From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 2:36 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sorry Judy Conventional wisdom says Obama was elected because he "transcended race." Hogwash. If it hadn't been for MLK and LBJ and LAWS that forbid discrimination, and segregation, and many years of government and media effort to improve race relations, Obama would never have had a chance at the presidency.
If Hillary had had the same protections against discrimination for her sex as Obama had for his race, without a doubt Hillary would have been treated more respectfully. No one transcends race or gender without some help from the LAW. We have become so sensitive as a nation about race that everyone tippy-toed to protect Obamba's sensibilities during the primary lest they wear the shameful name of "racist." Obama used it to his advantage on several occasions and people were often falsely accused of racism if they didn't support Obama. Deplorable. http://tinyurl.com/2ve8jt Hillary had no such tippy-toeing around her. It was open season to attack her and the so called progressive Left and the complicit DNC didn't hold back firing as many cheap sexist shots as they could. Can you give us a few examples of these cheap sexist shots? If Hillary had campaigned as successfully as Obama, and he as unsuccessfully has she, she might have one. Her sex was not a critical variable, IMO. My impression was that campaign fatigue was eroding her judgment. She was knocking back shots and bragging about her experience with guns in order to appeal to rednecks. She drove her campaign deep into debt clinging to the hope of winning long after it was apparent that she couldn't. I could say similar things of McCain. By the end of the campaign, he was so burned out that he had become a walking caricature, saying "my friends" with every breath, making erratic decisions, and going on about Joe the Plumber. Obama became a bit incoherent at times, but for the most part, kept his cool and conducted a brilliant campaign to the end. Isn't campaigning partly about seeing how the candidates perform under duress, as a test of how they'll perform as president?
