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发帖数: 29846 | 1 "Certainly it wasn’t Obama’s elitism, or his anti-Americanism, or his
sleazy Chicago cronies..."
"... or his youthful infatuation with cocaine and Marxist professors, or
his long-time association with a radical domestic terrorist, or his
membership in a church led by one of the most inflammatory Black separatist
pastors in the country. Nah, it couldn’t possibly be any of those things
that disinterested voters in the South. It must be because he is half
African. Because that’s all we ever think about down here."
That and more from Wizbang colleague Michael Laprarie responding to this
WaPo piece “Kentucky, Arkansas primaries: Is it racism?” | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 WaPo says Obama’s massive primary fail is “racism”
May 23, 2012 | Filed under 2008 Presidential Race,2012 Presidential Race,
Barack Obama,Media,Meme Watch,Race | Posted by Michael Laprarie
Tuesday night, Barack Obama was handed two more embarrassing near-defeats in
the Democratic primaries held in Arkansas and Kentucky. In the Arkansas
primary, challenger John Wolfe won nearly 42% of the vote, and in Kentucky
42% of Democrats selected “uncommitted” over President Obama. So far,
four states — AR, KY, WV, and OK — have given over 40% of their primary
vote to someone other than Barack Obama. All of these races were closed
primaries, meaning that only Democrats were eligible to vote in them.
If this kind of inter-party rebellion had struck a Republican presidential
incumbent (and I’m specifically thinking of George W. Bush) it would be the
lead story on every cable news network, and an above-the-fold front page
story on every major newspaper for the remainder of the week. Yet it barely
gets mentioned these days, with the exception of this curious headline from
the Washington Post: “Kentucky, Arkansas primaries: Is it racism?”
Ha-ha. And by the way, have you stopped beating your wife yet?
Naturally the article brings up the infamous “Bigot Belt” graphic that
showed Redneckland to be the only area of the nation that rejected Barack
Obama outright in 2008. Certainly it wasn’t Obama’s elitism, or his anti-
Americanism, or his sleazy Chicago cronies, or his youthful infatuation with
cocaine and Marxist professors, or his long-time association with a radical
domestic terrorist, or his membership in a church led by one of the most
inflammatory Black separatist pastors in the country. Nah, it couldn’t
possibly be any of those things that disinterested voters in the South. It
must be because he is half African. Because that’s all we ever think about
down here.
You know what? I’m actually kinda proud of that map. Seems we Okies ain’
t as dumb as they think we is. |
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