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I think the GOP isn't serving racists, it's USING the racist tendency of their electorate to advance what is largely aplatform of crony capitalism. The policies themselves aren't generally racist, though they do disproportionately benefit the rich.
Do you realize that is a narrative created by the media here in the US? If you read the original JournoList forum posts you could easily see that they both work a narrative and actively try and hide things that might hurt their party. The racist line of reasoning was part of why they pushed for Obama originally. They knew they could just call anyone that disagreed with them a racist.Quote:
As an outside observer, this is what I see and feel.
It worked.
Our media actively call the right racist deliberately. It is pre-planned.Quote:
Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent:
And I think this threads the needle. If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they've put upon us. Instead, take one of them--Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares--and call them racists. Ask: why do they have such a deep-seated problem with a black politician who unites the country? What lurks behind those problems? This makes *them* sputter with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction.
Mark Schmitt: American Prospect.
"Calling Fred Barnes a racist doesn't further the argument, and not just because Juan Williams is his new black friend, but because that makes it all about character. The goal is to get to the point where you can contrast some _thing_--Obama's substantive agenda--with this crap." . . .
Ackerman "Kevin, I'm not saying OBAMA should do this. I'm saying WE should do this."
Others went further. According to records obtained by The Daily Caller, at several points during the 2008 presidential campaign a group of liberal journalists took radical steps to protect their favored candidate. Employees of news organizations including Time, Politico, the Huffington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the Guardian, Salon and the New Republic participated in outpourings of anger over how Obama had been treated in the media, and in some cases plotted to fix the damage.
I understand if people see that and believe it. It is the narrative. But it is incorrect.