Comments on: Newsweek: Barack Obama Polls Poorly Among Racists, Also Water Is Wet 99% Of The Time

By: anotherbozo

anotherbozo — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:00:17 +0000

Something new here among the MSM, in my memory at least: a matter-of-fact attitude toward racism that LEGITIMIZES it, like, say, one’s preference in movies. Chris Matthews, that nerf-ball playing “commentator,” keeps referring to people who wouldn’t be “comfortable” voting for a black candidate. What the f**k does THAT mean? The media have found terminology vague enough as not to delve into motives or values, an offshoot of the “feelings” yardstick by which all views are equal. Polling as so much values-neutral anthropology. But WHY are you “uncomfortable” voting for a black man? Feel he’s inferior? Afraid he’d give preferential treatment to his own group? What, exactly? Try getting beneath your “discomfort,” dumbass.

My parents were racists. My mother once said if I married a black woman (never a prospect), it would break her heart. She was never able to explain to me exactly why. I respect the fact that some people have been victimized by their upbringing and don’t have the intellectual wherewithall to get beneath it. But the press today seems to be encouraging them not to.

Au contraire, the media, where racism is concerned, are becoming enablers, maybe fanning flames which otherwise show signs of dying out. Slowly, anyway.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:34:49 +0000

durablend:
There are a lot of other places we could take that, if we wanted to be cruel to Clinton, but we are better than that.

By: durablend

durablend — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:11:22 +0000

I’m actually wondering how Clinton polls among assassains and sleep-deprived people

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:27:15 +0000

Racial Resentment Index, my shiny metal ass. What a load.

By: The Other Ed

The Other Ed — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:03:35 +0000

And of course, the Taylor Marsh crowd thinks this is a reason that we should nominate Hillary. Let’s not try to overcome these old attitudes, let’s just give rascists a veto over our politicians.

Very enlightened.

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:05:10 +0000

Speaking of gaffes…

The key word missing from my first post: electorally, as in “how does Sen. Clinton fare electorally among serial rapists and wife murderers?”

my bad.

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:03:30 +0000

But this brings up another key question: how does Sen. Clinton fare among serial rapists and wife murderers?

By: june_rachael

june_rachael — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:49:15 +0000

African Americans and other members of ethnic/minority groups have been the only groups of Americans that have not voted based on race or ethnicity because members of their groups have never been on the ballot for President of the United States. Yet, Newsweek doesn’t care if they have racial resentment against the majority group because their resentments are irrelevant, they are the minority and they are black.
The motive of Newsweek is more important than the respond to Newsweek’s survey. Newsweek’s motives to identify Whites racial resentment against African- Americans and equate White voting patterns in an election with a White candidate and an African-American candidate is not reporting news but an attempt to create news and possibly, a White Presidential 2008 winner.
Is Newsweek trying to tell African-American and other minority citizens that they will have to shoulder the historical and current racial resentments against their ethnic/minority group? (As if they didn’t know this already) Or is Newsweek telling minorities that they can’t do anything without the permission of racists? Or is Newsweek telling African Americans that the majority of racist White Americans are not ready to see a Black American President and they will let the news media know when they are ready?
Why isn’t Newsweek doing an article on why African-American citizens, with resentment against Whites for historical and current discriminations, have fought for the right to vote for White candidates that they hoped would keep campaign promises for justice, fairness and issues that impacted the lives of African Americans, minorities and the poor.
Historically, African Americans have been voting for White presidential candidates from both parties and now the first African-American candidate appears on the ballot – Large numbers of African Americans vote for him in the primaries – and now Whites are telling African Americans they shouldn’t vote because of race. Are they to vote against their race and issues that affect their lives?
Is Newsweek attempting to make this 2008 presidential election about Whites choosing a White candidate regardless of the abilities, qualifications and policies of the African-American candidate?
Republican strategists have said when the discussion is about race – Obama loses – So says Newsweek.