Re: Obama 9 -- Its Been a Whole Year Now
You can make as big a deal of it as you want. I disagree with it for many reasons, and you can make as big of deal of that as you want, too.
Colin Powell's endorsement was a big deal because he is a trusted voice and because he represents the opposition party. I think Tiger's endorsement was a big deal because Tiger almost never took a controversial stance about anything.
Still, those are endorsements, which in the grand scheme of things don't mean much at all. The only reason people care is because they're in the public eye.
I had never heard of this woman prior to reading this post.
As for her rant, I judge that solely on the content of her words. There's a fundamental disconnect in what she's saying - she's attributing a sole reason to vote for Obama as the only reason, and applying it to a broad constituency. Incorrectly, I would add. She notes that blacks only voted for him since he's black. I don't think history bears that out. If she had said blacks only voted for him because he was a Democrat, then she'd have a lot more evidence to back up her claim.
It's not the fact that she doesn't like Obama that's the issue, it's the motives she's ascribing to all the people who voted for him. She does so with extremely poor reasoning and logic, and her conclusions seem strongly influenced by her own biases and emotions (as she notes this was written on the eve of the election). I judge it solely on her words. If you removed any reference to her race and gender, I'd still reach the same conclusion.
You can make as big a deal of it as you want. I disagree with it for many reasons, and you can make as big of deal of that as you want, too.
Colin Powell's endorsement was a big deal because he is a trusted voice and because he represents the opposition party. I think Tiger's endorsement was a big deal because Tiger almost never took a controversial stance about anything.
Still, those are endorsements, which in the grand scheme of things don't mean much at all. The only reason people care is because they're in the public eye.
I had never heard of this woman prior to reading this post.
As for her rant, I judge that solely on the content of her words. There's a fundamental disconnect in what she's saying - she's attributing a sole reason to vote for Obama as the only reason, and applying it to a broad constituency. Incorrectly, I would add. She notes that blacks only voted for him since he's black. I don't think history bears that out. If she had said blacks only voted for him because he was a Democrat, then she'd have a lot more evidence to back up her claim.
It's not the fact that she doesn't like Obama that's the issue, it's the motives she's ascribing to all the people who voted for him. She does so with extremely poor reasoning and logic, and her conclusions seem strongly influenced by her own biases and emotions (as she notes this was written on the eve of the election). I judge it solely on her words. If you removed any reference to her race and gender, I'd still reach the same conclusion.
