tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Love this guy: Brooks in the NYT Quote
AlpineK Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Yeah yeah. I'm more interested in the local debate Tvash vs KK/Fairweather or others. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 Oh, them? I hosed them off the parking strip a while ago. Quote
JayB Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 I've been enjoying the show. A Dr. Frankenstein moment for the purveyors of race/gender grievances... I have to confess I'm surprised to see "The First Black President" on his back foot with blacks, especially given his record and the fact that neither his comments nor those of his wife had the slightest hint of anything that could possibly be construed as insensitive, racist, etc. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 If you're surprised, then you've got a few things to learn about racial politics. Obama's always been on the ropes with many blacks because he's embraced the white world. As they say in the lingo, he's a "bargainer" (he believes that if you're white, you're innocent until proven guilty), not a "challenger" (whites are guilty until proven innocent). Sharpton and Jackson, for example, are "challengers". Tell ya what; I'll give Erica a call and see what she thinks. Quote
JayB Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Lay it down for me, bro. I'm not surprised that black electoral politics still revolve around the dynamics that you've outlined - I'm just surprised at how quickly the professional grievancemongers turned on the Clintons. "Et Tu, Reverend?" Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 It's like evolution: no (rhetorical) niche remains unexploited, particularly those that have been used in the past. Race and gender are still huge emotional issues in this country. Manipulating or hiding behind them is not the way forward, but campaigns are want to use emotional ideas that have worked in the past. Clinton is the biggest potential loser here. Even if she gets the nomination, McCain (who I believe will get the GOP slot unless the party's even dumber than I thought) need only sit back and watch the destruction, then exploit an already damaged candidate. He's got the strong military (and therefore racially egalitarian) background to do so. Quote
ZimZam Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 "For all the current fighting, it’ll be Latinos who end up determining who gets the nomination." Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 "Beetches? We don' need no steenkin' beetches!" Quote
ZimZam Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 I'm really just tired of the monarchy. I really don't care if it's a woman, a Jew, a black, a homosexual. Just no more Roosevelts, Kennedy's, Clinton's, Romney's, or Bush's et.al. Quote
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