Is this the generation that finally looks past the color of one's skin?
And TPM Reader BW ...
I'm a little surprised you haven't figured out the role of the ethnic votes on tonight's Democratic results.
I became involved in the NJ campaign after one of my friends told me that his extended Italian family were voting for Hillary cause she was preferable to the black guy. Their votes were being driven by race. We turned some of them around, but with others the racial enmity prevented any rational discussion.
MA also went to Hillary due to the organization of the Irish pols, according to MSNBC. Would sure like to see polling of ethnic votes in these states and NY.
I know that highly negative e-mails about Obama were also being sent around to my Jewish family. With Jewish voters you had the further complication of Israeli representatives coming out against Obama.
k.b.: I would be naive if I said that I can't believe this line of thought is still influencing voters. According to the polls "white folks" of my age and income are voting for Hillary. I think that moving to the state of Virginia has opened my eyes to the good things that diversity has to offer this country.
Would I be a liar if I said that a picture of a young black man looking like a thug didn't scare me. I've seen plenty of pictures of white criminals both men and women and they also look like thugs and like white trash.
They would scare me too.
Does Barack Obama look on the outside any less black? Too white? To me he looks like a smart and confident man. Does he dress white? Does he like hip-hop? Does he speak in black slang? Those are just a bunch of junk questions out there to muddy the waters of this campaign.
I want more of my candidate than that. I want someone who can keep this country safe without sacrificing my liberties. One who worries about my retirement and my health care. One who brings back more jobs that this country lost because of NAFTA.
That to me is Barack Obama.
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