Posted on 01/15/2008 4:25:09 PM PST by forkinsocket
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's upset victory in the New Hampshire primary last week was every bit as impressive as Sen. Barack Obama's Iowa caucus breakout five days before -- if anything, more impressive, since his win was predicted and hers unforeseen. But the reactions to the two events couldn't have been more different. Obama's Jan. 3 triumph let loose a giddiness bordering on exhilaration among voters and, especially, media commentators, who hailed his triumph as "historic," even though he was not in fact the first African American to win a major presidential nominating contest. (Jesse Jackson won 13 primaries and caucuses in 1988.) By contrast, when Clinton overcame long odds to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major-party primary, no leading news outlet trumpeted this landmark feat. Many failed to mention it at all.
This startling difference underscores one of Obama's advantages heading into the do-or-die Feb. 5th contests. "Obamamania" sputtered in the Granite State, but it is far from dead. Many of the voters and pundits who were thrilled by Obama's compelling Iowa speech 10 days ago remain intoxicated, heady with the hope that he can deliver not just "change" -- any candidate running would do that -- but a categorically different kind of change from Clinton or the Republican candidates. So what explains the magic?
The most obvious explanation is Obama's stirring oratory, with its notes of generational change and unity. The key to his seduction, though, resides not just in what he says but in what remains unsaid. It lies in the tacit offer -- a promise about overcoming America's shameful racial history -- that his particular candidacy offers to his enthusiasts, and to us all.
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Come on, I just ate.
The sun is surely setting on the evil Clinton empire. Finally.
The Clintons see it as a dark cloud
Although Jackson did win a few primaries in ‘88, he did not have a realistic shot at winning the nomination — his support was upwardly rigid — as it became a 2-candidate race, his level of support didn’t rise.
Obama does have a shot though.
Obama's backgroud is one of hatred of whites, and black nationalist power. Obama hates the America that I love. Obam hates the America that lets me accumulate wealth. The facts support it.
Many nations in the past have elected leaders based on such emotional appeal. Remembering the faces of our WWII fathers, we should not.
The most obvious explanation is Obama's stirring oratory, with its notes of generational change and unity. The key to his seduction, though, resides not just in what he says but in what remains unsaid.
in what he says = nothing
in what remains unsaid = everything
He’s an empty flapdoodle with a pigeonshit brain and the media shuck and fawn over him like he’s the black second coming of Karl Marx.
Let’s put this as succinctly as possible:
Obama allows guilty whites the chance to feel redeemed. Therefore it’s no surprise that his support comes from well-educated white people with a liberal outlook. They feel guilty for the sins of white people and this is their chance to show that they really aren’t racists. Obama plays into that guilt by showing himself as articulate, measured, and calm in his speech.
Of course, those of us who already know we’re not racist are concentrating on policy and character, but the issue of white guilt is, in my opinion, a powerful force propelling Obama.
I will vote for Hillary Clinton before I vote for a disgusting muslim.
I said it!!
The democrats continue to find ways to disgust me!! I am really impressed!!
The media is the biggest disgusting liars I’ve ever seen in modern times.
How anyone could support such insanity is beyond the pale!!
Words can not express my outrage
“Jesse Jackson won 13 primaries and caucuses in 1988”
Very interesting. This is the first time I have ever seen this pointed out ANYWHERE.
I don’t care how many rings they have, even Sauron wouldn’t want them! ;-)
Wrong. Actually, David Greenberg is a leftist professor who is so deeply in thrall to leftist "spin" and talking points and propaganda that he can't even recognize how much it has distorted his own world view. The leftist dogma that he spews in the penultimate paragraph of his essay is all the evidence that any unbiased observer would need to understand exactly where Greenberg is coming from. For just one glaring example, Katrina was "a disgraceful racial scandal" only in the fevered minds of deliberately lying leftist race pimps and agitators...
The Big Empty O is only about running for power...President. He has nothing but words. He has not accomplished anything! He is an empty suit!Oh, he wants to give 170 Billion to those that “deserve” it; the poor huddled masses (legal and illegal who will sure vote for that!)
2008 - The Year of the Democratic Empty Shells
- The Year of the Republican RINOs (except for Hunter)
How eloquent summary. Only thing mising from the title is "Baaaaaaarf". Whata pathetic parade of primary RATs.
God forbid the voters would care about what he has done or what he will do!
Don’t make me take it back. Please.
Hillary has invited the sun to an outing at Fort Marcy Park.
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