More On Why Obama Will Lose The Election

I loved QandO's take on Slate's "you're a racist if you don't vote for Obama" silliness.

Moreover, Mr. Weisberg’s own arguments seem to undermine his point. For example, he suggests that Obama’s skin color is not only the reason he should win, it’s also the single most important factor regarding the fate of our nation:

Many have discoursed on what an Obama victory could mean for America. We would finally be able to see our legacy of slavery, segregation, and racism in the rearview mirror. Our kids would grow up thinking of prejudice as a nonfactor in their lives. The rest of the world would embrace a less fearful and more open post-post-9/11 America. But does it not follow that an Obama defeat would signify the opposite? If Obama loses, our children will grow up thinking of equal opportunity as a myth. His defeat would say that when handed a perfect opportunity to put the worst part of our history behind us, we chose not to. In this event, the world’s judgment will be severe and inescapable: The United States had its day but, in the end, couldn’t put its own self-interest ahead of its crazy irrationality over race.

In other words, because Obama is black he must be elected, but that cannot be a reason to not elect him because that would be racist. Treating the candidate differently based on the color of his skin is just fine and dandy if you plan to elect him and show how racist you aren’t. However, if you plan to vote for any other candidate, regardless of how many good reasons you think you have, you are simply not voting for Obama because he’s black. Mind-bending logic, isn’t it.

The irony of Weisberg’s well poisoning is that it indicates why many of the black people who know him probably despise him. His patronizing approach to racial relations belies his own opinions as to the inferiority of black people who cannot be judged on the merits of their accomplishments, but instead upon their fealty to the causes of those so desperately seeking to dispel any doubts about their own racism. Mr. Weisberg apparently considers himself an enlightened being and offers as evidence his condescending indictment of white America. Yet, the tendentious manner in which he does so suggests he’s trying just a little too hard. It’s almost as if Weisberg knows in his own heart that he finds black people inferior, and only capable of attaining any accomplishment with the help of kindly white people like himself. Thus he lashes out at political opponents who find Obama’s candidacy lacking, attributing to them the sins for which he seeks atonement.

But, could it instead be that Mr. Weisberg is just a pompous, elitist ass? Nope. It’s because he’s a racist.

Perfect.