My belief is that none of this would have happened but for Obama's skin pigmentation. Obama has succeeded in diverting attention away from all negatives whether they are in his own biography or in the national ledger sheet, in Benghazi or in Chicago. He has been successful in diverting scrutiny of his biography and performance because the media runs interference for him. I understand that they will always support a liberal but in this case they are supporting a radical, probably a communist, certainly a socialist.
My belief is that they would not have done so, at least to the blatant degree they have done so, if Obama had not been black. So when you say that the costs of supporting Obamaism become apparent his support will fall away, we cannot rely on a Marxist analysis; in other words, we cannot say that a purely economic analysis will persuade over race. Certainly, it will not persuade the African-American "community" over identity politics. It simply will not avail. My belief is that on this issue at least, that demographic is beyond reason.
We have seen in the last election that Obama is able to appeal to persons of other colors, such as brown Hispanics and brown Asians, by playing a race card which is perhaps more credible because of his own color. His color also shields in from scrutiny by whites out of white guilt and an understandable human preference not to acknowledge that one has made a mistake in the last election.
Even with questions of color aside, the history of socialism around the world teaches us that the socialists take over the apparatus of power and when their economic policies fail they resort to political power. I believe that is why we see the left in America lose its once proud adherence to the First Amendment, or at least the free speech provisions of the first amendment. If one examines the reaction of the people of Greece to failed socialism we see them rioting and burning in the streets as a way of demanding more socialism, not less. When Hugo Chavez dies of his current malady (from my pen to Allah's ears) I will be rather surprised if Venezuela moves right and embraces capitalism. Too many powerful forces are entrenched their now.
As Obama insinuates socialism into the American body politic, its culture, and its economic system, we will see the rise in corruption, the breakdown of the rule of law, the spread of cynicism, the loss of patriotism, the rise of selfishness, and the institutionalization of cronyism everywhere. We will have seen the breakdown and corruption of counterbalancing institutions such as the church, academia, the police, courts, the media, our eleemosynary institutions, family with parental control etc., and, of course, the media.
I hope you are right and I am wrong.
