No, racist reasons against Obama are real. It helped Hillary in states like PA and is helping McCain in PA. We got burned by it the first time Jindal ran, where he way underperformed Bush in North Louisiana parishes and precincts. This American Life, an NPR radio show, has interviews with Obama canvassers in PA, especially folks calling union households in PA, where they are running into it. I'm a white guy in NH and I hear racist jokes and comments all the time about black people they see on TV, including Obama (there aren't really any actual black people here). I've heard it in Arkansas and Mississippi visiting relatives, too-- folks who happily voted for X42 in 1992 and 1996.
What are the chances we are right about this?
It makes sense to me, but I’ve suprised and disappointed so often by my fellow Americans. I’d rather have sober analysis than rah-rah stuff.
The thing is that a lot of these folks don’t see “black guy, unacceptable,” they see “black guy, probably thinks just like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Cynthia McKinney.”
You know, I’ll agree with some of your post...But not all...The folks around here aren’t voting for obama because he’s a died in the wool Soicalist/Communist...It wouldn’t matter if he were black or white.
On the other hand, There is an active Democratic group that is the most racist bunch of miscreants I’ve ever met. All of them are Union folks (Mostly MAchinists and Construction types0 who won;t vote for Obama simply because of his color...and these guys are hard left Unionites.
If anything, the racism being displayed is coming from the democratic party...Which honestly kind of stuns me.
The big problem for Obummer is all the young voters likely will blow off the election because the polls and pundits show him as the sure winner.
Republicans always turn out to vote for everything even if they think the POTUS race is lost. They know everything else on the ballot is important, the brainless young RATS wont.
No, not true. Guv :deer in the Headlights” was running as Babinauex. Folks in many parts of coon ass country will vote for Babinauex before Jindal anyday!