Obama’s blackness
Thursday, 13 March 2008 | 75 readers so far
Is definitely a factor in why he is doing well among Democrats. If we cannot have an open, honest discussion about this topic then we are a nation in self-denial. Things have been this way for at least two decades. The new standard is that white people cannot say anything at all about black people without risking being called racist and then having the charges, justified or not, repeated ad nauseum throughout the national media in the most hysterical tone possible. Meanwhile, black people can say any ridiculous thing they want to and it will be taken seriously. Otherwise, how do we explain the press coverage of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in the last 20 years?
Barack Obama is popular in large part because he is black. He’s also popular because he is a good speaker and a good looking guy. Take away the blackness and you’d have a good looking, well spoken white guy who wouldn’t have a chance in hell of becoming President. That’s the plain truth.
As much as I disagree with Geraldine Ferraro in most things she is completely and accurately stating the reality of life in America when she says Obama wouldn’t be a front runner without his skin coloring. Now that we’ve cleared that up can we talk about something that’s actually important?
1 March 13th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Gringo_Malo says:
OK. How about Obama’s membership in an Afrocentric church whose minister accompanied Louis Farrakhan to Libya in 1984? I’d probably vote for Alan Keyes if only the Republicans would nominate him, but never for Obama.
Or we could talk about why the Republicans nominate Democrats, or guys who might as well be Democrats, for president. Then again, that might just be too depressing.
2 March 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Gringo_Malo says:
Let’s talk about adding a preview feature to your blog, so I can correct my typos.
3 March 13th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Trevor says:
Sure. We can talk about that. I’m sure someone has written a plugin for that. I’ll look.
4 March 13th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Trevor says:
AJAX Comment Preview. You request, I provide. Well someone else did the programming…
5 March 13th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Barack Obama News says:
Is definitely a factor in why he is doing well among Democrats. If we cannot have an open, honest discussion about this topic then we are a nation in self-denial. Things have been this way for at least two decades. … Read the rest of this great posthere
6 March 14th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Gringo_Malo says:
Muchas gracias.
7 March 14th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Gringo_Malo says:
I see that ABC News has begun to pay some attention to Obama’s church.
8 March 14th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Trevor says:
I read the comments made by the pastor. I actually partially agree with him, although I would have stated things differently.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki have very little to do with 9/11. Our pst World War II policy of foreign interference around the world has a direct effect on the attitudes of some groups and countries towards us though.
9 March 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Gringo_Malo says:
Maybe, but don’t you think that “God Damn America” is a bit extreme? I can’t recall any sermons in which a Catholic priest, even the Irish ones, called down damnation on anybody. This is not going to play in Peoria.
10 March 17th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Oliver says:
100% with you on that one, especially when people are so blind and forgiving with Obama’s lack of substance and inexperience. He talks about good judgement but he hasn’t proven it with his real estate mob buddy and the pastor.
11 March 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Trevor says:
Gringo,
Sure, it’s extreme. So is molesting a choir boy. Churches are just as full of human foibles as anyplace. If not worse.