I am a racist
Are there some voters who would not vote for an African America candidate because of race? I’m sure there are. Those are the same voters who probably wouldn’t vote for me because of my politics.
That’s as lame as me pointing out that his middle name is Hussein when it’s unnecessary. See, I don’t vote for big government, nanny-statists regardless of skin color. Rich says: I think I’ve learned all I need to know about Mr. Obama.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:03 am
Does that mean that any Democrat who votes for someone other than Obama in the primaries is a racist?
December 12th, 2006 at 11:28 am
Does that mean that any Democrat who votes for someone other than Obama in the primaries is a racist?
That is the message. And it is a dumb message. The Democrats have the worst marketing of the two parties. They think guilt sells. What is the message here, affirmative action for the office of the President? Can you think of a dumber message?
Obama has no experience. What other Presidential contender has run with Obama’s level of experience? You could ask the question for Vice President as well.
If Obama is smart he will focus on 2012. This may all be a smokescreen so he can run in 2008 as Vice President. But he is burning bridges faster than they can be rebuilt.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:46 am
I read that quote and came away with a different meaning. I read that to mean that if you are racist, you probably don’t agree with his politics. You read it as if you don’t agree, you are racist.
Anyway, I don’t see what this guy has done that qualifies him for the presidency. I’m sort of waiting to hear it.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:52 am
On that, we agree. As far as I can tell, his only qualifications are that he’s younger than most senators, he’s charismatic, and he’s black.
December 12th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
I don’t care what color the guy is… he’s a bloom’in liberal! I wouldn’t vote for Obama is he looked like my twin! Don’t care about his experience level, either… just his position on the issues, and he’s on the wrong side of every one of them.
Call me a radical, racist, whatever. I’m voting for the person who is most likely to represent my beliefs in our government. Hey, isn’t that the definition of a ‘representative government’?
December 12th, 2006 at 12:40 pm
I don’t think he’s saying everyone who won’t vote for him is racist, I think he’s saying that they type of people who are racist wouldn’t vote for him even if he were white, so worrying about racism is a worthless pursuit.
I think it was directed more toward the democrats who argue against him as a presidential candidate because he’s black.
December 12th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
There’s a lot of people other than racists that wont vote for Obama based on politics.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Hugger: I think you’re probably right about what he really meant.
December 12th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
I’m sure that’s what he meant, but then again, it did tweak me a bit.
Less buffoonish than Kerry’s last faux pas, but still….
December 12th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
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December 13th, 2006 at 5:06 am
Alan Keyes would have had the same problem
December 13th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
I agree with BH and Stormy. He’s by no means calling everyone who disagrees with his politics a “racist.” You have to squint pretty hard to read it that way.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:23 am
[…] Remember, that’s why I won’t vote for Barrack Obama. Not because he’s anti-freedom or anything important like that. […]
December 14th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
One might observe that Mr. Obama has less legislative experience and certainly less legislative success than Dan Quayle who was almost universally castigated by the legacy media and the Democrats as having insufficient experience to hold the office of vice president.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
J in Detroit:
Democrats didn’t castigate Quayle for his lack of experience. They castigated him for being a moron.
January 16th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
[…] I’m almost curious if this isn’t a theme for press coverage being pitched by Obama, his team or the Democrats. Sure, they won’t come right out and call all of the GOP votes racist, but if they can appeal to the white guilt of a few independents, they’ll be happy to do it. […]
August 12th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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