Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania is the latest Democrat who fails to see the truth because he cannot get past his own eyes. For all the talk which comes from the left about living in a country where all men are created equal, they sure do go out of their way to focus on peoples differences. The Post-Gazette had the “pleasure” of interviewing the Governor recently and here is what the race hustler Democrat had to say:

“You’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate,” he said bluntly. Our eyes only met briefly, perhaps because the governor wanted to spare the only black guy in the room from feeling self-conscious for backing an obvious loser. “I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the identical candidate that he was –well-spoken [note: Mr. Rendell did not call the brother “articulate”], charismatic, good-looking — but white instead of black, instead of winning by 22 points, I would have won by 17 or so.”

Had the Governor streamlined that sentence a little and said “You’ve got conservative whites here, and I don’t think they would vote for Obama”, he would have been absolutely correct (although the racial implications would still be quite apparent). Barack Obama is a liberal Democrat who has no support amongst conservatives wether they be white black or purple. Ironically Rendell himself has chosen to endorse Clinton, not Obama. Are we to believe then that race played a part in his decision, and if so should the people of Pennsylvania demand this self proclaimed racist be removed from office?

I know, I know, he is not a self proclaimed racist, and a political endorsement is not grounds for an impeachment, but I said it to prove a point. If Governor Rendell truly believes that we live in a racist society which is not ready to elect an African American President, then he must also admit he is part of that racist society for choosing to endorse Clinton over Obama. Otherwise he must come to the realization that all political decisions may not be based on the sole issue of race or gender.

As the author of the editorial goes on to point out:

I know I have a habit of sometimes zoning out in these meetings, but it sounded to me like Mr. Rendell had unilaterally declared Pennsylvania to be Alabama circa 1963. Was he suggesting that Pennsylvanians are uniquely racist in ways that folks in the states Mr. Obama has won so far aren’t? By the way, Mr. Obama won Alabama on Super Tuesday, thank you very much!

Susan Estrich, former campaign manager for Michael Dukakis’ presidential bid, takes the race theme one step further and actually implies that Obama’s race is a reason to not vote for him!

We who are Democrats would like to believe that race is not a factor in the polling of our party members, but maybe we’re wrong.

No one doubts, or at least no one who is honest does, that both racism and sexism come into play as people decide between Clinton and Obama, but could it be that people are more willing to admit that they won’t vote for the woman than that they won’t vote for the black?

If this is happening even among us good Democrats, what does that say about Obama’s strength in a general election? Not pretty questions. Not a fair world.

But for Democrats who want to win, these are questions that must be addressed.

Let me sum up exactly what Ms. Estrich is actually saying. “There are too many racists in American to elect a black man, so don’t waste your vote on Obama, vote for Hillary instead”.

Allah focuses on her argument over the “Bradley Effect”

If the “Bradley effect” is going to torpedo him in the general, how come it hasn’t torpedoed him yet in the primary? Or is this just laying the groundwork for later, in case McCain beats him in the battlegrounds, to chalk the whole thing up to racism and delegitimize the Republican victor that way?

On a personal level, I am sick and tired of hearing the race issue in this election. Barack Obama has showed overwhelming support throughout the country, and his polling numbers combined with his fundraising should be evidence enough that we are not the racist society some will have you believe. While I am sure there are a small handful of Americans who will choose not to vote for Obama because is African American, I am also sure there are a small handful of Americans who intend to vote for Obama because he is black.

The bottom line is that there is very little difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton other than their combined lack of legislative experience as compared to their Republican counterparts. On most, if not all key issues they have identical positions leaving the Democrats in the precarious decision if they would prefer to be racist by choosing Hillary over Obama, or sexist by choosing Obama over Hillary. Either outcome will certainly lead to a slew of editorials focusing on the negative while completely ignoring the positive.

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