Nuance bro', it's all about the nuance, and if you disagree, you're a racist

H/T Wizbang by way of Hot Air.

And by the way, should you be put off by all the nuance, then understand that you're in effect getting in touch with your racist side.  Just ask New York Governor David Paterson:

"Can America reject the crucible of race that has dictated and pervaded all of our history to embrace an African-American man who has the right polices for the next decade in this country?" he said.

He continued: "Can America go past the crippling way that we've shot ourselves in the foot over and over, denying opportunity to people who are bright, to people who are qualified, to people who are able because they didn't look like us, or they didn't come from where we came from, or they are from a different gender, or they are from the African continent? Can America push that away and find new leadership? We'll find out in the next few months what America can do."

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[tim aka The Godless Heathen]

That video is like a sledge hammer. I’d love to see an Obama supporter while they watched that.

Patterson, my Governor unfortunately, is not unlike many blacks in this country. They see themselves only as victims and America as a racist society, while completely ignoring the opportunities that have enabled them to achieve the position in life they’ve earned.

Gov. Patterson has done well in life, and Barack for that matter, yet he can only see (no pun intended) things thru the prism of racism which is imagined or at the least greatly exaggerated.

I suppose when we New Yorkers vote for someone else in a couple years, he will no doubt blame his failure to get the votes as racism too.

Interestingly enough, from what I’ve seen of the guy, (he’s been to my town a couple times), he’s actually not bad for a Democrat. For one, he wants to cap school taxes, which we pay WAY too much of here, especially compared to the rest of the nation. But these statements infuriate me and will not enable me to support him no matter what he does for this state.

[Morgan K Freeberg]

I've heard this trope before. "Is America ready?" And apparently you can't answer in the affirmative until the day Obama places his hand on the Bible and takes the oath.

A good retort is "Don't you agree there might be some people of color who'd be better qualified?" It's got that same "when did you stop beating your wife" thing going on as the soundbite it answers.

Honest to Pete. I don't know when the presidency of the United States became all about salesmanship and smokescreens and trickery. Isn't that supposed to be the pet peeve of liberals and conservatives alike? Politicians who are talented at lying, and at very little else?

Doin' it to ourselves...doin' it to ourselves.

[Mommynator]

timTGH - where in New York do you live?

I live in the forgotten borough of NYC - Staten Island.

I agree - Patterson isn't the worst democrat we've had for governor - I think that honor could go to Cuomo. And it was a good thing to have him replace that snake, Spitzer. But long term governor? Nope.

[tim aka The Godless Heathen]

WAY Upstate, Western NY