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 howdouno18 discovered 11 months ago- An insightful analysis of the many reasons that older voters, especially older white voters, seem sceptical of Senator Obama. This commentary, in response to a popular Jacob Weisburg piece in Slate, exposes the superficial nature of the "racism" charge. The article could have mentioned man... more
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 ccannizz11 rated 11 months agopolitics - This would be correct if they didn't have more reasons to be skeptical of McCain on economics and foreign policy. Fact is, McCain has admitted not knowing "as much as he should" in these areas, and his proposals mirror the bush administration's neocon agenda. So, No, these aren't really reasons for older white voters to be skeptical of Obama.
Oh, and I would suggest some research into the Russian-Georgian conflict before you attack Obama for saying that the U.S. holds some responsibility in the matter. Look beyond the surface, and stop the whole 'U.S. Good, Russia Evil' attitude. To think that we are immune from criticism, or absolved of our mishandling of foreign affairs is an affront on the intellectual honesty that Obama was willing to display to the public. I can't say as much for Mccain, and the fact that people are so uncomfortable with it - as this author is - explains why politicians are so afraid of using that kind of honesty.
- howdouno18 rated 11 months agopolitics, racism, predictions, obama-08, jacob-weisburg
- An insightful analysis of the many reasons that older voters, especially older white voters, seem sceptical of Senator Obama. This commentary, in response to a popular Jacob Weisburg piece in Slate, exposes the superficial nature of the "racism" charge. The article could have mentioned many other factors such as familiarity with McCain, Senator Obama's lack of a legislative record, and belief that leadership requires sacrifice.
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