The bumpy ride ahead

Juan Williams writes in the Wall Street Journal this morning that “The Race Issue Isn’t Going Away“. In reference to the discussion about Obama’s “dollar bill” hyperbole, Williams writes;

 Mr. Obama’s campaign concedes it has no clear example of a Republican attack that expressly cites Mr. Obama’s name or race. Yet in the last few days some Obama supporters were at it again, suggesting that a McCain ad attacking Mr. Obama as little more than a “celebrity,” by featuring young white women such as Britney Spears, is an appeal to white anxiety about black men and white women.

Yeah, “no clear example” but it’s there. More of that “code word” BS we hear from the race baiters like Jackson and Sharpton. Manipulation of the language to make someone sound like a racist no matter what they say.

Williams sifts through some fairly confusing polling data and arrives at an illogical conclusion;

 In a Wall Street Journal poll last month, 8% of white voters said outright that race is the most important factor when it comes to looking at these two candidates — a three percentage point increase since Mr. Obama claimed the Democratic nomination. An added 15% of white voters admit the candidates’ race is a factor for them. Race is even more important to black voters: 20% say it is the top factor influencing their view of the candidates, and another 14% admit it is among the key factors that will determine their vote. All this contributes to the idea that the presidential contest will boil down to black guy versus white guy.

Consider also a recent Washington Post poll. Thirty percent of all voters admitted to racial prejudice, and more than a half of white voters categorized Mr. Obama as “risky” (two-thirds judged Mr. McCain the “safe” choice). Yet about 90% of whites said they would be “comfortable” with a black president. And about a third of white voters acknowledged they would not be “entirely comfortable” with an African-American president. Why the contradictory responses? My guess is that some whites are not telling the truth about their racial attitudes.

Emphasis mine. I guess, it goes right over Williams’ head that maybe it’s just THIS GUY and the people he hangs out with, and his malleable policy pronouncements that makes people nervous.

I discussed the WaPo poll before – it says 30% of ALL voters say race is important. Since 11% are Black voters, doesn’t that 30% include them? Why does it have to automatically assumed that when the question is about race that it’s all anti-Black?

How about we make this campaign about issues and not about white guilt or white racism. On the issues Obama is dead in the water. Proof? Because Obama has lost his lead against McCain after his multi-million dollar world tour gambit. The convention won’t help him, so all he has left to count on is white guilt.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Protests/Rallies