>>> CeJ <jannuzi at gmail.com> 03/25/2008 8:07 PM >>> About Richardson. Does anyone outside New Mexico know he is Hispanic?
^^^^ Yes,. Everybody knows. It is very significant that he came out for O after the important speech on race, because, as I had anticipated, a lot of other people of color would really "get it" on O speech on race.>>>> What I meant is most don't even know who he is. Unlike Obama, he seems to have a race or ethnic authenticity issue. There was no upswell of Hispanic support for the man, and now that he no longer dyes his hair Elvis black, his natural Elvis hair (Elvis dyed his hair to make himself look like an Italian 'idol') looks more Caucasian than anything else, as does the very Spanish or Portugese looking beard he now wears. >>Richardson said O is a once in a lifetime leader . Pretty strong language.>> Coming from a Clinton regime dufus though. IF Carville hadn't opened his big mouth, most would have let the Richardson endorsement drop from the news in about a week. >>He looks very white male ethnic ^^^^^ CB: Actually, no, not "very", and not white, but colored ethnic.>> Perhaps because I'm of southern Italian extraction, he looks pretty white to me? >>, but his name says Anglo-Celtic elite. He seems to have positioned himself with a future Obama presidency, perhaps he does have V.P. stars in his eyes. ^^^^ CB: He was a Presidential candidate this year.>> I know that CB. He had less of an impact than Dodd or Biden did. ^^^ I think an Hispanic from California or Texas is a risky strategy, but that now is not the time for Obama to play it safe. That is my hunch. Playing it safe makes him the next John Kerry. He may help JK and Dean get rid of the influence of the Clintons, but he doesn't do more than this. ^^^^ CB: Uhh no, O is not the next John Kerry . Uh no ^^^^ The demographics of how he might lose look very similar. If he loses Ohio. Plus remember, he is the guy who got to speak at the Dem Nat Convention and launch himself into political stellardom because Kerry chose him. >>But I think the white male ethnic Roman Catholic demographic is also worth considering. Hillary Clinton does better with this category over Obama, but not that much better. That is one reason why he has got this far. This type of voter doesn't like the professorial type. Both Mondale and Dukakis were too professorial for them (though Dukakis comes out of this demographic, if you call Greek Orthodoxy another form of catholicism). >>^^^^ CB: This fails to understand a subtley of the race dynamic. A Black candidate must adhere to a higher standard than whites. This is a fundamental known to Black people not just for political candidates but all areas of life for decades. I'm not going to explain the whole thing now, but just assert it conclusorily. In this case, "professional" is a higher standard than "casual". Notice the speech patterns. Obama must be very "professional" or be seen as a lower down negro. >> Actually, if you look at the speech patterns of Obama and Clinton when they address black audiences, they both start trying to sound like Martin Luther King. Do you think Obama's white mother or white grandmother taught him to speak like that? It all looks affected to me. >>He doesn 't have the luxury of being folksy for white workers. In fact, of course, Clinton and McCain are much more hooked up with the ruling class than O, despite their folksier manners.>> Well look maybe his campaign has a surprise for Clinton. If he takes Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and gets a near draw in PA, it is definitely all over for Clinton. Period. Done. >>CB: Clinton would be the best VP if she hasn't trashed O too much. >> It's amazing how blind to the race issue you are actually being here CB. A senior white woman subordinate to a black man? That is symbolic and emotional poison with the very sort of elements you are most worried about. No, I think I'm on to something. He needs to pick someone close to his age and avoid all those old loser strategies that the Democrats have been pursuing in the 80s and 90s and this century. >>How you gonna say the Republican is better prepared to be President than your fellow Democrat ! That's party treason.>> Oh, the Dems have been all over this long long before. Gore picking Blubberman, a zionist who is about as 'liberal' as McCain and showed even less enthusiasm campaigning with Gore than did Sen. Bentsen for Dukakis . Then John Kerry flirting with choosing McCain as a V.P. candidate. Etc. Many Democrats will probably think McCain is better qualified to run their foreign empire, that's all. CJ _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
