Does Obama grant whites "racial innocence"? I don't think so. His "A more perfect union" speech didn't dodge the bullet at all.
And yet he never spoke out against the politician calling McCain a supporter of segregation. In fact, he supported him during the third debate. He made great strides to not voice any of the victimology that his primary supporters regurgitate everyday, yet he makes no efforts to preach accountability in the spirit of Malcolm X to those very masses he relies on.
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I didn't see any "manipulation of white guilt" in that speech. I read into it an effort to make amends on both sides, and build bridges to overcome a culture of bias.
I think that's your biggest downfall: You don't read into the comments of anyone you approve of. You may or may not have missed it being in a foreign country, but there are other elements to Obama that aren't visually apparent. Overseas reporters tend to ignore even more than MSNBC since people around the world have very little frame of reference for American-Politico. As crazy as it sounds, while other countries tend to report more about American politics than their own, journalists have a greater advantage for selectivity. Two of the greatest controversial mentions surrounding Obama, Bill Ayers and ACORN, held no meaning to acquaintances in Britain and France.
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fundamentally disagree that its false.
I personally was bothered that people were voting for Obama because:
1. "it is time" - a sense of making history (contrasted with "washing away white guilt")
2. he isn't George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the other members of the Secret Society of Supervillains
Seems to me like you just contradicted yourself. You first say that voting for the sake of reconciliation is alright but then go on to say that voting to "make history" is wrong. I realize you're trying to distinguish the two, but they're not mutually exclusive. Especially not in this sociological climate.
Any American you ask who calls this election "historical" will say so because they feel this to be a form of progress, which basically means--Whether directly or indirectly--That it's an act of reconciliation.
