Time's Beinart: Republicans Hate Obama For His Kenyan Father, it's 'Racism'

publiusforum.com ^ | 10/11/08 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

This furious beating of the racism drum by the left shows how worried they are that Barack Obama might lose this election. Time Magazine's Peter Beinart once again charges "racism" against anyone that won't support Barack Obama. But, Beinart adds a twist to his accusation. It isn't just his race that is being held against him, in Beinart's eyes it is the fact that Obama has "foreign roots" that causes "whites" to mistrust him. But, like everyone blinded by the flash of the race card he doesn't see that it isn't racism that causes moderates and conservatives to shy from Obama. No, it isn't his relative blackness that people are against, it's his redness. Beinart misunderstands the simple fact that it's Obama's unAmerican ideals makes him not "American enough" to get the support of millions of Americans.

As the Time headline asks "is he American enough," Beinart delves into what he sees as the "Racist" claim that Barack's foreign father is offputting to "white" Americans. He posits that this is the main reason why people cannot warm to Obama. Then Beinart claims that the strategy of the McCain campaign is one of "using race to make Obama seem anti-American." Beinart says these "attacks" are hurting Obama in the polls with "working-class whites." He also seems to say that the whole campaign is filled with code words such as questioning what "kind of person" he is. These all culminate into a racist attack that undermines Obama.

Beinart thinks he knows why it works so well against Obama, too...

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[tuffie1]

I am so sick and tired of being called a racist!!

[roses of sharon]

I'm concerned with Beinart and his ilk's obvious racism.

Pushing and protecting an obvious anti-american on this nation, with ZERO vetting.

Just because he is the black guy.

Affirmative action reaction.

[sasafras]

“but I don’t want to be hacked to death or my house burned down by Dictator/Strongman Barak Hussein Obama’s Odinga tribe.”

We still have the right to bear arms....please freepers hope for the best but definitely plan for the worst. We will not like what is about to come in three weeks but I guarantee that there is little we can do now. The RINOs, including McLame and Bush, have destroyed the once conservative GOP...I hope I am wrong but everyday that McLame speaks he disappoints - he went against the American people in the bailout, against the American people in Amnesty, against the American people in McCain-Feingold...

We must be prepared individually and collectively. If McCain wins great, but right now we need to start preparing if he doesnt and that means plans to stop the new Hitler Obama. I believe that his plans to destroy America will be unprecedented and extremely radical - radical times call for radical measures.

[junta]

Perhaps he could define what “racism” is. Other than that he is trying to bully people asking legitimate questions.

[atc23]

Obama is not black, he is white,

The MSM is beating the drum of Jim Crow racism which said that any person with even one drop of "black" blood is, by default, "black"

If Obama is so comfortably ahead in the polls, why the constant white noise of the media making excuses for his loss? Enlighten me.

Obama will lose this election because it is obvious that if he wins, we will not have another free election for a very long time. With the power of the presidency, Obama will entrench ACORN style "community organizing" of which there is no discernable difference between it and the fledgling National Socialist German Workers Party.

[RichInOC]

I don’t hate the man. I just don’t want him anywhere near the Oval Office.

[Texas4ever]

These are going to be the taling points for Democrats

pointing to racism....

WHY BECAUSE THEY KNOW ODINGA SUBJECT IS GOING TO COME UP

STARTING MONDAY.....DO NOT LET UP

KEEP PASSING EMAILS WE CANNOT FALL TO TALKING POINT BLATHER!!!

MOST AMERICANS WILL BE SUSPICIOUS OF OBAMA....THEY MAY NOT SAY IT ALOUD....BUT IN THE BOOTH THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA! BELIEVE ME

[Chgogal]

Peter Beinhart and ALL the rest of American “Journalists” disgust me. None of these jerks reported on Obama’s Truth Squads in Missouri. None. Harvard and the University of Chicago have not called Obama on this disgusting fascist behavior. It is unbelievable that Main Stream America supports this Presidential Candidate. It is inexcusable. It is unforgivable.

[IndianPrincessOK]

WHY BECAUSE THEY KNOW ODINGA SUBJECT IS GOING TO COME UP

“STARTING MONDAY.....DO NOT LET UP

KEEP PASSING EMAILS WE CANNOT FALL TO TALKING POINT BLATHER!!!

