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Obama and the white working class
The candidate's Pennsylvania remarks, and his passionate defense of them, are more convincing than the debate about them would have you believe.
Joan Walsh [2008-04-11]

  • The racism side door

    The continuing kerfluffles about Obama's "misstatements" are nothing but sidedoors for racists. You see, you can't oppose Obama for being black, even if you, a simple working-class Catholic, feel strongly that he is uppity, and needs a few lashes to get his black ass back on the plantation. Nope, instead you say that "he's too elitist" or "he's snooty". These allow the racist mentality to dismiss Obama without admitting that they are, in point of fact, racist.

    So, look for those little "tells". "He's an elitist" means "I'm a racist."

    -- dataguyx
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    Saturday, April 12, 2008 06:48 AM
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