Thread: CNN's Cafferty: Not Voting Obama? You're a Racist!

CNN's Cafferty: Not Voting Obama? You're a Racist!
Friday, 19 September 2008
By Warner Todd Huston

To show the empty “logicâ€

Reason: the country is filled with racists. Yes, folks, if you are voting against Obama (and no matter who or what you are actually supporting and why) it must be because you are a racist. It isn’t because you stand against what Obama stands for, it has to be because you are a racist.

Ok, whatever...

stupid me . I thought it was cause of obama-snobs move to the middle , the left , the middle errr what ever , and the great back-peddle dance he does . And is he Communist ? Well just maybe .
But with all the bailouts for the crooks we are already a Facist Nation . So what different would obama-snob make ? None

This was an interesting commentary I just read in the East Valley Tribune on Tuesday which discusses the issue of racism and an Obama loss:


Don't assume racism if Obama loses

Kevin Ferris, Commentary


What a strange country


Last month, one of our two major political parties nominated an African American as its candidate for president of the United States.

Historic progress to be celebrated?

Apparently not. A few weeks and polls later, and some are already bemoaning the rampant racism that might keep a black man from ascending to the presidency.

Hey, Barack Obama could not have clinched the nomination without votes from white Americans. The other party isn't supposed to just concede the election based on skin color. Voters shouldn't have to choose based on race when they disagree on issues or believe a candidate isn't up to the job.

But expect to see the bemoaners looking to the heavens and saying, "We're not ready."

Baloney. Maybe it's Obama who's not ready and the people who recognize that - men and women, whites and blacks, Hispanics and Asians - are just fine.

There was no racial angst when three black Republicans fell short in statewide races in 2006. No "Shame on you, America" when Ken Blackwell and Lynn Swann lost for governor in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively, and Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele was defeated in his U.S. Senate race.

Republicans and conservatives don't count on the racial scorecard?

They should, because they put the lie to the claim that people won't vote for a candidate because of race. That includes Republicans and conservatives.

All three black men lost decisively in 2006. Swann's and Blackwell's opponents won with 60 percent of the vote, Steele's with 54 percent. Swann was an untested political newcomer. Blackwell's party at the state level was embroiled in corruption scandals. The three ran in the worst year for Republicans since 1974.

Was race the deciding factor in these unsuccessful campaigns? Probably not. Look at how mixed the CNN exit-polling data are.

Blackwell had twice run successfully statewide, but he was beaten badly in '06, losing almost across the board, regardless of voters' race, economic status or religion. He took only 40 percent of the white vote.

Steele, who had also won statewide before, did considerably better, winning 50 percent of the overall white vote. He took 54 percent of the white male vote, 46 percent of the white female vote, 63 percent of the white Protestant vote and 58 percent of the white Catholic vote.

Swann received 43 percent of the white vote, 46 percent of the white male vote, and 40 percent of the white female vote. He lost white Catholics 42 percent to 58 percent, but won white Protestants, 56 to 44.

Among African American voters, Steele won 25 percent; Blackwell, 20 percent; Swann, 13 percent.

Swann won some rural and upstate Republican counties, but was crushed in southeast Pennsylvania. He lost Philadelphia 89.4 percent to 10.6 percent.

What, 89 percent of Philadelphians don't like black guys?

Or is it that they couldn't support a candidate - who happened to be black - whose resume didn't measure up to the office he sought?

Don't assume racism if people question Obama on the company he keeps: a 20-year membership in a church where anti-American rhetoric was spewed and then sold in the gift shop; boosting his political career from the home of an unrepentant domestic terrorist from the '60s.

Don't assume racism because voters don't think a junior senator with great potential but no major accomplishments is ready to be leader of the Free World and a wartime commander in chief.

Don't assume racism if voters question his military acumen. Yes, a 16-month drawdown of forces looks doable - now. But to get to the point where winning seemed possible, others had to make tough decisions on troop levels and strategy. In the meantime, Obama glibly sang the same tune for years, even when his plan would have meant certain victory for al-Qaida in Iraq.

Yes, it's a strange country, but Americans have shown they will vote for the person they believe is ready for the job, the one who will best represent their interests, regardless of race. Don't blame them if Obama loses. Blame his poor judgment and lack of experience.

Kevin Ferris (kf@phillynews.com) is commentary page editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer.


www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/125836 - 60k -

But expect to see the bemoaners looking to the heavens and saying, "We're not ready."



I couldn't help but laugh when I read this line from Kevin's commentary because I just KNOW we can expect to hear it from Oprah No doubt uttered during a post loss interview with the Obamas.

And what will McCain claim if he loses the election? That Americans are unpatriotic? Look, the fact is, there are those out there who are going to vote for Obama simply because he is black. Nobody seems to have any issues with that. But if I choose not to vote for him, i'm automatically deemd a racist by some in the MSM and elsewhere.

Whatever! I'm already considered an xenophobe, nativist, and a racist simply because I have begged my government to enforce our laws and secure our borders. At this point, one more erroneous, baseless and fictitious label really doesn't matter much...

I really take offense to his comment as an American voter.

I am not voting for Obama but it has nothing to do with his color. It's basically the issues and the fact that his associations with radicals, terrorists, communists ect.. that have me worried. If anyone is a racist, it's Obama for going to a racist church for 23 years and getting letters of recommendation for Dr. Almasour who advises a Saudi billionaire the one Rudy Gulianni threw 10 million back to after 9/11. I could go on, but these are the things that get me pretty mad and to say someone is racist just because we don't want to vote for him is just sick logic. I would rather vote for patriotic and God fearing Alan Keys than vote for Obama . I sure his birth certificate, college transcripts and public history and associations are not a guarded secret.

I used to like Jack Cafferty, but now he's just going to get a big CLICK on my tv dial.

This is just another mindless diversion to distract the people from the real issues which neither candidate either cares about, or has the capacity to discuss.

Does this type of stupidity know no bounds?