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The most important result of Iowa

In my opinion, the most important result�is that a black guy can run for president and hold his own with anybody else. This pleases me but�does not surprise me in the least, even in as white-bread a state as Iowa.

I'd now call this the Post-Obama Era for race relations in the US - an era in which victimhood has definitively lost�whatever remaining�persuasiveness it had. Obama did not run as a black man: he ran as a man.

Posted by Bird Dog in Politics at 22:00 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Reckon you can't say the same about Hilary, then.

#1 IrishCicero on 2008-01-03 22:35 (Reply)

Meaning what? That Hillary didn't run as a man?

#1.1 BD on 2008-01-03 22:43 (Reply)

Well, I was being somewhat Ironic, but only tangentially.

What I was really aiming at is the obvious -- per your post, Bird Dog -- that Obammer is connecting with folks.

Hilary is . . . .

Queenish and stilted.

The Clintons are strange, ain't they?

#1.1.1 Irish Cicero on 2008-01-04 00:40 (Reply)

Hillary is running as a man and Hussein runs as a white man, yes.

But niether can jump

and either will be dumped

in Two-thousand-eight

by a superior southern man.

#1.1.2 Leag on 2008-01-04 02:00 (Reply)

I agree -- Obama is the new model of race relations. Hope he gets some policy centrists into his organization now so he can keep the Clinton mob at bay. Also, i wish Huckabee didn't scare the living daylights outta me.

#2 buddy larsen on 2008-01-03 22:41 (Reply)

Agreed Bird Dog.

I'm glad to see that how most Americans live, think and believe is carried out in the presidential election process. This just reaffirms my beliefs about our people and our country. It also reaffirms my beliefs about the pig headed ignorant racist blindness of the Left and the MSM.

I vote conservative, so would have never voted for Obama....the color of his skin never made a difference to me, his political ideology did.

#3 Lantana on 2008-01-03 23:16 (Reply)

I would never vote for a leftist, but I would be delighted to vote for a strong conservative, regardless of color or religion or gender.

#3.1 BD on 2008-01-03 23:41 (Reply)

I posted on this at ATW. I hit the trackback, but it doesn't seem to be pinging on your site - so heads up and Thank You!

#4 Lantana on 2008-01-03 23:44 (Reply)

Very true. And I listened to his victory speech. It was refreshing not to hear a single mention of either Dr. King or Rosa Parks and the bus. Yes, Selma got a sideways mention, but his speech was not about his "blackness," and that in itself is a national achievement.

Having said this, his politics are all wrong for me, so he'll not get my vote if he's the nominee. But I still admire the phenomena, and I hope it is the beginning of a new era.

#5 Richard on 2008-01-04 01:07 (Reply)

I've thought Obama ought to put a little emphasis on the fact he's half white--you know, I'm the guy that straddles the divide, the guy that's seen it both ways, the guy that can tell you truly, there's just Americans, because I've lived it, it's what I am, I KNOW.

#6 bob on 2008-01-04 04:17 (Reply)

no question last night was history making and Obama's speech was inspiring but he is still a bleeding heart liberal. I agree with the black/white commentary and Huck scares me too and I thnk he is unelectable on the national stage.
As I returned from dropping off my son at school I listened to FOX,CNN and other news talk radio for 2 hours and heard Fred Thompson's name mentioned twice. I think it is rather odd how the MSM does not want to give him any airtime. He is the best Republican candidate!

#7 opie on 2008-01-04 07:48 (Reply)

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