Comments on: A McCain Voter Finds Silver Linings http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html ... for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Martyr… and American | All That Is Necessary… http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html/comment-page-1#comment-5871 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Martyr… and American | All That Is Necessary… Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:48:05 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html#comment-5871 [...] came of age in a society profoundly shaped by Dr. King’s legacy — so profoundly that a daughter of a slave lived long enough to vote for the first black president. Ulysses Grant [...] [...] came of age in a society profoundly shaped by Dr. King’s legacy — so profoundly that a daughter of a slave lived long enough to vote for the first black president. Ulysses Grant [...]

]]> By: Kirk Petersen http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html/comment-page-1#comment-94 Kirk Petersen Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html#comment-94 chris, you raise an interesing point about Obama not being the descendant of slaves. That and the fact that he is half white may have helped him seem less "different" to some white voters. And of course he deliberately cultivated a sort of post-racial persona -- which I applaud.<br/><br/>Despite these differences he's obviously been embraced by America's black community, to the tune of 95% or so. But I wonder if eventually there may be a backlash from the racial grievance industry -- a backlash that gains more traction than Jesse Jackson's vulgar castration fantasy. chris, you raise an interesing point about Obama not being the descendant of slaves. That and the fact that he is half white may have helped him seem less “different” to some white voters. And of course he deliberately cultivated a sort of post-racial persona — which I applaud.

Despite these differences he’s obviously been embraced by America’s black community, to the tune of 95% or so. But I wonder if eventually there may be a backlash from the racial grievance industry — a backlash that gains more traction than Jesse Jackson’s vulgar castration fantasy.

]]> By: chris http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html/comment-page-1#comment-93 chris Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:17:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/11/a-mccain-voter-finds-silver-linings.html#comment-93 ...although if I'm not mistaken, Obama isn't the desendant of slaves, like many black Americans, but rather of slave <i>owners</i>. A bit of irony, that. Still, I know that wouldn't have mattered in the early 60's.<br/><br/>Hopefully this will start the end of racism, or at least the end of racism as an industry (See: Jackson, Sharpton, Wright, Farrakhan, etc.).<br/><br/>I think it should not go without noting that Obama's critics did a better job of seeing through his skin color/race and focus on his issues and character better than his supporters did. …although if I’m not mistaken, Obama isn’t the desendant of slaves, like many black Americans, but rather of slave owners. A bit of irony, that. Still, I know that wouldn’t have mattered in the early 60′s.

Hopefully this will start the end of racism, or at least the end of racism as an industry (See: Jackson, Sharpton, Wright, Farrakhan, etc.).

I think it should not go without noting that Obama’s critics did a better job of seeing through his skin color/race and focus on his issues and character better than his supporters did.

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