Before I begin my diatribe about middle-America, let me first salute the racial/ethnic growth of my country. Yes, Obama's quest to become the first African-American president is possible - something that I did not think would happen in my lifetime - not because of the black vote alone. No, Obama has a 50-50 chance of becoming our next president because of his rainbow coalition of supporters (tongue and cheek thank you to Jesse Jackson).
We are far from living up to the virtues and promises of the US constitution; however, we are moving in the right direction.
Now, will these microphone blowhards please shut-up! Their bloviating over each scintilla of "news" so they can fill the 24 hour cycle makes them loony and hysterical. And I say this without putting the FOX network clowns into the mix. I may diss them some other time, but currently, I'm in the I don't do FOX frame of mind (y'all know why lol).
What boils my blood day in and day out is this faulty premise they use to explain why Obama seems to struggle to get six pack Joe's and Jane's political support. They frame the question as Why can't Obama close the deal with middle-America?
The question should be: Why don't working class white people vote their interest instead of their perceived identification?
The answer: The conservatives party operatives have long understood the value of selling the allusion of white privilege to poor whites. They have kept these folks on the ranch since the days of slavery. Poor whites, lacking wealth and influence, fear losing the one thing that makes them feel special over all of us non-whites - their whiteness - so, they eschew crossing over to support minorities that are not government approved (Clarence Thomas).
Bottom line: Until middle-America wakes up and smells the Fogers (coffee), they will continue to be pimped - like the rest of us - by the corrupt and greedy powers to be that want to continue to divide and conquer.
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