Left Watch has a good post describing what appears to be the left’s key election strategy for 2008. If anyone questions any of Obama’s policies, beliefs, or campaign platforms, they’ll trash them as a racist.
Not really all that surprising because every reasonable person knows that the “isms” are the default argument for a liberal who can’t win the argument on the merits of their premises. Since Obama is trying to frame the same old litany of failed socialist redistribution policies as “change”, it’s no wonder his supporters are bereft of any rational arguments to support him and, are willing to so quickly regress into the “you’re a RACIST!!!!” tactic.
Jon Henke’s post outlines the two primary means of accomplishing this goal. 1) Framing Opponents, and 2) Deligitimizing Criticism. The first example actually suggests that Conservatives want to firebomb Obama’s church and the second suggests that by daring to call Obama’s radical associates and beliefs “radical”, you are suggesting that he is a “radical Muslim”, an “angry black man”, or a murderer and rapist.
As is often the case with this sort of over the top rhetoric, it appears that there may be a good deal of projection involved in those charges and by loudly claiming that others are doing something nasty, these people are attempting to assuage their own feelings of guilt and remorse.
The simple fact of the matter is that Obama would make a horrible President because of his (bordering on) Marxist beliefs and policies, his lack of discernment, poor judgment, and outright naiveté, as well as the constant revelations of his personal and business relationships with criminals, radicals, bigots, and at least two (self-admitted) terrorists.
Despite the best efforts of the left to paint the issue otherwise, the color of his skin and the religion(s) that he may or may not follow have absolutely nothing to do Obama’s lack of ability to be President.
