Riehl World View

Is Obama A Reverse OJ In The Making?

Remember the shock and subsequent societal strains after the OJ verdict came in? Black America celebrated, while White America fumed.

Take a look at the process RS McCain calls Mississippification.

Schaller correctly concludes that it is highly unlikely that Obama is going to de-"Mississippify" the vote in the South. To which I would add, or anywhere else.

There is a very good chance that the media, liberals and Blacks will be expecting to wake up to the first Black POTUS one November morning, only to be shocked by the result. Think of it as the OJ verdict in reverse.

Could the supposedly first post-racial candidate trigger the largest racial divide in America since the Civil War?

Also, I can hardly wait to read the charges that the Republicans suppressed the Black vote that will be flying around this one. Won't that be a real surprise? Not!

New Imus Issue: Context, People, Context

The Left is going bonkers over another comment by Don Imus. And I'm disappointed to see that even some conservative blogs are weighing in without any real perspective at all. One of Imus's fairly consistent themes is that police regularly stop and or arrest blacks more often than whites - particularly in the South and Southwest. The explanation offered by Imus, that that's what he meant, makes perfect sense.

If Libertarians and even conservatives fail to defend him by pointing out that context, they're just caving in to a hyper-politically correct mentality in media that could result in hardly anything being able to be said without fear of being attacked on similar grounds. Or are we there, already?

It's beginning to look as though there's no such thing as free speech left in American entertainment media unless you stick to the late Carlin's seven dirty words. Now ain't that a revoltin' development?

During the show, conversation turned to a story about how suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones now wants to drop his well-known nickname. In the course of the segment, Imus is told that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.”

Imus asks: “What color is he?”

“He’s African-American,” the host is informed by one of his on-air sidekicks.

Carlin Now As Dead As His Career

There was actually a time when I liked George Carlin - back in the 70's when he was fresh. The man did have a great creative mind and talent for comedy. Whenever I saw him in recent years, he was always spouting off about political garbage.

Not no mo.

The Timing Of Obama's Race Play

I think the timing of Obama playing the race card could prove to be somewhat revealing of a portion of his general election strategy.

This is the first time Obama's coverage has turned so completely negative due to his rejection of Public Financing.

So, what does he do? He attempts to make the discussion all about Race. If his move is meant to silence critics and change the subject to one that favors him in the eyes of the liberal media, then he's doing the very same thing the usual suspects like Sharpton and Jackson have been doing for years.

I also believe that if he does see Race as his trump card, to be played whenever he needs a boost, he's destined to lose in the Fall. Americans don't elect viktums as President, though they aren't adverse to making them such after they get in!

Pol-O-tics, As Usual

Let's see what the O-man has been up to, shall we?

Breaking his promise on public financing.

Oh, and he's been caught shoving some supporters under the carpet because they were wearing head scarves.

He's had to distance himself from any number of controversial and even criminal elements from his recent past. And get his wife a makeover, to boot.

He all but admitted to deceiving voters on his NAFTA stance.

And his mounting number of serious gaffes the media tends to downplay make Bush look like a political scholar, no matter how much the Left would seek to unjustly run down Bush's intelligence.

Does Obama represent change you simply can't believe in? Or change not even worth taking seriously? The juries out, but clearly he doesn't represent much new or positive when it comes to political leadership in this country.

The man's a joke. And if he weren't black, Hillary would have knocked him out early so he could get back to being the partisan hack and Senate back bencher he's barely qualified to be.

I almost feel bad for the idiots who are going to pin their hopes on this guy the media is going to bust a gut to get elected. Even if he is elected, he'll make Carter almost look like an average failed President.

My AP Donation

Has someone spiked the AP's watercoolers with drugs????

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Two-dollars and fifty cents per word? Pardon my French, but here are two words, or five dollars worth, I gladly give free of charge to the AP: Fuck You!

Obama: Can We Have A Be Kind To Terrorists Week?

Yeah, that's what we want in a CIC - a guy who thinks we're to blame for any and every growth in International terrorist numbers and wants to ensure they are all provided with the same due process any American citizen would be. Maybe his wife is so disappointed in America, they'd like to see it get hit, again?

And it is my firm belief that we can track terrorists, we can crack down on threats against the United States, but we can do so within the constraints of our Constitution. And there has been no evidence on their part that we can't.

And, you know, let's take the example of Guantanamo. What we know is that, in previous terrorist attacks -- for example, the first attack against the World Trade Center, we were able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial. They are currently in U.S. prisons, incapacitated.

And the fact that the administration has not tried to do that has created a situation where not only have we never actually put many of these folks on trial, but we have destroyed our credibility when it comes to rule of law all around the world, and given a huge boost to terrorist recruitment in countries that say, "Look, this is how the United States treats Muslims."

So that, I think, is an example of something that was unnecessary. We could have done the exact same thing, but done it in a way that was consistent with our laws.