It's not back to the future. It's back to the distant past. Previously, Republicans went out of their way at their conventions to showcase a few black elected officials.This is completely absurd. First, JC Watts should take that as an insult. And second, when are we going to stop making this election about race?
That wasn't possible this year since no African-American has served as a Republican governor, U.S. Senator or member of the House of Representatives since Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma left office six years ago. Watts was such a nice, young Negro too.
This year, Republicans have dropped any pretense of trying to appeal to minority voters. McCain's campaign is openly concentrating on white voters reluctant to vote for Democrat Barack Obama, the first African-American in history to receive a major party nomination for the presidency.
Noting Obama's appeal to large numbers of black voters and younger voters, Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, said, "We can run our campaign the way we want to run it and not be in direct conflict with a lot of voter groups he is trying to get."
That's why McCain and Palin are staying away from cities like Milwaukee with their bothersome minorities and concentrating on Cedarburg, all dressed up to look like an 1890s America that never was, instead of the America that exists today.
It's about security, moving America forward, and a presidential campaign that's not going to bullshit different races in order to "clench" their votes. It shouldn't have to worry about that. McCain is speaking to ALL Americans!
Why aren't more black people Republican? I don't know, but it's not as though they're unwelcome. Perhaps if they stopped being so wrapped up in the pigmentation of their skin, hating any politician that won't cater to it and stop looking back at history, we wouldn't keep having these discussions and barriers.
(By the way, when I look at Obama and all the glitz and glamour of his "celebrity," the Messiah speaks and looks more white than black to me.)
It's articles like this that divide our society into subgroups. Save it for a blog, not for a newspaper. What a top notch Jerk.
2 comments:
"Perhaps if they stopped being so wrapped up in the pigmentation of their skin, hating any politician that won't cater to it and stop looking back at history, we wouldn't keep having these discussions and barriers."
...watch out, here:
1 - "they" stopped being so wrapped up? i'm pretty sure we're all involved in this discussion.
2 - let's not claim that an entire race 'hates' anyone or shares a political preference.
3 - ignoring history never did anyone any good.
4 - is there a reason why having these discussions is a bad thing?
Thank you Anon, for these thought-provoking questions. I will say this, I worry that it is minorities who dwell on the discrimination of the past when they could focus their energy in different, more positive directions.
I am not saying that all of an entire race hates anyone, but many and many spokesmen for certain minority groups are quick to speak ill and be negative toward those of different races or backgrounds. We don't choose what race we are born into.
There is a reason these discussions are bad- when they turn the discourse away from progress. Even insinuating that McCain's campaign won't be speaking toward the "bothersome minorities" in Milwaukee is insulting not only to McCain but to the white race, by the tone of this article. The whole tone borders calling McCain a racist, and I don't care for that being published.
Those are some of my quick thoughts.
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