Friday, September 4, 2009

Reflections: The Southern Strategy Goes National

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Let us not try to pretend that this imbecilic lashing out against the president’s upcoming address to the nation’s school kids is anything more dignified than good old down home, conservative, GOP racism.
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9 comments:

Alien Shore said...

When the President of the United States can no longer speak to the school children of this country then...well, I don't know what to say about that. All the screaming about "he's going to be political! He's going to exploit our children!" is itself nothing but making use of this for political ends.

9/4/09 11:53 AM
Rodak said...

I find this particularly disturbing. Obama is so well positioned to deliver a positive message about the benefits of eduction to the kids (and their parents) who need it most, that to besmirch his effort in this way is nothing short of political hooliganism.

9/4/09 11:58 AM
Anonymous said...

I think it is ruffianism.

9/4/09 1:05 PM
Rodak said...

Hmmm. That is quite a nuanced distinction to make. A "ruffian" I take to be a more rural kind of "hooligan," so your word choice may be superior to mine in this instance.

9/4/09 1:51 PM
An Interested Party said...

I have seen hints of the idea that a good portion of the opposition to the president has to do with the fact that he is a black man...of course, such talk usually gets shouted down by the usual suspects...I can't help but wonder, though, would the same ferocious nutty questioning of his background and birth be present if he were just some good 'ole boy from Tennessee or North Carolina? I highly doubt it...

9/5/09 5:11 PM
Rodak said...

I totally agree with your suspicion that race is behind this hysteria. It's almost unbelievable that this is happening. You used the correct term over at RT: paranoia.

9/5/09 5:20 PM
An Interested Party said...

I remember back before, during, and just after the election that you were very excited about the president precisely because of his ethnic background...now, we are saying the negative reaction to that background...I would imagine that you saw some of this coming?

9/5/09 6:46 PM
An Interested Party said...

oops...seeing, not saying...

9/5/09 6:47 PM
Rodak said...

To tell you the truth, I am surprised by the seeming magnitude of the backlash.
My main fear prior to his election, was that he would win and, given the way the odds were stacked against whoever won this time around, he would fail. I feared that if he failed, there would be a silent backlash that would result in it being a long, long time before another black candidate was given a legitimate shot at the presidency.
I--evidently naively--thought this country had moved beyond the kind of thing we are seeing now. I'm disheartened by it.

9/5/09 7:02 PM

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