Well, of course he does

September 6, 2012

Well, of course he does

I just can't stand the guy. Arguably he was a less-bad president than Obama, but I can't stand him. It's partly the unctuous-preacher/redneck-playboy smarm that's so irritating. As I've probably said here before, I can see him playing the Bible salesman in a movie of Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People."

I wonder if the race card isn't about played out, though, because of its indiscriminate and often absurd use. As you probably heard, the absurdity reached some kind of pinnacle a few days ago with journalist (?) Lawrence O'Donnell's assertion that making fun of Obama's fondness for golf is a "racial double entendre."

This is supposedly one of those Republican "dog whistle" signals meant to encourage the KKK types who make up the base of the party. Yet it seems to be only Democrats who hear them. As someone (James Taranto, maybe?) said the other day, if you can hear the dog whistle, you're the dog.

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2 responses to “Well, of course he does”

Rob G

September 7, 2012

Whenever I hear the nonsense about GOP opposition to Obama having a racial component, I always feel like asking, “And what do you do then with all those Republicans who were practically begging Colin Powell to run for president a few years back?” Or even those who were supporting Herman Cain earlier this year, for gosh sakes? It really is a knucklehead argument.

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Mac

September 7, 2012

And one could continue with a lot more examples. I don’t think it even rises to the level of knucklehead argument–it’s just a slur, another form of bigotry, but one that people on the left can engage in without feeling guilty.

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