What If Obama Wins?

The question, “what if Obama loses?” has been asked over and over, and over again, with the inevitable answer being, “black people will riot.”  But nobody asks, “what if he wins?”  Will white people riot, or will rainbows of peace and love rain down upon us?  I mean, with all the “good vibrations” emanating from the Obama side, how could they not?

Well, if these types of incidents are any indication, we’re in for a bumpy ride. From Politico:

Republicans aren’t the only ones losing control of some of their supporters these days. A reader sends in a picture, taken outside Palin’s Philadelphia fundraiser yesterday, of four protesters whose (ironically intended, no-doubt) black and neon green T-shirts use the C-word in reference to Palin.

A couple other anecdotes from the last couple of days: Vandals spray-painted the words “Republican means slavery” on South Carolina county GOP headquarters Friday. Outside Portland, Ore., two men were arrested for throwing Pacifico beer bottles stuffed with gasoline-soaked rags onto the lawn of a local McCain supporter, incinerating his large McCain sign and risking his house.

Of course, Ben Smith puts all the onus for bad behavior on McCain.  I guess he missed the “get in their faces” thing from Obi-WanNaBePresident.

Now, this stuff always happens. And there’s been quite nasty, often overtly racist, anti-Obama vandalism going on all cycle, occasionally noted here, but never publicized by the campaign. What’s more, the
way in which the anti-Obama sentiment last week became the main public message of the McCain campaign, then overtook his rallies, is unique: Democrats at Obama rallies tend to be focused on him, not on despising McCain.

Yeah, Ben, those Obama supporters are soooo rational.

Camp Obama’s “Because He’s Black” Distractions

Barack Obama likes to characterize any legitimate criticisms of him as mere “distractions.”  His surrogates dismiss those same criticisms as racism.  This nimble attention diversion tactic has been the single most effective tool in Team O’s limited box.  Exploiting America’s racial angst for political gain is a nifty way to avoid inspection.

Don’t like Obama’s muddled economic policy?  It’s because he’s black.  Got a problem with the company he keeps?  You just don’t like black people.  Think his resume’s thin?  Whaddaya tryin’ to do, repeal Affirmative Action?  Calling him out for his association with known terrorists is akin to calling him a terrorist, even though, for the life of me, I can’t recall the last time I heard the phrase “well-known black terrorist.”  What if you’re black and you see through this race-baiting con man’s game?  Well, of course, that makes you a “house nigger.”  As if there’s some greater nobility and intellect inherent in the legacy of field work.

Why does this transparent con work so well?  Well, once you buy the “personal friend of Jesus” as-close-as-we’re-gonna-get-to-the-Messiah hype, any word spoken against The One, is by definition, blasphemy.  And, since Jesus is unlikely to have “palled around” with the less than perfect, all criticisms are damned lies to be dismissed out of hand.  The fact that those making such heretical observations are obviously in league with the devil goes without saying, it is enough to imply that anyone who would reject the premise that Jesus would anoint a black man must be immediately, and vehemently, denounced.  Doesn’t matter that this is a complete revision of New Testament history, we’re talking salesmanship, here.

“O-Bah-Mah!”

This is the set-up to the “you’re just racist” defense.  How could you hate “hope?”  What’s wrong with you?  Don’t you want “change?”  How can you speak against “He Who Will Deliver Us,” just because he’s black?  Amazingly, large numbers of supposedly sensible people are buying this tripe.

Barack Obama is a publicly proven liar.  Let me repeat.  Barack Obama is a liar.  All one need do is revisit the Jeremiah Wright affair, or “Trinity-gate” and chronicle the lies we all witnessed from his mouth.  He never heard any of those horrid things being said, until he admitted he did.  The lies snowballed from there, but hey, what’s the big deal?  You’re just picking on him because he’s black.

Now, anybody who says they won’t vote for him is a bigot, racism itself is now defined in terms of Obama support.  In fact, there is no other acceptable reason for a potential loss of the election.  Yet, Obama has gained no presidential experience or training on the campaign trail, he has not magically morphed into an imminently qualified president-in-waiting.  He is being elevated to all-but-what-it-lacks status simply because he’s black.  Don’t believe me?  That’s because you’re just an Archie Bunker loving house Negro.

And I’m Geraldine Ferraro.

Obama Talkin’ Loud, Sayin’ Nothin’

James Brown once famously sang, “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.”  He’s somewhat less famous for singing, “Talkin’, Loud, Sayin’ Nothin’.”  One of those song titles describes Barack Obama.

Politico, in their now-customary cautiously critical style, when it comes to Obama, tiptoes around the Democratic presidential candidate’s tendency to fence-sit and talk out of both sides of his mouth about everything.  Regarding the current economic crisis, the article calls him “cautious” and “vague,” but does so in a way that makes the writer seem reluctant to hurt widdle Barwy’s feelings.

The result is that while virtually all observers agree that he has benefited from the crisis, his allies and critics alike remain a bit hazy on what exactly he would do if he takes office Jan. 20, 2009.

“A bit hazy?”  The entire flickin’ world is going broke because of our financial practices, and “a bit hazy” is the best description these guys could come up with for “he doesn’t have a freaking clue?”  The article ends with this ridiculous quote from some Obama suckophant, totally dismissing the voter’s right to a realistic basis of consideration:

“He’s being cautious, and he’s doing everything he can to leave his options open at this point,” said Baker. “I don’t think he sees any money in getting out there and saying, ‘Here’s my 47-point plan.’”

Didn’t Baker just say Obama doesn’t want to commit to anything so nobody can accuse him of reneging, or changing his mind?  How could a “responsible journalist” let that go unchallenged?  Never mind, we are talking Politico, here.  Wouldn’t want to piss off the black guy’s peeps, would we guys?

To be fair, it’s not just Politico’s writers who seem intimidated by Obama’s blackness.  The Boston Globe, in an article dated January 28, 2007, euphemistically refers to Obama’s characteristic equivocating as “even-handed.”

While other students were determined to prove the merits of their beliefs through logic and determination, Obama preferred to listen, seek others’ views, and find a middle way.

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Obama was so evenhanded and solicitous in his interactions that fellow students would do impressions of his Socratic chin-stroking approach to everything, even seeking a consensus on popcorn preferences at the movies. “Do you want salt on your popcorn?” one classmate, Nancy L. McCullough, recalled, mimicking his sensitive bass voice. “Do you even want popcorn?”

The fact that Obama never takes a difinitive stand he can’t wiggle out of is a symptom of a severe character flaw, not a virtue.  The fact that the media is so reluctant to call him on it, or anything else, is a symptom that Obama’s intimidation by blackness tactics have been effective.  Fearful of being called “racists” everybody grants this confidence man far more leeway than he deserves.  The truth is, when he’s not fudging and dodging, he’s flat-out lying.  The press should man up and call him on it.  That’s not racist; racist is accepting that Barack’s black friends are scary enough to prevent you from doing your job.

Racism begets racism.