What if Obama Loses? ("reminiscent of the [1960s] riots")

thecitizen.com ^ | September 10, 2008 | Gary Fields and Jonathan Kaufman

[Fred Hayek]

Even if it is not close, a blowout if the Dems crash and burn, I still say some areas will riot. Minneapolis, St Paul, Madison WI, San Francisco, etc.

[Signalman]

[irishjuggler]

“From day one, we’ve been told to be a certain way, to be neat, intellectual, speak clearly. He is the symbol of what we were told to be by our parents and by society as a whole. If this doesn’t work, what does that do to our psyche?"

Okay, that does it. We must all vote for Obama in order to protect this guy's psyche.

[cmsgop]

I just don’t see it just cause McCain wins, certain factors would have to be in play for mass riots.

[marsh2]

Oh my..I guess you could rephrase this article from the female perspective...What are we going to tell our daughters?

It may be that Gov. Palin has neutralized the race card with the possibility of the gender card.

[hinckley buzzard]

“From day one, we’ve been told to be a certain way, to be neat, intellectual, speak clearly. He is the symbol of what we were told to be by our parents and by society as a whole. If this doesn’t work, what does that do to our psyche? What do I tell my sons?

Tell them that neat intellectual clear-speaking white guys have been losing elections since the nation began. Don't think you're special and entitled to win just because you're black and can speak English.

No matter what the hell we do, it doesn’t matter? We can only assimilate so far.”

Sorry buster, you haven't even begun to assimilate from what you had to say here.

[RobinOfKingston]

... said Robert Gordon, a 48-year-old engineering surveyor from Dallas. “From day one, we’ve been told to be a certain way, to be neat, intellectual, speak clearly. He is the symbol of what we were told to be by our parents and by society as a whole.

I wonder if mom and dad really told Robert as he was growing up that he should vote for someone who was neat, intellectual and speaks clearly.

While I agree that Robert, and all of us, should strive for that ideal, we should vote on the strength of ideas. You know, the old "content of his character" thing.

[LibLieSlayer]

If their is civil unrest, it will not go softly like the rodney king riots. We have what it takes to restore civil order in a heartbeat. Never doubt.

LLS

[gunnedah]

If Americans are afraid to stand up to terrorist in their own country we should lose it. I would rather die than to give in to this kind of scurrilous crap.

[TNCMAXQ]

I have to wonder though, just how much enthusiasm is there for Obama, even in the black community? Of course he will get 90% of the vote there but when I drive through neighborhoods that are heavily African American I see few Obama signs or bumper stickers. Certainly there are none for McCain but I just have to wonder if the appeal is very wide but not that deep.

[Tahoe3002]

Agreed. We have loads of Katrina folks in the surrounding apartment complexes. There “ain't gonna be no shuckin’ and jivin’ on this street”.

I am an even keeled guy, but I would like to use the obama yard sign down about four houses to get sighted in.

[Disambiguator]

What do I tell my sons?

(To the tune of a well-known CW song...)

Fathers, don't let your sons grow up to be commies...

[DesScorp]

Here it comes... if you don’t vote for Obama, we’ll burn down the cities.

[353FMG]

If the riots really happened, the chasm between blacks and others will become permanently unbridgeable in this country.

[autumnraine]

“If he loses, it will shake the very ground that we stand on mentally as far as what we need to be to succeed,” said Robert Gordon, a 48-year-old engineering surveyor from Dallas. “From day one, we’ve been told to be a certain way, to be neat, intellectual, speak clearly. He is the symbol of what we were told to be by our parents and by society as a whole. If this doesn’t work, what does that do to our psyche? What do I tell my sons? No matter what the hell we do, it doesn’t matter? We can only assimilate so far.”

You know, I can honestly see the point they are making here. And I can sympathize completely with the hope of a black President, honestly! This is the coming to terms with all of this country’s ugly history. But I also don’t think the color of his skin is enough in this case. Yes, he is articulate. Yes, he went to Harvard. Yes, he is what all PEOPLE, black or white should strive to be. But he is completely wrong politically IMO.

[11th_VA]

This does look pretty big, I’m sure Charlie will want to interview the big Zero ASAP (/sarcasm)

[khnyny]

Oh for the love of God, John Kerry was articulate, wore $1000 suits and was Ivy League educated too just like Obama and he LOST in 2004!!

[Intolerant in NJ]

“My audience is upset,” she said. “Some people said they would be so angry it would be reminiscent of the [1960s] riots—that is how despondent they would be.”...Extortion, in the best tradition of the Democrat party.......

[freespirited]

If the percentage of the white vote for McCain is less than the percentage of the black vote for Obama, how in the world can they cry racism?

Because according to lefty dogma, it's not racism when blacks vote almost exclusively for a black candidate--only whites can be racist.

As a general rule, people who throw around the r word aren't interested in making sense.

[LibLieSlayer]

Sorry about “their”... I hate that. Wife interrupted me in mid type.

LLS