Obama: Whites' Great Hope?

This was a kind of interesting article about Obama from the Wall Street Journal. It discussed how Obama doesn't pull out the race card to get attention, which is good. Unlike Hillary, who pulls out the gender card all the time. Seriously, how come every time I see a picture of her, she's in front of a banner that says "Women Changing America"?! We get it. You're a woman.

Anyway, this article isn't 100% bullshit, but most of the quotes from the article are...

"Because he's black it makes me want to believe that he will change things," says [white guy] Mr. Oliver, leaving an Obama campaign rally here. "It feels like you are part of something that's starting to change American politics. It's the cool factor. He's a rock star."

I'm getting tired of kids thinking they're part of some change in history because they put a bumper sticker on their car showing support for a candidate. Especially when one of the reasons is "he's a rock star."

"Barack is aimed at trying to get as much of the white vote as he can in order to win," says Ronald Walters, former campaign manager for Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign. The challenge facing black candidates like Sen. Obama who have national ambitions, says Mr. Walters, "isn't whether they're black enough. It's whether they're white enough."
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Sen. Obama's popularity among whites also stirs uneasiness among many blacks. In the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, Sen. Obama trails Sen. Clinton among black voters 46% to 37%.

"There is a lot of debate [among blacks] over how appealing Obama is to white folks," says Mr. King. "People are saying, 'Is he too likeable to white people?"'

So if you're black and running for president, you need to be "more black" and "less white" to get black people to like you? Huh?

"I've met people who reminded me of Obama at high school," says Mae Mouk, a white 24-year-old assistant in a Washington, D.C., law firm who grew up in Baton Rouge, La. "I have dated outside my race. I had friends in high school and college who were in interracial relationships. I look at race differently than my grandparents and parents."

By looking at race differently, it means you'll fuck them instead of fuck them up...

"I don't see race as a big issue," says Mr. Briscoe, the Nashville blogger. "Most younger people can go in between the different communities and can get along with people of different backgrounds. It's a more multicultural way of life. I have friends of all different colors. I can listen to rap music."

"See, I can listen to rap music. That's something black people listen to. I'm so tolerant of race. My grandparents don't listen to rap, because previous generations hate other races." First, who says "rap music?" Secondly, shut up! Stop thinking you're a better person because you LISTEN TO FUCKING RAP!

Sen. Obama "is a citizen of the world," says David Bartholomew, a white law student at Boston College Law School. "Obama and my generation -- we see the future of the world as countries evolving together. Because of his background he can speak to a wider range of people than any other candidate. He can speak globally."

Yeah, Obama lived in Indonesia and Hawaii when he was younger, so naturally he's very worldly and really speaks to my generation, because I think exactly like the Boston College Law School student. Oh, and David Bartholomew, can you please never speak for me and "my generation" ever again? Thank you.

Mr. Wright nods in approval. "I just read about Malcolm X in English class," he says. "He had a lot of good things to say, but nobody listened because of some of the other things he said. Obama -- he doesn't have to be like Malcolm X."

I don't like listening to you, Mr. Wright, because of everything you said.

The full article is from the Wall Street Journal.