Rush Limbaugh, the father of the conservative noise machine, is at it again. He now claims he knows how former Secretary of State Colin Powell will vote during the 2012 elections–that he will vote for Obama.
But if Powell says he will not support Obama for re-election, he has good reasons. Powell, a moderate Republican, is known for supporting centrist causes, if these causes help the marginalized and voiceless. Limbaugh believes without a doubt that Powell will vote for Obama because “skin color” is thicker than water.
Limbaugh knows “skin color” is thicker than water, a historical fact we cannot dispute. Limbaugh knows this because “whiteness” bestows all the “opportunities, freedoms, and rewards that this nation offers white Americans.” Beyond this, Limbaugh is well aware that whites have looked out for each other since the founding of this country for the same reason he believes Powell will vote for Obama: “skin color.”
Of course, the only way Limbaugh could know Powell will certainly cast his vote for Obama is that Powell will have to change his mind and announce his support for Obama, for no voter can know with certainty what other voters will do when they enter the voting booth.
Here again is where we see people are too lazy, too dumb, or to racist to think.
If the only reason black folks support Obama is race, then what’s the reason for so many white folks opposing him? Even crossing party lines to do so.
Eh, duh.
Of course, one can make the argument that Obama is destroying America, blah, blah, blah, and African Americans are supporting him in spite of that fact. But the same argument can be made for nearly the entire Republican party and white Americans. Plus, there’s actual concrete evidence for the latter.
Good point, Blaque Swan!