Look, I value, recognize the achievement of the first black candidate being nominated for President...I really do.
But, can the black community stop talking about themselves for a minute? Seriously!
Listening to NPR this afternoon, there was some black analyist/reporter ontalking about how he was a bit disappointed with Obama's speech last night because he didn't devote more time to the anniversary of Dr. King's tremendous "I have a dream" speech.
I have bad news for sir...this election is notg about just you and your fellow black bretheren. This is an election about the direction of the country...the whole country.
I'll be writing more later on the dynamics of how/why Democrats haven't been elected to the Presidency...but trust me on this:
Rural white women voters are what Obama needs to target to cinch this election...waxing on and off about the plight of the black man will not with those voters. OCGM just made the task of getting these voters to support him AND show up to vote...all the more potentially difficult. Michelle Obama now, for sure, has a clear role in this campaign.
It certainly won't work with white males voters whom Obama is not likely to get, but looking too black will stir those racist, anti-semetic attitudes predominant in rural America. The very same attitude that allows them to believe Obama is an Islamic fundamentalist.
Not to mention, stressing race goes against what Obama intended for his campaign to be about.
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