Bob Novak: "Hey, at Least We're White Guys!" (by John Ridley for HuffPost)

[marmar]

John Ridley
Bob Novak: "Hey, at Least We're White Guys!"


In my last post I had at Newsweek for their woefully bigoted cover story on Barack Obama. Called it a shining example of "Lefty racism." That, comboed with my many pieces targeting bias from the Left, has many of you figuring I'm blind to anything but the prejudice that wanders off the Liberal Plantation.

So lemme offer up comment on some hate mongering fresh brewed by the Retro Guard of my favorite constituency; the ROWGs.

While most of political-savvy America was enthralled by the Webb/Graham cage match that went down this past Sunday on Meet the Press, the subtle racial jab thrown by conservative columnist and sometimes CIA covert op leaker Bob Novak was missed by most the program's viewers. But then, most of the program's viewers are variations on the Rich Old White Guy theme that Novak plays to (shamefully, so were all the guest on the MTP roundtable).

When queried about the Neo Cons being so disenfranchised with their own party they aren't dolin' out campaign contributions with the same voracity as Democrats, Novak was able to find one lily white lining to his otherwise dark cloud:

"Republicans are, are very pessimistic about 2008, when you talk to them off the record. They don't see how they can win this thing. And then you--they think for a minute, and only the Democratic Party, with everything in their favor, would say that, OK, this is a year either to have a woman or an African-American to break precedent, to do things the country's never done before, and it gives the Republicans hope."

Key Freudian slip: "You-they."

Key word: Hope

Hope?

A man of color or a woman heading up the Democratic ticket, "do things the country's never done before," gives Republicans hope of winning the election? And why exactly is that, Robert? Is it because your ilk believes a majority of Americans won't vote for either? .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/bob-novak-hey-at-leas_b_56610.html

[OHdem10]

1. Novak is someone I seldom agree with but he understands

the hinterlands, and the GOP. What he is saying
that when whold lot Americans get into that booth
they will have second thoughts and pull the lever
for a WHITE GUY while country is at war and the
country is facing so many challenges.

The Gop are expert at hidden whisper campaings, push
polls, and those pesky flyers.

No this not something that will be discussed in public.
Republicans understand ethnic Americans and certain
surburbanites.

This is why Novak says the GOP has hope.

Do I think this is right?? No. I just face reality.

[yurbud]

2. there are still people alive from the Jim Crow days who think that was the Golden Age