Democrats Racist?

Gee, really? I saw this early this morning but was pressed for time and couldn't post. Now, I'm very late to the party but thought I'd still comment on the Washington Post story detailing whining from Obama workers about the racism they are encountering - from Democrats.

Victoria Switzer, a retired social studies teacher, was on phone-bank duty one night during the Pennsylvania primary campaign. One night was all she could take: "It wasn't pretty." She made 60 calls to prospective voters in Susquehanna County, her home county, which is 98 percent white. The responses were dispiriting. One caller, Switzer remembers, said he couldn't possibly vote for Obama and concluded: "Hang that darky from a tree!"

Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy, the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, said she, too, came across "a lot of racism" when campaigning for Obama in Pennsylvania. One Pittsburgh union organizer told her he would not vote for Obama because he is black, and a white voter, she said, offered this frank reason for not backing Obama: "White people look out for white people, and black people look out for black people."

While the media may be trying to get that narrative in place, it should be remembered that primary workers are hitting mostly members of their own party. This is an ugly and stupid card for the media to play. Are their people who will not vote for Obama solely because he is black? Of course. But there are other people who are voting for him solely for the same reason. Think carefully about that.

My opposition to Obama has nothing whatsoever with his physical characteristics, only with his politics, policies and breathtaking lack of experience. (I don't much care for many of his associates, either.) The media would be better off sticking to politics and policy and leaving off the narrative they are trying with stories like this. Things like this might make things worse all the way around.