tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post7591660478056732377..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: Nationally, race may have been a plus for ObamaMelissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-19383792380114835282008-11-14T19:19:00.000-05:002008-11-14T19:19:00.000-05:00There is no way that race helped Obama. Racism is ...There is no way that race helped Obama. Racism is still alive and well in America. Liberals (me included) have a way of over-exaggerating the characteristics of the right that we disagree with; thus, we see the majority of the conservative party (especially post-election) as a racist, radical southern party. I can promise you that those white voters who said that race was an issue and were speaking for themselves didn't vote for Obama. This claim completely rejects the anti-Bush emotions that McCain tried so desperately to break free of.<BR/>However, I strongly believe that the color of Obama's skin helped him win the primary. Hillary didn't help her cause, but Obama's race mobilized apathetic voter- bases--whites in their twenties and blacks, and everyone else who needed a movement.<BR/>I believe it was Thomas Sowell who did his best to prop up conservatives by writing how it is much easier for a movement to win a primary than to win an election. Lucky for us, Obama had the skills to go with the skin-color and people are still really, really pissed off over Bush.AnnCoulterScaresChildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163025098983031768noreply@blogger.com