Y'all remember me saying that we should not be surprised if Obama does not win? I recall saying that the combination of the soft hidden racists in the majority (my friends ack*?) and the hard concentrated racists would prevent it? Well I was wrong --
I learned that my friends aren't as racist as I thought they were...but those hardcore bastards are not playing around are they?Obviously the fervor surrounding the Presidents agenda and his health care bill in particular can not be simplified to just race -- obviously class/big business and is right up there at the top but the nastiness and (mild) violence (i.e the town hall meetings etc) of late really have me believing that the wild west denial in the face of all logical fact (death meetings....really? euthanasia....really?)has got to be that extra seasoning of black in the white house...
anyway...
Paul does it better...with citation and shit...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/opinion/14krugman.html?em
