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• Wednesday, March 5, 2008 08:56 PM

  @ Mr. Spud

  Thanks for proving my point. Even though in the real world one would be considered brain dead if, among friends, one were to say the color of your skin no longer matters to anybody in the rural, deep south, if you mention that as a probable cause for an electoral result, you get some thoughtless , reflexive "no it isn't" response from partisans of the person who, in one particuar incidence, benefited from that residual racism. I was just pointing out that this obvious factor in this election result is being avoided like the plague. And your reference to "rednecks who don't get the paper or internet" actually strengthens my point. They got the same attack ads, scurrilous rumours, candidate messages etc. from the media in the rural areas and the urban areas. But, the divide along racial lines remains. Of course it was a factor, and likely a major one. Why is everybody trying to pretend it wasn't. It is the one unique critical question brought up by the Obama campaign. Same as whether sexism is a major factor in Hillary's electability. Actually, to me, Obama and Hillary have more similarities than differences in substance, although in rhetorical ability Obama is as amazing as.. well, Bill. The interesting subtext of this campaign is whether this country is more sexist or racist?

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