By Michael J. Smith on Monday September 25, 2006 05:39 PM
From a rather gaga, and very long, hagiography of Barack Obama (shown above with his endorsee in Connecticut's recent primary), found in New York magazine online:
"Barack, I think, represents a point of transition," says Artur Davis, a 38-year-old African-American congressman from Alabama and former law-school classmate of Obama's. "This is the first generation of African-American politicians who essentially have the same aspirations as their white compatriots."On the other hand, there's this, from Obama himself:
"One good test as to whether folks are doing interesting work is, Can they surprise me?" he tells me. "And increasingly, when I read Daily Kos, it doesn't surprise me. It's all just exactly what I would expect."Well, at least his mama didn't raise no fools.
Comments (3)
This is amusingly flawed. Barack Obama is a son of immigrants. He doesn't have the same cultural or economic background as the other "African-American" politicians which are being referenced. He's African-American, sure, and he's black, and American, but he's not a Black American, a descendant of chattel slaves. It strikes me as odd that Davis would leave that out.
Really, you might as well talk about George Allen being representative of a new direction in African-American politics. After all, his mother is Tunisian -- it's only very slightly more idiotic.
Posted by Djur | September 25, 2006 11:00 PM
Posted on September 25, 2006 23:00
Joe-Bama!
can some one post a link to the picture of Barack campaigning for Lieberman before he lost the primary?
And is it too early to start batting around rumors about a primary challenge to our spineless triangulator in Illinois?
Posted by spork | September 25, 2006 11:48 PM
Posted on September 25, 2006 23:48
Sting! Ouch! Ko$ must have thrown a four alarm pwogwessive tantrum after reading that. And he can't even sting back, since Obama is a pwog fave-rave.
Posted by AlanSmithee | September 26, 2006 10:31 AM
Posted on September 26, 2006 10:31