Racism among Democrats could cost Obama the election
According to the an AP-Yahoo poll conducted with Standford University, one third of white Democrats “harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them “lazy,” “violent,” responsible for their own troubles.”
Ouch. Not good.
The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the percentage of voters who may turn away from Obama because of his race could easily be larger than the final difference between the candidates in 2004 — about two and one-half percentage points.
Did you read what I just read?
Obama faces this: 40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks, and that includes many Democrats and independents.
Wait just a second here, hold the phone. I kind of have doubts now about how meaningful this information is. I can say I have a partly negative view towards any race, especially my own. I have a partly negative (but vastly positive) view of the human race in general.
More than a third of all white Democrats and independents — voters Obama can’t win the White House without — agreed with at least one negative adjective about blacks, according to the survey, and they are significantly less likely to vote for Obama than those who don’t have such views.
Oh. Well, that’s another thing altogether. Must be those bitter blue-collar type Democrats that cling to their unions.
Such numbers are a harsh dose of reality in a campaign for the history books. Obama, the first black candidate with a serious shot at the presidency, accepted the Democratic nomination on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a seminal moment for a nation that enshrined slavery in its Constitution.
Enshrined slavery in its constitution? Just a little insight into the mindset of the “journalists” who administer your news.
How many hate-America idiot journalists does it take to write something as stupid as this?
Two. Their names are Ron Fournier and Trevor Tompson.
For your information, Ron and Trevor, slavery couldn’t and didn’t survive under the principles that were and are enshrined in the Constitution.
Anyway, back to the Democrat bigots.
The pollsters set out to determine why Obama is locked in a close race with McCain even as the political landscape seems to favor Democrats. President Bush’s unpopularity, the Iraq war and a national sense of economic hard times cut against GOP candidates, as does that fact that Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.
The findings suggest that Obama’s problem is close to home — among his fellow Democrats, particularly non-Hispanic white voters. Just seven in 10 people who call themselves Democrats support Obama, compared to the 85 percent of self-identified Republicans who back McCain.
So, are we doomed as a nation? Does this mean we’re still in the dark ages?
No.
I’ve argued myself time and again that race and racism would be blamed for anything bad that happens in Obama’s campaign or presidency, ergo an Obama presidency would do nothing to heal or help racial tensions, only deepen them, just as his campaign has only raised issues like this.
But racism will not cost Obama the election. The fact that he’s a Marxist with a thin resume and long history of associating with angry extremists will cost him the election if anything does. Standford University agrees with me:
Race is not the biggest factor driving Democrats and independents away from Obama. Doubts about his competency loom even larger, the poll indicates. More than a quarter of all Democrats expressed doubt that Obama can bring about the change they want, and they are likely to vote against him because of that.
Three in 10 of those Democrats who don’t trust Obama’s change-making credentials say they plan to vote for McCain.
He’s an obvious incompetent.
The article goes on in other directions in attempts to prove how guilty even white Democrats should feel.
The poll sought to measure latent prejudices among whites by asking about factors contributing to the state of black America. One finding: More than a quarter of white Democrats agree that “if blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as whites.”
Those who agreed with that statement were much less likely to back Obama than those who didn’t.
So, its prejudiced to say that if people try harder they’d be more well off? Or is it only prejudiced for white people to say that about blacks? Anyone, regardless of skin color, who tries harder will be better off. That statement has nothing to do with prejudice.
Among white independents, racial stereotyping is not uncommon. For example, while about 20 percent of independent voters called blacks “intelligent” or “smart,” more than one third latched on the adjective “complaining” and 24 percent said blacks were “violent.”
If you attribute anything, positive - intelligent, smart, or negative - violent, complaining, to an entire group classified by something like race, that is stereotyping. Trevor and Ron seem to think its only stereotyping if you say something bad. They had to have spent a lot of money on education to get this dumb.
On a final note, just to leave you with a smile…
Nearly 17 percent of Clinton’s white backers plan to vote for McCain.
I don’t care what color they are. That’s good news for those of us who don’t want a Marxist in the White House.
h/t Pilgrim at Sayanything blog
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Well, my money is still on Obama for the win. Regardless of how people view blacks as a whole, Obama tends to be less stereotype than one would expect. You can try and group him, but keep in mind he is as much white as black. Regardless of how you feel about his resume, and lack of experience, neither have done John McCain any favors either. He has experience, but it shadows that of Bush. He has a resume, but being shot down does not a president make. Thanks Eric for the twitter…always love your posts, regardless if I agree.
Remember, according to the study, racism would only effect about 2.5 percentage points. That can be the difference in a close race. Also, its not me that is trying to group him by race. I couldn’t care less what color or combination of colors he is. I do care that he’s a Marxist who’s spent his life in the orbit of angry extremists who hate the principles that made and make the U.S. the success it is. When you look at what he’s written, who he’s associated with since being a teenager, the type of theology he’s subscribed to - you get an idea what type of first principles will guide his decisions.
To see what kind of first principles guide John McCain, you can look at the fact that chose to remain in prison rather than be released ahead of his shipmates. He did the right thing when the consequences were unimaginable and no one would have blamed him for taking the easy out. Look at what Obama’s VP pick has said about McCain - that the country would be better off if he were elected. McCain doesn’t just make speeches about being bipartisan when its politically expedient, he can show decades of experience at it. Look at all the legislation with his name attached. Look at all the great things Democrats said about him before won the nomination and became the opponent.
I’m not a long-time McCain fan boy. I can vote for him with a clear conscience because I don’t like the kind of judges Obama would appoint, and the huge socialist programs Obama wants to implement can’t be undone once they’re put in place.
Anyway, this is turning into a post in itself. Thanks for the comments and visiting. If you use a feed reader, don’t forget to subscribe.
You are talking about what has been referred to as the Bubba Factor. I agree it might be a factor. However it is my contention that the next Pesident will whoever it may be will be a one termer. Another Jimmy Carter who will go down in history being blamed for a economic disaster.
Obama would be another Jimmy Carter. Instead of asking people to wear sweaters, he’s telling people to put air in their tires. McCain is no Ronald Reagan, but he’s no Jimmy Carter either.
The Bubba factor is alive and well. Fortunately it’s only a small fragment of our diverse and mostly respectfully decent society (see deTocueville). If we, I don’t care if you’re red, blue, green or yellow, Americans can sit by and watch our elected officials continue to help their buddies in high places while passing ever more Trillions into our future taxes i.e. government bailouts for Wall St., government bailouts for insurance, government bailouts for housing, government bailouts for just about anybody whose net worth is already over $50Million. If you don’t come from Millions, have a Trust Fund, if you didn’t go to Ivy league schools or prep schoools before that, if your daddy isn’t on a board of a Fortune 100 company…well your going to be paying all these Trillions of bs taxes for the rest of your life.
I think peraps we need to start looking at majors vs. minors and maybe we the people have more in common than the chummy clubs inside our gov’t establishments. Maybe then we’ll start to shut some or all of this nonsense down and get back to making America great again.
Tyler hit it right. We have for so long allowed our government to remain in a thinly veiled secrecy concerning the “Good ol Boy” network, and now we will pay for that. I place the blame primarily on the government, as they are no longer for the interest of the masses, yet a fair amount of blame should also be placed on non-voters, and even more importantly, uninformed voters.
Although I dont think McCain is right for the job, I respect his position on many things. However, I dont think he will make the necessary changes we need to get back to the America that was great. I love our country, but I fear for the government we will leave for our children.
Keep up the good work on the blog Eric, I enjoy it immensely.