>>> CeJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/25/2008 8:07 PM >>> About Richardson. Does anyone outside New Mexico know he is Hispanic?
^^^^ Yes,. Everybody knows. It is very significant that he came out for O after the important speech on race, because, as I had anticipated, a lot of other people of color would really "get it" on O speech on race. They can identify , shall we say. There are no doubt masses of people of color who got it, when O had to "defend" Wright, explain racism to white people for the ten millionth time. Richardson said O is a once in a lifetime leader . Pretty strong language. Carvill ,the Clintonian, disgracefully called Richardson a "Judas" (!) , right around Easter, as if the Clintons are Jesus ?! Jeeezzus that was gross. Anyway, it was also significant that he had been a Clinton cabinet member. For him to choose O over C, is a very strong message for O. ^^^ He looks very white male ethnic ^^^^^ CB: Actually, no, not "very", and not white, but colored ethnic. ^^^^^ , but his name says Anglo-Celtic elite. He seems to have positioned himself with a future Obama presidency, perhaps he does have V.P. stars in his eyes. ^^^^ CB: He was a Presidential candidate this year. ^^^ I think an Hispanic from California or Texas is a risky strategy, but that now is not the time for Obama to play it safe. That is my hunch. Playing it safe makes him the next John Kerry. He may help JK and Dean get rid of the influence of the Clintons, but he doesn't do more than this. ^^^^ CB: Uhh no, O is not the next John Kerry . Uh no ^^^^ But I think the white male ethnic Roman Catholic demographic is also worth considering. Hillary Clinton does better with this category over Obama, but not that much better. That is one reason why he has got this far. This type of voter doesn't like the professorial type. Both Mondale and Dukakis were too professorial for them (though Dukakis comes out of this demographic, if you call Greek Orthodoxy another form of catholicism). ^^^^ CB: This fails to understand a subtley of the race dynamic. A Black candidate must adhere to a higher standard than whites. This is a fundamental known to Black people not just for political candidates but all areas of life for decades. I'm not going to explain the whole thing now, but just assert it conclusorily. In this case, "professional" is a higher standard than "casual". Notice the speech patterns. Obama must be very "professional" or be seen as a lower down negro. He doesn 't have the luxury of being folksy for white workers. In fact, of course, Clinton and McCain are much more hooked up with the ruling class than O, despite their folksier manners. ^^^^ Perhaps a white ethnic female might make the best VP choice? Nancy Pelosi? Diane Feinstein? But since so much of this is symbolic and emotional, I think his VP choice should be around his age or younger by a year or two. CJ ^^^^^ CB: Clinton would be the best VP if she hasn't trashed O too much. She has done a suicide job, by saying McCain is ready and O isn't. That was absolutely astonishingly treacherous. Right now you have McCain, Clinton, Clinton and Ferraro white ganging up on O. It is amazingly revealingly racist. Clinton literally had an ongoing theme basically endorsing McCain over Obama. I can't think of an adjective to describe how outrageous that is in terms of "party loyalty'. She basically was trying to get the nomination by wrecking Obama and then saying to the superdelegates ,in effect, O is ruined by me so, if you want to win in November , you have to pick me. " Not just " I can win in November but he cant' , " but " I'm going to say and do things ( McCain is presidentially ready and he isn't. O isn't ready to answer the red phone, but McCain and I are) and have Ferraro say something, that would stir up the racist and "patriotic" votes against O , now, so that he can't win in November _ by Clinton's own statements in conjunction with McCain_. Literally, what she did should be grounds for reprimand by the Democratic Party. How you gonna say the Republican is better prepared to be President than your fellow Democrat ! That's party treason. _______________________________________________ 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
