Geraldine Ferraro had to step down from Hillary’s campaign because she issued a condescending remark that Obama would not be in the lead if he were white. It is at least refreshing to see an accountability for speech applied to the left as it would have been likely applied if it had been uttered from the right. Am I to believe a black candidate carried Mississippi by nearly 20 points because of his race? We must have really come a long way.

Blacks have been condescended to by the left for ages. They are fawningly courted as long as they tow the party line, but once a party elite like Hillary is threatened, they have difficulty accepting it could be because of anything other than race. Fortunately the rank and file voters see it differently.

Ferraro’s comment is also contemptuous of all the voters who voted for Obama; she insinuates the voters fail to see merit beyond his race. The Democratic party structure is based on their inability to trust their own voters; superdelegates are just a tool to retain control against a popular candidate the party elite may not like.

Black voters are in a political limbo because of their overwhelming voting preference for the Democrats: the Democrats take them for granted, and the Republicans write them off as a political force.

Black commenator Tony Snow once commented that if just 20% of the blacks voted Republican their political influence would increase exponentially as the two parties would have to compete for their support.

Obama’s support base is so widespread it is a little incredulous to assert it is because of just race. It could also be because of the party’s absolute disdain for his opposition.

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