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A second perspective on Obama's macaca moment
This could also be calculated by Obama to elicit the division his comment made. He's been losing in small towns. He'll be glad to capture a few to add to his overwhelming advantage in heavily African-American areas. Remember, he tried to lasso some gun right advocates by telling them his belief in the 2nd Amendment but without revealing his voting records to them.
Obama was successful in using race to not only solidify his support among blacks but also to interject a subtext, which African-Amaerican WashingtonPost columnist Robinson advocated as well. The subtext is that you're racist if you don't vote for Obama.
And whatever happened to our democracy and freedom to choose our candidate regardless of race, religion, gender, etc.?
In this macaca moment, Obama's subtext is you're bitter, religious fanatic and gun-toting loser if you don't vote for him. Who wants to be thought of that way?
This time Obama miscalculated and slipped into a macaca moment.
Comments (10)
Umm, hot news, you can't get much higher than 90% AA support.
Your paranoid fantasies are sad.
April 12, 2008 8:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, a new GOP troll.
April 12, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Remember, he tried to lasso some gun right advocates by telling them his belief in the 2nd Amendment but without revealing his voting records to them."
Sorry, exactly how does an elected official hide his or her voting records? I seem to remember hearing something about a web of some sorts...
April 12, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
I said he purposely did not reveal his voting record on gun control. It's you who said he hid it.
It's misleading others to say something about yourself that is contradicted by what you have actually done. And that's what he committed -- he misled.
April 13, 2008 1:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why did you post this?
April 12, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
surprised that someone is actually posting truth on Obama?
April 13, 2008 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama said it as he saw it. He went all sociological on 'em. He really didn't know any better being educated and all. I suppose he thought they wouldn't have picked up on it, that it was supposed to go over their heads. After all, he was just pointing out the truth, why would people object to that?
April 12, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
People may be bitter. But that's not necessarily the reason they go to church or hunt with their guns. He linked them to being bitter. Most of us started going to church since birth. It's what we are and before we lost our first job.
April 13, 2008 1:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
"macaca"? We're not stupid, but your post is the babbling of a moron at best!
April 12, 2008 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah! I believe those current 2 "recommends." REALLY!
April 13, 2008 12:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
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