So it has already began as I suspected it would. Everywhere you look, on Politico, on Yahoo's front page, on Real Clear Politics, people are whining, are moaning that perhaps Obama could lose because of racism. Everywhere on the blogs I frequent there is gnashing of teeth about how Obama should be doing much better in the polls and the reason he isn't is because of race.
Meanwhile as I walk out the door and get my Cleveland Plain Dealer there is a big front page
story about how McCain is up 48 to 42 in Ohio...and they break the poll numbers down by race and get this Obama is up 98% to 0% among the black vote. YES YOU HEARD ME RIGHT MCCAIN IS POLLING 0% OF THE BLACK VOTE.
Let Obama stand on his merits. Isn't that what Dr. King meant when he said "I dream of a time when a man will be judged on his character and not on the color of his skin."? (far from a direct quote from King but whatever.) Why can't liberal diehards follow Dr. King's wishes? Or, do they think we should run an "affirmative action" election, discriminating against whites?
I already know what people responses are gonna be: African Americans already overwhelmingly go for the Democrat...fine I'll concede that point what about in the Democratic primaries where you had 2 candidates very close on all the major issues and you go into Philadelphia county and Obama gets 92% of the black vote. Can you people honestly tell me people were voting for Obama's health care plan?
There is no doubt that people in every nationality are kinda clannish and they tend to vote for their own folks and there is nothing wrong with, it is natural. I don't have a problem with
98% of the African American vote going for Obama because he is one of them, but I don't have a problem with white people saying you know what we're going with McCain because he
he is one of us.
With all that said, if the race vote provides McCain's margin of victory, I'll take the win. Who says a little evil can't be used to do some good. :-)
I'm not troubled by my position at all because the same thing worked against my 2006 candidate for Governor of OH and Swann in PA and i didn't hear not ONE Democrat complaining about racism then.
See is it that hard?
