From Jörg Colberg’s weblog:
If Obama Loses: “If it makes you feel better, you can rationalize Obama’s missing 10-point lead on the basis of Clintonite sulkiness, his slowness in responding to attacks, or the concern that Obama may be too handsome, brilliant, and cool to be elected. But let’s be honest: If you break the numbers down, the reason Obama isn’t ahead right now is that he trails badly among one group, older white voters. He does so for a simple reason: the color of his skin. Much evidence points to racial prejudice as a factor that could be large enough to cost Obama the election.” ….[READ MORE >>]
From Jacob Weisberg writing for Slate.com
Let’s be honest: If you break the numbers down, the reason Obama isn’t ahead right now is that he trails badly among one group, older white voters. He does so for a simple reason: the color of his skin. Much evidence points to racial prejudice as a factor that could be large enough to cost Obama the election.
Five percent of white voters acknowledge that they, personally, would not vote for a black candidate. Five percent surely understates the reality. In the Pennsylvania primary, one in six white voters told exit pollsters race was a factor in his or her decision. Seventy-five percent of those people voted for Clinton. You can do the math: 12 percent of the Pennsylvania primary electorate acknowledged that it didn’t vote for Barack Obama in part because he is African-American. And that’s what Democrats in a Northeastern(ish) state admit openly. The responses in Ohio and even New Jersey were dispiritingly similar.
Such prejudice usually comes coded in distortions about Obama and his background. To the willfully ignorant, he is a secret Muslim married to a black-power radical. Or–thank you, Geraldine Ferraro–he only got where he is because of the special treatment accorded those lucky enough to be born with African blood. Some Jews assume Obama is insufficiently supportive of Israel in the way they assume other black politicians to be. To some white voters (14 percent in the CBS/New York Times poll), Obama is someone who, as president, would favor blacks over whites. Or he is an “elitist” who cannot understand ordinary (read: white) people because he isn’t one of them. Or he is charged with playing the race card, or of accusing his opponents of racism, when he has strenuously avoided doing anything of the sort. We’re just not comfortable with, you know, a Hawaiian.
Then there’s the overt stuff. In May, Pat Buchanan, who writes books about the European-Americans losing control of their country, ranted on MSNBC in defense of white West Virginians voting on the basis of racial solidarity. The No. 1 best-seller in America, Obama Nation by Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., leeringly notes that Obama’s white mother always preferred that her “mate” be “a man of color.” John McCain has yet to get around to denouncing this vile book. ….[READ MORE >>]
Paul Street for ZMAG Writes:
….Barack Obama told reporters that if he lost in his quest for the presidency, “it would not be because of race. It would be because of mistakes I made along the campaign trail.”
“….like many of Obama’s formulations, his comment was partly true and largely false.”
If Obama loses to the reactionary war-mongering nut-job John McCain despite a political context that would normally strongly favor a Democrat this time around, the refusal of a significant number of white voters to support a black candidate will be a significant part of the explanation. ….[READ MORE >>]
Bob Herbert of The New York Times says:
So what’s the problem for the Obama campaign?
The problem is the dog that isn’t barking.
Talk for more than a few minutes with an Obama supporter in a white middle-class or working-class area and you’ll hear about a friend or relative or co-worker who has a real problem with the candidate.
When Jack Davis’s wife, Joan, who also plans to vote for Senator Obama, was asked about Democrats that she knew who would not vote for him, she replied:
“My mother! She’s 85 years old. I’m sorry to say, but she will not vote for him.”
It is frequently the case that a statistically significant percentage of white voters will lie to pollsters — or decline to state their preference — in races in which one candidate is black and the other white.
After many years of watching black candidates run for public office, and paying especially close attention to this year’s Democratic primary race, I’ve developed my own (very arbitrary) rule of thumb regarding the polls in this election:
Take at least two to three points off of Senator Obama’s poll numbers, and assume a substantial edge for Senator McCain in the breakdown of the undecided vote.
[ READ MORE HERE ] — The race issue in Barack Obama’s campaign can come up in peculiar and jolting ways.
This book holds that racism cannot be eliminated until it is viewed as a white problem that seriously compromises the quality of life.
REFERENCES:
1. Racist Attacks on Obama Growing More Heated
2. Jerome Corsi: Politician-Basher’s White Supremacist Ties Revisited
3. Hawking Racism — Pat Buchanan’s latest book is a White Nationalist Screed
4. Fox ‘Racist News’ Channel Depicts Pro-Obama Europeans as — ‘Scary’ Black People
5. Obama Smears – Fox News’ Racist Liars On A Rampage!
6. Attack Politics – Taken To New Lows By Fox News Morons!
7. Neo Nazi/White Supremacist Hal Turner Confirms Friendship And Kinship With Fox News’s Sean Hannity
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November 1st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
This racist article stinks.
