You are correct - if Obama were a Republican (see Condi Rice & Colin Powell), Mary Mitchell would whine about how he was trying to look and act white and that he was an Uncle Tom.
I live in Chicago and there has been ZERO discussion of Obama's views and record. And I mean ZERO. The Chicago media got him elected. This guy is an extreme left-winger who is against Iraq, against tax cuts, for partial-birth abortion, for affirmative action, etc. And is completely out of the mainstream of American and the continuing Republican tide in the US. But he fits perfectly here in Illinois, which has become the Berkeley and Boston of the midwest. BARF.
That's because to these people that's mainly irrelevant. Read the article. It's all about racial identity and dividing the electorate and country on the basis of race. That and unabashed hero worship. They think this guy is Christ Himself and the Second Coming.
It's sad though, in a way. Illinois is becoming more and more maginalized on the far left fringe. I remember the time when Illinois could be counted on to deliver votes to Republican candidates. They came through for Nixon in '68 and '72, likewise Reagan in '80 and '84, Bush 41 in '88. Too bad that the wacko left seems to have run rampant there since then.
My fear is that it's infection is spreading to the surrounding states. We can't let that happen. Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio remain the linchpin of Republican strength in the Great Lakes region. We can't afford to have them go the way of Illinois.
Yep, that's how he's struck me, the same old warnmed over Lib'ralism is a slick, new package...ho hum.
FReegards...MUD