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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (409364)	8/22/2008 5:22:21 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1575761

"we should bend over backwards to accommodate their hypersensitivity. " You are missing the point. It isn't that it offends black voters. That isn't the goal. It is to reassure white voters who still have that stuff floating around in their minds, that it is ok to vote against the uppity black guy. The Republicans deliberately set out to master this stuff with Nixon's Southern Strategy. Reagan honed a lot of the themes. When he gave speeches in the South and talked about "young bucks", you don't think he was talking about deer, do you? That phrase means a large, young black male. Especially if he is a "strapping young buck". Not sure exactly how it started, but I've seen copies of old bill of sale for slaves that used the term. Calling Obama uppity is playing to those exact same people. So, what McCain is doing is playing the old racial politics that has worked so well for the Republicans. Now, it may be that they don't worry so much about blacks polluting the precious bodily fluids of our women. They will admit to worrying that Obama will want to pay reparations to the descendants of ex-slaves. The thing about this sort of politics is that it doesn't have to make sense. Just trigger a sense of unease.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (409364)	8/23/2008 8:39:10 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575761

John, I don't accept the basis that because certain "disadvantaged" members of our population find something offensive, we should bend over backwards to accommodate their hypersensitivity. That goes especially when they do not extend the same courtesy toward other racial groups. I see that CJ answered better than I could. I don't care a whit if McCains people are racist or not, they probably are not, but they are using race as a subliminal campaign tactic. That should offend you precisely because of your own racial sensitivity. It could be a Korean American next time.