This Damned Race

I went to ABCNews.com to watch the View (just a waste of time) and on the front page I saw a comment posted on the web site about Obama's "falling" approval ratings. The point this commenter was making was that because Obama won the primary, winning over a well qualified woman, Palin will attract women who feel that he has too much "hubris", not qualified, and "undeserving" of the white house. Essentially he will "pay" for winning the primary against Hillary and not picking her for a running mate. (!!!!!)

Now that's pure BS! If that is why women or a Hillary supporters will not support Barack Obama, then that is really ^&#@ing immature! To punish Obama for winning the primary, they are willing to put the rest of the country in danger of another 4 years of disastrous policies. This commentator/poster sent a hot flash up my back considering that McCain/Palin are very unpopular worldwide. Really, I have watch the comments come out of the most liberal corners on the net (Crooksandliars, Salon, Huffingtonpost, guests on Keith Olberman's show, etc..) and the pandering of the right to that sentiment. Many pundits, not just on cable news outlets or blogs, have been using language that would incite a person that supported Hillary to hate Obama. If you just follow language from some commentators from the "political" insiders, especially the ones who use to support Hillary, their language isn't blatantly disparaging, but weak in their support for Obama (Andrea Mitchell is good for that).

I just feel that if voters are going to vote with their immaturity, then we are in serious trouble; remember Guns, Gays, & God. I have this unnerving feeling that Obama will have lost the race because of the bitterness over the primary outcome. I am not worried about Obama doing anything to lose,or the Clintons doing anything to derail Obama- albeit their support is lukewarm at best, because it seems that the MSM (Mainstream Media) ignores McPalin anyhow, no matter how many times he screws up, backtracks, changes, lies, or flat out ignores basic logic. Some of my friends her in Switzerland believe that Americans should have had enough of the last 8 years. Sadly, yet when it comes down to it, I believe that many of the Bushites will come in droves now. The culture war has re-ignited. They have more of a reason not let the 'd'emocrats in office; with Palin on the McCain ticket they can get away with "feeling" liberal and diverse. They will hide behind Palin as a excuse not to vote for a "black" guy. Palin has destroyed the race by giving bigots a "diverse" ticket and something to hide behind.

If you run into some who has "suddenly" change their alliance or their stringent support of Obama to McCain, or they start doubting the viability of Obama in office, then you have just run into a Palin convert.

Basically, racism and bitterness will determine this race now. Maybe and hopefully I am wrong, but the tone toward Obama has darkened and the rhetoric about sexism has increased to levels not seen since the primaries. Palin has "entertained and indulged" the masses and she is being rewarded for it.