Another quote from Andrew Sullivan:
It’s extremely depressing that the first major national black politician who takes on the victimology of Sharpton and Jackson is greeted by the right with the kind of cynicism you see at Malkin or the Corner or Reynolds. It reveals, I think, the deeper truth: the Republican right only wants a black Republican to do this. They are not as interested in getting beyond the racial question, in changing the hopes and reams of black America, as they are in exploiting it for partisan advantage. Their response to the first major black candidate for president tackling the old racial politics? “We don’t believe him.”
Well, perhaps because not everyone is wearing rose-colored glasses when it comes to Saint Obama.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I’m sure such cynicism has not at all to do with the legions of bad-faith assumptions made about conservatives and Republicans either.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:18 am
So if you don’t support Obama, than you are racist? What is their point? Of course a Republican is not likely to support a Democrat, no matter what the race may be. Their logic is unbelievably invalid and only appeals to the race card that has for so long been abused. Until we can stop using race as an excuse for benefit, or as a reason to condescend, there will continue to be racial divides in this country.