Shelby Steele
Posted on 01/21/2008 7:43:23 AM PST by shrinkermd
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“re-naturalization” does not appear in the index. What does this term mean?
I don’t see a convincing argument here as to why Obama won’t simply be able to use white guilt to be elected. I don’t think he will be required to enunciate any policies and will be protected by the media from substantive criticism. All he has to do is be himself.
Interesting read.
IMHO though, a more simple/accurate reason for Obama’s fall is the DNC will never allow a black man to be the nominee/president, messes up the DNC’s white power structure. (Let a slave run the plantation?)
DNC strategy:
Get black leaders to denounce him.
Find a witness to a cocaine deal.
We are excited about me BECAUSE he can’t win.
"thusly"
AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
3. Word Choice: New Uses, Common Confusion, and Constraints§ 282. thusly
The adverb thusly was created in the 19th century as an alternative for thus in sentences such as Hold it thus or He put it thus. It appears to have been first used by humorists, who may have been echoing the speech of poorly educated people straining to sound stylish. The word has subsequently gained some currency in educated usage, but it is still often regarded as incorrect. A large majority of the Usage Panel found it unacceptable in an earlier survey. In formal writing, thus can still be used as in the examples above; in other styles, expressions such as this way and like this are more natural.
— The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. Copyright © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved
Sorry. Pet peeve.
Shelby, you’ve over-thought it.
Bargainer = non-racist
Challenger = racist
By the way, if Hussein fails to be elected, it will be because he’s a Marxist, not because he’s black.
*Bump*
There was nothing "tepid" about his liberalism as an Illinois senator, he was and is to the left of Hillary.
Nice words from a brilliant but undiscovered intellectual.
But Obama is very dangerous because most American voters are not as brilliant, as nuanced, or as logical as Shelby Steele. Maybe 5% of whites and Republicans will vote for Obama to expunge the last vestiges of their guilt — so they think — and he will win. This includes many women who love his voice. Yes, they will vote for him because he makes them “feel good.”
Even Denzel Washington is considering supporting Obama although he is an outspoken Republican.
Obama is already trying to triangulate. Note his recent laudatory comments about Reagan. This will make the middle-of-the-roaders feel better about supporting him.
I believe he will win if only he can get by Hillary’s dirty tricks campaign in the primaries.
Have you seen the polls answers to who is voting for Obama. It is overwhelminly young people. The older people get, the less they buy into "white guilt" whether they are rats or republicans.
Fascinating!
He will carry the Dem base and the black vote (redundant, I know). If he encourages a wave of voting by young people he’s practically a shoo in. I have my doubts the young will turn out though. They are long on enthusiasm and short on carry through.
I'm hopeful of that, also. LOL.
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