O. J. and Obama: Seems Like Old Times... by D.R. Tucker â Since weâve basically forgotten 9/11, November 4, 2008 will be remembered as the most depressing day in United States history since October 3, 1995. Whether Barack Obama wins or loses this election, that day will bring about months and months of endless racial obsession rivaling what we witnessed in the immediate aftermath of O. J. Simpsonâs acquittal. Either paranoid America will declare the US irredeemably prejudiced for not ushering Obama into the White House, or paranoid America will be on the hunt for anything that can be construed as a race-based attack on the new President. The Cornel Wests and Michael Eric Dysons of the world will turn their outrage knob to 11 if Obama fails to defeat John McCain. The Angry Left will fill op-ed pages with attacks on middle America, declaring that Obama was right to castigate working- and middle-class people as bitter, bigoted, xenophobic religious zealots. As was the case after the 1998 murder of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas and the 2002 controversy concerning Trent Lottâs remarks about Strom Thurmondâs Presidential bid, the nightly news will run repetitive, pessimistic stories about how far we still have to go before Dr. Kingâs dream is a reality. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews will smear talk radio, accusing Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Glenn Beck of propagandizing their white listeners with veiled attacks on Obamaâs ethnicity. The history books will label McCainâs âBarack/Britney/Parisâ ad a high-tech hate crime and a political assault even more repugnant than the 1988 Willie Horton ad. If Obama wins, weâre in for a humorless four years, as hypersensitive Obama supporters will conduct a PC witch-hunt that will make Media Matters for America look civil by comparison. Even African-American comedians will find themselves fearful of negative audience reaction to Obama jokes: Chris Rock and Jamie Foxx will be compelled to use Bill Cosby-style âcleanâ humor in order to generate laughs (and maintain their careers). We wonât see any Obama gags on the late-night shows, nor will we see many cartoonists targeting Mr. Hope. (âMallard Fillmoreâ might take some shots, but once Obamaâs cheerleaders start complaining, major newspapers will drop that strip faster than you can say âGod Damn America!â) President Obama will quickly join Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela on the list of folks whose past or present actions one is not allowed to raise questions about. The thought of America returning to the racial obsession of October 1995 is intolerableâbut the reality of such a return is inexorable. That month was a dark, vicious time for America, one that we arguably still havenât recovered from. Remember how divided the country was after O. J. was found not guilty? That divide wasnât about white vs. black or red vs. blue; it was about smart vs. stupid. Intelligent America knew O. J. was guilty as sin; idiotic America thought he had been railroaded. If you didnât think that America was a dumbed-down nation no longer truly committed to conservative and traditionalist principles, you simply had to listen to those who believed O. J. was innocent to be cured of your skepticism. I remember being horrified by liberal callers on Boston talk-radio star Howie Carrâs show who insisted that O. J. had been framed. Carr was stunned by their stupidity; I was afraid that they would pass such stupidity on to a new generation. Thirteen years later, you canât help wondering: whatâs the difference between the parishioners of the First Church of Obama and the folks who thought O. J. was innocent? Those who were convinced of Simpsonâs innocence also tend to believe that George W. Bush stole the 2000 and 2004 elections, intentionally lied about WMD in Iraq and had some sort of involvement in the 9/11 attacks. In other words, theyâre probably Obamaâs core constituency. Those who were nutty in the â90s will be nasty in the â00s: the hard left will be perturbed if Obama loses, and theyâll still be disturbed even if he wins. Like Princeâs father and mother in his song âWhen Doves Cryâ, the hard left is too bold and never satisfied. An Obama loss will confirm their own stereotypes about the United States; an Obama win will be dismissed as a fluke result in a country where bigotry is supposedly as American as apple pie. The hard left is addicted to thoughts of misery and victimhood; whether Obama wins or loses on November 4, these extremists will find some way to get their fix. from Humanevents.com
You should move to Obama's neighborhood in Chicago. A real utopia. They just LOVE white folk around there....