MOST AMERICANS WILL BE SUSPICIOUS OF OBAMA....THEY MAY NOT SAY IT ALOUD....BUT IN THE BOOTH THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA! BELIEVE ME”

Every corrupt issue that gets out there and forces the MSM to cover is just another reason not only will Independents NOT vote O..but Dems won’t vote than vote for a corrupt black man trying to steal the election, radical, socialist,etc.etc.

[popdonnelly]

Keep hitting the same note over and over again, Beinart. People will shortly find it tedious.

I thought we were going to have a serious discussion of the issues. Now the only issue is that Obama had a Kenyan father. Who is leading the electorate down this road? McCain?

[hellbender]

The Republicans need to nominate Jindal for President next time, so they can call every criticism of him “racism.” What goes around comes around.

[Texas4ever]

I agree. My mom is so worried, I keep telling her, recognize the doubt and fear you have, now multiply that by millions.....They keep this racial fight up and start talking more Blackness....the better for us!!!

now they are starting to buzzzzzz about Banking Terrorism....once that gets out...people are really going to start freaking.

In fact we could start it right now.....Did you hear the bank crises might be a manipulation by financial terrorist...ruining the American Economy? I dun know..im jus sayin

pass it on...I am by email and phone....see you around

[KriegerGeist]

When I watched the man in Wisconsin stand up and tell McCain just how angry he was about the socialists taking over this country... Instead of McCain looking the man straight in the eye and say (what I had hoped) "NOT ON MY WATCH!" McCain turned away from the guy and then replied that "I will work with anyone, with anyone to fix these terrible challenges...blah, blah, blah" My heart sank.

"I believe that his plans to destroy America will be unprecedented and extremely radical - radical times call for radical measures."

I don't believe that Obama, in himself, is capable. I am convinced that Obambi is just a sock puppet with other powerful hands up his whoo-whoo pulling his strings and words coming from his mouth. They (whoever these shadow figures are) will be the real power behind the curtain.

That said, all the true "Conservativism" the Reagan Conservativism [of God, Family & Country and limited government] will be very difficult to ever regain in my opinion. The growing addiction to government and wanting what government will do for you is causing the whole move towards socialism. College students (even high school) that everything is a "right". That everything from cradle to grave should be a "right."...education, house, car, job, food, medicine and health care...and on and on...without responsibility or labor for it. There seem to be more of 'them' than there are of 'us'.

I guess it's all in God's hands now. We can only pray that He still has mercy on us.

[popdonnelly]

I’d like to point out this: the same people who don’t want to vote for Obama, wouldn’t have voted for Hillary, either.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...and greenness (hundreds of billions of dollars flushed on carbon taxes)
...and yellowness (depart Iraq post haste; ignore Iran)

[word_warrior_bob]

We would have seen the same volume of articles about us being “sexist”, well it seems we at least destroyed the myth of Republicans being afraid of “stong women”.

Only about 1000 other myths and lies to go.

Greatest Lie Ever Told: “It’s just about sex”

My stock answer is, “It was about a lawsuit that made it to court, the next time you are sued in court for sexual harassment, tell them: It’s just about sex, it’s my personal sex life and see how that works out for you.

[razorback-bert]

I am a honky cracker redneck racist and powerless over it.

There, I feel better.

[RasterMaster]

Getting sick and tired of all the “racist” accusations and the desperate losers who keep pushing that BS.

Osama HUSSEIN Obama is not a naturalized citizen, he is Kenyan-born, adopted by Indonesian and never renounced his citizenship...even if he was born in Hawaii as he claims (which I don't believe), he's at best a DUAL citizen and is thereby disqualified from running for President.

The LIEberals are desperate by throwing around "racism" whenever anyone questions THAT ONE's background, his friends, and his extremely socialist record as a US Senator.

[ajay_kumar]

It is Obama's SOCIALISM, 94 tax increase votes, I am against!

[autumnraine]

“These ‘racist’ concerns are NEVER RAISED when it involves Black politicians on the Right. And there would be more Black politicians on the Right if the other side would allow it.”

That’s because the left has convinced itself and the world that the liberals can in no way be racist because they are so ‘enlightened’. Republicans are inherently racist by their mantra.