Comments on: It’s All a Referendum on Obama—and Us

By: jaycee

jaycee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The core of Obama’s support is the black vote, the youth vote, and the hard-left vote. In examining each of these, we see that the black vote is there because he is black. That is not going to change, no matter what Obama says or does. The youth vote is there because Obama is manipulating the internet; he is relatively young; he is black and articulate. For the most part, the youth vote know nothing about politics in general and do not examine the issues. They vote on emotion. This may change, if they are forced to examine their candidate more closely. The far-left vote will not change. Anyone else who doesn’t agree with Obama, or doesn’t consider him experienced or qualified, will be labeled racist.

By: :(

:( — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As usual, Rose’s analysis is fairly solid. I beg to differ as to Obama’s being “articulate.” Without cue cards or a teleprompter, Obama can barely function. This point was driven home in the debates and explains his reluctance to meet McCain in town hall sessions. When Obama is unscripted, he is the Democratic equivalent of J. Danforth Quayle.

Only a complacent media has spared him from being exposed to ridicule for his verbal gaffes.

By: John Powers

John Powers — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think it is a referendum on whether a political machine with near unlimited resources can buy an election by shifting debate from the issues over to mindless topics like the degree of Sen. Obama’s Muslim education.

I don’t care if Sen. Obama’s is white, black, green or purple: an Old Catholic, a Druid, Bahai, or a Methodist. I do care that he is a Cook County politician with a hard left voting record.

JBP

By: Milt

Milt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jaycee, that must mean that you’re old, white, and hard right, right?

By: Bill Baar

Bill Baar — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Which is to say that if the candidate were, say, John Edwards or any such substantial white guy it would, for all practical purposes, be over right now.”

…no kidding it would be over.

By: little gal

little gal — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The ABC-Wallstreet Journal poll is encouraging for the conservatives; there isn’t much difference in whom folks state they will vote for, but there is a big difference in whom they identify with in terms of values. In the latter McCain demonstrates a strong lead. Like the saying goes,’it ain’t over until the fat lady sings.’

By: Pat Hickey

Pat Hickey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Remember what Gunnar said about the “American Dilema” -’ Yah, sure dat collective -dat whites collective were responsible for da disadvantageous sit-yation in which blacks were trapped. Nat doing som’tings so dat dem black fellas can do som’ting, fer sure. Py Jiminny!’

Thus, if a white man, red man, china man or colonial escapee from Asia Major or Minor were to cast a vote it must be for Obama in order to secure moral purity and assure a National trainwreck – but feel really good about it.

http://hickeysite.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-mccain-steve-huntley-on-high-costs.html