Posted on 04/05/2008 8:40:46 AM PDT by neverdem
It was probably inevitable. The historic contest between a woman and an African-American for the presidential nomination is now all about white men.
Not that the white male voters asked for this. They’ve been uncommitted, supporting Hillary in one contest and Barack in the next. But all that hemming and hawing has turned them into the deciding factor in the big upcoming primary in Pennsylvania.
Reporters are spread all over the state, searching for white men to interview. American Legion halls under siege! Both campaigns engage in extensive research, which reveals that white men are very concerned about the economy. Duh.
Courting them is extremely tricky. It’s not like you can promise that under your presidency, more white men would be appointed to the Supreme Court.
The candidates’ desperation to make contact is showing. Barack Obama goes bowling in Altoona — with disastrous consequences. Hillary Clinton attempts to compare herself to Rocky Balboa, prompting many people to note that Rocky lost to a black guy. Obama, rather cruelly, points out that Rocky is a fictional character. Clinton, in turn, reveals that she owns her own bowling ball.
It’s got to be irking women and blacks. This was supposed to be all about us! But in modern politics, the people who choose up sides are doomed to be taken for granted while the whole world goes running after the folks on the fence. That is why this fall the presidential campaign will be taking place in 13 states, and the would-be presidents will spend more time worrying about Iowa than New York and California combined.
By October, some of you will have dedicated so many hours to discussing this election that close friends will cross the street to avoid having another conversation. Yet every once in a while you will note...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Snicker. Yah, those two are tailor made for appealing to white guys.
Lesson to conservatives...
Well, other white guys for one.
The self-hating, “progressive”, condescending sort, of course. Many of whom aren’t really guys.....
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“It’s not like you can promise that under your presidency, more white men would be appointed to the Supreme Court.”
Now that’s funny.
“Yah, those two are tailor made for appealing to white guys.”
ROFLMAO!
This really was quite predictable if the Dems had ever had a moment of clarity, and stopped believing their own spin for a nanosecond or two.
White males are 40% of the electorate. We are marginalized because we are too smart to vote in blocs.
When Obama loses in November there will be no one else to blame other than white Democrats.
White men ALWAYS decide Presidential elections. In a general, they will not vote for a hateful black man with an even more hateful wife and pastor. They will also not vote for a hateful, unfeminine white woman. They WILL vote for John McCain. Democrats pay a very high price by trashing the white male, who then goes into the polling booth, and voted for the Republican.
Most heterosexual white men have left the Democratic party, for good reason. They do get even with the Democrats by voting GOP. White women are exiting the Dems, too.
All I EVER hear from Democrat females is, “I HATE WHITE MEN.” Well ladies, your chickens have come home to roost.
That potential (and likely) scenario is exactly why Obama's campaign, once he gets the nod, will be a full time push along with the MSM to drive forward the idea that if you are white and don't vote for Obama, you are a racist.
There is not enough popcorn that exists now or will exist in the months leading to the general, that can cover the upcoming demand. Popcorn junkies will take to the streets in anger and desire.....and they will be denied....and they will be sad.
That is all I hear from them too, yet their husbands are white and so are their sons.....interesting
The author of this piece for one and her paper for another.
Kind of an amusing column. Dems are so self-centered, which, to her credit, she does point out.
So where are the interviews with white leaders, white spokesmen, and the Congressional White Caucus?
Most white male Democrats, those that are left, have a hard time voting for a woman for an executive position. They have a real distaste for women in power, especially white women, whom they generally regard as sex symbols only. Hillary turns their stomachs, which makes it harder. They will even vote for a black man over a white woman in the primary. HOWEVER, in the general, they will vote for a white man over a black man. Hillary’s exit polls shows BIG TROUBLE with men, period. But, Obama’s exit polls are already showing him having MAJOR trouble with white WOMEN. Both are unelectable in a general, for different reasons.
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