It makes me sick that you alledge that the older generation is a bunch of racist bigots if Obama loses. (Is your Mom a racist?) Do you also feel that if McCain loses that Blacks should be blamed as racists since they will be voting for Obama 97% ? I don’t blame anybody even though clearly many will be voting for Obama because of the color of his skin and not on issues. Is racism by blacks more acceptable than for whites? It seems only Democrats keep bringing up race issue.
The problem that you cant believe in the poll numbers is nothing new and not racism. Kerry led in the polls in 2004 but lost the election. Carter had a 30 point poll lead but only narrowly beat Ford in 1976. The polls can not be trusted for many reasons but in this election have not been weighted correctly as they underrepresent Republicans. [Google 'Obama weight problem'] Why is that racism?
What about Democrat ads about McCain’s age. Is ageism important? [It appears to be a factor for you!]
Republicans wont vote for Obama because of ideology not because of the color of his skin. Democrat whites may not vote for Obama because he is hard left or they are disenfranchised Hillary voters.
I summary:
If Obama loses, blame ‘Joe the Plumber’
Blame Obama’s lack of experience.
Blame the fact that he is the furthest Left of any Senator.
Blame Spread the Wealth.
Blame his radical associations.
Blame the Trillion in additional spending he proposes with no way to pay for it.
but please dont substitute racism for the above.
Blame media backlash as they favored Obama the whole campaign.
Remember ‘Dewey defeats Truman’? This could happen to Obama…..but not for racism.
I dont know if McCain will defeat Obama, but if he does, it will not be for Racism. Please take a long look at yourself as you appear to have definite racist views to go along with ageism.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Please allow me to dissect your comments:
Except for Bob Herbert of the New York Times, every other snippet I have posted in the article are by a cross-section of Americans: a WHITE, a JEWISH and a HISPANIC writer.
The same opinion from a cross-section of America!
Where is the racism?
This is what should make you SICK
….and there are millions of them all over America — young and old. [READ MORE HERE] and look for [MORE HERE]
And please, my Mama is not a racist!
After hundreds of years of oppression, which by the way, is still going on today by STEALTH, blacks who have been voting faithfully for WHITE DEMOCRATS, are happy to do the same for one of their own. A competent and qualified Mr. Barack Obama.
Believe me, if blacks were just voting racially — Al Sharpton would have gone far in the previous primaries.
…and the non-racist and progressive whites, will vote for Obama too!
Remember, blacks were skeptical about Obama for a few months after he announced his candidacy two years ago, and in fact, even I thought he would have been better off as VP to Clinton, but things changed as his COMPETENCY revealed itself, and the Clintons went RACIST in the Carolina primaries.
My question to you: “Is their RACISM in America?” LOL!
McCain’s best years are behind him. Just like Ronald Reagan, he is almost SENILE, and the thought of Sarah Palin, the HOUSEWIFE WHO GOT SELECTED BY CHANCE, taking over, makes me shiver in the bones. What happened to — “The Bright Ones Finish First!”
We are tired of Republicans parading incompetent murdering idiots (look at Bush) in our faces. John Cleese sums it up best.
My Fellow Prisoners!
Yes, you are correct, some will vote because of ideology, but many millions more (including some democrats) will vote based on their RACIST SOULS:
“Obama is a Moslem Terrorist” ….McCain event in Bethlehem, PA
….[MORE VIDEOS HERE]
Get Over It ‘Whitey!’ — A Republican Analyzes The Voters
By AngryToast.com
If Obama loses, blame ‘Joe the Plumber’
Blame Obama’s lack of experience.
Blame the fact that he is the furthest Left of any Senator.
Blame Spread the Wealth.
Blame his radical associations.
Blame the Trillion in additional spending he proposes with no way to pay for it.
but please dont substitute racism for the above.
Blame media backlash as they favored Obama the whole campaign.
IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT YOUR CHIEF SOURCE OF NEWS IS THE “SYPHILIS” INFESTED HYENA DEN — Fox News
Crap!
I am not a racist. I am simply reacting to RACISM….and not ALL whites are racist. The progressive ones will vote for Obama.
Small-Minded, ill-educated and parochial ones like you would vote in a DOG instead of a BLACK MAN.
It’s the Ballot or the Bullet!