Obama Vincitor!

The problem with Obama? A comment yesterday asked “So why can't Obama ever seem to close the deal?” Well, I’ll tell you why…

Yes, Obama made a gaffe by calling small-town America bitter and xenophobic. But, truth be told, small-town, small-minded people are Obama’s biggest problem. It really doesn’t matter what he says, how eloquent he is, what kind of vision he has for the future of America. All of this is moot for your everyday hick. They only see “blackie” and refuse to vote for him. I know a significant number of people who won’t vote for the man because he’s black. In my mind, considering how little baggage he has as a politician, there can be very few other viable explanations.

If anyone wants to know why such a ray of hope is having trouble being the nominee of the party, and will continue to have trouble until he is slimly elected to the White House, one must take a good look at who we are as Americans. That’s painful isn’t it—to turn the magnifying glass back upon ourselves for an explanation? We are comprised of a people that pride themselves on their under-education, their simplicity, their “common sense” way of viewing the world. Educated people are to be feared, not to be trusted, and are just plain difficult to talk to. There is nothing worse, after all, than being an intellectual in American society. Believe me. I know.

Americans want a President who is only slightly smarter than they are. They want someone that they could go have a beer with, not someone who would possibly lecture them. Let me put it this way, George Bush was elected President a second time. That should say it all. Obama’s patriotism is measured only by whether he puts his hand over his heart during the Natonal Anthem and whether he wears an American flag on his clothing. Wow, that is such a developed way of looking at things… If that is the measure of one’s patriotism, then America, quite frankly does not deserve Senator Obama.

What ever happened to the days of FDR, when even poor Americans knew that he represented hope and voted for him again and again? You want to talk “elitist”? Just listen to some recordings of the man, his very speech gave away his blue-blooded heritage. Why are people pointing to Obama as unelectable? He is that intellectual-type like Dukakis, Kerry, or Gore, all of whom were unelectable themselves. Part of me thinks this argument has validity, while the other part wants to hold onto this hope that America is not really what it is.

Oh well, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…

Why did Hillary win big in Pennsylvania? Because she won big amongst the state’s number one big constituent: whites making less than $50,000. And, more difficult to calculate, she won big amongst perhaps the biggest core constituency in the nation as a whole: racists.

America simply does not know what is best for it. GW is the shining example of this. So, this will be no different. I am sure there are millions of people like me, wishing that perhaps, for once, things really will be different. Let’s just say, I’m not holding my breath.