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Originally Posted by gunnut
Sir I beg to differ. White people have no problems with a black man in power. I would think Colin Powell would have easily won the nomination of the republican party and had a good shot at the White House.
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I think you have a healthy view, but it's yours. And although many share it, you cannot draw the conclusion that it represents the view of all whites. I think you will find that fear, or wariness, if you prefer, among whites of a black president increases as you move upward through the age brackets, though few will admit it, prefering instead to cite political objections. It is a dying sentiment, but not dead yet.
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White people, and others, have a problem with a black supremicist in the White House, just like a white supremicist in the White House.
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If you are inferring that Obama is a black supremicist, you are mistaken. First of all, the level of political support he gets from leading white politicians is a de facto rejection of that view, and nothing in what he proposes comes remotely close to making him a black supremicist.
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I believe Obama is more loyal to Africa than America.
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What evidence do you have to support this conclusion? Pride in his heritage? If so, what would say about non-black Americans who celebrate their roots?
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I believe Obama is a Marxist in his approach to the economy.
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That's a huge stretch. A reading of Das Kapital will provide you with enough material to label everyone a Maxist. But to be a real Marxist one has to subscribe to the totality of Marx's economic philosophy. I don't see that in Obama or Clinton or even the more liberal dems. That aside, you are evoking the propagandist's tool of labeling someone with a dreaded word without making the case to prove it. Do you take us to be fools.
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I believe Obama is a liberal to the extreme in all aspects of his world view. And that scares the bejeezus out of me.
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That is closer to the way I feel. If we want to defeat this guy come November, we have to make the case why his liberal views are actually a danger to the US. I don't see very many anti-Obama folks doing it. To summarize my view, Obama's foreign policy approach from what I've seen so far is contradictory--storm Pakistan's NW territories whether Pakistan agrees or not and withdrawing from Iraq irrespective of other considerations is a huge contradiction.
Also, with respect to Israel, I suspect he will lean heavily in the direction of the Palestinians. It may be that he'll see the light in time that the US cannot afford to show weakness in the face of adversity, but I am not willing to take that chance. As for his domestic policies, he'll have a devil of a time getting anything radical done with conservative members of Congress from both parties acting as a brake.
But, in opposing him on political grounds we have to avoid anything that smacks of racism. You can bet your bottom dollar now that attacks on him in the runup to the election (if he is nominated) which have nothing to do with racism, will be labelled as such by his supporters.
Our best offense is a disciplined focus on the issues and avoidance of personal attacks. In that regard this election will be like no other this country has had before. McCain understands this as you can see in his insistence that NC republicans dump their Wright attack ads...
So, if you want to see McCain win in November, lose the personal stuff and go for the issues.