[Vision2020] [Bulk] Barack Obama: Racism You Can Believe In

[Paul Rumelhart]

You know, I'm starting to come to the realization that perhaps you're 
not going to vote for Obama in the coming election.  It's subtle and 
nuanced, but there's something I can't quite put my finger on - some 
common theme that inexplicably appears in your understated posts.

That's assuming, of course, that you are even an American citizen and 
that you are old enough to vote and that you are actually just one person.

Paul

No Weatherman wrote:
> "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he
> was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He
> happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up
> in the concept." — former Democratic Party nominee for VP Geraldine
> Ferraro
> http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/clinton-backer.html
>
>
> "Barack . . . he's talking down to black people . . . telling niggers
> how to behave." — civil rights activist Jesse Jackson
> http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog/2008/07/17/jesse-jackson-barack-telling-niggers-how-to-behave/
>
>
> Sen. Barack Obama's chief strategist conceded that the Democratic
> presidential candidate was referring to his race when he said
> Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama "doesn't
> look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
> http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=5495348&page=1
>
>
> If Sarah Palin visits Manhattan she would be "gang-raped by my big
> black brothers." — Obama supporter Sandra Bernhard
> http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/09/19/2008-09-19_sandra_bernhard_issues_gang_rape_warning-2.html
>
>
> More than a third of all white Democrats and independents — voters
> Obama can't win the White House without — agreed with at least one
> negative adjective about blacks, according to the survey, and they are
> significantly less likely to vote for Obama than those who don't have
> such views.
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840
>
>
> The Republican National Committee's complaint about "foreign"
> contributions to Barack Obama's presidential campaign is a directed,
> political tactic designed to raise questions about Obama's foreignness
> and otherness.
> http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/discuss_1.php
>
>
> It's no longer the case that in the vernacular, we use candidate's
> middle names — does anyone know McCain's? — except for those who
> appreciate the race-baiting benefits of hawking "Hussein." — Keely
> Emerine Mix
> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2008-September/056685.html
>
>
> "I don't think anything good comes from feeding monsters, especially
> racist ones. . ." — Saundra Lund
> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2008-October/057066.html
>
>
>
> "Gang raped by my big black brothers," how's that for the most racist
> stereotype imaginable? If someone from the right suggested that black
> men had proclivities to gang rape white women the left would call for
> a lynching — and rightfully so. Where's the left's outrage at any of
> these blatantly racist remarks from their own?
>
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