How Obama Won — and May Win

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Pat Buchanon is discrediting Obama's success under the guise of providing a historical perspective to everything (I can detect this because I remain skeptical of candidates and didn't take Obama seriously beyond his oratory skills and his ability to walk on water and have a cult following). Kind of like Buchanan's "memo to whitey." Buchanan gives conservatives and Republicans a bad name. I used to agree with some of the things he said until his recent comments outed him as an idiot with a platform.

It is interesting that black folks are the "Jesse Jackson quadrant of the party." Very interesting indeed. Very loaded.

Republicans are definitely going to make Obama the issue instead of the platforms. Platforms don't matter too much anyway because what a President does in office can always deviate from the election platform. However, I call this the "anything but black" syndrome. Republicans may say "we cannot entrust America with an exotic and radical figure." But for many Republicans and nonRepublicans this is just a race-neutral way of saying "we cannot entrust our beloved America, in a time of war, to a black person. This is no time to experiment with Black History firsts and progression."

Mark my words. NO...NEW...BLACK PEOPLE.

That's ridiculous, I can assure you that Buchanon would not refer to Colin Powell or Condoleeza Rice as "exotic and radical figures."
Perhaps the Jesse Jackson statement was loaded, but with Obama polling as high as 90% among black people there is certainly a correlation there that goes beyond political views and affiliations.
Either way, despite a few sentences that you viewed as racist, did you disagree with the article? If Obama can gain a sizable portion of the working class vote that Hillary had then he will win.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

That's ridiculous, I can assure you that Buchanon would not refer to Colin Powell or Condoleeza Rice as "exotic and radical figures."

He doesn't have to. They share his political categorical distinction so he'd have to find more creative ways to highlight their shortcomings on an "anything but race" basis.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

He doesn't have to. They share his political categorical distinction so he'd have to find more creative ways to highlight their shortcomings on an "anything but race" basis.

So you disagreed with the main point of the article?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

So you disagreed with the main point of the article?

I am commenting on the parts that I'm commenting on.

[nittanyalum]

I'm sure the mere mention of "Moveon.org" will make some of the heads of our friends here explode , but I love love LOVE John Cusack (I know that the page this is on is a shameless push for money, but I don't care, I love love LOVE John Cusack ): https://pol.moveon.org/donate/cusack...906-JAfR5a&t=4

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I'm sure the mere mention of "Moveon.org" will make some of the heads of our friends here explode , but I love love LOVE John Cusack (I know that the page this is on is a shameless push for money, but I don't care, I love love LOVE John Cusack ): https://pol.moveon.org/donate/cusack...906-JAfR5a&t=4

I'm a Cusack fan, as an actor; Grosse Pointe Blank is one of my favorite movies.

However, there are few things in this world funnier than when an entertainer tries to inject themselves into political discourse. Please stick with reading movie scripts.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

However, there are few things in this world funnier than when an entertainer tries to inject themselves into political discourse. Please stick with reading movie scripts.

Like Reagan did? Clint Eastwood? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Fred Thompson? Sonny Bono? Fred Grandy?

[laylo]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I'm a Cusack fan, as an actor; Grosse Pointe Blank is one of my favorite movies.

However, there are few things in this world funnier than when an entertainer tries to inject themselves into political discourse. Please stick with reading movie scripts.

Should farmers stick to farming, construction workers stick to construction, and au pairs stick to watching kids? What about being an actor speaks to you as unqualified for political discourse?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I'm sure the mere mention of "Moveon.org" will make some of the heads of our friends here explode , but I love love LOVE John Cusack (I know that the page this is on is a shameless push for money, but I don't care, I love love LOVE John Cusack ): https://pol.moveon.org/donate/cusack...906-JAfR5a&t=4

This ad would be better if he got naked. Just saying is all.