Jewel Robertson – 8/28/08

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Race has no place in election; Jewel Robertson; Beaver County Times; August 28, 2008.

Until January 2007, Ms. Robertson’s letters focused on bashing President Bush. In her first letter, Ms. Robertson opined that President Bush could be listening to Satan. That tells us much of what we need to know about Ms. Robertson. Since January 2007, race has been a regular feature of her letters.

Ms. Robertson has written two previous letters (“Don’t distort Obama’s record” and “Give change a chance”) supporting Mr. Obama.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Why is it that some white people continue to claim they need to know more about Barack Obama?”

[RWC] Similar to Lonzie Cox, Ms. Robertson dwells on race quite a bit in her letters. FYI, I’m white and I don’t “need to know more about Barack Obama.” Mr. Obama beliefs and actions are those of a leftist. That’s all I need to know.

You’ll note Ms. Robertson didn’t express similar concerns when Lynn Swann ran for governor.

“How much have we known about all of the former presidents we voted for?

“We never dreamed that Bill Clinton or John Edwards would turn out the way they did. But it is easier to trust people just like you, I imagine.”

[RWC] Ms. Robertson is projecting her opinions of Messrs. Clinton and Edwards on the rest of us. While I couldn’t have predicted the depths to which these men would stoop, there were plenty of signs these men were not trustworthy and many of us recognized them. For example, Mr. Clinton’s womanizing was well documented before he first ran for President, but folks like Ms. Robertson (perhaps not Ms. Robertson herself) chose to ignore it. In Mr. Edwards’ case, while he was talking about “two Americas,” he worked for a company that foreclosed on houses owned by the poor.

“It is time for a change in the way men think.”

[RWC] What this really means is it’s time for everyone to think as Ms. Robertson does.

“Obama brings us a breath of fresh air, something we all need. Some people would rather have four more years of Republican rule and hard times than to see Obama in the White House. Some whites are saying they won’t vote for Obama simply because of his color.”

[RWC] As her fellow letter-writing Obama supporters, in none of her three letters supporting Mr. Obama has Ms. Robertson told us why anyone should vote for Mr. Obama except for nebulous reasons like “change,” “breath of fresh air,” et cetera. Oops, I’m mistaken. In “Give change a chance,” Ms. Robertson told us we should vote for Mr. Obama because of his skin color. Ms. Robertson wrote, “Don’t you feel it is time for an African American [for President]?” Given that proclamation, isn’t it a tad hypocritical to write a letter entitled “Race has no place in election?”

As far as the comment “Some whites are saying they won’t vote for Obama simply because of his color,” what about blacks voting “for Obama simply because of his color?” During the Democrat primary, blacks voted for Mr. Obama in a lopsided manner (as high as 93% in Illinois), even in states won by Hillary Clinton.

“It is a sad day in America when we keep hearing about race and color. African Americans have always had to prove themselves in order to be accepted. They have to be better in everything they do. Obama won the nomination for president fair and square against all odds, and that is not enough for some people. It would be disastrous if he lost the election, as some are predicting, because of race.”

[RWC] “It is a sad day in America when we keep hearing about race and color?” Who keeps bringing it up, Ms. Robertson?

To lefties, and especially those focused on race, it’s dogma that if Mr. Obama loses it will be “because of race.” In fairness, that’s SOP when a black lefty loses. That’s never the case when a black Republican loses, however. <g>

“Why can’t government function for the common man? I pray that by the time this convention is over the Democratic Party will be united. As Obama has said over and over: There aren’t any blue states or red states, but the United States of America.”

[RWC] “Why can’t government function for the common man?” What does this mean?