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By Mitch Berg
Bob Cusack at The Hill notes that the Tic Convention has its problems – and they go way deeper than Obama vs. The Clintons:
Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) triggered headlines when he publicly criticized Democratic congressional leaders for the way they handled calls for more drilling amid high gas prices.
Speaking at a Virginia delegation breakfast in Denver on Tuesday, Webb said, “One of the great mistakes that we made in terms of political strategy before we broke for this latest recess was not taking on the Republican Party when they started talking about offshore drilling.”
He added, “I believe that our leadership made a very bad mistake. I don’t think we should run from that issue.”
It’s almost like Webb is listening to – I dunno – constituents or something.
And I loved this part:
Union leaders this week have complained that some of their members have privately said they won’t vote for Obama because he is black. And a Democratic poll released Tuesday stated that Obama “has yet to close the deal with many white, working-class voters who normally vote Democratic.”
Wow. Conventional “wisdom” has held for 35 years that all the racists joined the Republican party. But I have yet to meet a Republican who even mentioned Obama’s race on their long, detailed lists of reasons they’d never vote for him. Perhaps, for argument’s sake, they ran out of breath before they could get there, after listing all the economic, foreign policy, ethical and experience issues that may well make Obama, on his hypothetical inauguration day, the worst president of my lifetime. I don’t know.
Just saying.
(Via Gary Gross)
August 27th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Union leaders this week have complained that some of their members have privately said they won’t vote for Obama because he is black. And a Democratic poll released Tuesday stated that Obama “has yet to close the deal with many white, working-class voters who normally vote Democratic.”
Angryclown, reality just called: your clue has arrived. Will you accept delivery?
August 27th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I love Bob Cusack movies.
oh, wait…
August 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
As a lifelong Republican, I’ve often been challenged by Democrats to name Black man I’d support for president, if not Obama. The implication is that as a Republican I must be such a huge racist there’s nobody I’d support.
Let see . . . .
Clarence Thomas
Walter Williams
Thomas Sowell
Ward Connerly
Colin Powell
You want an intelligent, eloquent, handsome Black man who understands the nature and basis of the social problems this country is facing? Hell, I’d support Bill Cosby over Barak Obama. He came up from nothing, earned a PhD, had a long and successful career doing clean (and funny) standup before becoming Dr. Huxtable . . . I’d far rather have him in the White House than quite a few White guys I could name.
The race card is crap. My objection to Obama it’s not about the color of his skin, it’s about the content of his character.
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August 27th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Michael Steele, maybe not as pres, he only has about Barack level experience, but he would be a solid Veep.
And you can’t forget Condi! I suspect she’d be better without the State Dept hacks undermining her every move