Welcome to the Big Leagues, Ruben. Unlike at CNN.com or the SD Union-Trib, folks who comment at PJM have some depth and won’t gobble up your whirlwind nonsense.
I don’t even know where to start with your article that was supposedly a rebuttal to mine from yesterday, but never actually addressed my piece.
I shouldn’t have to reiterate my arguments (I was more castigating the media and not Sen. Obama actually), nor those from the sentient readers/commenters here, but some issues may need clarification it seems:
Ruben, have you visited Indiana, Pennsylvania or West Virginia lately? There’s not much racial tension. I live in Indiana, was in WV last weekend and am in the Keystone State often. Outside of Philly, which is basically a coastal liberal city, there’s far less racial divide in Indy, Charleston, Evansville, Morgantown, even Gary than LA, SD, NY, DC, Miami, etc. I’ve lived in all those aforemtioned cities, by the way. The media, as usual, misleads us—-just like you and Kevin Merida. The agenda is clear.
Ruben, every single person I know, and as evidenced in the 80 comments under my article and the 20 so far here, who is not voting for Obama, is doing so for reasons OTHER than race. The fact that his father hailed from Kenya (note I don’t call him black since he’s half white and was raised by white folks) is unimportant when:
-he lacks any leadership experience
-has a very naive and dangerous foreign policy
-his elitism shows he is out of touch with real Americans
-he has connections with rogue people (Wright, Ayres, even his wife—who defines a racist)
-has this empty message of “hope”
and “change” with no substance or plans behind it
And most importantly, his politics lay out of the FAR left with Marxist leanings. No way a Republican with far right politics could get elected in 2008, thus we have the moderate McCain. But the Democrats apparently don’t follow the same rules, or understand America (Kerry, Dukakis as examples), which is why they lose elections and will lose in November with BHO.
And when you keep attacking IN, PA and WV for supporting Hillary, why do you conveniently leave out the fact that Obama (not Hillary) has won all the “whitest” states: Vermont, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska, etc. He won those states, all with white populations of over 97%, EASILY, as he will win
Oregon next week. Is that racist? Judging anyone differently based upons kin color is, by definition, racist. 90% of blacks voting for Obama over Hillary (whose husband was once deemed “the fist black president”) could be considered racist.
Do you guys live in a cocoon, or just purposely avoid facts? Seems only when Obama loses a state that is predominantly white (though Indiana at 90% white and PA at 87% white are more diverse than the others noted above), does the media surreptitiously publish agenda-driven, pro-Obama “news” stories. No wonder no one trusts you guys anymore, aside from the sheltered elites who read the WaPo and NY Crimes.
Ruben, your piece is as irresponsible as Merida’s. There are basically no links to back up your stances. (My article had 25 hyperlinks)I had truly hoped for better, but as people note, you still miss the overarching reasons why people will not support Obama in the fall. A few random anecdotes do not lend credence to your theories. Like Mr. Merida and the mainstream media, you leave more holes in your stances than swiss cheese. But this is precisely why Fox News, talk radio, and blogs like this one succeed, while newspapers, liberal talk radio, CNN and MSNBC fail.
I look forward to your response, but I also don’t expect one.
