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A race about race.
Posted by Kate G. in US Election 2008.
If we thought this race was about race when it was Clinton vs. Obama, we hadn’t seen anything yet.
At this point, it’s got to be the “black” thing that keeps anyone voting for McCain (that, or the constant comparisons to terrorists…thanks, NY absentee ballots). I can’t see any other reason why normal, middle- and lower-class Americans refuse to vote for Obama.
It can’t be the “economy” thing, since Obama’s plan would give nearly all of the awful people in McCain’s crowds a tax cut. And McCain’s brilliant “spending freeze” for everything except defense is the grossest idea I’ve ever heard; the past eight years have been a spending freeze on everything but defense!
It can’t be the “healthcare” thing, as McCain’s idea to TAX HEALTHCARE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER will do nothing but completely demolish employer health care plans, on which most of us “little people” depend. And, sorry, John, five grand isn’t even half the cost of the average family’s insurance plan right now, and I can’t imagine premiums will go down with all the deregulation crap you’re trying to pull.
It can’t be the “education” thing, since Obama wants to give $4,000 a year to all students who do community service and McCain wants to freeze spending to the education programs. Obama supports charter schools and an effective answer to NCLB. McCain supports vouchers…and that’s all he says.
Gee, with all these great things that will help nourish and support the middle and working class, what could rural, working-class America possibly have against Obama?
I started feeling that racism was playing a part in the campaign a few weeks ago, when that moron Super Trooper insisted on using Obama’s middle name… one of the most common names in Arabic, which means something really nice. Then, it started to scare me a little, when I heard people at rallies yelling “Terrorist!” and “Kill him!” with no reprimand from Soccer Pitbull 6-Pack… whatever the hell she goes by. But I think the most telling was the man who showed up to a rally with a MONKEY wearing an Obama sticker.
Maybe it was poignant symbolism for the fact that Obama believes in evolution, that we came from apes. Perhaps the man was disagreeing in an artistic, ironic way. But judging by the scant number of teeth in his head, I have a feeling this guy was in line for the wrong rally.
And what does McCain do about all this? Belly-aches that Obama doesn’t apologize for things said in his ads (about his POLICIES and his unsavory connections that he won’t even address in public, unlike Obama). Then, he goes on to unapologetically salute his supporters, calling them patriots and heroes. Guess he doesn’t want to lose his KKK constituency.
Even now he’s trying to back-track, because he’s scared his supporters into fearing for their children’s lives in an Obama-Biden administration. Whoops! What happened to that “respectful campaign” you wanted to run?
We aren’t that stupid, John, and thank you for showing us that the color of our skin has nothing to do with integrity, intelligence, honesty, and likeability. Obama should hire you!
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where the hell did that guy get a monkey?? was it a real one??
Haha it was a stuffed Curious George, silly.
It pains me to admit this… but here goes: My grandfather refuses to vote for Barack Obama simply on account of his skin color. This guy’s a small town Indiana boy, but I almost cringe offering that up as some sort of excuse, because it isn’t a valid one and certainly isn’t an acceptable one. In fact, I think it’s all this “Well, you know, they’re from a different generation and a different part of the country” or “they were raised that way” that has convinced Americans in general that it’s somehow OK to hang on to all this insidious racist bullshit. As Sen. Obama so compellingly declared during his moving DNC acceptance speech, “ENOUGH!” Either you can find it in your soul to move on and free yourself from the ridiculous anachronism that is American racism or you CHOOSE not to do so. And if you don’t (or rather, won’t) then get out of the way.
My grandfather is an orphan who never experienced the “family values” or the opportunity promised by the American Dream for which John McCain and his friends would still have you believe their party stands. My grandfather is also a lifelong Union man (this guy got it right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIGJTHdH50), and has never voted for a Republican in his life. But this time, oh, this time, he will. I wish I could convince him and the thousands of other people like him to think again this November. Maybe I can, and maybe I can’t. Instead, I think the burden this election day has to be on us, the people who aren’t afraid to use their brains or to dust off their ol’ moral compass when it matters most.
Wow, I wrote a lot. Sorry, Kate.
“Get your souls to the polls!” GO-BAMA ‘08!