Having expressed my opinion on the possibility that your White House source is bogus, what you say about the American people coming to realize the real nature of the Poser in the White House rings true. Unfortunately two things do much to pour cold water on that conclusion.
First is that Obama is making promises and taking action to solidify many voters who have come to rely on the government largesse to provide for them rather than their own skills, ability and ambition in making a meaningful contribution to their life, their family and society in general. That includes many minority Blacks and Hispanics to whom the concept of a family provider has been replaced by a government one in the form of everything from food stamps, to health care, to child care, to welfare, to unemployment checks. These are the ones Obama’s campaign minions are going to ensure get to the polls with promises of continued monthly US Treasury deposits to their bank accounts.
Second is Romney himself. The favorability/unfavorability ratio is skewed highly in Obama’s favor, mainly due to the daily/evening gushing love affair by the mainstream media. By contrast, Romney is portrayed almost as a 50’s boss on the “Mad Men” series — always work oriented, profit motivated, a strong taskmaster uninterested or unaware of others around him, or the effect his decisions have on employee jobs and their families. Fair or unfair, that is the picture we will have of Romney throughout the campaign season both from the Obama campaign and the compliant media.
Living in Alabama, I have a lot of contact and friendship with blacks. I do not have any practical exprerience with people on welfare/government assistance however.
I will say this: Almost all the blacks I do know are fierce supporters of Obama, whether his policies help them (they don’t) or hurt them (they do). None of that matters. It’s all about race.
It’s sad to say, but it’s the truth. I don’t think many care who is or isn’t giving them a handout. Still, I subtly focus on that aspect when I (rarely) debate them about Obama. Some get mad if I bring up the fact that they support him because he’s black, not based on his harmful policies, which they acknowledge is harmful!
Some think about it just a little. That’s who I’m working on.
Now, there is a subset of white liberals who actually are similar in their support for Obama, that is, they support him because he’s black. I don’t know what to say to them.
Bottom line is Republicans will not get many blacks this election, or in many elections to come. I liked that Romney went to the NAACP to tell them truth, not pander, but neither will garner their votes.
I think we should benignly write them off. By that I mean we do no harm to them, except to grow the economy, promote liberty, law and order, and a colorblind justice system. They may not support us, but it will do them much good.
Hopefully, the country will still support a Don Draper rather than Omar Lenin even in these days of crisis.