How Many White People Will Vote for Romney Because He's White?

Hey Elmer, are you one of these white racist republicans?

No problema, Snood.

A realist.

I thought Mittens was a Mormon.

His claim to fame is using religion to dodge the draft, and predatory capitalism. Meaning he's good at stripping assetts from a company, and outsourcing labor to another nation. He keeps his wealth hidden in offshore tax havens, and believes that almost half of all Americans are not worth worrying about.

Intelligent people of any color or creed will vote for Johnson or Stein, in the hope that come 2016, real hope and change can occurr.

Do you believe that is also true in the case of a black person commenting on the behavior of white voters?

Yeah well anyway, here's a white man commenting about white people and why they vote for Romney "to the exclusion of logic or common sense".

Why Do White People Think Mitt Romney Should Be President?
Parsing the narrow, tribal appeal of the Republican nominee.
By Tom Scocca

"White people—white men in particular—are for Mitt Romney. White men are supporting Mitt Romney to the exclusion of logic or common sense, in defiance of normal Americans. Without this narrow, tribal appeal, Romney's candidacy would simply not be viable. Most kinds of Americans see no reason to vote for him."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/scocca/2012/11/mitt_romney_white_vote_parsing_the_narrow_tribal_appeal_of_the_republican.single.html

Setting aside partisanship, I honestly see no redeeming value to the man (in the context of serving as president). It is obstinance or blindness making people give Romney any sort of support.

Well that clinches it for me edgar. I was going to vote for Romney but seeing that you honestly see no redeeming value in him, I can't possibly now.

Hey asswipe, are you one of those morons that wanders into this forum from time to time?

Can't be too dumb. Figured you out with a glance.

Yeah snood, that's me, the white racist.

When it comes to you though I suspect I'm one of many you encounter in any given day:

The white mailman who tears the cover of your copy of Jack & Jill.

Your white co-worker who speaks disparagingly of the city of Chicago.

Bill Nye The Science Guy when he speaks of "Dark Matter" or "Black Holes."

Your white neighbor who comments on your golf game.

The white girl at the counter of your local Kentucky Fried Chicken who invites you to enjoy the fried chicken you've purchased.

You and Adam4adam share the same brain waves.

I dont know Adam, but I know that Snood here always is on the lookout for a reason to be offended about how blacks are perceived, and he easily buys onto conspiracy theories. He certainly seems to have an inferiority complex about his race. maybe he is defensive about the fact that black culture and black families again and again make fucked up choices for themselves, thus keping themselves from their rightful sized slice of the American dream.

He's really a white man? That's the clincher, all right.

Yes, because even snood isn't content with the argument being made by black men alone. He needed to find a white man who agreed to validate it. Interesting, no?

Of course, as snood would no doubt be quick to advise us, there are plenty of white men and women who are fools, and simply because they believe the same foolish argument made by black men and women doesn't imbue them with wisdom.

These ridiculous and grossly overbroad charges of racism detracts from a rational consideration of the issue.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease and so it makes sense for folks who think they have a legitimate complaint to press it beyond the comfort levels of the majority, but there is a point of diminishing returns which if exceeded by too much actually retards a valid movement.

I can already hear the sardonic replies of "Oh yes, Massuh...if we just behave and don't get too uppity things will work out fine."

To which I would reply one only needs to narrow the matter down to a personal level. We have all met people who overstate their position and by doing so invalidate what might be, at the core, a legitimate argument. This dynamic works just the same at broader levels of social engagement.

By labeling each and every thing said and done by Republicans as racists, the folks who are attempting to combat the behavior do their cause no good; instead they render it ridiculous and easily dismissed.

America still has threads of racism running throughout its society, but it is undeniable that this society, as a whole, is not only sensitive but unforgiving of racism. It doesn't need a plethora of false positives, and the risk is that it will become desensitized by them.

The perfect example of an overreaching claim of racism is the fact that Obama's support among white voters has decreased in 2012 from 2008.

Irony Alert!

In the last few days of the election, President Obama is playing hard, in swing states like Ohio and (now Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan), the class warfare spiel; hoping to turn white, uneducated, blue collar voters away from Romney.

However, isn't this just the demographic from which liberals most expect racism?

So what can we expect from this small minded, ignoble bloc of Americans?

Will their envy of the rich override their hatred of blacks?

When Obama defeats your empty suit liar candidate are you going to at least have the grace to slightly STFU?

Actually, I believe Finn predicted rioting in the streets. I've been meaning to ask him about that but didn't have the energy to track back through the various threads to find the quote.

Finn, why do you think there will be rioting in the streets if Obama is reelected?

Maybe knowing that they are in the 47% of the population who doesn't make enough to pay federal taxes and who Romney doesn't worry about because he will never be able to make them take responsibility for themselves might do it.

That POS is clueless about what's happening right now in the campaign; little chance he's able to guess what's going to happen after its over.

An important message from Chris Rock for White People: