Letters to the Editor
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Kcm to Shawn
kcm: "I was referring to white people, actually. Ivy Leaguers, in fact. So it'd be more akin to the Brooks Brothers Riot than Watts. But, easy for you to make that mistake -- you're one of the worst race-baiters around here. (And didn't you say you were taking a break? Please do.)..."
I noticed that, too...it's amazing-once you think we've gotten beyond the race thing, a poster'll remind us that a multi-racial man raised by his white mother and grandparents will still be considered black and, thus, fair game for the type of race-baiting that should have keeled over in the 70's. And, that everything associated with him fits into one particular stereotypical mold, as well [his core must be African-american!].
The Clintons aren't like that but they are offended at the prospect of a third Bush term being raised because they have no faith that their fellow Americans can vote for a multi-racial man with discernible black roots. That is behind Bill's "fairy tale" comments in S.C. and that is chiefly why older black politicians like Charley Rangel have aligned themselves with their old comrades-in-arms to such a degree that they've helped with going after obama with the kitchen sink. They, too, don't believe.
I believe Hillary looked at Obama, initially, as a charming, articulate oddity...the way some well-meaning liberals look at youthful black men who've somehow managed to flourish in unexpected places. And, she never took him seriously, perhaps thinking that he'd gerrymandered some catch-as-catch-can campaign jalopy of the type that Jesse Jackson had to make do with in '84 and '88 in order to promote a "symbolic" candidacy [Jackson was much more than that, by the way, and had, by the time of the latter campaign, accomplished more in the realm of foreign affairs than the Presidential novice, Bill Clinton, had just prior to his inaugural run]. By the time Hillary's campaign realised he was no joke, Obama had smoked her in Iowa. She panicked and the Clinton campaign began its condescending, panicked-fueled belittlement of Obama....which exacerbated their problems with the primary campaign and which, with a few revivals along the way--the latest being Ohio, continue to this day.
She still doesn't respect him as she should, as evidenced by her tripartite comparisons of the remaining candidates [And don't forget that red-phone ad, with its ostensible aim at highlighting Obama's alledged lack of experience, also works as a subtext directed at older, lower income whites' presumably less-than-salutatory reaction to the idea of a man of colour with his finger near the red button], and that will probably steel Obama to refuse a VP spot on the ticket should he relinquish his lead in the pop vote and delegate count. That, along with an expected vigourously resuscitated GOP, would seriously cripple Hillary's efforts in November.
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Concern trolls. They really are very concerned. And trollish.
I won't vote for Obama at the top of the ticket. I don't trust him to be able to handle foreign policy OR the economy.
If Obama wins the nomination, I will vote for McCain.
Yes, because everyone knows that the best thing for the economy is four more years of tax breaks for the rich. And the best thing for our foreign policy is another 100 (or 10,000) years in Iraq. That's why I'll vote for McCain, no matter what. Because another 4 to 8 years of Bush policies is exactly what our country needs right now.
As soon as you say you'll vote for McCain, under any circumstances whatsoever, you lose your right to be taken seriously. You are not a Democrat. You are not in any way a progressive. You are a Republican concern troll, plain and simple.
Everyone knows that the GOP is salivating at the chance of running against Hillary Clinton. They've been foaming at the mouth for the chance to run against the most hated Democrat since Jimmy Carter ever since she ran for Senator. Only with made-up anecdotal evidence can you claim that Obama would be a worse candidate than Clinton. Every poll taken in the past year has shown that he performs better vs. McCain than Clinton. Common sense says that widespread hatred of Clinton is a big drawback, and that Obama would have larger coattails.
But your friends, who you eat dinner with, are gonna vote for McCain if Obama wins. And we're supposed to care.
If you think McCain would be better than Obama, in any conceivable way whatsoever, then you are simply mentally defective. In the unlikely event that your anecdote has anything to do with reality, and Obama gets beat by McCain, you frankly deserve what you get. I will get an apartment in Vancouver, while I wait out the insanity that imbeciles such as you have wrought.
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No brainer ... Hillary Clinton is the GOP's preferred candidate
I saw David Brooks on PBS and he was asked who John McCain would rather run against and he automatically said Hillary Clinton. He paused as if realizing this may reveal something and said it was because he "liked" her better. Sure, I love to run campaigns against my friends.
Hillary Clinton is the Republican dream and she will not help expand the Democratic Party like Obama could.
Plus, I'm nearly 28 and for my whole freakin life either a Bush or Clinton has lived in the White House. This is America people, we shouldn't have two political families that control everything.
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The Obama Nanny State of Mind
There's a constant drumbeat about why Hillary will lose to John McCain and endless whining about her making Obama vulnerable to Republican attacks. No one really deals upfront with Obama's vulnerabilities nor the damage that Obama and his supporters inflict on Hillary daily that will expose her to Republican attacks. It's like Hillary is the unwanted stepchild of the Democratic Party.
I think it's that exactly. I don't know which is worse, the foul-mouthed Obama supporters insisting that skewed caucuses of latte-liberals who can take a day off to caucus are a "fair and balanced" and want to shove this obviously loser candidate down our throats McGovern style, or those that insist he's entitled to the nomination despite his woeful lack of experience and tender archilles heel, simply because he's half minority. (oh, and that those of us who don't agree he's entitled to it are card-carrying KKK members).
If she gets the nomination the Republican's will exploit that but I guess Hillary is used to fighting her own battles.
And winning at it.