To: hinckley buzzard
"Probably the same thing. John McWhorter is on our side, one of the good guys."
No he's not. If he supports Obama because he's black, he is as racist as David Duke. Or Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and La Raza.
26 posted on
10/05/2006 6:46:48 PM PDT by
outdriving
(Diversity is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.)
To: outdriving
To: outdriving
The Telegraph took McWhorter's quote completely out of context- it's from an NY Sun article posted here about 2 weeks ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706416/posts
He was saying that the only reason Obama is being mentioned is his race, if he was white no one would be promoting a freshman Senator as a presidental candidate.
41 posted on
10/05/2006 7:24:06 PM PDT by
LWalk18
To: outdriving
McWhorter's observation was an attempt, imo accurate, at analysis of the meaning of an Obama candidacy to the larger community. The nomination by a major party, whether the 'rats or GOP , of a Black candidate, would send a compelling message about the decline and waning of racism in America. Nowhere did I see where McWhorter "supported" Obama as opposed to (say) Ken Blackwell.
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