The Former Traveling Spotlight

The tales of a "30" something gay former stand-up comic living in NYC who is searching for his soul mate or soul...which ever comes first.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Whitey Got You Down?

Oddly, this political season, I've not blogged about politics or the political candidates. Frankly, it bores me when only one side is being stated. The pro Obama crowds read thier own blogs, and the Pro McCain people read their own blogs, and neither care to read the opposing opinion without spewing off some uneducated rambling tirade that usually is more emotionally driven and less thought out.

But I do have a thought I am posting out there. Back in 1980, Bush Senior was pretty harsh on Ferraro during the vice presidential debates. The press and the public looked poorly on Bush as a man picking on a woman. Had Reagan not been able to spin things back around, and our economic situation not been so bad), Mondale may have actually had a fighting chance.

It's why Biden had to run such a fine line when debating Palin, as he didn't want to look like he was picking on a defenseless woman. No matter what...men aren't supposed to pick on women.

This has me wonder. Would McCain be making a much more agressive campaign against if Obama was a white man? Or is the risk of appearing racist so easy and dangerous in the public eye that it's better to not have the traditional mudslinging that happens at the end of the campaign?

Remember that when McCain used the phrase "that one" to refer to Obama during the 2nd debate, people claimed it was derrogatory and racist. Personally I think McCain got shafted on that call, but it's all about public perception.

It makes me wonder, has this been a fair political race at all? Can a white man run against a black man without the race card coming into factor?

Patrick - 12:15 PM -

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