Posted on 08/23/2008 6:15:45 AM PDT by milwguy
What with the Bush legacy of reckless war and economic mismanagement, 2008 is a year that favors the generic Democratic candidate over the generic Republican one. Yet Barack Obama, with every natural and structural advantage in the presidential race, is running only neck-and-neck against John McCain, a sub-par Republican nominee with a list of liabilities longer than a Joe Biden monologue. Obama has built a crack political operation, raised record sums, and inspired millions with his eloquence and vision. McCain has struggled with a fractious campaign team, lacks clarity and discipline, and remains a stranger to charisma. Yet at the moment, the two of them appear to be tied. What gives?
If it makes you feel better, you can rationalize Obama's missing 10-point lead on the basis of Clintonite sulkiness, his slowness in responding to attacks, or the concern that Obama may be too handsome, brilliant, and cool to be elected. But let's be honest: If you break the numbers down, the reason Obama isn't ahead right now is that he trails badly among one group, older white voters. He does so for a simple reason: the color of his skin.
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2. His association with William Ayers and their relationship formed on the Board of the Annenberg Challenge.
3. His extreme pro-abortion record and the lying he has done in an attempt to cover his indefensible vote in the Illinois Senate in 2003.
4. His utter inability to give a coherent answer to questions when he does not have a teleprompter around.
5. He and his wife's continual elitist comments about 'clinging to guns and religion', 'my daughters should not be punished with a baby', 'for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country', '57 states', etc, etc, etc.
6. His lack of any accomplishment as a US Senator, either in biparitsan co-operation, or in legislation.
7. His utter refusal to admit the surge has been an unqualified success, and that he was WRONG.
I could list 20 more reasons why he is in no way qualified to be POTUS, but none of them have anything to do with the color of his skin!
“He does so for a simple reason: the color of his skin.”
Obama is failing because of how he acts, what he believes, how he has lied, and now who he picked as a running mate. His skin color really doesn’t matter to most people. Period.
oba mao 8 has a haughty manner of speaking.
his jaw juts up and to the side in an authoritative cock sure manner.
The libs are already trying to soften the blow of the coming landslide. Racism is their ace in the hole.
What an idiot. Old white people always vote Republican.
It’s the GOP’s greatest constituency...
And, uhh, we, uhh, I-I-I-I-uh, he can’t speak.
That might have something to dow ith it?
Oh but it does as evidenced by the Democrat primaries in: WV, PA and OH.
What vision? Oh yeah, hope....that he doesn't get elected.
Most be a tingle going up his leg...
the reason Obama isn't ahead right now is that he trails badly among one group, older white voters........ he color of his skin.
Well, there are probably a very small percent of older whites that will not vote for a black man, but 98 % of them who won't vote for him is because he is a Marxist
I know, that concept is foreign to a moonbat like this author
OK, so what if I don’t vote BO because I can’t stand his selection of a doddering old fool of a white man for vice president?
Do I pass the racism sniff test? :^)
It does to the 98% of the black voters who will be voting for Obama simply because he is black.
You could see this a mile away. Remember those academics who said that history PROVES that the Democrats will win, based on economic conditions, etc? In other words, if the Dems don’t win, it must be racism.
“His skin color really doesnt matter to most people.”
So very true. To most of us, his complete idiocy does. There are plenty of African-Americans capable of doing a fine job as POTUS. The empty suit ain’t one of them.
I disagree...there are a whole lot of white people out there who will not vote for him because he is black.
A shame one must sign up to post their opinion on this load of BS. I’d love to let this guy know what I think of his ASSumption.
He is going to lose not because of his skin color but because he is a Muslim that was raised by a commie mother..He is not presidential material..The racist generation is mostly dead, those people like my parents were taught to hate blacks, but it is funny they never taught me or my siblings to be racist..My children were brought up to judge a person by their deeds not the color of their skin..If the Obama camp would stop yelling racist then maybe he would have a chance..But then we have the Muslim background
As for his running mate I had to laugh when I read the name Joe Biden.he was chosen because he will not take awsy from the Obama glory..most people do not know who Joe is and will not try and find out..
You beat me to that statement...
“I disagree...there are a whole lot of white people out there who will not vote for him because he is black.”
But this is more than offset by the number of blacks who will vote for the Obamaloon simply because he is black. Now that the empty suit has picked an almost as empty suit as running mate, it’s McCain’s election to loose.
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