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Ain't Buying The Simplistic "Racist" Meme

Update: The Other McCain pretty much agrees with my take on this.

The LA Times has another in a long line of media stories on why whites may not vote for Obama because he is black. But every story I've read leaves out some important details.

It remains unclear how racial unease will factor into election-day decisions come November. Those hidden impulses are elusively difficult to capture in polling. But seasoned Democratic players here reckon that some racially tinged voting will inevitably occur far beyond Hardy County's cresting hills.

Whether it's politically correct to say it, or not, additional facts are worth acknowledging. This isn't someone named Colin Powell. The candidate's full name is Barack Hussein Obama. Tell me, how many Americans do you know by the first name of Barack, let alone his middle-name? Have you ever known one?

Yes, there may be some white voters who will shun Obama simply because he is black. But that strikes me as a bit simplistic in this case. Frankly, I'm not sure a white individual by the name of Barack Hussein Obama could win the presidency.

Ultimately, Obama may be one too politically correct bridge too far to go given current demographics. Like it or not, along with whatever number of whites harbor concerns over Obama's color, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that an equal number have more concerns over his ancestry and given name.

Frankly put, even in 2008, the name Barack Obama just doesn't sound American. He is. I am not questioning that. But appearances mean a great deal. And Obama appears to be some configuration that probably strikes a good percentage of the population as something other than mainstream American. And that, more than just his color, will likely spell his doom when it comes to a general election.

The media obsession with the racism meme, without acknowledging the entire picture, is simply a symptom of a media that's stuck on old stupid, offering little if any genuinely intelligent, deep, or honest analysis of the entire picture.

But then, there's nothing new in that, I suppose.

Can We Smoke In Beirut?

Looks as though the usual suspects are up to their usual terrorism in Beirut. The Shiite Hezbo boys have taken control of the western part of the city. Gateway Pundit has a full round-up, including links to home videos of the fighting.

A couple thoughts come to mind. As I see the Hezzie gunmen, I'm left thinking about how there is a goodly portion of people in this world that just need to be hunted down and killed as efficiently as possible.

The other thought regards the Left. Why is it that the vapid peaceniks fall in with the likes of these miscreants? I thought the Left hated violence and oppression? Unfortunately, not when it comes to the violence and oppression carried out by the likes of this human dirt.

It's pathetic that the free world can't, or won't simply rise up and extinguish these vermin once and for all.

I say, smoke 'em if you got 'em, or hunt them down and smoke 'em if you don't have one handy!

Pacifism is over-rated.

Is Hillary Too Legit To Quit?

So, like a bad cold, Hillary says she isn't going away. Heh!

Who would have believed at the start of all this, it would end with Democrats despising the Clinton's more than the Right?

So, what's the plan? Is something telling her she actually has a shot with the "He can't win" argument? Or does she simply want to bruise him up as badly as possible so he loses and she gets another shot in 2012?

I realize some are suggesting that's the deal. Frankly, I'm not so sure. I suspect she knows it is now or never and she isn't going down until the bell rings, or the Dem machine offers some serious plum. Could we end up seeing Hillary in a prospective Obama Cabinet if he wins?

I'm not even sure that would satisfy her ambition. But you never know.

Yeah, Blame It On The White Folks

This whole racism as regards Obama deal is really starting to irritate. As Geraghty points out, Obama is carrying the black vote by over ninety percent.

Whites aren't voting nearly as monolithically for the color of the candidate, as are blacks. Yet, because many white voters don't support Obama, obviously the bulk of them must be racists.

So, when will the media start asking the black community why it is so racist in their rejection of the wife of "the first black president?"

Oh, I forgot, they'll get a pass. No tough questions allowed, what with the affirmative action-oriented curiosity of the mainstream media. They're an oppressed people, after all.

What a crock!

Losers: Hillary, McCain And Republicans

Well, the Indiana and NC results are in and the buzz is Hillary didn't accomplish enough to stop Obama with her slim Indiana win and huge NC loss. It'll be interesting to see what she does. The media is pouring on the heat for her to drop out.

As for Republicans, including McCain, they continue to be their worst enemy, not Obama. Gingrich issued a warning, but the bad news is everywhere for them. And McCain isn't doing very well for the nominee.

Add that to his poor performance as a fund raiser and the GOP has major troubles, indeed. Gee, does McCain think speaking at a La Raza event is going to get him the support he needs to win?

He can pander to that and other groups all he wants. Guess what? Come election day, the Democrat machine will turn them out for the Dems. And McCain's BS will just cost him support from the base.

Might we actually have a President Obama with the middle name of Hussein?

Don't kid yourself if you think he can't win. As if America needed a Carter II, and potentially worse.

Good grief. Hopefully something will change between now and November.

Typepad Comment Changes

Comment changes: I suppose if you don't constantly read Typepad internal pages, you find out of chanes when readers do. Sorry about that.

Comment configuration has changed due to Typepad templates. I only have certain options. Given that, I've configured it so the latest comments appear at the top. This way, one needn't thumb back to comment each time if responding to a new comment.

