Chamblee54

The flapette continues about the postcard(s) from the Stan Watson campaign. I am going to leave that to others to sort out. This incident does illustrate a problem with the BHO campaign.
In the “concerned citizens” postcard, Mr.Watson is boasting about his endorsement of BHO. He claims that he is trying to help elect an African American President. My question is, where does this leave a white voter?
The contest between BHO and JSM is showing signs of degenerating into a black vs. white campaign. This could only benefit JSM, and may indeed be his best chance to pull out this election.
BHO is walking a fine line. On the one hand, he needs to energize the African American vote. On the other hand, he cannot scare white people. It is going to be quite a balancing act.
Over the years, I have learned one thing. When it is us against them, you need to remember which one you are. If the Black endorsements of BHO get too strident, this is going to scare white people. The wingnut end of the corporate media is already beating the drums for this. We saw this recently, when a mild comment about how ” I don’t look like the Presidents on the dollar bills ” was blown up into playing the race card from the bottom of the deck.
BHO is a sharp cookie, and he knows this. He recently said “In no way do I think that John McCain’s campaign was being racist,” …”I think they’re cynical,” …”And I think they want to distract people from talking about the real issues.” Maybe we need a semantic microscope to explore the difference between racist and cynical.
BHO has run a remarkable, savvy campaign so far. The Repubs and their buddies in the corporate media are piling up mudballs to throw at him. He needs to do what he has done so far, and not let the mud stick. And his “supporters” should let go of his coattails.