What’s race got to do with it?
In this month’s issue of The Progressive, Matthew Rothschild discusses racisms role in the current run for the presidency. It’s a topic I think most of us have thought about at some point during this election process. It’s a discussion you won’t hear coming from the candidates’ mouths. Well, not specifically. Obama has and will continue to steer away from the race discussion for fear of being tagged an angry black man. Even being as careful as he has been you’ve heard phrases like “uppity†and “elitist†coming from a handful of political analysts and pundits. There has been an ever present but most certainly subtle hint of racism.
However, what was once subtle is becoming more overt. It seems as though the Republican party brings out the worst in people. Now, at Palin rallies and McCain appearances we hear the audience shouting things like “terrorist†and “kill him†in reference to Barack Obama.
Read on for more details and a harrowing example of racism in the campaign playing out in the real world.
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The Palin Problem
Our very first ever non-podcast-related blog post here at Best of the Left comes to us from the right wing equivalent of the Huffington Post. Kathleen Parker, a stalwart conservative columnist and frequent blogger at Townhall.com, spent the first month after Sarah Palin’s nomination defending her non-credentials and accusing her critics of sexism.
Well, that tune has changed in the wake of Palin’s recent set of major interviews that showed her to be the moron that she is. Ms. Parker has written an article stating in no uncertain terms that Sarah Palin is a problem for the McCain campaign and should take herself out of the race. Delicious!
Quotes from Kathleen Parker’s article entitled “The Palin Problem,” after the break
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