Fifty comments per page is the max allowed. So I've set that option at fifty. Hopefully you won't find it too inconvenient, simply different! : )

Moron Alert: Stephen King

I always realized author Stephen King was a bit off. I didn't know he was a total ass. Evidently he is. What a freaking jerk. The guy writes crap as far as intellect is concerned. Why these basically pop artists, including musicians and actors think they actually have some unique insight into anything but their craft is beyond me. What's really pitiful is how much of the public gives them the time of day when it comes to anything beyond their particular profession.

Early Monday morning, NewsBusters informed readers about a truly disgraceful comment made last month by famed horror author Stephen King concerning people that can't read having to enter the Army (video embedded right).

Hours later, I mentioned in the comments section that I was receiving a lot of strange e-mail messages.

Well, it turns out King wrote about my piece at his website, and instructed readers to "find Sheppard on the internet" -- please notice the embedded link goes to my NewsBusters blog! -- and write me with text that included "Hi, Noel—Stephen King says to shut up and I agree":

You Think America Hasn't Changed?

Couldn't help but acknowledge on my blog the story of Mildred Loving, who has passed away. A black woman, she married a white man in 1958. They were charged in Virginia with "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth.”

Last year she penned a message which includes an account of their arrest, treatment by the justice system and subsequent exile from Virginia. Chilling.

Not long after our wedding, we were awakened in the middle of the night in our own bedroom by deputy sheriffs and actually arrested for the “crime” of marrying the wrong kind of person. Our marriage certificate was hanging on the wall above the bed. The state prosecuted Richard and me, and after we were found guilty, the judge declared: “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” He sentenced us to a year in prison, but offered to suspend the sentence if we left our home in Virginia for 25 years exile.

The New Zoo Review

No, not the New Zoo Review of late 60's, early 70's childhood fame that, arguably, had a hot babe in a mini skirt, a frog and some goof in glasses, as I recall - but the zoo-like quality of growing portions of our human world today. After reviewing some top headlines, all I'm left thinking is Are we not men and women, or are more and more of us simply animals everyday?

Admittedly, this is a hodgepodge of links. But they all have a common theme for me this morning - the degradation of society.

Three purebred animals - looking like products of our liberalized prison system and the Black Muslim Brotherhood, gun down a cop in Phila. I assume they are black muslims, given the beards and choice of disguise. What a tribute to their new found religion. Fortunately, one or two of the vermin was also gunned down in the street by the Phila police. Let's just call those justified shootings, same for the one not found yet, hopefully - and move on, shall we? I think rehabilitation is a bit much to ask.

Yes, it's all because America wasn't kind enough to the scumbags, I know. But, in for a penny in for a pound, I say - so let's finish the job and kill the last piece of sub-human detritus and make a holiday of it, for all I care.

Then there is this bit from Europe. A case that's been in the news. The weirdo in Austria who kept his daughter in the basement for so many years, etc. Apparently the house is becoming something of a tourist attraction. Must we really continue to call the animals who find such a thing tourist worthy "human?" Perhaps it's time for a sub-classification of the species? Any suggestions in comments will be entertained.

And last, we come to another sub-class, of a sub-class of human. I forget my biology, but surely there's a genus and a species, or whatever they are called. From the class of politicians we have a special subclass - black politicians. The Examiner takes a look at John Conyers today. Who Owns John Conyers.

This isn't intended to be racist, white or black - makes no difference to what is happening to people, and politicians today. I could highlight Mark Foley for example. But because of Conyers I started thinking of Maxine Waters, Cynthia McKinney and a few others. Perhaps it's time we admitted there is a crisis in black political leadership these days. I can't believe the idiots mentioned above represent the average hard working, achieving black individual in America today.

The idiot black pols acquire power from being re-elected in the worst districts in America, districts representing all the spoiled fruit of the new-liberalism going back to Johnson. And I can't believe the average successful and truly progressive black individual in America isn't feeling misrepresented by the established black political class. What a shame.

And, yes, I would ascribe most all of what is linked above to the decline of society brought about by post-sixties liberalism. What a miserably failed, self-indulgent and over-hyped decade that one is.

And to think - much if it began with a wholesome looking,somewhat busty babe in a mini-skirt. Who would have guessed?

Hungry Or Angry?

Michelle has a blog report on May Day goings on among illegals. The top pic is priceless. But given the shot frame, it occurs to me the "vagina" in question may not be angry at all, perhaps it's simply hungry? Check out the little Taco Belle!

Obama Plays The Race Card

Someone must have spiked the Kool-Aid at The New York Times. I can't believe I'm reading this in their copy. To paraphrase Lyndon Johnson, if he's beginning to lose The New York Times, he's starting to lose liberal America.

Sure campaigns stack audiences at these events. But that's a perfect rationale for the Times to leave the detail out. Instead they play it up in a story on the race tightening in North Carolina? That's not a good sign for the Big O's Big Mo'.

Advisers to Mr. Obama concede he lost support among some white voters in the wake of the storm surrounding Mr. Wright. Since then, the campaign has sought to increase its appeal to white voters. At Mr. Obama’s first stop in the state on Friday, a rally in Charlotte, most seats in the Cricket Arena were filled with black supporters. Yet many of the seats directly behind Mr. Obama — in the view of news cameras — were filled by white supporters.