In a radical upset of the smart money, lanky upstart Obama buries wasted husk McCain in the polls.
The Latewire odds had been shortening from 45:1 (in favor of McCain) since the debate season started and McSlain started to act crazy and erratic, finally slipping to 10:1 in his favor on Election Day. These odds were based on three major trends that have consistently shown up in American politics :
1) Those with lower levels of income and education tend to vote Republican because they are ruled by fear. Fear is used very adoitly by Republican marketers to manipulate public opinion.
2) The old and the rich, who typically turn out in force, tend to vote Republican because they are ruled by greed; the young, who are typically ruled by hormones and reactionism, tend to get drunk instead of voting
3) Obama is black, and white Americans tend to fear black people
The powerful victory of Obama tells us that at least some of these trends did not hold. My analysis is :
-The disadvantaged saw through McCain's tax cut rhetoric to his fundamental affinity for debt spending on the one hand, and were duped by Obama's promise to rob the richest 5% for the benefit of the remaining 95% on the other. Also, people quaked at the thought of the weird Palin stepping in when McCain keeled over from exhaustion on the second day of office.
-The rich and old failed to mobilize, probably due to complacency OR defeatism
-America at large has finally come to grips with the reality that black people are perfectly viable citizens.
It's this last factor that is most staggering. Based on the amount of racist horse feathers I hear on the street, I have been saying that it'd be another 10 to 15 years before there would be a chance for a black president. It is the case that the destructive blight of race antipathy still lurks in the hearts of many Americans. The election results, however, demonstrate that a good chunk of folks are, in plain fact, getting over it.
This is a landmark day. Obama may not represent policies that are tolerable. But he surely represents the political victory of tolerance. Who can deny that it's a triumph?
George Clinton must be happy on this day. Obama is Ali, and maybe we shouldn't be surprised that he is in the White House. Richard Pryor didn't live long enough to claim his post as Minister of Education, but he must be grinning with satisfaction that all those chants of "Gainin' on ya!" were more than just some jive talk. (39,552)
Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:13 am +2 Secret Muslim cards are now inserted into your secret muslim headbandana. Try if you can, if you will be a man... step it up and win over the Dyslexic Dervishes.
Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:18 am New prediction : the Dervish Whirl will supersede the Electric Slide as the dominant group expression of the Terpsichorean muse.
Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:15 am This news once again points out hank's disconnection and ultimately mistaken belief that Americans are all racist regressive cat herders out to get him.
It also points out that
I WON THE BET, WHERE'S MY MONEY?! AHHAHAH I WIN!
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