will someone explain something to me, please?
barack obama is as far left-of-center as any major party presidential nominee in the history of this country. Arguably, he's further to left than anyone who's come before.
not saying that's bad. just saying that's what it is.
ok.
to put it another way, obama is george mcgovern...without the military experience.
and we all know what happened to mcgovern when he ran against one of the most loathed incumbants in u.s history. (for those who don't know, mcgovern ran against nixon and lost in every state, including his own home state of south dakota, but massachusetts)
ok.
So here's the thing...
if, by some long shot, obama were to lose to mccain -- even if he were to lose oh-so-narrowly -- we're told that this would be due to racism.
In other words, it would not be due to the fact that his politics are of the sort that's never gone down well in a national campaign. No, in this case, the root cause would be racism.
i'm sorry, what am i not getting here?