On Page A6, WashPost Notes 'Narrow Win in Arkansas Indicates Unrest in Party,' Suggests Racism to Blame
Once again last night, President Obama faced an embarrassing showing in Democratic Party primaries, winning only 58.3 percent of the votes of Arkansas Democrats and 57.9 percent of Kentucky ones. Once again, in covering the story, the Washington Post buried the news placing the development on page A6. The last time the president faced such an embarrassingly low showing, the Post put its coverage of federal inmate Keith Judd's stunning 40 percent showing in West Virginia's Democratic primary on page A4.
This time around, Post editors gave readers a misleading subheadline that invoked an all-too-predictable liberal bogeyman: "His struggles in Appalachia, parts of South could be attributed to racism, some say." Yet in the article itself, two Southern Democrats told the Post that while a small minority of white Democrats may be motivated by antipathy to Obama's racial heritage, the vast bulk of the anti-Obama vote is predicated on their distaste for his liberal policies.
"Race is definitely a factor for some Texans, but not the majority....The most significant factor is the perception/reality that the Obama administration has leaned toward the ultra-left viewpoint on almost all issues," former Rep. Charlie Stenholm (D-Texas) told the Post.
"In states like West Virginia and Oklahoma, it's just that voters are down on national Democrats generally, and I don't believe it is due to race," Post staffers Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake quoted former Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas).
For related coverage of how the media are spinning Obama's poor performance in Arkansas and Kentucky, see Scott Whitlock's item, "Networks Censor News of Massive Democratic Protest Vote Against Obama" as well as Matt Hadro's item here and Mark Finkelstein's item here.
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Racism is to blame and not
Submitted by Lakewood Ed on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 5:35pm.
Racism is to blame and not that he's an ineffectual boob?
Ths SS Is Coming! The SS Is Coming!
Submitted by Clyde Gatton on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 6:45pm.
Tsk-tsk, Ed. DIdn't you know that dissing the "ineffectual boob" is punishable by arrest and imprisonment?
{I'm immune because I'm merely quoting you to point out why you need to lock your doors and hide in the swamp. :o) }
V/R
Clyde
"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC
Yeah buddy
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 5:40pm.
We redneck, cracker, southern, inbred, gun and Bible clinging Americans really, REALLY hate rat bastard Fascist sons of bitches who are black ... or white, red, yellow, mocha, green, blue, and any other color.
You got us! I guess we're racist.
cajun is confused*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 5:49pm.
He was black in 2008 right? Out of favor with voters could be something other than his race? Lib-think always confuses me.
I posted the following in the
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 5:57pm.
I posted the following in the Gavin "Nothing to see here" thread at 4:20 PM:
So Arkansas and Kentucky have become more racist
These people are nothing if not predictable. LOL
Oh, it;s never anything to do
Submitted by ant on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 6:00pm.
Oh, it;s never anything to do with Obama and his policies, NOW Democrats are racists too. That's so pathetic, I've known dogs that weren't as blindly loyal as the Barack Media.
How stupid are you NBers? Geez
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 6:46pm.
If you're white and oppose Obama's policies, you're doing so because you're racist. Obviously. Duh.
If you're black, brown, or other not-quite-white and you oppose Obama's policies, you're a Steppin' Fetchitt, Oreo, Coconut, or other dupe. Duh.
Everybody who's anybody (including 1/32 Native Fiji Islanders) knows this.
QED, which stands for Quite Evidently Discriminatory
Coal
Submitted by easygoer on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:08pm.
Obama's problem here is not KY or WVA. Romney's gonna win those. His problem is that OH, VA AND PA contain large swaths of Appalachia. How large? According to the Federal Gov't's Appalachian Regional Commission the number of counties that are part of Appalachia in these three crucial states are as follows:
Ohio - 32
Virginia - 25 counties and 8 cities
Pennsylvania - 52 (almost as many as the 54 Appalachian counties in Kentucky)
Romney's gotta hit Obama HARD on coal in these areas. If Obama loses PA he's finished.
Hold on a sec...
Submitted by outamyroom on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 8:34pm.
I'm confused. I thought that all the toothless, ignorant, inbred, redneck, trailer park racists switched over to the GOP in the late 60's after Dr. King (a Republican) died. What gives?
Claims of Racism
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 10:28pm.
By white race baiters are becoming cries of 'Wolf!'. When an angry mob of black people attack them, they will wonder why they weren't recognized as one of them. Who will lift a finger to protect them?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
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Submitted by vote24 on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 11:56pm.
Wow, finally someone has looked deep into the situation and come up with the scoop of a lifetime. The sheer work involved in uncovering the deep truth. I am in awwwwwwwww.
Ahhh... who are you calling "racists"?? Not OUR primary...
Submitted by gopcongress on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 12:57am.
Let me get this straight.
Republicans are responsible for 0.00% of the primary votes in states whom Barack is having trouble solidifying his base. So if you are going to blame the non-Barack votes on racism, you best look to see whom you are making out the charges against.
Yep, DEMOCRATS.
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What? Democrats racist? Who'd a thunk it?
Submitted by jakee308 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 4:12am.
They can't avoid the fact that people don't like what Obama has done to the country and they don't like what they think he has planned if he's reelected. (more of the same only worse)
That's what's driving the "unrest". Good grief folks we elected him. Do you think we didn't notice then that his skin was a little darker than most? He sure made a point of pointing it out often enough and dissing certain groups of white people. Yet he still got elected because folks thought: "Sure, let's give him a chance. Maybe he's got some new ideas. Maybe he's not beholden to the Democrat socialist agenda."
Turns out we were right; he's worse.
It's unfortunate that he's the first black president (forget the serial rapist Bill) and turns out to be fatally flawed.
Maybe next time.
And there WILL be a next time. Maybe let's try a Black Republican? The Democrat party would never recover.
How Arkansas Democrats Treat Black Politiicans
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:38am.
Arkansas has been a Democrat state since Reconstruction. Sure, every once in a while a Republican governor is elected, but the state legislature has been controlled by the Democratic party for ever. The lock on the Arkansas House of Reps is so solid, that they hold an early election for the Speaker of the House for the next legislative session in the Spring, BEFORE the next election in November. (The official rubber stamping of the Spring election is done when the new House of Reps is seated in January.)
The feeling in Arkansas is that in 2012, the citizens may actually vote in a majority of Republicans in the House and maybe the Senate. If the Republicans win the House, they will naturally want to have a Republican Speaker of the House to set the agenda come January of 2013. It only makes sense. So the Democrat who was elected by the ousted Dems, this last Spring, will not win when the "official" election for speaker takes place come January.
So what did the Dems do this Spring? They early elected the first black person as Speaker of the House. Historic, huh? Now they can cry RACISM when the Republican majority wants to have a Republican as speaker next January, if the Repubs win the House. If the Dems here in Arkansas had a lock on winning the House this November, it would have been business as usual and a good-old-boy while guy would have been elected for his turn as speaker in the early election this last Spring.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Let the MSM try to hide it all they want
Submitted by chiefpayne on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:42pm.
The REALITY is that Obama is slowly but surely going DOWN.
And by November, Obama will LOSE in a landslide to Romney. IMO, I see Obama getting 1/3 of all votes caste!
One Third of Legitimate Votes
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 3:14pm.
One third of all legitimate votes cast will equal about 48% of the votes counted. I'm glad you're prediction isn't 40%.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama