Forgive me for rehashing the decision on the win in Indiana for Hillary. But the 1.39% win has me on the iffy fence. Over 11,000 absentee voters makes me think some votes were not counted. And you do know that Indiana pollitician are conservatives that would do anything to save face for their native son, Senator Evan Bayh. What say you about the eked out win for Hillary in Indiana?
Obama’s Race Against Race
ReplyDeleteBy Nicolas Powers
From the April 25, 2008 issue
A black man runs from a howling crowd. If he’s caught he’ll be torn apart. If he reaches sanctuary he’ll be loved. This ritual is the Sacred Lynching. It’s a scene from Olaf Stapledon’s science fiction book, The First and Last Men. Set in the future, humanity has mixed and few people are “white” or “black,” and the ritual is a nostalgic celebration of racism in a post-racial world. It resembles our own supposed post-racial politics, and I see Senator Barack Obama as that last black man on earth trying to outrun our media mob.
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