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January 19, 2008
Ruining the narrative
What might be the biggest unspoken liberal objection to Barack Obama is only being voiced by foreign leftists: In Europe, one senses a quiet shame. The left, which loves to criticize the Unites States for its imperial foreign policy and its discrimination against blacks and Hispanics, is not really saluting Obama. There have been few gushing articles in Italy' La Repubblica or France's Le Monde. And by sending the message that it might be ready to elect an African-American, a part of mainstream America is showing the industrialized world a more open-minded attitude than the United States usually gets credit for.(Via Glenn Reynolds.) Ditto the Latin American left: The Latin American left, sensing that the story of racial mobility implicit in Obama's personal story is too good an ad for American society, has chosen to moderate its embrace of the black American senator.Unfortunately for Obama, the piece also points out that foreign conservatives generally seem to like him. It's obvious why. He's the real deal, so he ruins the leftist narrative. Leftists in this country desparately need the narrative of black people as victims in need of help as opposed to independent achievers. But unlike their European counterparts, they won't admit it. It's a crying shame that Obama isn't a Republican. Of course, if he was, he'd be attacked in the same way that Condi Rice and Colin Powell are attacked, and his candidacy would be denounced as tokenism. The irony is that the Democratic powers that be (in the form of the Clinton machine) hate him because he's not a token. It's a sickening spectacle that few notice, and fewer admit, but I think it's why the left (especially the aging baby boomer left) and the Clintons will ultimately unite to destroy Barack Obama's candidacy. posted by Eric on 01.19.08 at 11:05 PM
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Tokenism is thinking a Peruvian wingnut knows something about Europe because...he's a foreigner, maybe? A quick search of La Monde shows quite a few gushing articles about Obama. Maybe Vargas Llosa doesn't understand French? alphie · January 20, 2008 05:23 AM Competence is still the main issue to me, but I seem to be in the minority.
RE · January 20, 2008 06:35 AM RE, He is a competent Democrat who rose through the ranks of Chicago Machine Politics by being absolutely ruthless (Look up - Obama Alice Bell election). And very likely corrupt (look up - Obama Rezko land deal). He has definite policies on everything (hope) except when he has declined to vote for fear of annoying his base or the opposition. I think if he got elected he would be as bad as Hillary - except he only has a few years of corruption under his belt. Not 40+. I'd say inexperience counts in his favor. At least until Al Sharpton becomes Secretary of State and Ron Dellums Secretary of Defense. M. Simon · January 20, 2008 08:20 AM Post a comment
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Might be the end of the Democrats as a united party. We're seeing what decades of binary political activism and identity politicing have produced, and it's not exactly a pretty picture.
Hard to believe that a lot of voters will be seduced by it, and vote for whoever the Dems put up.