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The Racism Excuse
Wall Street Journal ^ | 26 August 2008 | Unsigned

Posted on 08/26/2008 4:06:50 AM PDT by shrinkermd

Things are supposed to be looking rosy for Democrats this November. But in case Barack Obama loses the Presidency, an excuse is all ready to go: America's too racist to elect a black man.

This narrative has gained traction with the Democratic Presidential candidate's recent setbacks in the polls. We hear it from the convention crowd in Denver and liberals in the press. The older, poorer, white, often Hillary voter who sounds ambivalent about the Obama coronation is an enticing scapegoat.

...There are Americans who judge politicians by their race, or gender, or religion; Mr. Obama will certainly carry the black vote in November because he is black and because he is a Democrat. But we reckon that a scant number of voters are motivated by racism, and that number's growing smaller by the day. Virginia elected a black Governor two decades ago, and Illinois has had two black Senators. America has had two black Secretaries of State, and major corporations are run by black CEOs. No other Western democracy has done as well at opening up political, business and other arenas to minorities.

Mr. Obama's descent from his Icarusian heights earlier this spring reflects a shift in this race that has nothing to do with race. A skin-deep Obamamania had energized the country. Now that's giving way to serious consideration of credentials and policy substance.

As a matter of sober fact, many Americans look at the junior Senator from Illinois and worry, as his Democratic Vice Presidential candidate pointed out last year, that he isn't "ready" for the job. Does this mean that anyone who agrees with Joe Biden's previous assessment is a racist? Do Democrats really think so little of their fellow Americans?

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; racism
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To: shrinkermd
MSM logic:

Some Democrats will not vote for a black candidate.

Therefore, if Obama loses, it will be because of racist Republicans.

21 posted on 08/26/2008 5:13:12 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Northern Yankee
There is just a little coverage over here. One or two articles in the newspapers each day. Obama doesn't get any bad coverage. The media, like the USA, is very liberal.
22 posted on 08/26/2008 5:13:36 AM PDT by Aussiebabe
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To: reaganator

Thomas Sowell for POTUS!


How many FReepers would vote for this black man?

The dems focus on abortion, race and taxing the 'rich'. These are their primary talking points. "A woman's right to chose...." "Evil corporations are guilty of 'institutional racism...', class envy. etc. I haven't heard anything positive from them.
23 posted on 08/26/2008 5:14:09 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Common sense and common decency are uncommon virtues among America's left.")
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To: shrinkermd
Mr. Obama will certainly carry the black vote in November because he is black and because he is a Democrat.

I'll bet my next paycheck that if you ask a number of blacks if they will support a black Republican, 90% will say not just no, but h*** no.

24 posted on 08/26/2008 5:25:12 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (A vote for any Democrat from BO on down the ticket is a vote for $10 a gallon gas.)
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To: SAWTEX
The rats are enamored with the idea that everyone is society is a “victim.” What better way to explain away a defeat than to say it was racism. “White Guilt” is only going to carry him so far, mostly with white libs who have already decided to vote for him. The bottom line is he can not be trusted as Commander in Chief, or as steward of the world's largest economy. He's an empty suit and his numbers are dropping like rocks as he is exposed as such.
25 posted on 08/26/2008 5:28:08 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: shrinkermd

Race became an issue only when the dems started it. If the dems could find someone that is not a racial demagogue, this may go away, but nominating someone who for 20 years, apparently approvingly, heard rantings of what a racist country this is will not allow it.


26 posted on 08/26/2008 6:02:43 AM PDT by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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To: Islander7

I’d vote for Thomas Sowell in a minute!


27 posted on 08/26/2008 6:03:30 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA ("When I was a boy, America was a better place" - Dennis Prager)
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To: shrinkermd
I could never vote for Barry because he's well .... Hawaiian. We know how those people are.

They sit around the beach all day, do a little surfing now and then, and scrounge around for the odd coconut that fell from a tree. And when the must work, they do a little day labor in the sugar cane fields for coconut juice money. And what's up with the flowers around the neck thing anyway?

Nope, never can trust a ... 'Hawaiian'. Hard work just ain't in them.




28 posted on 08/26/2008 6:28:22 AM PDT by Condor51 (I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
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To: shrinkermd
An excuse is all ready to go, and so is the rejoinder: Obama would never have been nominated if he were not a Black Man.
29 posted on 08/26/2008 6:29:18 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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To: shrinkermd
"...There are Americans who judge politicians by their race, or gender, or religion"--

--Yes, and not just politicians but everyone. They are called "Democrats".

30 posted on 08/26/2008 6:32:15 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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To: reaganator

Well, because any conservative can’t be a true “black” person, by leftist definition,

your support of Condi doesn’t count in not making you racist.

According to definition, if your skin is light, you are born a racist.


31 posted on 08/26/2008 6:36:04 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: shrinkermd
There is only one thing that could put Obama in the White House, and it is this: Americans have always longed for the day when the nightmare of racism will come to an end, and many may think that the election of Obama to the Presidency will at last drive a stake through the ugly heart of racism.

Well...okay...two things: The Republicans' genius for snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory is the second.

32 posted on 08/26/2008 6:36:04 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
My experience has been the same, CC.

Those opposed to Obama have made it clear that race has nothing to do with their opposition,

And those who support him do so for three reasons: (1) he is black; (2) he is a Democrat; and (3) he is a Marxist and/or is in favor of Big Government (which many do not realize is the same thing; see tagline).

I think most Americans would LOVE to elect someone of African extraction to the Presidency. It fits beautifully into their cherished mythology--The American Dream--liberty, justice, equality for all--rags to riches--Horatio Alger--"beauty can come from anywhere when it is free to come"--in America, anybody can make it--etc.--et al.

Obama is a serious candidate ONLY BECAUSE OF his African origins.

33 posted on 08/26/2008 6:46:24 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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To: bestintxas
If a Conservative was even associated in any way with that kind of a rap, he/she would be out of the running so fast it would make your head spin! But somehow, for Obama, it is just something we are all supposed to benignly overlook or else run the risk of being ‘intolerant’ and ‘racist’.

We have to make absolutely sure that the 'Wright' episode in Obama’s life and campaign are NOT shoved under the carpet, because this episode and Obama's approach to dealing with it are positively telling about the candidate and the man.

34 posted on 08/26/2008 7:06:33 AM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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To: shrinkermd

My own feeling is the many racist, white Dems I know will probably overcome their biases and vote for Obama. Because they want something from the taxpayers, and Obama will certainly try to get it for them. But I would like to be a fly on the wall in the voting booths.


35 posted on 08/26/2008 12:21:55 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: SAWTEX
"white skin"

My position too. Also if he were six inches shorter or had a horrible speaking voice. He's all style and no substance. Except for a very red-Marxist interior.

36 posted on 08/26/2008 12:23:53 PM PDT by driftless2
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