Comments on: What an Obamanation

By: Dav

Dav — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:50:46 +0000

Don’t you believe it…her campaign will adapt, adjust, and lie/cry/deny its way back to prominence.
Like cancer, Hillary won’t go away or be ignored.

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By: Night Train

Night Train — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:38:51 +0000

Also, (I’ll defer to Bradley for clarification here) but what was meant by JC Watts getting passed over was with regards to House leadership i.e. committee chairmanships, etc.

Well, yes, if words have no meaning, that’s what Bradley was talking about. But if words actually have specific meanings, then he was talking about the presidency.

Additionally, it seems that America is ready for something different than a white male in the White House. Why are Republicans so incapable of producing a non-white male or female electable candidate for the office of president? Alan Keyes is totally unelectable, too quirky, and should never be encouraged to run for public office ever again. Moreover, the passing-over of J.C. Watts while he was in the House was truly scandalous.

The whole paragraph is about the presidency, and suddenly, with no explanation, it’s about committee chairmanships? Nice try, Rob. Also, your explanation makes even less sense considering that Watts was chosen by his peers for the fourth most powerful position among GOP Congressmen, and also selected to give the nationally televised response to Clinton’s 1997 State of the Union address. From Wiki:

Continuing to be a rising star for the national Republican Party, Watts was selected in 1997 to deliver the Republican response to President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union Address.[3] Watts stirred controversy when he chastised some black Democrats and civil rights leaders as “race-hustling poverty pimps”, whose careers he said depend on keeping blacks dependent on the government.[4][1] Watts declined to join the Congressional Black Caucus.

In 1998, Watts was chosen by the Republican House Leadership to be the chairman of the House Republican Conference, the fourth highest position of leadership in the House of Representatives (behind the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Majority Whip).

So, if that’s what Bradley meant, he’s just as off base. Yeah, they really ignored the guy.

Again, nice try, Rob.

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By: llama

llama — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:19:25 +0000

If I remember correctly, Colin Powell decided not to run for President as a Republican because his wife was very upset about his running for the office. She was upset about many things that the race would or could entail. But, what it came down to was that she was afraid her husband would be called an Uncle Tom and vilified by the left’s blacks when a black on the left would not be treated that way and that her husband would be a target for whack job assassins if he ran. It seemed she liked her man alive rather than possibly dead. Sad really. But whack jobs on the left will still claim the right has no blacks of merit and ignore the facts. Facts never get in their way.

Perhaps Condi Rice would run for office too if she was not afraid of being outed by the gays on the left? Who knows.

Hillary has had go way left to run against, the most lefty of all, Obama and McCain has had to go right to try to curry the Republican base vote. Whack jobs on the far left won’t give Hillary a break over her Iraq vote and her only being a socialist instead of a Commie and the Limbaughs and Coulters won’t give McCain a break over his Maverick votes against what they call conservatism. It means nothing.

Hillary will still get 90% of the black vote and McCain will get 90% of the far right vote in the election too if both are nominated by their party. The only thing that will make a difference is if a spoiler on the left or the right decides to get into the race like Perot did or some large group decides to sit the vote out pouting like egomaniacal children.

Otherwise, it will be a simple Conservative Capitalist vs Liberal Socialist vote decided by how many on each side actually get out to vote and, most importantly, which side the majority of the independents go for.

Yep, the independents, in the same few states (most notably Ohio and Florida), will decide who wins – just like always.

McCain looks pretty good for a win when it comes to independents. The right wants to go agaisnt Hillary thinking her the easiest to beat and left wants to go against anyone but McCain – both for good reason.

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By: RobHays

RobHays — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:08 +0000

Also, (I’ll defer to Bradley for clarification here) but what was meant by JC Watts getting passed over was with regards to House leadership i.e. committee chairmanships, etc. There’s no reason to believe that the GOP ever discouraged Watts from running for national office; in fact, Watts left office voluntarily, which would seem to indicate that he possibly didn’t have any interest in taking his political career any further.

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By: Anthony Bradley

Anthony Bradley — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:02:05 +0000

Mr_Meaner, GREAT POINT!!!!!

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By: StuBob

StuBob — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:58:26 +0000

Why are Republicans so incapable of producing a non-white male or female electable candidate for the office of president?

Because Affirmative Action is a Democratic schtick. One look at the experience of their contenders confirms it.

What good comes from this loaded question, AB?

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By: NJLawyer

NJLawyer — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:52:44 +0000

Okay, Mr_Meaner, I hear you.

Perhaps with this showing by the Democrats, more members of the black population will realize that Republicans don’t hate them and blacks will use their vote more effectively by not letting the Dems “count on it.”

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By: Mr_Meaner

Mr_Meaner — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:44:30 +0000

“Why are Republicans so incapable of producing a non-white male or female electable candidate for the office of president?”

Because when black conservatives speak out, black democrats call them Uncle Toms.

There aren’t more black conservatives because they have fallen for the “evil republicans (rich, white, bigoted, old men) are out to get you” line, that has been used by the real racists in this country, for decades.
As a result, large segments of the black population not only believe it’s their duty to hate republicans, but some feel that they have to hate all white people..period.

There you have it.
Signed,
white guy living in a Southern black city.

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By: Peter L

Peter L — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:33:23 +0000

I just thought of something: perhaps the Republicans would do well to tab JC Watts as Veep this time around. What a coup that would be!

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By: Peter L

Peter L — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:31:09 +0000

Is this supposed to be an opinion piece? I hope so, considering the choice of words like “confused” and “duped”.

I agree with Night Train that Mr Watts had the opportunity to run, but just think if W had picked him as his Veep instead of Cheney. What an election this one would be with two blacks running. And the Reps would have trumped the Dems in having the first black in the White House!

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