horse of george

... again claims that racism will hurt Obama. This is a storyline his campaign wants to sell - it serves their purposes perfectly by binding the radical, hand-wringing left and sycophantic idealistic youth even more closely to him and by both shielding him from attacks from critics who fear charges of racism and paradoxically diverting attention from the ultra left wing support that feeds him and is entrenched thereof by complaints of racism. A farce, pure and simple - not to mention that it seems clear, it is clear, that for every vote he loses because he's black he's picking up one if not more votes for the same reason. This is obvious, it's inherent in everything his supporters say when defending or defining that support: they believe that, through some magical process it seems, America, by electing a black president, will be transformed. It's absurd, it's irrational, it verges on fanaticism - and it's a conclusion that is almost impossible to escape. His opposition to the war plays a part as do his pretty speeches but ultimately only insomuch as they feed into the vaunted transformative nature of his candidacy - in other words, he's a black guy running for president. Nice story I guess - but the country is involved in two wars at the moment not to mention a variety of other shit storms just waiting to have a dump somewhere: call me crazy but not sure this is the right time to do the Disney version of world history.