I was practicing biting my tongue...

...but I'm done with that. Listening to CNN, not FixedNews, today about Wright and Obama. Have no idea what the name of the talking head was they were interviewing but he said working class Americans don't care about Obama's race. CNN helped by trotting out a statistic. Only one in five non-college educated, white Democrats in Pennsylvania said race was an issue. This leads to a few extrapolations.

1. CNN believes everything white people say.
2. College-educated whites of the Democratic party are so notoriously liberal-minded that it was too much trouble to ask them.
3. One in five non-college educated, white Democrats in Pennsylvania are racists.

That was not the angle of the story though. It should have been At Least 20% of Pa. White Folk Confess to being Bigots. (Never mind the percentage if you count the Republicans.) Nope. The story was that race was not Obama's problem. The talking head told CNN that Obama's problem was his "elitist values." That's right, folks. White America doesn't like Obama because he's an elitist, not because he's black. Thank God. Now I can vote for Hilary with a clear conscience—after all, CNN said she champions the little guy and she said her campaign was about "jobs, jobs, jobs." So glad we don't have a race problem in America anymore.

Comments

[emergentninja]

Greg,
Obama should consult this website so he can secure the "white vote"

brad

if link doesn't work
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

[Zach]

I like how being intelligent is now construed as being elitist.

And God forbid he be black and intelligent!

Good grief!

[Joe]

Those same folks probably think genius is trying to open a locked door after a press confrence and standing still hoping you turn invisible.

[Tom Hinkle]

I think for many of these people, "elitist" is just another way of saying "uppity n****r"

[M. Corley]

Just a question, were the people asked whether they believed race would be an issue, or whether race was an issue for them? That would make quite a difference. Unrelated: Neil Gaiman is going to be in Tulsa doing a signing and some other miscellanea. I am so there.

[cheek]

Corley, when?

[M. Corley]

Cheek, June 28th.

[JonXlin]

I think the democratic candidates haven't handled themselves well at all. I was considering voting for Obama. However, all the infighting and lying has really turned me off. As I'm getting to understand Obama's positions better, McCain is starting to look more promising.

Also I'm a sucker for good 'ol conservative small government economic policies. We need more competition in health care, not less. We need more competition in primary and secondary education.

[sepherim]

JonXlin

Not that I doubt your word, but I find it hard to believe that anyone who thought seriously about voting for Obama would ever switch to McCain. I used to think Hilary was the top politician (definition: will go anywhere, say and do anthing for a vote) but somebody told McCain that he didn't have a prayer if he didn't start kissing up to the right wing radicals of the repubs. So now that he's the nominee he's trying the best he can to redefine himself at least until the election is over. I wonder which one of his advisor's told him it would be a good idea to be seen with John Hagee. He makes Jeremiah Wright look like Uncle Tom Right. The only reason the press is letting McCain get away with it is because the Obama/Clinton show is a lot more fun. As soon as Hilary acknowledges that she has fallen short, McCain had better watch out. The liberal media will be out for blood.

As far as small government and conservative economic policies, where have you been for the last eight years? We had a repub president and a repub congress and now have a bigger government and bigger national debt than at anytime in history.

I'm not at all sure what you mean by competition in schools. If you're talking about vouchers you might as well forget it. If your talking about privatizing: with a couple of notable exceptions, charter schools and similar attempts have been one of the biggest busts of the last two centuries. So look the field over real good, maybe another libertarian will try to run.