hand wringing closet democrap on the planet! The guy is left of Dicky Morris
And NEVER forget...Its OK to call GWB “chimpy” because racism is a one way street. ;)
With a 100% ADA rating, only an ignorant Republican would think of voting for him if he was white, so whatever racism there is, is in the Democrat Party, -—especially among its Liberals.
The comparison of Gergen to working ladies has caused much angst and offense to the ladies. They do have standards, Gergen has none.
In my dream, I see some youthful demonstrator walking up to Gergen and slamming him in the face with a pie just as he is about to make another of his absurd, self-ingratiating statements. Then I wake up and wonder if that demonstrator took the time to kick Cafferty in the balls on the way out. Such is the nature of dreams, I guess... :)
How about ‘patriotism’ AND economics as an issue. . .are Marxists patriotic?
“Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it’s one that nobody’s talking about... Yet the polls remain close. Doesn’t make sense...unless it’s race.”
How about blaming it on the “smart” voters that are leary of a radical, white hating wife, Michelle, junior Senator, with Jeremiah Wright, Farrakhan, Father Phleger, Ayers....he calls friends. Yeah....it;s race....race to see Obama done for and no more!!!
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