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Friday, May 16, 2008
Mike Gallagher :: Townhall.com Columnist
Racial Politics Inside the Democratic Ranks
by Mike Gallagher
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If Diane Sawyer wasn't so hell-bent on trying to make the case that white West Virginia voters were a bunch of bigots, she might have asked the exact same question of Sen. Obama and his supporters. The only problem with that scenario is that if Obama had to reject voters who selected him based "in any way" on race, he wouldn't have anyone left.

The mainstream media can't seem to ever cover the issue of race fairly. To realize that dopes like Diane Sawyer think they have a "gotcha" moment by referring to one out of five white voters in one small state while ignoring the giant elephant in the room of nearly 100% of blacks voting for Barack Obama everywhere else is preposterous.

It would be nice to believe that black Democrats all believe that Sen. Obama is truly the best person for the job. But if that were true, what would the media be saying if white voters were voting for Mrs. Clinton with such giant percentages? The answer is easy: the press would be denouncing a racist white America, a hate-filled electorate of despicable bigots who would dare to vote for someone solely on the color of their skin.

If I announced on my radio show that the only reason I'm voting for John McCain is because he's a white man, I can't imagine I'd have much of a career remaining. Unless my career included appearing at conventions of skinheads and Ku Klux Klansmen.

But once again, biased blacks get a pass. Very few people have the intestinal fortitude to admit that it's a crying shame that so many voters are blindly supporting someone for president because of his skin color. It would be the ultimate act of political incorrectness to point this out. Instead, whites in West Virginia -- and elsewhere -- are demonized as non-educated, racist morons.

It's easy to blame white Americans for just about every single racial conflict in America. But in doing so, we're not making much progress in terms of race relations.

Show me black Democrats who will vote for a candidate based on real qualifications and we'll be getting somewhere.

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Bill Clinton got 90% of Black vote -
FYI Bill Clinton got 90% of black vote and Jesse Jackson got nowhere near those numbers. Black people have voted for whites for years. It's a big difference when white people will NOT vote for a candidate based on his race. Clearly, blacks have - for some strange reason - been a major support base for Democrats and last I checked, there has never been a black president in the past. Truth is, most blacks are smarter than people think. They know the Clinton's didn't do much for them while in office.

Histroy shows blacks will vote for whites, period!

Patriot and the Black Vote
Another reason I am skeptical about your racial designation is your response to tubbs on blacks voting for Obama.

Most black folks know that originally, the black vote was Hillary's to lose. Hardly anyone outside of the Chicago area code had heard of Obama and felt that he was just another Alan Keyes (albeit democrat)trying to run for president. Hillary was well known and Bill, of course, was highly respected in the black community. A vote for Hillary meant a vote for Bill back in the white house as well. A twofer, you might say.

Then Hillary's campaign people got antsy once Obama began making his move. They thought the nomination would be wrapped up in February but it wasn't. They changed the tactics from concentrating on issues to mudslinging. Also, the right began pounding Obama simultaneously with Rev Wright, Ayers, Mickey Mouse, and anybody else they could think of. Not the issues, though. Most black folks then started to gravitate toward Obama and really begin to listen to what he had to say. If you are really black, you would know this. You would know that when Jesse J ran, blacks did not vote for him in mass because of a fear of dilluting the vote so much the repubs would win. You would know that Alan Keyes received enough black votes to only fill a 7-11 coffee cup. Are you sure you are a brother because your thoughts are very much like some of my TH friends (white)that post here frequently.
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