Comments on: The Big Lie About Obama And Race

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:30:28 +0000

Wonderful and revelatory article, Ilana. I’ll be saving it for anyone who will listen.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:29:28 +0000

Actually Richard, “Mockingbird” featured one of the most heroic white patriarchs to ever grace the pages of fiction: are you forgetting Atticus? The book was not racist in the least; Calpurnia the black maid was often bossy and pushy, and it even revealed that the black Reverend of the church she attended was something of an obnoxious chauvinist. All blacks were not perfect in that book, any more than the whites. I think you need to consider your comments more carefully.

By: Van Wijk

Van Wijk — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:53:56 +0000

Closing Gitmo yesterday, today opening the door for federal funding of abortionists...what will it be tomorrow? I believe we are now seeing Obama's true face for the first time. He is a hard leftist, a follower of Black Liberation Theology, and I think we can expect to see very little in the way of centrist policy decisions in the future. His victory has been secured and he no longer has any need to be conciliatory to anyone to his right. Furthermore, the fact that he is less bad than the atrocious Jackson and Sharpton does not in itself recommend him as a man of caliber. Obama is an enemy of conservatism and he's itching to prove it. [If only Republicans applied the same yardstick to Bush about whom the same can be said: he was the enemy of conservatism. The difference between Obama and Bush is that the former never pretended to be a conservative, much less a friend to conservatism.--IM]

By: Chip

Chip — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:23:57 +0000

I say ditto to Tim's comment above. I have never seen a more racist campaign in my life, and I have been alive since Ike's first term. Just imagine if Barry was was all white, and everything else was the same. His candidacy would not have even been given consideration. As it was, boobus americanus tripped over each other lining up to show how "not racist" they are by voting for the black guy. The media failed to scrutinize the black guy. A white guy with questions about his citizenship hanging over his head would never have gotten away with it, but we can't question the black guy. Sheep. Baa!!!

By: Martin Berrow

Martin Berrow — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:35:51 +0000

This is a outstanding article by ILana. Racism is running rampant in America, and the black community is heartily in charge of this to be certain. Martin Berrow~”Hungarian American”….

By: robert

robert — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:08:16 +0000

Ilana, This is thoughtful work. Pat Buchanan noticed similar points about an "Obama connection" in his most recent column. It is a sad state of affairs when a people unite over what they are against, rather than what they support. There are certain qualities about the Obama character (not his policy) that we can and should support -- some of these are "The qualities Americans appeared to find universally appealing in the ambitious, affable Obama – his confidence and calm, and his commitment to community and kin, education and excellence – these came from Kansas, not Kenya." The qualities of admiration, honest disagreements and fair fights are not present to the same degree in charlatans like Al Sharpton as they are in polished politicians of Obama's caliber. As a President, his policies may be a disaster waiting to happen. But as Jay Leno remarked last night about the oath of office screw up: "What's the big deal about possibly being without a Commander and Chief for 36 hours, we haven't had one for the last eight years!"

By: Richard Allen

Richard Allen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Hello Ilana Mercer,
I read your column about “The Big Lie About Obama And Race”. I thought how coincidental that I read your column after last night watching on “RetroPlex” movie channel “To Kill A Mocking Bird” made from Lee Harper’s book. It is one of the most racist movies I have ever seen. All whites, even the best of them, are all stupid, ignorant, murderous, retarded, liars, perjurers, vigilantes, and racists. The blacks are all kind, loving, understanding, patient, truthful, law abiding, calm, hardworking, respectful, concerned, down trodden, and wrongfully convicted. All of this in this film. What a difference between the races!
I wondered as I watched it, what happened to the Uncle Remus stories, the Little Black Sambo story, Huckleberry Finn and so many others like them and, “Song of the South”? All too racist and never to be seen again, but this very obviously racist antiwhite film is presented as a glorious work of art. Yes, it was written by a woman, white woman, that is. Very strange land I live in. Sort of a “Alice in Wonderland” affair or “Though the Looking Glass”

By: Rod

Rod — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:10:33 +0000

I have misplaced the exact figures I read, but I recall that approximately 45% of the “white” voters supported Obama, while 95% of “blacks” voted for him. No, no racism here.

By: Gene Lewis

Gene Lewis — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:14:53 +0000

Ilana,

“the black community has put forward a candidate of caliber”

The Democratic Party put forth Obama, since he effectively has no past his “caliber” will be determined in the future.

Gene

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:53:17 +0000

(1) “only whites can be racists” – and I presume that when Hutus murder Tutsis, they are magically transformed into whiteys moments before the machete comes down on the victim. Admittedly, the hatred that the master has for the slave matters more than the hatred the slave has towards the master but that is a reflection of relative power, not ones feeling. (2) As Orwell wrote – “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (3) However, I disagree with your implication that “the black community” [this was not the literal implication at all.–IM] had put up Jackson, Sharpton, or Obama since these candidates run on their own volition – just as “the Jewish community” did not have some caucus to put up the silly Lieberman. (4) On the other hand, you are correct that Senator Obama was a credible black candidate for office while Jackson and Sharpton were merely professional victimologists – often wrong but occasionally correct (like the recent BART slaying in Oakland) (5) As you correctly point out, Obama was raised by a white family and attended Columbia & Harvard Law – acquiring cultural blackness to be politically viable in Chicago.