Talk The Talk

Colbert I. King – Truth the Clintons Can’t Handle – washingtonpost.com
A year ago, many pundits held another unshakable belief. The polls showed Clinton sitting pretty with black Democrats. Obama, of course, was as black then as he is now.

Which is not very.

Barack Obama is one of the whitest black guys around.

Just close your eyes and listen to his voice. Can you hear it? Maybe you have to be of a certain age and scientific leaning but… listen carefully. It’s so clear to me!

Imagine Barack Obama saying, “billions and billions…”

Carl Sagan.

Barack Obama sounds a LOT like Carl Sagan. Not what he says so much as how he says it. He’s got that ivy league education accent!

That’s one of the reasons he’s not so scary to us white folk.

Posted by RebeccaHartong on February 23, 2008 under Politics

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That is likely true to some extent. However, I hope I’m a bit more evolved than that. Maybe, I’m not.

But, honestly, who have been the past black candidates for President? Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Alan Keyes, and now Cynthia McKinney. I oppose the first two for their religious ties the same as I oppose Mike Huckabee: I think they are too invested in their religion to be proper presidents for a diverse U.S. Maybe they could go beyond that. I know Huckabee would not because he has said he would seek to bring the Constitution in line with his version of the Bible. Keyes is just batshit crazy. McKinney has the batshit crazy reputation — but I’d have to look more into that.

So, in four cases, it isn’t black that scares me. It’s the person. And scare isn’t the right term in a couple cases.

Whatever the case, I’m extremely excited that this year I’ll be able to choose someone other than an old white guy. If that makes me ageist as McCain is trying to paint me, well, so be it.