It was a fatally flawed program from the start, but amazingly, Obama has made it this far. I'm sure that if he survives this Jeremiah Wright "crisis" that he will face equally formidable obstacles in the months to come. I was singularly unimpressed by Obama's allegedly inspiring 2004 speech. I haven't looked at his autobiography to see what happened to him between the time he was community organizer (whatever that means, exactly), the his entry into the electoral arena. Clearly he was a shrewd operator to make it to this point, but I wonder if he believes his own propaganda to the point that he thinks he can pull this off on the basis of the premises of this campaign.
I have been disappointed by this whole campaign season. I don't see an easy way out of the current situation. It disturbs but doesn't surprise me that white voters are reacting adversely to the sudden discovery that Obama is black (according to the one-drop rule). Still, he is likely the lesser of two evils compared to Hillary, who was once annointed as the shoe-in. So what do you think of Bill Richardson as a running mate? -----Original Message----- >From: CeJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Mar 24, 2008 10:16 PM >To: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu >Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] O and racism > >I think the biggest problem O. has got is that he won a lot of states >in the primaries and caucuses that no Democrat, of any race or gender, >is going to win in a national election. Also, the Republicans benefit >from the OVER-REPRESENTATION of some states at the expense of more >populous states. So unless he gets the NE, the MW and Florida, while >keeping California, he has no chance in the electoral college. > >I look at the primaries as something like this: suppose we had a >series of cola taste tests nationwide. Two brands emerge, Coke and >Pepsi. Right now Hilary is RC Cola, Obama is Pepsi, and McCain is >Coke. > >The Demoncrats will have to come up with a marketing strategy for >their brand, Pepsi/Obama. If they do about as well as they did last >time, Obama's book sequel should be titled, 'The Audacity of >Cluelessness'. > >This is the ultimate test of his leadership. But he might have signed >on to a ship of the damned. He might well have made choices in what >policies and ideas he was going to stand for that now doom him. I >believe his fatal mistake made sometime after Kerry picked him to >speak at the Demoncrat Convention last time was that he staked a >position too far right. >These mainstream Demoncrats like Obama never ever learn. > >OTOH, McCain looks an awful lot like Bob Dole. If that goober from >Arkansas, Huckabee, flares up, it could sink McCain. A right-wing >fundamentalist third party campaign from Huckabee would certainly help >the Demoncrats right now. Since the press is ignoring Huckabee right >now, I don't know if he has been appeased by the Repug bigwigs or not. >If he has, then it looks pretty bad for Obama. It might go more like >it did for Kerry than it did for Gore (whose key mistake was to choose >Joe Blubberman as VP candidate). > >CJ > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
